WID Wellness and WID Wisdom Present
Deconstructing Development:
The Current State of Events
Wednesday, June 10, 2020
2:00 p.m.
Free to the Entire WID Community!
A link will be sent one day prior to the webinar
Co-Hosted By:
Yolanda F. Johnson and Jill Slattery
Featured Guest:
Laurie Krotman and Mike Warren
Event fundraising expert, Laurie Krotman, Co-Founder and Co-President of Special Events Unlimited, joins us on June 10th for a very special extended installment of Deconstructing Development. She, along with our President, Co-host and fellow event fundraising expert, Yolanda F. Johnson, will help our audience discuss the current "state of events" in the fundraising and philanthropic sectors.
Laurie Krotman, Co-Founder and Co-President of Special Events Unlimited
Laurie Krotman is Co-Founder of Special Events Unlimited, Inc., a full-service event fundraising and management firm based in New York City. Formerly, Laurie ran First Class Management, promoting and managing rock and roll bands and nightclubs in the tristate area. Prior to that she was a policy planning analyst for McKinsey and Company and a researcher for Time Magazine. Laurie served on the Board of Women In Development, New York as VP of Programs, Chair of Woman of Achievement, and Founder of the Special Programs Committee. She chairs the Special Events track for Fundraising Day in New York for the Association of Fundraising Professionals. She is a member of WBE and a registered fundraising professional. Publications include “What You Can Get Free From The Government”, “Travel Smart”, as well as numerous articles in business and academic journals. She has a BA from Cornell University and has taught workshops at Molloy College, PRPLI, AFP, NYS Library System, and numerous corporate venues. She teaches event fundraising at NYU’s School of Professional Studies. When she is not working, Laurie enjoys playing bridge, studying the Enneagram, reading, taking classes, and visiting her grandchildren in Seattle.
Mike Warren, Director of Catering, CPS Events at The Plaza
Mike began his career in 1982 as a Management Trainee for the Sheraton Corporation. He held various catering positions at the Sheraton New York hotel, including Assistant Catering Sales Manager, Catering Sales Manager, and Senior Catering Sales Manager. In 1998, after 16 years at the hotel, Mike left to become Director of Catering at Pier Sixty and The Lighthouse; The newest and most contemporary venue to hit New York in many years. Then, in 2007 after a 400 million dollar restoration, Mike was named Director of Catering of CPS Events at the legendary Plaza hotel.
Mike graduated New York City Community College 1980 with an Associates Degree in Hotel Management and FIU Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management with a BS in 1982.
Co-Hosts
Yolanda F. Johnson - President, YFJ Consulting, LLC and President, Women In Development, NY
With more than two decades of experience in the non-profit sector Yolanda F. Johnson has successfully led fundraising operations for a wide range of nonprofit organizations, launching creative event, sponsorship and marketing initiatives that produced new streams of both contributed and earned income. Her fundraising expertise includes securing foundation, corporate, and government funding and cultivating a diverse major gifts portfolio. Yolanda is the President of Women In Development (WID), NY and the President of YFJ Consulting, LLC, which provides fundraising strategy and special event expertise for non-profit community. Yolanda has had an outstanding career as a performing artist, as a composer, as a producer, as an educator, and she has used her background as a performer to become a sought-after fundraising expert. Yolanda was also recently appointed to the Chronicle of Philanthropy Advisory Committee of national leaders in the non-profit sector. Tying together her life as a successful performing artist and a non-profit leader, she developed All the World's A Stage, a special workshop using performance practice for getting what one wants out of fundraising, philanthropy, and life. She presents All the World's A Stage to audiences across the country.
Jill Slattery - Director of Principal Gifts for the Americas, London School of Economics Foundation and Member, Women In Development, NY Board of Directors
With 25 years of experience in higher education fundraising Jill Slattery has contributed to major and principal gift programs at Columbia University, the University of Pennsylvania, and the London School of Economics and Political Science. She is a graduate of Hamilton College and the Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs. In addition to her dedication to the development profession Jill enjoys time spent with family, friends, and travel.
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