Executive Service Corps’ Developing Development Program (DDP) is a highly effective 18-month training and coaching program for Executive Directors and their fund development team – and they are now accepting applications!

The application deadline is March 2, and the program begins on April 3. The program fee of $1,800 is due upon acceptance. This greatly reduced fee is made possible by the generous support of the Weingart Foundation.

Program Details:

• 18-month program includes a 12-month core program followed by 6 months of supplemental work in a client-defined focus area.
• Expert coaching throughout the length of the program.
• Six half-day training sessions plus five shorter clinics for the Executive Director along with their staff and Board fund development team.

To learn more about the program, please visit www.escsc.org or contact Program Director Aileen Preonas at 213.613.9103 x16 or aspreonas@escsc.org.

Pasadena Museum of California Art is searching for a Director of Development to create and implement the development strategy to support an annual budget around $2 million.  Responsibilities will include training the Board and staff in fundraising efforts, identifying donors and cultivating relationships, and writing grant proposals and reports.

Please visit PMCA’s website for more information.

Get Lit – Words Ignite and Tim Robbins will host the organization’s annual fundraiser on Sunday, November 20, 2011 at The Actor’s Gang located at 9070 Venice Boulevard in Culver City. Join us for an evening of cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, silent auction bidding, and celebrity and youth performances!

The event will feature Helen Mirren, David Mamet, Ned Coletti, Sekou Andrews (tha misfit) and other surprise guests. Honorees include poets Jimmy Santiago Baca and Carol Muske-Dukes.

To buy tickets or to make a donation, please visit Get Lit’s website or call (310) 962-6696. Proceeds support poetry and literature programs and performances for Los Angeles inner-city high schools, benefitting over 10,000 youth each year.

The Annenberg Foundation’s Alchemy is a free leadership development and nonprofit capacity building program serving Los Angeles County based nonprofit organizations with operating budgets of up to $5 million. Among the central issues addressed are fundraising, board effectiveness, public involvement and accountability. In addition to a robust curriculum and intensive learning sessions, participants are connected to a network of local practitioners and given implementation tools, mentorship, and an ongoing opportunity to share best practices and innovative strategies.

There are two stages of Alchemy: Leadership Seminar and Alchemy+.  Applications are now open for Leadership Seminar, the gateway training sessions. Classes run from January through May, and are facilitated by experienced trainers with assistance from nonprofit mentors that have already completed the program.

For more information and to apply for the Alchemy program, click here or visit www.annenbergalchemy.org.

Draper Consulting Group is pleased to announce that Cristin O’Leary has been promoted to Project Manager.  Ms. O’Leary has served DCG for a year and a half, most recently as Project Coordinator.  She came to DCG from a consulting firm advising in philanthropic and political contributions.  We celebrate her tremendous dedication to strengthening nonprofits in Los Angeles and commitment to the firm.

Click here to read Ms. O’Leary’s full bio: http://www.drapergroup.com/about/team/cristin-oleary/