ACFRE Continuing Education
Eligible Activities
The following sessions have been approved as eligible for credit toward the ACFRE education
requirements in senior-level organizational leadership, senior-level organizational management,
and ethics.
This list is not exhaustive; please refer to the ACFRE Continuing Education
guidelines for other acceptable topics you may self-select.
Suggestions for Identifying Other Eligible Activities
The ACFRE Board aims to be as inclusive as possible, while maintaining the standard of
continuing education activity being relevant to the senior-level of fundraising practice. Please
explore any of the options below that may facilitate your application for the ACFRE program.
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1. A recent decision by the ACFRE Board allows candidates to utilize distance-learning versions
of previously approved activities, such as audiotapes of AFP International Conference sessions.
You may order them online at http://www.actsconferenceproducts.com/merchant/conf.asp;
search under “Nonprofit.” Most tapes are $15.00 each.
2. Look back at
everything
you have attended (or taught) related to the profession, during the
past five years. Possibilities include, in addition to those listed here, courses you took for an
advanced degree; university extension courses; on-line courses resulting in academic credit; and
relevant sessions sponsored by your AFP chapter or another organization.
3. If you are not sure if a particular course you have taken (or plan to take) will qualify, you may
submit course information to the ACFRE Board for pre-review, using the
ACFRE Continuing
Education Course Documentation
form (page 11 in the ACFRE application materials). The form
is also available through the AFP website, or you may request copies a hard copy from ACFRE
staff at (703)
519-84
69
. The ACFRE Certification Board will review submitted courses during
their semi-annual meetings in January and August.
4. Courses you teach count too, so there’s another good reason to serve as a speaker for your
chapter’s conference or Fundraising Days. Your presentation must fit the same criteria as courses
you attend, so it’s a good idea to consult with ACFRE staff in selecting a topic and target
audience for your session.
5. Encourage your chapter to include advanced topics in their annual continuing education
planning. Better yet, serve on the planning committee!
SENIOR-LEVEL ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP
PRESENTED AT THE NSFRE (NOW AFP) 2000 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON UNDRAISING, NEW ORLEANS, LA, MARCH 2000
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Promises to Keep: Crafting a Stewardship Covenant for Your Organization (3 hours) Paul P. Pribbenow, Ph.D., CFRE
Building an Effective Board (3 hours) Simone P Joyaux, ACFRE
Intercultural Communication: An Introduction (3 hours) Patricia R. Singletary
International Capacity Building: Building Local Organizations and Fund-Raising Skills (3 hours) Richard Hamilton
Canada’s Charities: A Sector in Transition (1.25 hours) Gordon Floyd
Orgnizational Politics: The Power of Personal Style with Staff and Donors (1.25 hours) Charlotte Rhodes, MS, ACFRE, CAHP
The Fund Raiser's World in the 21st Century (1.25 hours) Mal Warwick
Creating a High Achieving Culture (3 hours) Clare Segal
PRESENTED AT THE AFP 2001 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FUNDRAISING SAN DIEGO, CA, MARCH 2001: (Leadership)
Becoming a Leader: Understanding Yourself (6 hours) Gayle L. Gifford, CFRE
Building an Effective Board for Your Organization (3 hours) Simone P. Joyaux, ACFRE
*High Impact Philanthropy (3 hours)
Kay Sprinkel Grace, CFRE and Alan L. Wendroff, CFRE
(*can be applied to continuing education requirement in either leadership or management).
PRESENTED AT THE AFP 2002 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FUNDRAISING ST.LOUIS, MO, APRIL 2002 (Leadership)
Becoming a Leader: Understanding Yourself (3 hours) Gayle L. Gifford, ACFRE
Learning from the Future:Characteristics of the World's Most Effective Fundraising Organizations (2 hours)
(2002 Conference, Leadership, contd.)
Organizational Politics: The Power of Personal Style with Staff and Donors ( 2 hours) Charlotte Rhodes, MS, ACFRE, CAHP
Ensuring Your Organization Is Relevant Through Strategic Planning(2 hours) Simone P Joyaux, ACFRE
Mini ELI: Fundraising Leadership (3 hours)
Eugene R. Tempel, Ed.D., CFRE and Timothy L. Seiler, Ph.D., CFRE Planning an Effective Board Retreat (1.5 hours)
Stanley Weinstein, ACFRE
Creating a Productive Relationship with Your Board Chair (1.25 hours) Susan Wider, CFRE
An Interactive Workshop for Senior Professionals (Master's Track; 3 hours) Henry (Hank) Goldstein, CFRE
Promises to Keep: Crafting a Stewardship Covenant for Your Organization (3 hours) Paul C. Pribbenow, Ph.D., CFRE
Effective Board and Staff Training through ELC and TLC (1.25 hours) J. Cynthia Weber, PhD, CRFE
Are Your Board Members Bored? Nine Steps to Board Development (1.25 hours) Kenneth J. Knox, CFRE
Personal Style and Professional Performance (3 hours) Robert E. Fogal, Ph.D., ACFRE
How to Attract and Develop High-Impact Leaders (Master's Track; 3 hours) Rob Parker
Building a Strong Governing Board (3 hours) Frank Pisch, Robert Carter, CFRE
PRESENTED AT THE AFP 2003 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FUNDRAISING TORONTO, MARCH 2003 (Leadership)
The Fundraiser as Leader (3 hours) Nicholas Offord
Governing for Results (1.25 hours) Ingrid Perry Peacock
Organizational Politics: The Power of Personal Style with Staff and Donors (2 hours) Charlotte Rhodes ACFRE
Walking the Talk: Building a philanthropic culture in your nonprofit organization (2 hours) Gerry Backs CFRE
(2003 Conference, Leadership, contd.)
Personal Style and Professional Performance (3 hours) Robert Fogal Ph.D., ACFRE
Recruitment, Retention and Mentoring of Leaders (1.25 hours) Dianne Lister LL.B.,CFRE
External Pressures Impacting Board Leadership and Planning (1.25 hours) J. Russell Raker III, ACFRE
Being a Leader in Your Organization, Even When You're Not the Boss (1.25 hours) John W. Durel Ph.D.
Managerial Success: Make the Most of your Leadership (2 hours) Marnie Spears
OTHER APPROVED COURSES: (Leadership)
AFP Executive Leadership Institute (15+ hours)
Presented annually in January at the Indiana University Center on Philanthropy AFP Executive Leadership Institute – II (15+ hours)
Presented January 2002 at the Indiana University Center on Philanthropy AFP Research Symposium (9 hours)
Presented October 29-30, 2001 in Washington, DC AFP: Power of Partnership Symposium (3.5 hours) Presented June 17-18, 2002 in Philadelphia, PA
Orchestrating Rewarding Connections and Innovative Outcomes (7 hours) Presented for Ketchum & Co., October 1, 2001 in Haliburton, Ontario
SENIOR-LEVEL ORGANIZATIONAL MANAGEMENT
PRESENTED AT THE NSFRE (NOW AFP) 2000 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FUNDRAISING NEW ORLEANS, LA, MARCH 2000
Negotiate to Win (6 hours) James C. Thomas, Jr., JD
Managing the Internet for Your Organization (3.25 hours) Michael W Johnston
Conflict of Interest and Intermediate Sanctions-How to Avoid Them (1.25 hours) Lona M. Farr, Ph.D., ACFRE
Using Public Relations Techniques to Enhance Your Organization's Image and Bottom Line (1.25 hours)
Sandra A. Adams, ACFRE
The Regulation of Internet Fund Raising: Whose Responsibility Is It? (1.25 hours) Karl Emerson OR Michael DeLucia
(2000 Conference, Management, contd.)
New Legal and Legislative Developments in the Fund-Raising Profession (1.25 hours) Bruce R. Hopkins, JD
Legal and Financial Aspects of Raising Funds in the United Kingdom (3 hours) Steven Lee and Pesh Framjee-Binder Hamlin
How to Restructure Your Fund-Raising Team for the New Millennium (1.25 hours) Kay Patrick and Frances Hurst
Joint Cost Allocation: How New Rules Will Affect Your Organization’s Fund-Raising Costs (1.25 hours)
Lee Cassidy
*How to Get Things Done When You’re Not in Charge (1.25 hours) Lilya Wagner,CFRE
(*can be applied to continuing education requirement in either leadership or management). PRESENTED AT THE AFP 2001 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FUNDRAISING SAN DIEGO, CA, MARCH 2001 (Management)
Embracing Diversity: The Search for Common Ground(1.25 hours) Maria Gitin, CFRE and Charles R.. Stephens, CFRE
*High Impact Philanthropy (3 hours)
Kay Sprinkel Grace, CFRE and Alan L. Wendroff, CFRE Negotiate to Win (6.5 hours)
John C. Thomas, Jr.
Negotiating Skills (1.25 hours) James C. Thomas, Jr.
(2001 Conference, Management, Contd)
Taking Your Fund-Development Program to the Next Level (3 hours) Barbara R. Levy, ACFRE
PRESENTED AT THE AFP 2002 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FUNDRAISING ST.LOUIS, MO, APRIL 2002 (Management)
Maximize Marketing: Ideas, Sensibilities, & Stories (3 hours)
D.C. Dreger, ACFRE (also presented at other times/locations around the U.S)
Negotiate to Win (3 hours) James C. Thomas, Jr., JD
Integrating the Annual Development Plan and the Internet: A 21st Century Strategy (1.25 hours)
(2002 Conference, Management, contd.)
Negotiating Skills (1.25 hours) James C. Thomas, Jr., JD
Whose Files Are They Anyway? Privacy Issues For The Fundraising Profession. (1.25 hours) Lona Farr, Ph.D., ACFRE, Mike DeLucia, Esq
Internet Recruiting: Techniques and Strategies (1.25 hours) Kathlene Collins
Board Evaluation (3 hours) Simone P Joyaux, ACFRE
Embracing Diversity: The Search for Common Ground (1.25 hours) Kathlene Collins
Strategic Planning for the Development Office (1.25 hours) Susan Dantona Jolley, CFRE
How to Interpret Numbers ( 2 hours) Patrick M. Rooney, Ph.D.
An Interactive Workshop for Senior Professionals (3 hours) Henry (Hank) Goldstein, CFRE
Crisis Communication for Nonprofits: Retaining Donor Loyalty (1.25 hours) S. Sanae Tokumura, ACFRE, APR
Fundraising and Administrative Costs in Nonprofit Organizations (1.25 hours) (Sponsored by the AFP Research Council.)
Mark A. Hager, Ph.D, Patrick M. Rooney, PhD.
Taking Your Fund Development Program to the Next Level (3 hours)
Barbara R. Levy, ACFRE
PRESENTED AT THE AFP 2003 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FUNDRAISING TORONTO, MARCH 2003 (Management)
Incompetent Hiring? Using competency models to hire right, right now! (1.25 hours) Jean Crawford FAHP
Planning for fundraising (1.25 hours) Rob Peacock CFRE
Riding the Wave of Change: Surviving in a New World (3 hours) Kay Peck CFRE
Organizing for Success (3 hours) Rob Parker
Strategic Planning (Two sessions offered—3 hours, or 1.25 hours. May select one) Marnie Spears
Managing Relationships 2 hours) Shannon von Kaldenberg
If Change Is So Good- Why Is It So Hard (2 hours) John Paul
Hospital Mergers (1.25 hours) James DeLauro Ph.D.
Managing Knowledge, Performance and Risk-More Than Just Checking the Numbers (1.25 hours) Pesh Framjee
Maximize Marketing: Ideas, Sensibilities, & Stories (3 hours) D.C. Dreger ACFRE
The Vital Role of Technology in Fundraising & Development (1.25 hours Craig Ahlquist
Building a Strong Board - A Fresh Look (1.25 hours) Stanley Weinstein ACFRE
OTHER APPROVED COURSES (Management)
AFP Executive Management Institute (15+ hours) Presented annually in February
ETHICS
PRESENTED AT THE NSFRE (NOW AFP) 2000 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON UNDRAISING, NEW ORLEANS, LA, MARCH 2000
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Ethical Decision Making (1.25 hours) Barbara Marion, CFRE
Ethics Q and A (1.75 hours) NSFRE Ethics Committee.
Charles Stephens, CFRE and Anne Moore, CFRE Ethics Q and A (1.25 hours)
NSFRE Ethics Committee.
Barbara H. Marion, CFRE and Irwin Brod, CFRE Emerging Issues in Ethics (1.75 hours)
Colette Murray, JD., CFRE and J. Lloyd Horton, FAHP
PRESENTED AT THE AFP 2001 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FUNDRAISING SAN DIEGO, CA, MARCH 2001 (Ethics)
The Changing Faces of Philanthropy: Accessing Other Traditions of Giving (1.25 hours) Eugene A. Scanlan, Ph.D., CFRE and Joanne B. Scanlan, Ph.D.
Privacy: Whose Files Are They, Anyway? (1.25 hours) Lona M. Farr, ACFRE
PRESENTED AT THE AFP 2002 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FUNDRAISING
ST.LOUIS, MO, APRIL 2002 (Ethics)
Whose Files Are They Anyway? Privacy Issues For The Fundraising Profession. (1.25 hours) Lona Farr, Ph.D., ACFRE, Mike DeLucia, Esq
Frameworks for Ethical Decision-Making (1.25 hours) Eugene R. Tempel, Ed.D., CFRE
Ethical? You Decide (1.25 hours)
Ted D. Bayley, ACFRE & Tim J Burchill, CFRE
OR Charles R Stephens, CFRE & Janice Gow Pettey, CFRE
Lessons Learned from Other Cultures (1.25 hours) Lilya Wagner, Ed.D., CFRE
PRESENTED AT THE AFP 2003 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FUNDRAISING TORONTO, MARCH 2003 (Ethics)
Ethical? You Decide (1.25 hours)
Offered twice by the AFP Ethics Committee; may select one session. Frameworks for Ethical Decision-Making (3 hours)
Eugene Tempel, EdD, CFRE
OTHER APPROVED COURSES (Ethics)
AFP Executive Leadership Institute (Ethics Module; 3 hours)
Please note: This course can be applied to EITHER the Leadership OR the Ethics component of the application.
When Cultures Collide…Ethics and Reality in Contemporary Philanthropy (5 hours) Susan Lee Walling, CFRE, et al.
Presented October 22, 2001; Phoenix, AZ The AFP Code of Ethical Principles (3 hours) Ted D. Bayley, ACFRE
Presented March 14, 2002 in Atlanta, GA Issues in Ethical Fundraising (2.5 hours)
Presented by the Saskatoon Chapter, AFP, April 26, 2002 Building Trust: Ethical Issues and Challenges (4 hours) Greater Los Angeles Chapter, AFP, September 17, 2002
Ethical Leadership in Nonprofit Organizations: How to Conduct an Ethics Audit (1.5 hours) Tim Delaney, May 21, 2003; audioconference. Live presentation or audiotape.
