Linda Lysakowski, ACFRE
Linda is one of slightly more one hundred professionals worldwide to hold the Advanced Certified Fund Raising Executive designation. In her thirty-plus years in the development field, she has managed capital campaigns; helped dozens of nonprofit organizations achieve their development goals, and has trained more than 40,000 professionals in Mexico, Canada, Egypt, Bermuda, and most of the fifty United States. Linda is a graduate of Alvernia College in Reading, PA with majors in Banking and Finance; Communications; and Theology/Philosophy. She is a graduate of AFP’s Faculty Training Academy and has received two AFP research grants. She is also a prolific writer, having written or contributed to more than two dozen books. Linda has received the Outstanding Fundraising Executive award from the Eastern PA, Las Vegas, and Sierra (NV) chapters of AFP (Association of Fundraising Professionals) was recognized internationally with the Barbara Marion Award for Outstanding Service to AFP. She was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Las Vegas Chapter of AFP.
Full Length Books
• Recruiting and Training Fundraising Volunteers
• The Development Plan
• Fundraising as a Career: What, Are You Crazy?
• Capital Campaigns: Everything You NEED to Know
• Are You Ready for a Capital Campaign? workbook
• Raise More Money from Your Business Community
• Raise More Money from Your Business Community—The Workbook
• The New Donor (co-author)
• Fundraising for the GENIUS, 2nd edition
• The Fundraising Feasibility Study (contributing author)
• YOU and Your Nonprofit Board (contributing author)
• The Leaky Bucket: What’s Wrong with Your Fundraising: And How You Can Fix It (co-author)
• The Essential Nonprofit Fundraising Handbook (co-author)
• YOU and Your Nonprofit (co-editor)
• The Nonprofit Consulting Playbook (co-editor)
• Nonprofit Strategic Planning (co-author)
• The New Donor (co-author)
• CharityChannel’s Quick Guide to Developing Your Case for Support (co-author)
• CharityChannel’s Quick Guide to Creating a Development Plan (co-author)
• CharityChannel’s Quick Guide to Board Giving
• The Matriarch (a novel)
• The Face of Jesus and The Face of Jesus Study Guide
• Beyond Las Vegas: Road Trips from A to Z
• Nonprofit Quick Guide: How to Find New Donors and Get Them to Keep Giving (co-author)
• Nonprofit Quick Guide: How to Advance in Your Fundraising Career (co-author)
• See This Christ and See this Christ Study Guide
In addition to her full-length books, Linda has written three AFP Ready Reference Books and has been published in numerous other Publications including International Journal of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Marketing, Contributions, Advancing Philanthropy, Associations Now, CASE Currents, Major Gifts Report, Grant Station, New Directions in Philanthropy, and more.
Selected Training/Public Speaking
• AFP International Conference
• AFP Hemispheric Conference
• Dozens of regional and local AFP chapters throughout North America.
• Various statewide associations including PANO, OANO, UNA
• Nonprofit Management Centers in TN, OK, TX
• Numerous national and international association conferences including Variety International, Ronald McDonald House Charities, Junior Achievement, US Tennis Association, Down Syndrome Affiliates in Action, CenterLink, Points of Light Foundation, The Centre on Philanthropy in Bermuda, and the United States Olympic Committee
• A variety of educational conferences sponsored by CASE, AHP, ALDE, CMA, AACSB, GPA and others
Check out Linda's website https://LindaLysakowskiCourses.com
