“Enter-training” to help you create the thoughtful relationships you need for long-term fundraising success!

Marcy Heim, CFRE, brings a sincere respect for the powerful, positive impact of philanthropy in our institutions, organizations and communities and this spirit is evident in everything she does. An “enter-trainer,” Marcy combines over 25 years of successful major gift development work and management with theater and musical performance into entertaining, passionate and high-content key-note speeches and workshops on development (specifically major gift fundraising), personal integrity, leadership, board development and the mindset that is needed for success. Her audiences include higher education institutions throughout the US and Canada, conferences of all types and a vast array of non-profit organizations.

In 2005, Marcy was presented the CASE Crystal Apple Award for earning the highest faculty rating at ten consecutive national conferences. She was the 1997 recipient of the AFP Madison Chapter Outstanding Fundraising Professional award. She’s been featured at AFP International Conferences since 2005 and is one of only 125 graduates world-wide from the AFP Faculty Teaching Academy. She earned her degree in Natural Sciences from UW-Madison and is a graduate of Leadership Greater Madison. She serves on several boards and as a pro-bono consultant to United Way.

Marcy’s teaching reflects over twenty years of firsthand experience at the UW Foundation where she and her team raised millions of dollars by creating the genuine relationships she promotes in her presentations. She led the development staff for her unit through two successful comprehensive campaigns including the $1.8 billion Create the Future Campaign. Her clients include hospital foundations, higher education, arts organizations and non-profits and for-profit businesses.

Marcy’s Donor Attraction System™ (binder and CD’s) guides both staff and volunteers though the key steps of creating and managing long-term transformational major-gift donor relationships. Marcy’s programs, The Mindset of Successful Major Gift Work™ and Authentic Relationships in an Impersonal World™ is available on CD. Following is a partial listing of services available.

The Artful Asker LLC, marcyheim@tds.net, 608-772-6777