DPLACE MAY: INNOVATION TO FUNDRAISING

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Fundraising remains one of the most important aspects of ensuring a project or a cause is successful. People raise funds for a variety of reasons including:

• Charitable purpose
• Fashion show
• Local contest
• Religious purpose 
• To build a house
• To fund a business idea.

Fundraising is something many people shy away from. It often brings to mind used car sales tactics. That is, hiking up the price on an item for more than it is worth. This feeling is made worse by the fact fundraisers often sell products people would not ordinarily even buy.

Convincing potential sponsors to invest in your cause without returns is very difficult and often results in the failure of most projects.

This May at DPlace, we will be looking at Innovative Fundraising tactics that have been used by major corporations around the world with recorded success. We will also feature several speakers who have raised funds for projects worth millions of naira who will share their stories and challenges.

Date:

May 10th, 2014

Time:

 4pm prompt

Venue:

 805 Restaurant, Aminu Kano Crescent, Wuse 2 Abuja 

SPEAKER

JOSEPH YABA

Joseph Emmanuel Yaba is the President of Youth Initiative for Sustainable Human Development in Africa (YiSHDA) with vast experience in Leadership, Self Development and Business Enterprise reaching out to 30,000 young people in Nigeria .

A Member of the World Bank Youth Forum (Nigeria) and the United Nations Youth Association of Nigeria (UNYAN), Joseph is also an alumnus of several international development bodies including  Weitz Centre for Development Studies, Rehovot, Israel, Commonwealth Youth Program, African Centre-Lusaka, and Junior Achievement Nigeria/Enterprise Development Centre of the Pan-Atlantic University, Lagos.

In 2013, he was nominated as a Youth Delegate to the Inter-generational Dialogue between Heads of State in Africa and represented Nigeria at the opening ceremony of the Africa Youth Forum as part of the 50^th Anniversary of African Unity. 

In, 2014, he was one of the four Nigeria selected by the Israeli’s Agency for International Development Cooperation (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel) to participate in an International Training Program on Policies, Strategies and Support Systems for Rural Revitalization. 

HOSTS

JEREMIAH AGENYI

Jeremiah O. Agenyi, aka Ow'Jerry, is a Compere and a Comedian, a Humanitarian and a Social Entrepreneur. He is a team member of Nigeria's foremost offline social media initiative, #AdoptATweep. He is also a Co-Initiator of the recently launched #JustBinIt Campaign aimed at achieving a #LitterFreeNigeria. He is on the board of the Generation Of Domination (G.O.D), an NGO passionate about out-of-school children. G.O.D has been running the #Street2School Project since 2012.

BLESSING OKORO

Blessing Okoro is a Blogger, a Compere and a Talk Show Host who laughs exhaustively. She is passionate about Capacity- building, Ministry and Social Entrepreneurship. She is the Principal Strategist  on the platform of the Global Consulting brand 'Think Possibilities'. She is also the beauty behind 'The Blessing Okoro Show- #BOS' and the brain behind the blog. 'www.blessingshares.wordpress.com -#Blessingshares'. She is a team member of the leading online Bible study group #TheLAFamily, a family who Learns and Applies the Word of God daily. The LA Family has been running since 2013.

CONVENER

ZAINAB HARUNA

Haruna Zainab O. is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Decipher Solutions Resource Centre based in Abuja, Nigeria. DSRC was founded in 2012 and has worked extensively with young people in areas of entrepreneurship and education through collaborations with multinational companies, Local organisations and International Non-profits.

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DPlace is the newest brand of Decipher Solutions which seeks to provide avenues for self-improvement through interractive discussions with experts in various fields in a relaxed ambience.

The program is designed to provide the right kind of knowledge to young people in their daily activities in life and work for improved and innovative approach to tackling problems and facing challenges.

Scheduled to hold on the 2nd Saturday of every month; it is absolutely free for people to attend and will be hosted in a conducive and relaxed atmosphere to encourage the reception of information.

High points are:

Seasoned and prominent speakers

Intelligent and easy discussions

Network sessions

Energizing platform

Good Music and fun contests

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