2025 Our National Philanthropy Day Celebration

Tue Nov 04 2025 at 11:30 am to 01:15 pm UTC-05:00

Michael's On East | Sarasota

AFP Southwest Florida Chapter
Publisher/HostAFP Southwest Florida Chapter
2025 Our National Philanthropy Day Celebration
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Our annual celebration honoring the philanthropists in our community
About this Event

Our Speaker...


Laura Fredricks, JD

The Ask Expert, Laura Fredricks, JD trains and coaches individuals, businesses, and nonprofits on How to ASK. She has raised more than $1 Billion for her clients and comes from successful careers in industries known for making the toughest and biggest asks ~law and philanthropy. Laura’s 5 Laws on Asking and her prior six books have helped hundreds of global executives, industry trailblazers, accountants, marketing and communication leaders, boards, fundraisers, entrepreneurs, teenagers, artists, philanthropists, and everyday people get their best professional and personal life possible, just by asking. Her most recent book “Hard Asks Made Easy: How to Get Exactly What you Want”, is Amazon’s #1 for Business Mentoring and Coaching, #5 Personal Transformation and #17 of all Self-Help Books. Laura’s book was named “One of the Top 15 Business Books for 2023 and 2024.” Her book is now on Audible and in just one week was named #1 Business Negotiating audio book. Before her consulting career, Laura was the Assistant Vice President at Temple University, Philadelphia, in charge of 15 schools and colleges, 2 hospitals and the athletic program during their $300 million campaign, and then the Vice President of Philanthropy at Pace University, NY overseeing a staff of 45 during their $100 million campaign right after 9/11. She has been a member of AFP for over 30 years and is the recipient of the Ralph E. Chamberlain Award for extraordinary leadership in the field of fundraising and lifetime of service to the profession, and the New York Nonprofit Network’s 50 Over 50 Award for excellence in media and philanthropy. Since 2005, Laura has been teaching “The Art of the Ask: Effective Communications and Negotiation Strategies at New York University School of Professional Studies.


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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Michael's On East, 1212 SE Ave, Sarasota, United States

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USD 80.00 to USD 5000.00

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