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DATE: May 1, 2024

TIME: 8:00 - 9:30 a.m.

LOCATION: The Lancaster Chamber

COST: FREE

What to Expect!

In addition to her work as a consultant, Dani Beam, Owner of Beam Consulting, recently spearheaded a personal fundraising effort to raise $50,000 in six weeks to endow a scholarship at her university.  This goal was accomplished using foolproof techniques for identifying, cultivating, and soliciting donors. Join her as she walks you through the steps she took and teaches you how to establish and reach your own fundraising goals, no matter the size or timeline.

Meet the Speaker!

Dani Beam, Principal, Beam Consulting

Dani works with individuals and organizations to find creative, practical, and integrated solutions to meet crucial needs and leverage team strengths. She has worked with local, regional, and global businesses and nonprofits to:

• train leadership
• raise funds
• build organizational capacity

Her approach is holistic—she looks at all the components of a situation to address the challenge at hand and create a positive ripple effect to elevate the organization as a whole.

Dani’s capacity-building expertise is rooted in her 25 years as an organizational leader, facilitator, and nonprofit fundraiser. During that time, she supported and advanced the missions of a wide variety of businesses and nonprofits. 

Dani’s core strengths are deep listening and empathy. She has a keen sense of client needs and the best ways to engage organizational leaders. 

While living in Dallas, TX, and working for Viscern—a national consulting firm that provided fundraising and other consulting services for 10,000 organizations—she honed her expertise in conducting needs assessments, strategic plans, feasibility studies, and capital campaigns. She has also tackled revamping systems, employing best practices, and creating customer-centered services for one of the world’s largest conservation organizations, The Nature Conservancy. Dani has worked with the brightest and the best and knows for a fact—all organizations can improve their services no matter how sophisticated and global their reach is.

As the owner of Beam Consulting, Dani has offered client-centered counsel on annual fundraising, capital campaigns, strategic planning, and marketing for more than ten years. Beam Consulting has worked with organizations, large and small, all over the country. In addition to her consulting services, Dani is known for her highly engaging workshops and trainings.

In her free time, Dani enjoys reading, cooking for friends and family, playing with her nephews, and traveling to new places. She is also an avid swimmer and yoga practitioner and believes that organizations, like everyone else, can benefit from breathing deeply from time to time and seeking a grounded perspective.

What is Catalyst: Nonprofit/CBO Roundtable?

From grant writing to volunteer management, governance to leadership development, Catalyst: Nonprofit Roundtable offers the strategies, resources, and insight you need for your community benefit organization (CBO) to succeed. Cohosted by the Lancaster County Community Foundation (LCCF), each session will provide a deeper dive on critical topics influencing your efforts to serve as a catalyst for change in Lancaster County. Collaborate with other nonprofit professionals and share your own experiences to take your organization to the next level!

Thank you to our Partner, Lancaster County Community Foundation!