The Not-for-Profit Scholarship-in-Kind 

Nominations for 2024-25 close on May 1, 2024 at 11:59 pm

Sandler in Calgary is pleased to announce that we will be offering a year of training, beginning in June 2024 and ending on May 31, 2025.

This scholarship will include 1 full year in the Leadership for Organizational Excellence program which includes the Sales Development Series Essentials and Elevated. This is nearly 200 hours of live professional development training, as well as access to thousands of hours of audio and video training.

That’s over a $35,000 value! 

Is your non-profit…

• Wondering how to recruit more donors/volunteers? 
• Frustrated by not being able to properly serve your target? 
• Seeking better relationships with the proper people? 
• Losing sleep over budget shortfalls? 
• Struggling with poor communication? 
• Working too hard / too many hours? 
• Curious how to get more complex & high-dollar donations? 
• Worried about ineffective networking time? 
• Anxious about poor hiring decisions? 
• Plagued with a lack of teamwork

Sandler may be able to support you

Sandler is a world leader in innovative leadership, sales, and management training. Wherever your business touches people – employees, candidates, prospects, or clients; Sandler provides support and training. Our methodology is designed to create lasting performance improvement rather than the motivational “quick fix” typical of many seminar-based training programs. Entrepreneur Magazine has ranked Sandler as the No. 1 Professional Development and Training Company nine times. 

Unfortunately, we can’t provide this scholarship for everyone, so we just need you to tell us why your organization needs this training.

Please submit your nomination

Nominations will be judged on need, based on a brief essay from the application received.  
 

Not-for-Profit Scholarship Recipient 2022 - 2023 

Variety - the Children's Charity of Alberta

As we are nearing the completion of our not-for-profit organization scholarship that we were awarded to participate in the Sandler Training course, I would like to extend my appreciation to our facilitators and the Sandler organization for this amazing opportunity! 

A lot of people think that sales training is solely for-profit organizations and that sales for a charity is counterintuitive and nonsensical, with charitable work associated with philanthropy rather than sales tactics. Yet sales training plays a necessary role for charities – especially in a competitive market where there are tens of thousands of charitable organizations doing great work but often competing for the same donation dollars to ensure sustainability and bring in necessary dollars to run their programs and services effectively. 

Our experience with the Sandler Training courses was amazing. We learned about prospecting plans and how to fine-tune our message for donor outreach. We learned about creating upfront contracts and their importance in creating expectations from the onset of a meeting. And we learned how to develop effective sales skills in our staff among many other learnings. 

All in all, I believe the knowledge we will carry with us from our participation in this program, will allow us to strengthen our donor relationships and fundraising effectiveness and allow us to continue to make a positive difference in the lives of the vulnerable families that we support. 

Thank you for choosing us. This has been an invaluable experience! 

Jana Hands MCS, Chief Executive Officer 

Variety - the Children's Charity of Alberta