Look for these resources at the 21st Annual CASE Conference for Institutionally Related Foundations. These materials will build upon the information you'll be learning in conference sessions.

Buy on site and save! You won't pay shipping charges when you purchase books at the conference and take them home with you. All publications will be sold at the CASE member price.

Materials available for purchase during the conference include:

• Asking
  Inspire volunteers and staff as they prepare to make prospect calls and ask for gifts. This book is a useful tool for training both new and experienced volunteers.

• Best of the Board Café: Hands-on-Solutions for Nonprofit Boards
  This collection of most-requested articles from CompassPoint's Board Café online newsletter offers insights on board responsibilities, executive directors, fundraising, finance, and more.

• CASE Reporting Standards and Management Guidelines
  This must-have resource has been updated and reorganized to include standards for benchmarking surveys and guidelines for fundraising management and campaigns. Includes access to sample gift agreements on the CASE website.

• Corporate and Foundation Support: Strategies for Funding Education in the 21st Century
  Fifteen experts provide invaluable information for implementing or restructuring programs to solicit donations from corporations or foundations. Discussion includes ethics, legal issues and technology.

• Fundraising Strategies for Community Colleges: The Definitive Guide for Advancement
  This comprehensive guide, written expressly for community colleges, offers practical advice and concrete steps on how to build a strong advancement team that encompasses annual fund, grants, major gift and planned giving programs. Recommended for development professionals, college presidents, board members, trustees, faculty leaders and others in leadership positions at community colleges.

• Getting the Green: Fundraising Campaigns for Community Colleges
  Community colleges fundraisers face special challenges. This book offers guidance for every step of planning, carrying out and following up on campaigns, from identifying supporters to thanking and retaining volunteers and donors.

• Growing Giving: A Guide to Securing Private Support for Your Community College
  As competition for state and local money mounts, community colleges must look beyond the public sector for funding: private support is needed. This book offers proven ways to grow relationships and identify giving opportunities.

• Keeping Cool on the Hot Seat: Dealing Effectively with the Media in Times of Crisis
  Keep your cool with the media during a crisis using practical advice in this classic text. Updated edition includes information on dealing with social media.

• The Real U: Building Brands That Resonate with Students, Faculty, Staff, and Donors
  Learn how to apply branding principles in a higher education context by getting the inside information through case studies of branding efforts at colleges and universities.

• Thank You for Submitting Your Proposal: A Foundation Director Reveals What Happens Next
  Get valuable advice from an experienced foundation director and learn how to improve your chances of winning grants. Filled with insights and hard truths.

• Weathering the Storm: Protecting Your Brand in the Worst of Times
  No one wants to think about a crisis, but everyone needs to be prepared. Create a crisis communication plan using the step-by-step approach in this book.

• Writing Grant Proposals That Win
  Step-by-step examples and clear instructions provide the fundamentals about writing winning grant proposals: expressing the need for the project; describing objectives and activities; outlining an evaluation plan; creating a budget; what reviewers look for in proposal sections.

Consider adding these titles to your advancement library. Don't forget to leave a little extra room in your suitcase to carry home your new CASE books.