SyllabusParticipants learn the roles, skills, and approaches for trustees: Learn the organization’s vision and how funding priorities will help accomplish the vision Carry the vision into the community Discover potential donors’ personal stories that match the organization’s vision Create connections: potential donors to the organization Invest time and financial support in the vision for the organization Help maintain long-term relationships and provide a meaningful Return on Philanthropic Investments Participants also explore their own connections to the organization and re-evaluate their own philanthropy in terms of what they would like to accomplish with their money that would be meaningful to them.