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"Maria Semple's training seminar has opened my eyes to just
how many resources we have available at our own fingertips to prospect for new clients! The information shared by Maria
has spurred me to incorporate new client prospecting as part of my overall marketing plan."
Michelle L.
Heide, CFP®
Financial Advisor
Patton, Heide & Associates, a financial advisory practice of Ameriprise Financial
Services
"The Prospect Finder and Maria's workshop give you the tools and techniques you need
to find and approach your best prospects. The resources presented in her workshop provide the insight and information
that will allow you to save time and money while differentiating your practice well beyond what your competitors are doing."
Jim Buro, CFA, CFP®, ChFC, CPA
President
Wall Street Speaking
"Your class was GREAT. Extremely informative and chock full of useful information.
Exactly what I was looking for."
Debra Wachspress, Board Member
Kidsbridge Children's
Museum
http://www.kidsbridgemuseum.org
"Thank you for the fine presentation
you gave yesterday. It was the most informative workshop I have attended in years. The information you gave in
a clear and uncomplicated fashion was most appreciated. You were outstanding, thorough, and totally knowledgeable about
a vast number of sources in print, electronically, etc."
Clare Lagermasini, Executive
Director
Governing Institute of NJ
http://www.ginj.org
"Your workshop is one of
the best I have ever attended, on any subject. Your presentation was well developed and easy to follow and did not assume
any prior knowledge, yet was engaging and interesting for those who had some experience with prospect research. It was
so helpful to be able to follow along on the internet ourselves and to have the opportunity to do our own research during
the session with your guidance. I learned a tremendous amount about what is currently available and know it will help
me support my clients in developing their fundraising initiatives."
Christine G. Brown
Leadership Coaching in the Social Sector
http://www.BeTheChangeCoaching.com
"You are truly skilled at what you do, and I appreciate how much information you gave us, as well as
how you did not waste a minute of time, but covered all your slides and much more. The websites you covered will help
our organization find our best prospects for long-term relationships." Patricia Major Andres Executive
Director
People & Stories/Gente y Cuentos
"I was very motivated after attending your workshop on prospect
research and now I have a success story to share with you. I was able to garner $2,500 for my organization after identifying
and researching a nearby company with a corporate foundation. After a brief email with the foundation's executive
director requesting their grant guidelines, I received an email back the same day indicating they would support our
science initiatives in the schools. The skills I acquired in your workshop will enable me to successfully approach additional
funders. Thank You!"
Marcia Smith Fleres, Executive Director West Windsor-Plainsboro Education Foundation
"I
have taken other workshops on fundraising and Maria Semple was simply the best. She laid out a clear, step-by-step plan
for all the stages of finding money, both individual and foundation.
One of her talents is making sense out of the most confusing postmodern commodity:
information. But best of all, she was patient enough to listen to my sob story! And her advice turned our tears
into cheers." Bob Diefendorf, Executive
Director Small Miracles Foundation
"We
worked in conjunction with Maria's company, The Prospect Finder, to do a comprehensive search to seek out funding leads.
Our search was unique in both the population and field in which we were working in. Maria performed the research and
provided us not only compelling leads, but she did so in an extremely time efficient manner. Her research allowed us
to complete our business planning for the remainder of the year and gave us the confidence knowing we had the information
we needed in order to be successful."
Denton
Chase Asian Health Communications
"Thank you for your support in presenting at our Annual Non-Profit
Symposium for the past four years. Your presentation evaluation feedbacks were superb. It goes without saying
that your presentations are well-designed, timely, totally easy to use for the novice technology users and a Godsend for the
start-up grant writers. But, what sets you apart is your customized details and attention to individual needs."
Tulsi Maharjan, Ph.D. Director, Governmental Relations Raritan Valley Community College
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