The successful bidder for this item will receive one hour of fundraising consulting time with expert Harvey McKinnon.

Mr. McKinnon is recognized as one of North America's leading fundraising experts. He is the author of five acclaimed books and co-author of the number one international best-seller The Power of Giving: How Giving Back Enriches Us All.

Harvey is considered a world leader on the topic of monthly giving. He wrote the first book on this highly lucrative area, Hidden Gold which each year raises billions of dollars for non-profits. His latest book is How to Create Lifelong Donors Through Monthly Giving, released in 2020. His best-selling book, The 11 Questions Every Donor Asks is used as a major gift training manual for fundraising departments throughout the US and Canada from United Ways to the San Diego Zoo. The second revised edition was published in 2015. Harvey helped to launch the Thich Nhat Hanh Foundation's fundraising program and is a highly rated trainer having taught fundraising to thousands of non-profit staff around the world. Sample topics have included: mid-level giving, direct mail, legacy gifts, and online and offline giving.

Harvey McKinnon is an inspirational speaker and trainer. He has helped to raise hundreds of millions of dollars for nonprofits. His fundraising consulting company, Harvey McKinnon Associates, helps tackle a variety of causes in Canada and the United States. A former radio columnist for CBC Radio in Canada, McKinnon has been published in the Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star, and the Vancouver Sun. He has also produced several documentaries, including Side by Side: Women Against AIDS, a biography of William Shatner, and also The Black Sea in Crisis.