C and F Porter Novelli, one of Nigeria’s foremost public relations advisory firm, in partnership with ORBICOM-UNESCO, the international network of communication professors and practitioners, and the Minnesota State University at Moorhead, (MSUM), has introduced a Strategic Fundraising and Capital Campaign (SFCC) training programme to Nigeria. The SFCC, a multi-faceted international training programme, aims to equip vice chancellors, rectors and principal officers of higher institutions with the requisite skills for successful fundraising that is sustainable across decades.
Specific to the Nigeria’s situation, the SFCC training will enable higher education leaders to successfully respond to the existential crises of funding. It will be delivered through seven free monthly webinars and education administrators can benefit from the free monthly webinars by registering on http://minnstate.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_voEGc51rRu23pxFTLFiuCg.
In a press release to the media, Mr. Anthony Ajero, C and F’s Group Accounts Director, expressed the company’s delight in being part of the global consortium comprising ORBICOM-UNESCO; MSUM; Strengths Incorporated; and Pace Fundraising in the USA. “C and F has always been one of the most sought-after strategic communications advisory companies not only in Nigeria but across West Africa and beyond. The SFCC initiative is yet another in a long string of impactful initiatives we have partnered.
“SFCC aligns with our founding philosophy of working with local and international brands that desire to make positive impact and therefrom achieve superior business results than ever imagined. Hence our vision of “PR, for good” across the 60 countries and 100 offices where the Porter Novelli mantra lives.” Mr. Ajero added that a hybrid international summit will also be held between September 15 and 18, 2021 at the Minnesota State University at Moorhead, (MSUM), in the the United States of America, USA.
Additionally, the Chairman of the SFCC advisory board, Prof. J. D. Amin, (OFR), a former chairman of the Committee of Vice-Chancellors (CVC), one-time Vice-Chancellor of the University of Maiduguri and later pioneer Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University, Dutse, said “as we all are aware, Nigeria is experiencing a crises of funding its higher institutions. This training will assist us avert further degradation of education at the tertiary level.”
C&F Porter Novelli (Nigeria) is one of the leading public relations and corporate affairs agencies in Africa and it has won multiple international laurels, including the LaPRIGA Award as “The Model Agency of All Time.”
ORBICOM is “the UNESCO Think Tank and network of UNESCO Chairs in communication with the mission of stimulating the exchange of information and the development of joint communication projects. Its primary mandate is the promotion of exchange of knowledge and expertise in communication through education, research, concrete actions.
Structured to link diversity in approaches with global expertise, it was formed by UNESCO and the University of Quebec, Montreal, Canada, in 1994, and holds more than 200 associate members and over 35 UNESCO chairs in Communications from across the world.”
On the other hand, Minnesota State University, Moorhead, (MSUM), was started in 1888, tuition-free to all students promising to teach two years in Minnesota. Today, it is a global university, with Dr. Anne Blackhurst as the 11th President whose vision is “to spark a cultural shift that will ignite passion and pride for the university that will spread beyond the campus to important constituencies.”