Testimonials
“You are the best consultants I have worked with. You know your job, communicate well, produce more than what is expected, are pleasant and professional to work with, and guide us gently through the tough stuff. I appreciate all that you have brought to the Richmond Art Gallery with this fundraising plan.”
- Corrine Corry, former Director/Curator, Richmond Art Gallery
“Andrea is an expert in fundraising, from individual campaigns to corporate partnerships, and I would not hesitate to recommend her company to any organization, big or small. Her professionalism and expertise is second to none. Her work is thorough and thoughtful, as evidenced by her high success rate in securing funds for her clients. She helped make the first Vancouver Arts Awards a resounding success, thanks to her efforts to research and secure sponsors in a short amount of time. We couldn’t have done it without her!”
- Allison Markin, former Director of Marketing and Communications, Alliance for Arts and Culture
“Andrea is a gifted and patient consultant. She gets results.”
- Roger Kayo, former Director of Development, Crisis Centre of BC
“Andrea was approachable, warm, clear. Not jargony, but straight forward and easy to understand. Actually got to ‘implementation’ instead of just ‘theory’ – thank you!”
- Fundraising Planning Workshop Participant
“Andrea brings a tremendous skill set to the table. Her clarity, insight and understanding of communications strategy add value to her excellent writing and editing abilities. Andrea recently helped us develop Moving Towards Sustainability, a publication that successfully conveys our sustainability messages in a straightforward and compelling manner.”
- Connie MacDonald, Communications Director, Canadian Mountain Holidays
“Thank you so much for your work on this project. I feel we have an outstanding proposal. I love the work you did on both editing the words and the aesthetic and lay out of the proposal. You are remarkable in this kind of work and I am so pleased that you were able to help us.”
- Sarah Hayes, Chief Development Officer, The Banff Centre
“A big thank you from all of us at CoDevelopment Canada for your guidance and support! It’s been wonderful to work with you to hone our fundraising strategies and launch the major gifts campaign. Your warm and thoughful approach has been much appreciated.”
- CoDevelopment Canada
“Your work has been central to the advances made in our campaign for the $1.2 million breeding facility. I’m impressed with how quickly Blueprint adapted to the changing needs of our program. I knew I could count on you to offer effective approaches to whatever fundraising challenges I brought you.”
- Tony Barrett, former CFO and Development Director, Marmot Recovery Foundation
“Andrea was outstanding. She made us feel proud and also energized for the work we need to do. Her recommendations were clear and achievable, the goals in the fundraising plan are attainable, and the process by which we are to meet them is clearly laid out. She guided us with humour and vision, and we always felt that she was open to our questions and concerns.”
- Society for Canadian Women in Science and Technology
“I was not prepared for a workshop that would be so relevant, practical and hands on. I didn’t expect to see results so soon!”
- Fundraising for the Future Training Series Participant
“We couldn’t have accomplished so much in developing and implementing our fundraising plan without Andrea’s help, knowledge and encouragement. She’s great!”
- Fundraising for the Future Training Series Participant
“The H.R. MacMillan Space Centre contracted Blueprint Fundraising to create a feasibility study for a capital campaign. Andrea did a wonderful job. I was very confident in her fundraising knowledge and appreciated her perspectives particularly when they differed from my own. She provided invaluable advice on issues that the Space Centre needed to address to ensure the success of a capital campaign. I very much look forward to working with her again in future.”
- Lucy Komori, former Director of Development and Marketing, H.R. MacMillan Space Centre
“I appreciate that Andrea is so knowledgeable and willing to share information. She brought in many personal examples, had an excellent presentation style. She was concise and engaging.”
- Solicitation Training Workshop Participant
“I have worked with Blueprint in a variety of capacities over the last four years. Highly knowledgeable in all areas of fundraising, Andrea’s work style is professional and client-centred. She was a key player in BEST obtaining the $1 million Vancity Award and provided excellent training and outstanding consulting that got our board into the fundraising business.”
- Dave Thompson, former ED, Better Environmentally Sound Transportation
“Andrea is clear and concise. The material was excellent. She was a great speaker! Very personable and knowledgeable.”
- Crash Course in Proposal Writing Workshop Participant
“I speak for everyone at Public Dreams when I say that working with Andrea Seale has been a very rewarding experience. We initially hired Andrea to create a fundraising plan for Public Dreams. She worked with our staff, artistic team and board members to create a plan specifically geared to Public Dreams’ needs. She consulted with all stakeholders to ensure the plan addressed our concerns. We are so please with the results.”
- Helena Campbell, General Manager, Public Dreams Society
“I wanted to send my heartfelt thanks for facilitating our sponsor solicitation workshop. What an impact you had – everyone is still talking about it! I feel very confident that the workshop will result in bigger and better sponsorships.”
- Sponsor Solicitation Workshop Organizer
“The Land Conservancy has worked with Blueprint on many campaigns, including our ongoing $30 million ‘Ours Forever’ campaign. Having Blueprint on our team has been fantastic. They have the respect of all of the members of our management team for their intelligent advice, hard work and results. We highly recommend Blueprint to anyone seeking talented professionals in the fields of fundraising and communications.”
- Bill Turner, OC, Executive Director, The Land Conservancy of BC
“Blueprint’s excellent writing and editing services have helped me create wonderful materials, essential to the success of my fundraising campaigns. I’ve worked with Andrea at two different organizations and on many projects including direct mail campaigns, case statement development, planned giving marketing and strategic planning. I recommend her to anyone in need of creative and results-oriented fundraising and communications expertise.”
- Kari Frazer, former Development Specialist, Saanich Legacy Foundation
“CPAWS BC began working with Blueprint because we needed a strategy for raising more money from members by both increasing the number of individuals who gave and by raising more from selected individual members. With Blueprint’s help we’ve made great progress. Our board and staff ran a very successful membership campaign, we completed our first major gifts campaign; we’re cultivating relationships with our supporters and following a plan to diversify our funding. Andrea helped us set challenging but achievable goals. She is keeping us on track with her coaching and professional advice.”
- Bob Peart, former ED, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society BC
“Blueprint and Andrea are fantastic. They get double thumbs up for exceptional fundraising and communications services. Andrea’s practical advice helped Dogwood Initiative transform our fundraising programs — streamline our foundations program, focus our grant proposals, coordinate our direct mail and draft our appeal letters. She’s always ready with timely, smart and strategic tips and she’s a pleasure to work with.”
- Will Horter, Executive Director, Dogwood Initiative
“Andrea has offered smart advice and excellent input to make our fundraising programs succeed.”
- Fundraising for the Future Training Series Participant
“Blueprint is easy to work with, systematic, energetic, very supportive.”
- Board Member, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society BC
“As a board member of a nonprofit organization, your class has given me the skills necessary to help move my board into a fundraising role.”
- Fundraising for the Future Training Series Participant
“Excellent workshop – surpassed my expectations. Andrea is a great speaker who gives you real tools to take away. Thank you!”
- Fundraising Planning Workshop Participant
“I really liked this session – very good advice and wisdom to share.”
- Fundraising Planning Workshop Participant