Not Your Typical Ministry. Not Your Typical Training.
The Pregnancy Help Institute has provided thousands of pregnancy help leaders with professional training. Over time, this training has added key elements vital to the pregnancy help movement as services expand. This year is no different.
The Pregnancy Help Institute dives deep into core topics that are useful in the pregnancy help movement and life. Organized under three intensive tracks (New Director, Development, and Leadership), the Pregnancy Help Institute integrates executive-level instruction in a small-group environment where you'll have the unparalleled opportunity to process information and strategies with experts and fellow front-line pregnancy help leaders.
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Subject Line: A Strategic Investment for Today and the Future of Our Organization
Dear Board Members,
As we continue to grow and serve more women and families in our community, I want to share with you a training opportunity that I believe is essential to our ongoing strength and success: Pregnancy Help Institute, hosted by Heartbeat International, this July.
This is not a typical conference. It’s an intensive, small-group training designed specifically for leaders and team members in the pregnancy help movement. With three focused tracks—New Director, Development, and Leadership—Pregnancy Help Institute provides deeply relevant tools for our team members at every stage of ministry leadership.
The training is executive-level, yet priced for ministries like ours (early-bird $1,799 for affiliates and just $1,949 for non-affiliates, including lodging). It includes practical, biblically grounded instruction on strategic planning, development, media communication, board governance, team building, and more. Every session is aimed at strengthening the health and effectiveness of our organization as a whole.
Why this matters:
- Our staff will grow in leadership and confidence
- We’ll sharpen our fundraising and communication efforts
- We’ll be better equipped to serve our clients and reach our community
- We’ll build a healthier, more sustainable ministry for the future
This is a one-week investment that brings lasting returns—not just to one team member, but for our whole organization. I respectfully ask that you consider supporting this training opportunity and investing in the future leadership of our ministry.
Early-bird pricing ends June 11, and final registration is June 25. I’d love to discuss who might benefit most from attending this year.
Thank you for your continued support, prayer, and commitment to building a life-affirming legacy together.
In His service,
New Director Track
Perfect for directors with less than 3 years experience
Development
The ultimate training for all fundraisers
Leadership
Created for seasoned leaders to take their skills to the next level
PHI 2026 Pricing & Timetable
Your registration package includes training and single-room hotel accommodations. Register early to lock in the best rate!
Designed for Directors with less than 3 years of experience leading a pregnancy help organization.
If you have less than three years of experience in directing a life-affirming pregnancy center, medical clinic, maternity home, or nonprofit adoption agency, the New Director training is perfect for you. When you combine the wisdom gained from this training with your calling from the Lord, you are truly prepared to navigate effectively, avoid pitfalls, and increase your effectiveness as a leader. Facilitated by Heartbeat International staff with years of experience in pregnancy help leadership, you'll be in good hands.
Topics include:
- Keys to a Healthy Organization
- Strategic Planning
- Board Governance
- Volunteer Recruitment, Retention, & Training
- Core Client Programs
- Development — Raising Friends and Funds
- Staff Growth & Development
- Energizing Tips to Maintain Focus
Designed for those responsible for donor development, strategic growth, or executing a fundraising plan within a pregnancy help organization.
Step into a week designed to transform how you think about and execute fundraising. This advanced training goes beyond tactics to reshape your understanding of development as both ministry and mission-critical strategy.
Led by seasoned pregnancy help leader Lisa Stueckemann, this track equips you to move from reactive fundraising to intentional, confident, and highly effective development leadership while collaborating with and learning alongside other pregnancy help leaders.
What You’ll Learn & Walk Away With:
- A clear understanding of what fundraising actually is and what inspires donors to give
- Proven strategies to set goals, define targets, and build an annual funding plan that works
- A system to segment donors and align each relationship with the right team member to strengthen connections and increase giving
- The ability to design major events that build relationships and micro events that deepen engagement
- Practical tools to develop authentic, lasting relationships with major donors and churches
- The skills to craft annual appeals and direct mail that generate results
- A plan to create and grow reliable monthly giving
- Effective strategies to execute end of year fundraising and maximize your most important giving season
- The confidence to make the ask clearly, confidently, and without hesitation
- A fully developed 12-month fundraising plan you can implement immediately to guide your development efforts year-round
Designed for seasoned leaders who want to invest in their ministry through leadership development.
Created for seasoned leaders, the Leadership track contains concepts developed by Built to Lead, an executive coaching program that has trained CEOs, presidents, and ministry leaders nationwide. Here, you will learn proven techniques on how to lead effectively both at work and in your personal life and practice those methods throughout the week. Alumni are welcome to return for this track at any point for more training and refreshment!
Topics include:
- Personal Leadership
- Goal Setting
- Team Building
- Leading Leaders
All tracks will have prerequisite work that must be completed before attending the Pregnancy Help Institute. The list of prerequisites will be included in your registration confirmation.
Hotel & Other Helpful Information
Your registration includes your hotel accommodations. Below are important event details.
Venue & Hotel
Your registration package includes:
- Training by subject-matter experts
- Four nights lodging (room & tax): Monday check-in, Friday check-out at The Ohioan Hotel & Event Center
- Heartbeat will make your hotel room arrangements based upon your registration. Please do not contact the hotel for lodging requests.
- Select meals provided: See below
- Complimentary Wi-FI
- Free parking
PHI 2026 Pricing & Timetable
Prices this year include training and single-room hotel accommodations. Register early to lock in the best rate!
5 reasons you need to come
Corporate training at a non-profit cost.
Businesses nationwide use Built to Lead to train CEOs, Presidents, and Boards in Leadership Training. We have partnered with these executive coaches to bring you business training at a price you can afford.
Far more dynamic and personal than a conference.
Conferences, specifically the big annual ones, are incredible. There are so many people to meet and so much to learn, but sometimes you need more personalized in-depth training. Pregnancy Help Institute is intentionally sized for an intimate learning environment. Pregnancy Help Institute provides individual interaction and personal feedback to help you grow in your role and increase your effectiveness.
It’s vital to invest in yourself.
"We must all learn to lead ourselves with excellence before we can lead a team towards excellence. In other words, we believe that excellence achieved individually will spread organizationally." - Built to Lead’s Belief
A burst of training goes a long way.
One week can literally revolutionize your personal leadership as well as grow your knowledge and understanding. Working with trainers and fellow participants over an extended time yields an exponential return on your investment of time.
Relationships you build will be powerful.
There's nothing more powerful than realizing you're not alone, and at Pregnancy Help Institute, you are surrounded by people not only who share your values, but also are close to you on the same journey.
Cancellation Policy
- Full refund available until June 27, 2026
- 50% refund from June 28 – July 4, 2026
- No refund after July 5, 2026
