2013 International Conference Program

Conference Program

Schedules: Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday

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Monday, September 30, 2013

8:00 - 9:00 am	Breakfast Conversations
9:00 - 9:30 am	Conference Welcome & Presentation of Sheryl A. Blair Scholarships
9:30 - 10:45 am	Keynote Speech: Tom Ahern Following the Path to Donor Nirvana: The 5 Realizations Approach
10:45 - 11:05 am	Networking Break
11:05 - 12:05 pm	Session 1A Newsletters: Why Most Drive Donors Away -- and Why Some Succeed Beyond Anyone's Wildest Dreams Tom Ahern	Session 1B Best Practices for Donor Recognition and Naming Opportunities Christine Scully & Keri Muus	Session 1C Talking + Teamwork = Smarter Fundraising Erin Caitlin McVeigh, Michela D'Eramo & Rebecca DuFault	Session 1D Creating Our Own Stewardship Pipeline Kate Lucas & Jerisha Gordon
12:05 - 1:20 pm	Lunch Conversations
1:20 - 2:20 pm	Session 2A Stewardship Considerations for LGBTQ Donors Rebecca Taylor	Session 2B Donor Intelligence: Letting Donors Drive Your Messaging Kevin Peters	Session 2C Donor Relations during a Campaign: If I Knew Then What I Know Now Charlotte Troyanowski, Joseph Donnelly, Elizabeth Middleton, Cindy Hancock & Jeff Muller	Session 2D Effective Donor Relations: What Does That Mean? Toni Robinson
1:20 - 2:20 pm	Session 2E Limited to 12 attendees (FULL) Hot Topics for Seasoned Donor Relations Leaders & Managers Patricia Berry & Mark Lanum
2:20 - 2:40 pm	Networking Break
2:40 - 3:40 pm	Session 3A How On-Boarding New Development Professionals Elevates the Role of Donor Relations/Stewardship Kathy Drucquer Duff	Session 3B Donor Engagement: How the Past Informs Our Future Rose Dalba	Session 3C The Live Online Giving Challenge Lynne Wester	Session 3D How to Reorganize, Refresh and Renew Your Fund Development Efforts to Outcomes Lia Kampman & Heather R. Corey
2:40 - 3:40 pm	Session 3E (Repeat of Session 2E) Limited to 12 attendees (FULL) Hot Topics for Seasoned Donor Relations Leaders & Managers Patricia Berry & Mark Lanum
3:40 - 4:00 pm	Networking Break
4:00 - 5:00 pm	Session 4A Transformational Corporate Engagement; Insights from Cultivating a $ 27.1M Gift Tammy Zonker	Session 4B Dear Angie: A Management Advice Session Angela Joens	Session 4C Spotlight on Top Donors: Personal and Meaningful Stewardship Jo McCourt, Lynne Wester, Valerie Richardson & Mary Fisher	Session 4D Making Gift Documentation Feasible and Friendly Debbie Meyers
	Dinner On Your Own (Dine-arounds Available)

Tuesday, October 1st, 2013

8:00 - 9:00 am	Breakfast Conversations
9:00 - 9:30 am	Announcements and Annual Meeting
9:30 - 10:45 am	Keynote Speaker: Elizebeth Crabtree Driving Performance through Creativity, Innovation and Execution
10:45 - 11:05 am	Networking Break
11:05 - 12:05 pm	Session 5A The Leadership Challenge: Empowering and Inspiring Excellence Elizabeth Crabtree	Session 5B The Triple-Threat Event: Collaborative Events that Engage, Elevate and Deliver Katie Lew & Lisa Aaronson	Session 5C Volunteer Management 101 Scott McKinney & Patty Bujorian	Session 5D Growing Giving Through Your Stewardship Program Jeff Muller
12:05 - 1:20 pm	Lunch Conversations
1:20 - 2:20 pm	Session 6A The Triple-Threat Event: Collaborative Events that Engage, Elevate and Deliver Katie Lew & Lisa Aaronson	Session 6B Donor Advised Fund Gifts: What's Fair and What's Foul? Jo Ann Platt	Session 6C RISDiversity \| A Community Narratives Project, a Study in the Fine Art of Storytelling Candace Baer, Adam Mastoon, Amanda Wright & Anne Manner-McLarty	Session 6D Creating Great Reports Jeff Muller
2:20 - 2:40 pm	Networking Break
2:40 - 3:40 pm	Session 7A The Creating Optimal Records Everywhere ("CORE") Campaign Anne Marie Halsey, Melody Allen McBeth & Shomari White	Session 7B Retaining and Motivating Employees for their Best Performance Kathy Drucquer Duff, CFRE	Session 7C Octopus Effect: How to Build a Committee that Everyone Will Want to Join Heather C. Diehl	Session 7D Designing a Digital Donor Wall on a Budget Rebecca Jamison, Tiffany Chiang & Ryan Cahoy
3:40 - 4:00 pm	Networking Break
4:00 - 5:00 pm	Session 8A A Minute to Win It, In the Shark Tank, Facing the, Firing Line, Special Anniversary Edition with Bloopers Mary Solomons	Session 8B Solo Stewardship: How to Successfully Steward Donors On Your Own Lisa Rovner	Session 8C Building Bridges in Scholarship Administration Scott McKinney	Session 8D Rock Your Response Rate Tara Carleo & Jeannie Moody-Novak, Shelby Glenn & Julie Bostian
5:30 - 6:30 pm	Networking Reception
	Dinner On Your Own (Dine-arounds available)

Wednesday, October 2nd, 2013

8:00 - 9:15 am	Breakfast Conversations
9:15 - 9:30 am	Announcements and Presentation of Service Awards
9:30 - 10:45 am	Keynote Speaker: Neil Steinberg Not Your Grandfather’s Old Community Foundation!
10:45 - 11:05 am	Networking Break
11:05 - 12:05 pm	Session 9A Spotlight on Top Donors: Personal and Meaningful Stewardship Jo McCourt, Lynne Wester, Valerie Richardson & Mary Fisher	Session 9B A Study of Recognition and New Media at the NEWSEUM Anne Manner-McLarty & Emily Nicholson	Session 9C What Difference Does It Make? Tackling Measurement in Donor Relations and Stewardship Julia Emlen	Session 9D For the Donor Who Has it All, the One-of-a-Kind Gift that Only Your Institution Can Give Nancy Rieger
12:05 - 1:20 pm	Lunch Conversations
1:20 - 2:20 pm	Session 10A (repeat of session 9C) What Difference Does It Make? Tackling Measurement in Donor Relations and Stewardship Julia Emlen	Session 10B Driving Success by Thinking Beyond Functional Silos Matt McCabe	Session 10C What Museums Curators can teach us about Donor Stewardship Lynn Sullivan & Gina Glacock-Broze	Session 10D The Balancing Act: Unit Stewardship Practices in a Somewhat Centralized, Decentralized System Marie Berry & Anne Manner-McLarty

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