Thursday, March 1, 2018
Opening Plenary
- Top 30 Premiere – Donna Wilkins, Charity Dynamics
- The Future of P2P: Big Data – Shana Masterson, Blackbaud
- Digital Strategies That Build Retention – Kivi Leroux Miller, Nonprofit Marketing Guide
Cycling Summit – sponsored by Cadence Sports
Speakers:
- The State of Cycling Fundraising – Lauren Benshoof, Cadence Sports
- Motivating Top Fundraisers – Tracy Evans, AIDS/Life Cycle & Kerry Quackenbush, The Pablove Foundation
- Making the Right Investments – Plum Whitney, 24 Foundation, Audra Flemming, American Diabetes Association & Brian Leto, Cadence Sports
Speakers:
- The State of DIY Fundraising – Donna Wilkins, Charity Dynamics
- Tributes – Jordan Winn, Colorectal Cancer Alliance
- Themed Campaigns – Lacey Todd, Alzheimer’s Association
- DIY Champions
Endurance Summit – sponsored by IRONMAN
Video from Endurance Summit (password: ironman)
Speakers:
- The State of Endurance Fundraising – Meg Nolte, IRONMAN’s Foundation, Peter Panepento, Peer-to-Peer Professional Forum
- Is the Future Customized? – Nicole Herring, Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy
- Put Your Participants to Work – Gillian Gonzalez, Team Fisher House
Speakers:
- The State of National Series P2P Fundraising – Kari Bodell
- The Care and Feeding of Teams – Wendy Vizek, The Alzheimer’s Association
- Quality Over Quantity – Kathleen Hayes, American Diabetes Association & Jane Hoffman, Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation
Hospital/Local Summit – sponsored by hjc
Speakers:
- The Healthcare Foundation of 2049 – Michael Johnston, hjc
- DIY & P2P for Healthcare Foundations – Jamie Lamont & Katie McHugh-Escobar, SickKids Foundation
- Making Your Grateful Patient Program Greater – Amy Wilkinson, Toronto Western General Hospital Foundation & Ingrid Gingras, The Ottawa Hospital Foundation
Afternoon Breakout Sessions:
- Owning the Seat You Are Sitting In – Katrina McGhee
- The Perfect Prescription for Participant Recruitment – Mandy O’Neill, ConnectedNonprofit
- What Do Corporations Want? – Michele Egan Sterne, For Momentum
- Activating Zero Dollar Fundraisers – Tracy Earll, The National Hemophilia Foundation & Betsy Drach, World Vision
- Mission Engagement on Your Event – Nicole Dolan, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention & Colleen Healy Fitzgerald, OP3
Cash, Sweat & Tears Award Dinner – honoring 2018 winner Chris McPhee – Sponsored by Blackbaud
Read more about Chris’ extraordinary achievements
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Friday, March 2, 2018
Morning Plenary
- Program of the Year: Cycle for Survival – Katie Klein, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
- The Power of Word of Mouth – Robbin Phillips, Brains on Fire
- There’s More Than One Way To Help Your Cause – Dr. Phillip Schnider
Morning Breakout Sessions:
- Hot Topics – Doug Ulman, Pelotonia
- Influencing for Impact – Katrina McGhee
- Unleashing Corporate Support Through Better Relationship Management – Linda Tantawi, Susan G. Komen Greater NYC & Elyse Meardon, Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals
- Have You Tried This? – Peter Panepento, Peer-to-Peer Professional Forum
- Fundraising’s Rosetta Stone – Karla Baldelli, JDRF
Afternoon Breakout Sessions:
- Getting Good Decisions Made in Your Organization – Courtney Bugler, Race for the Cure, Kari Bodell, formerly Avon Breast Cancer Crusade, Katrina Van Huss and Otis Fulton, Turnkey
- Turn Participants Into Fundraising Superstars (even if they’ve never fundraised before) – Mandy O’Neill, ConnectedNonprofit
- The Three Strategies You Need To Know To Sell Six-Figure Sponsorships – Maureen Carlson & Brittany Hill, Catalist
- Attracting & Motivating Men – Susan Petre, American Cancer Society
Closing Plenary
- The British Invasion: Lessons from Comic Relief – Rick Scott, Comic Relief USA
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