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  • Thursday, Aug 3rd
    8:45am - 9:45am EST
    Moving Your Fundraising Efforts From Transactional to Transformational
    Location: Chesapeake I
    Karen Kendrick – Veritus Group
    Major Gifts & DAF
  • Thursday, Aug 3rd
    11:30am - 12:30pm EST
    Digging for Gems: Using Portfolio Reviews and Donor Research to Get to the “YES!”
    Location: Chesapeake I
    Julie Upham – Conservation International
    Maranda Snyder Dykstra – Conservation International
    Major Gifts & DAF
  • Thursday, Aug 3rd
    2:30pm - 3:30pm EST
    Stewardship That Stands Out in the Current Competitive Market: Is Your Organization Providing the Best Customized Stewardship Experience to Your High-Level Individual and Corporate Donors?
    Location: Chesapeake I
    A. Courtney Dunakin, MS (she/her/hers) – Brookings Institution
    Major Gifts & DAF
  • Thursday, Aug 3rd
    4:00pm - 5:00pm EST
    How to Reach Donor-Advised Fund Donors
    Location: Chesapeake I
    Nelle Schantz – Fidelity Charitable
    Jeremy Kraut-Ordover – Previously with Muscular Dystrophy Association and Habitat for Humanity
    Major Gifts & DAF
  • Friday, Aug 4th
    8:00am - 9:00am EST
    Troublesome Gifts: Not All Matches Are Made in Heaven
    Location: Chesapeake I
    Aly Mennuti – CCS Fundraising
    Brynne MacCann – American College of Cardiology
    Rodney Trapp, MBA, MSc, MA – University of the District of Columbia Foundation
    Major Gifts & DAF
  • Friday, Aug 4th
    9:05am - 10:05am EST
    No, You Don’t Need an Elevator Pitch, You Need an Elevator Interview
    Location: Chesapeake I
    James M. Langley – Langley Innovations
    Major Gifts & DAF
  • Friday, Aug 4th
    11:20am - 12:20pm EST
    Predictably Irrational: How to Use Decision Science to Transform Your Fundraising
    Location: Chesapeake I
    Alan R. Hutson, Jr., MPA, CFRE (he/him/his) – The Monument Group, Inc.
    Thomas Kurmann – Oxfam America
    Major Gifts & DAF