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  • Thursday, August 3, 2023
  • 7:00am – 5:00pm EST
    Bridge Conference Registration
  • 7:00am – 6:00pm EST
    Prayer Gathering: Open Room for Personal Reflection and Connection
  • 7:15am – 8:00am EST
    Morning Mass
  • 7:30am – 5:00pm EST
    Professional Resource Center
  • 7:30am – 5:00pm EST
    The Gathering Place for Faith Based Fundraisers
  • 8:00am – 8:45am EST
    Breakfast in the Solutions Showcase + First Timers in Same Location
  • 8:45am – 9:45am EST
    Are You Sure about That? Testing in an Age of Inflation
  • 8:45am – 9:45am EST
    Awakening the Sleeping Giant of Latinx Philanthropy
  • 8:45am – 9:45am EST
    CEOs Dish on Managing the Bridge between Marketing and Development Departments
  • 8:45am – 9:45am EST
    Data Hygiene and Data Processing: The Basics
  • 8:45am – 9:45am EST
    Demystifying Data Warehouses, Data Lakes, and Data Lakehouses: What You Need to Know and How They Can Help You Become Better Data-Driven Marketers
  • 8:45am – 9:45am EST
    Influencers: The New Grasstops
  • 8:45am – 9:45am EST
    It’s All about YOU! How to Enhance Your Skills and Advance Your Career
  • 8:45am – 9:45am EST
    JAMS Collective (“Just about Monthlies and Sustainers”): Early Results Preview
  • 8:45am – 9:45am EST
    Legacy Giving—A Slow-Moving Field Speeds Up: New Research on Donor Decision-Making
  • 8:45am – 9:45am EST
    Mid-Major Gifts: Fundraising as a Ministry
  • 8:45am – 9:45am EST
    Moving Your Fundraising Efforts From Transactional to Transformational
  • 8:45am – 9:45am EST
    Riding the Clutch: Shifting to Performance Creative
  • 8:45am – 9:45am EST
    YOU Can Have Success Fundraising with YouTube
  • 9:50am – 11:20am EST
    Being a Bridge to Greatness
  • 11:30am – 12:30pm EST
    “Donor as Hero” is Broken: How to Build Authentic Stories
  • 11:30am – 12:30pm EST
    Blended Gifts (Major Gifts and Planned Gifts)
  • 11:30am – 12:30pm EST
    Boosting Lifetime Value and Retention: Using Advanced Listening Techniques to Build Even Deeper Relationships with Donors
  • 11:30am – 12:30pm EST
    Building Five- and Six-Figure Strategic Corporate Partnerships That Center Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • 11:30am – 12:30pm EST
    Digging for Gems: Using Portfolio Reviews and Donor Research to Get to the “YES!”
  • 11:30am – 12:30pm EST
    Direct Mail Innovations
  • 11:30am – 12:30pm EST
    Direct Mail is Not Dying, it’s Evolving. What to Do about it Right Now
  • 11:30am – 12:30pm EST
    Dissecting the Psyche of the American Political Donor
  • 11:30am – 12:30pm EST
    Emerging Digital Channels: Connecting to Millennials and Gen Z
  • 11:30am – 12:30pm EST
    How to Best Use Postal Logistics in Your Direct Mail Program
  • 11:30am – 12:30pm EST
    Somehow I Manage: Lessons for New Managers by Michael Scott*
  • 11:30am – 12:30pm EST
    Succession Planning for Success: Taking the Steps Now to Be Prepared for the Future
  • 11:30am – 12:30pm EST
    Ten Building Blocks for Double-Digit Growth of Your Digital Program
  • 11:30am – 12:30pm EST
    The Donor Journey Explained: A Roadmap to Grow Generosity at Scale
  • 11:30am – 12:30pm EST
    The Fundraiser’s Achilles’ Heel: The Lack of Effective Revenue Attribution Reporting is Stunting Your Growth Trajectory!!
  • 12:30pm – 1:00pm EST
    Bridge Live Podcast - Justin McCord, RKD
  • 12:30pm – 2:30pm EST
    Lunch in the Solutions Showcase
  • 1:30pm – 2:00pm EST
    Bridge Live Podcast - Paul Clolery, NPT
  • 2:00pm – 2:30pm EST
    Bridge Live Podcast - Kia Croom, Fundraising in Black
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm EST
    Be the Leader Your Team Needs
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm EST
    Beyond Transactions: Measuring Relationships with People
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm EST
    Everything You Need to Know About Accepting Cryptocurrency Donations
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm EST
    First-Party Data Experiences: Advance Your Digital Now
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm EST
    Hey Google! What Should I Be Doing with My Paid Search?
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm EST
    How Investing in New Digital Tools Can Help Nonprofit Leaders Engage More Donors
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm EST
    How the Alzheimer’s Association Accelerates Their Impact with Community-Driven Video
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm EST
    How to Greatly Reduce F2F Attrition in the First Three Months
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm EST
    Major and Planned Gifts: True Case Stories and Lessons Learned
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm EST
    Make Better Decisions: How to Use Decision Science to Create a Measurable, Actionable Strategic Plan
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm EST
    Reimaging Donor Engagement in the Post-Pandemic World
  • 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?
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm EST
    The Proliferation of Nonprofit Technology Applications and the Impact of Mergers and Acquisitions
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm EST
    Using Video Storytelling to Bridge Marketing and Fundraising Initiatives
  • 3:00pm – 3:30pm EST
    Bridge Live Podcast - Aidan Reilly, Farmlink
  • 3:30pm – 4:00pm EST
    Refreshment Break in the Solutions Showcase
  • 4:00pm – 4:30pm EST
    Bridge Live Podcast - Chris Pritcher, RKD
  • 4:00pm – 5:00pm EST
    30 Ideas That WOWed Us!
  • 4:00pm – 5:00pm EST
    A Plentiful Partnership: How to Create a Digital Pipeline of Legacy Donor Prospects That Will Impress Even the Most Stubborn Skeptics
  • 4:00pm – 5:00pm EST
    A Practical Plan for Executive Management of DEI
  • 4:00pm – 5:00pm EST
    Bridging the Gap between Nonprofits and Video Game Communities
  • 4:00pm – 5:00pm EST
    Data-Driven Content Audits (More Than Just Pageviews)
  • 4:00pm – 5:00pm EST
    Diving into Data-Rich Acquisition Strategies
  • 4:00pm – 5:00pm EST
    Following Shifts in Donor Thinking: How Do Faith-Based Fundraisers Stay Relevant?
  • 4:00pm – 5:00pm EST
    How Investing in New Digital Tools Can Help Nonprofit Leaders Engage More Donors
  • 4:00pm – 5:00pm EST
    How to Reach Donor-Advised Fund Donors
  • 4:00pm – 5:00pm EST
    Leading Change: Breakthroughs Don’t Happen Overnight
  • 4:00pm – 5:00pm EST
    Making the Best of Doing More with Less
  • 4:00pm – 5:00pm EST
    Surprising Revelations from a Year of Audience Research
  • 4:00pm – 5:00pm EST
    The Nonprofit Technology Reckoning: How We Sacrificed Relationships in Favor of Efficiency
  • 4:00pm – 5:00pm EST
    The Power of Transformational Partnerships
  • 4:00pm – 5:00pm EST
    When Donors “Flock” to Subscription-Style Annual Giving
  • 4:30pm – 5:00pm EST
    Bridge Live Podcast - Andrew Olsen, DickersonBakker
  • 5:15pm – 5:30pm EST
    Afternoon Prayer Service