As competition for donor dollars increases, it’s more important than ever to build solid strategies around the three critical components of the annual giving fundraising cycle: acquisition, participation, and retention.

Join us for a discussion series to learn new ideas for how to build and sustain a healthy donor base. In community with other annual giving professionals across the nation, you will engage in dialogue, share current practices, and have space to ask questions about how to apply these new strategies at your own institution.

Each session will be co-facilitated by our expert panel, Nky McGinnis, Executive Director of Annual Giving Programs at the University of Rochester, and Tyrell Warren-Burnett, Senior Director of Annual Giving at Oregon State University Foundation. Collectively, they bring 25+ years of experience to the table as annual giving professionals.

The series consists of six one-hour discussions. We will begin each session by introducing one strategy you can use to build and sustain a healthy donor base. You will have a chance to reflect individually on the opportunities and challenges of implementing this strategy in your own shop. We’ll then spend most of the session in conversation with other annual giving professionals across the country exchanging ideas, sharing current practices, and providing space to ask questions.

You may choose to attend some or all the discussion sessions. To get the most out of the series, we encourage you to attend all six; however, if you can only attend one or two, you will still benefit from the information and collective dialogue involved. Make sure you register for each session you’d like to attend.