Education Sessions

Below please find the education sessions approved to date for the 2014 conference. This page will be updated regularly, so please check back to see all the exciting offerings in San Antonio!

Please note: The room assignments and time slots assigned to the sessions below are subject to change up to the time of the conference.

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Time	Session Title	Speaker(s)
Sunday, March 29
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM	First Timers Orientation	Fritschner, Annie
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM	Under the Radar ... How to Unleash Young Donor's Philanthropy	Burk, Penelope
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM	What Does Your Employer Want? Aligning the Boss's Expectations With the Realities of Fundraising	Upsall, Daryl Racette, Nancy
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM	Writing a Fabulous Case for Support	Ahern, Tom
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM	Achieving Effective Interpersonal Relations: How to Lead Others by Managing Ourselves	Fogal, Robert
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM	Advanced Level Storytelling: How to Combine Your People Stories and Your Money Story	Jacobwith, Lori
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM	Comprehensive Corporate Relations: Forging Mutually Beneficial Corporate Partnerships	Schwartz, Jennifer Hedding, Dale
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM	How to Build a Highly Successful Monthly Giving Program	McKinnon, Harvey Oliver, Rosemary
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM	Making the Basics Better: Improving Every Aspect of Your Annual Giving Program	Gordon, Gretchen Kasavich, Chris
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM	More face and less book. What you need to lead your fundraising team to succeed	Becerril-Palacios, Leticia Noriega-Foster, Maria Elena
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM	Stewardship In A Small Shop: Building Lasting Relationships With Donors	Pelton, Jennifer
1:00 PM - 2:15 PM	Preparing for any Future That Could Come Along	Joyaux, Simone
1:00 PM - 2:15 PM	Building Donor Loyalty: What's New?	Sargeant, Adrian
1:00 PM - 2:15 PM	Ethics of Working with Aging Donors	Miner, Jodie Madison, Catherine Madson, David
1:00 PM - 2:15 PM	Frontline Focus: Fundraiser Training in a Large Shop Setting	Melvin, Anne
1:00 PM - 2:15 PM	How to Reinvigorate a Capital Campaign with New Leadership Gifts, Augmented Campaign Leadership, and a Bold Vision for the Future: A Case Study of St. Paul Academy and Summit School's $19.2 Million Campaign	Goldie, Dorothy Hoskow, Peter
1:00 PM - 2:15 PM	Replacing a Hero: Succession Planning after Years of Successful Leadership	Eddy, Heather Duncan, Gary
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM	Getting Involved in the ACFRE Process	Doorley, Mary Pranger, Jill
1:30 PM - 2:45 PM	How to Become a Presenter at the AFP International Fundraising Conference	Pena, Ligia Ryan, Steven
1:30 PM - 2:45 PM	The Future of Fundraising: npExperts Panel	Wilkins, Donna Barry, Frank Doolittle, Shanon MacLaughlin, Steve
1:30 PM - 2:45 PM	Becoming an Organizational Architect: A 7-Step Formula for Leading Happy & Healthy Fundraisers	Williams, CFRE, Tycely
1:30 PM - 2:45 PM	Donor Relations the Walt Disney Way	Olson, Wayne
1:30 PM - 2:45 PM	Making Friends with Funders: Best Practices for Creating Real Partnerships	Patton, Kim
1:30 PM - 2:45 PM	Strategies for Winning Crowd-Sourced Corporate and Foundation Grant Funding	Bischoff, B.J. Hand, Nathan
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM	Are You Living Up to Your Publishing Potential?	Mohler, Benjamin Miller, Steven Cory, Stephanie Wahlers, Robert
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM	Do You Have the Tools to Make the Right Ethical Decisions for your Organization?	Davis-Quarrie, Yulanda Taylor, Art
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM	Embracing an Ethical Standard for Raising More Money	Coates Madsen, Amy Baker, Don
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM	How to Bridge the Resource Gap to Bring Big Data to Your Nonprofit	Hutchins, Velma Kopp, James Dobrzeniecki, Jim
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM	How to Turn Passionate Staff and Board Members into Fundraisers ... Egypt Story	Fasih, Khaled Soliman, Abdel Aziz
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM	It Doesn't Have to Be Cold to Be Cool: Crowdfunding Is In	Shoaff, Andrew
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM	Latest Trends in Giving and What They Mean for Your Organization	Wilklow, Jeffrey Palmer, Stacy
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM	The Rules of Dating - Mentor/Mentee Relationships	Banks, Samantha Rhoten, Don Zanotti, Robin Burke, Bradley Bond, Kristol
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM	What Really Matters? 2015 Donor Engagement Study - Aligning Nonprofit Strategy with Donor Preferences	Druart, Tad
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM	45 Fascinating Nonprofit Statistics in 45 Minutes	MacLaughlin, Steve
Monday, March 30
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM	Corporate Sponsorship: Making the Strategic Shift	Harrington, Barbara
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM	The Digital Fundraising Revolution: The Top Trends and Skills Necessary to Supercharge Your Pipeline	Greenberg, Michael
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM	Treat Every Donor Like a Major Donor	Dietz, Rich Tucker, Ellen Keller, Brandy
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM	5 Killer Apps to Supercharge Your Annual Giving	Kravinchuk, David
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM	CSI: Baltimore -- Copy Scene Investigation	Swiridjuk, Sonya
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM	Fact vs. Fiction: What's New Online That Really Works	Chadwick, Carla Lynch, Harry Habig, Paul
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM	How to Avoid Fundraising's Quiet Killer: Donor Attrition	Wilkinson, Jay
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM	How to Create Inspiring and Successful Millennial Peer Fundraising Programs	Feldmann, Derrick
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM	Moving through the Ranks: Career Advancement for Young Professionals	Berberovic, Dzenan Wicker, Brandy Rann, Paul
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM	Navigating Your Fundraising Career: Developing a Roadmap for Professional and Personal Success	Huff, Jason Heinrich, Bret
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM	The Cutting Edge of Discovery Calls: Best Practices, Surveying the Field	Greenhoe, John
8:30 AM - 11:15 AM	I Wish I'd Thought of That - AFP & SOFII	Pletcher, Valerie Ahern, Tom Bartolini, William Eisenstein, Amy Joyaux, Simone Upsall, Daryl Pidgeon, Stephen Wolfe, Amy Fredricks, Laura Healey, Robbe Ferris, Alice Ryan Penland, Missy Barry, Frank Sargeant, Adrian Feldmann, Derrick Williams, CFRE, Tycely
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM	How To Become a CFRE	Aldrich, Eva
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM	Loverizing: The Lucrative Difference a Few Well-Chosen Words Will Make in Your Donor Communications	Ahern, Tom
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM	The Fountain of Youth: The Case & Resources for AFP Youth in Philanthropy Programs	Pletcher, Valerie Bjorhovde, Patricia
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM	What Road Will Get You There: Your Development Plan	Healey, Robbe
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM	Women Leading Philanthropy: Transforming the Philanthropic Landscape	Osili, Una Brown, C. Sylvia Boyce, Ann
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM	Amp Up Communications Without Sapping Your Energy	DeLong, Kathryn Lear, Liz
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM	Behavioural Economics: everything you know about donor decision making is wrong	Hutson, Alan Ross, Bernard
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM	Calling up the Reserves: Engaging Auxiliary Boards to Significantly Increase Fundraising	Tiknis, Sharon Lohse-Busch, Emily Irmen, Sara
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM	Fundraising - Especially Stewardship - is a Team Sport	Higgins, Stephen
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM	Hop on Board: It's Not Too Late to Launch an Individual Giving Program, even for a Niche Cause	Klein, Paul Boardman, Lynne
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM	Social Media and Ethics in Fundraising #frethics	Tinker, CFRE, David Chmiola, Lisa
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM	The Good, the Bad, and the Uncertain: The Rising Popularity of Donor-Advised Funds, and the Opportunities and Challenges for the Nonprofit Sector	Steuerle, Eugene Cantor, Alan
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM	Analytics: A Journey of Change	Sullivan, Gilman McCarthy, Dennis
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM	Ethics and Accountability from the Mailroom to the Boardroom	Taylor, Art Broun, Amanda Healey, Robbe
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM	Making Sense of Metrics	Looney, Claudia Looney, James Looney, Christopher
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM	The 3 Gs - Give, Get and Get Off from a Board Member's Perspective	Martin, Marty
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM	Understanding CSR from the Corporate Perspective	Racette, Nancy Solinger, Diane McClimon, Timothy Temple, James
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM	Operation Rubber Tree: A Case Study on Doubling Fundraising Results in 24 Months.	Zonker, Tammy
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM	Soliciting Your Major Donor...Getting Them to Yes!	Pranger, Jill Smith, Steven
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM	Starting Your Planned Giving Program--The A,B,C's	Logan, Timothy Mielke, Jeffrey
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM	What in the World Matters to Fundraisers? Why You Need to Pay Attention to Global Fundraising	Cagney, Penelope Stettner, Jon
4:30 PM - 5:45 PM	Bequest Asks: Getting It Right	Pidgeon, Stephen
4:30 PM - 5:45 PM	Capital Campaigns -- It Doesn't Take a Magician	Conklin, Michelle Dale, Deborah Johnson Smith, Angie
4:30 PM - 5:45 PM	Got Your Moves Going? Using Moves Management to Manage Up and to Manage Others	Bartolini, William
4:30 PM - 5:45 PM	It's Easier Than Frozen Pizza: Teaching Your Board Members to Ask	Joyaux, Simone
4:30 PM - 5:45 PM	Join Now! Membership Programs as a Base for Fundraising	Rich, Patricia
4:30 PM - 5:45 PM	Integrating Grant Proposals into your Funding Plan	DiVirgilio, Debbie
4:30 PM - 5:45 PM	It's All About Who You Know: Harnessing Connectors and Relationship Mapping for Fundraising Success	Bechhofer, Mark Snyder, Lesley
4:30 PM - 5:45 PM	Love Your Job, Love Your Life: 10 Rules for a Thriving Fundraising Career	Locke, Beth Ann Doolittle, Shanon
4:30 PM - 5:45 PM	Meet the Grantmakers	Patton, Kim Denlinger, Jonalyn
4:30 PM - 5:45 PM	Stewarding Event Donors: From one transaction to major engagement & major gifts	Skinner, Shiree
4:30 PM - 5:45 PM	Year in Review: Impact of Court Decisions and Legal Developments on Philanthropy	Sudol, Ted
Tuesday, March 31
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Challenging Conversations in a Changing Philanthropic Landscape	McManus, Andrea Schumacher, Martha H
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Happiness, Habits and Major Gift Fundraising: Strategies to Help You Survive and Thrive	Eisenstein, Amy
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM	An urgent message... S.O.S. Save Our Solicitations!	Hugg, Matt
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Date your Donors: How to Attract and Engage a New Generation of Philanthropists	Halper, Jonah
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Gift Planning in a Capital Campaign	Ierardi, Lynn
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Making Friends with Financial Statements: Accounting & Budgeting Concepts for Fundraisers	Cory, Stephanie
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Massive Fundraising	Sargeant, Adrian
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM	So You Want to Be a CEO? How to Prepare for a Successful Transition	McCombs, Laurel Turgeon, Nichole
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Successful Utilization of Volunteers During a Campaign	Pyron, Susan Sowell, Ashlyn
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM	The #telltaledonor: Communicating with Younger Donors	Chmiola, Lisa Blakemore, Dan Tinker, CFRE, David Reed, Emily
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Yes - you CAN turn direct mail donors into major donors and here's how to do it (and how not to do it)	Murphy, P.J. Neill, Tiffany
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	The Changing Landscape of Philanthropy: Examining Diversity in Giving	Loeb, Pam Molina, Mariel McCarthy, Dennis
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	Become a Better Major Gift Negotiator	Lynch, Shaun
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	Coaching Boards To Success: A Case Study of How One Small Nonprofit Transformed the Board's Capacity to Raise Funds and Attract Friends	Helgerson, Sheila Pelton, Jennifer
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	Expect to Close: And Keep the Door Open	Smith, Jerry Wellbaum, Rob
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	Game Brains: How Gamification Can Amplify Success in Social Fundraising and Engagement	Snyder, Lesley Keane, Bridget Murcott, John
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	Holistic Corporate Relations	Pugliese, Gloria
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	Maximizing Year-End Giving	Moore, Stephanie Shroyer, Natalie Gillmer, CFRE, CSPG, Joseph
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	Navigating Change...Why some organizations successfully navigate change and others fracture	Tartaglia-Poure, Barbara Hall, Myrna
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	Setting Performance Expectations for Gift Officers	Collins, Carrie
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	The Donor Experience	Muir, Rachel
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	The Rebrand Effect: Accellerating your fundraising through communications	Durham, Sarah Knight, Kristina
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM	Developing a Marketing and Communications Plan	Ahern, Tom
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM	Going Beyond Plain Vanilla, Crafting Meaningful Corporate Partnerships in a Competitive Marketplace	Lynch, Anthony Suarez, Joseph
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM	What's Your Return? Leveraging ROI Metrics in Your Fundraising Strategy	Rice, Robert O'Connor, Bill
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM	Concierge Stewardship and the Seven Touches Philosophy to Use with Your Donors	Wahlers, Robert
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM	Dealing with Board Bullies - When Values Conflict	Fortnum, Scott
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM	Know thy donors: the comprehensive donor feedback project	Wester, Lynne
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM	Major Donor Fundraising: Preparing to Make the Ask	Lonsbary, CFRE, Patricia Aspin, Louise
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM	Taking Out the Intimidation: Building and Implementing a Donor Stewardship Plan	McGovern, Katie Rickard, Angela

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