Concurrent Sessions

Saturday, March 29
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
A7	Creating a Joyful Donor and Making an Artful Ask	Heim
A8	Reality Grantmaking	Fox  Clarke
A9	Charity or Nonprofit Business? The Road to Social Enterprise	Block  Gleason
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
A1	Consultants School
A2	Management School	Ross  Navarro Grueter
A3	The Planned Giving School
A4	Keep Your Donors: Your Guide to Better Communications and Stronger Relationships	Ahern  Joyaux
A6	The Development Plan--The Foundation of Success	Lysakowski  Guellich
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
A10	Treasure Hunter! Master The Art of the Multiple Ask	Laudick  Brown
A11	Planning and Running a Capital Campaign with Limited Staff and a Modest Budget	Macnab
A12	7 Steps to Happy, Productive Administrative and Program Volunteers (not Board)	Fritschner
A13	Winning Gifts -- Delighting Donors	Wilson
Sunday, March 30
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
A14	Planning for success: The annual campaign	Lavery
A15	How to Jump-Start Planned Giving at Your Organization with an Effective Wills Emphasis Program	Carmichael
A16	Preparing for a Capital Campaign	Novom  Lysakowski
A17	Fundraising Communications Boot Camp	Ahern
12:15 PM - 1:00 PM
	Publishing Your Book Through AFP
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
	Diversity Workshop
2:15 PM - 3:00 PM
	Becoming a CFRE
	Creating a Network that Works!	Talisman
3:15 PM - 4:00 PM
	How to Become a Conference Presenter
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM
	Getting Involved in the ACFRE Process
Monday, March 31
8:00 AM - 9:15 AM
ACFRE1	More than Charisma: Characteristics of Reflective Professionals	Pribbenow
AG1	The Annual Fund: Building the Base for Everything Else	Macnab
BD1	Creating a Successful Philanthropy Partnership with your Board of Directors	Cardwell  See
CC1	Fabulous Case Statements 101	Ahern
DR1	If Aristotle Wrote Direct Mail: Classic Principles for Persuasive Solicitation Letters	Aldrich
FR1	Crafting the Grant Proposal Budget	Kester
LE1	Social Justice and Progressive Philanthropy: A Subversive Act	Joyaux
LE8/9	Developing an Innovative Culture	Ross
MA1	Eight Proven Strategies for Keeping Development Efforts on Target	Rylander
MG1/MG3	Emerging Trends in Naming Opportunities	Burton
MG2	Turning Annual Donors into Major Gifts Prospects	Fredricks
MKT1	Moving Beyond the Database to Build a True Base of Support-- A refreshing new look at the job of a fundraiser	Toliver
PD1	Slowing the Revolving Door: Career Enhancement Without Changing Jobs	Sturtevant
PG1	How to Identify Planned Giving Prospects	Henze
PP1	Nonprofits Should be Sustainable and Socially Responsible: Is Yours?	Crystle
SE1	Signature Events	Biondolillo
SP1	Passing the Torch: Attracting & Cultivating the Next Generation of Philanthropists...The Dialogue Continues	Acri
SP2	What Makes Jewish Fundraising Unique—Isn’t a dollar a dollar?	Mersky  Sales
TN1	Ten Common Mistakes in Selecting Donor Databases (And How to Avoid Them)	Weiner
VL1/VL2	Mobilizing Massive Amounts of People to Make a Difference	Pratt
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
	How to Apply for AFP Research Grants	Lindahl
	How to Work With a Consultant	Cagney
12:15 PM - 1:00 PM
	Becoming a CFRE
1:15 PM - 5:00 PM
ACFRE2	Hear it from the ACFRE Authors: Top Level Stuff from the Field	Briscoe  Hart  Strawhecker  Bartolini  Levy  Fogal  Joyaux  Lysakowski, ACFRE  Williams
3:45 PM - 5:00 PM
AG2	Annual Giving -- How To Do It Well…Over And Over And Over Again!	Pranger
BD2/BD3	Fire Up Your Board Members for Fundraising	Perry
CC2	Planning and Building Endowment	Renberg  Murphy  Robertson
CR1	New Trends in Sponsorship	Jones
DN2	Stewardship After the ASK: How to Get the Signed Agreement and the Cash	Fredricks
DR2	Direct Response Karaoke – How to Ensure Your Fundraising Program Sings!	Swiridjuk  Davis
LE2	Strategic Planning for Fundraising Success	Wilson  Roth
LE8/9	Developing an Innovative Culture	Ross
MA4	What's the Question Again? Coaching Development Staff in the Art of the Ask	Shafer  Moline
MG1/MG3	Emerging Trends in Naming Opportunities	Burton
MKT2	They Don't Know How Good You Are: Elevating Your Fundraising Through Strategic Communications	Greenhoe
MKT6	Business Development and How It Relates to Networking	Szaky
PG2	Starting a Planned Giving Program in a Small Shop: Building a Timeline and Budget	Macnab
PP2	Ethical Dilemmas and What To Do About Them	Pribbenow
PP3	Who Is Watching You Now? A review and update of state regulation of charitable fundraising and the impact of the new Form 990	Perlman  DeLucia
SE2	Reducing the risk of special events	Lavery
SP3	Engaging Leadership in Ethnic Philanthropy	Smith Burton
TN2	The Power of TrueCRM: Unleashing Integrated Online and Offline Strategies to Get Results	MacLaughlin
VL1/VL2	Mobilizing Massive Amounts of People to Make a Difference	Pratt
Tuesday, April 1
8:00 AM - 9:15 AM
ACFRE3	Really. . . where did the Pyramid come from? Relevancy in Research	Sargeant
AG3	Advanced Annual Giving Techniques: Taking Your Program to the Next Level	Pavelka
BD2/BD3	Fire Up Your Board Members for Fundraising	Perry
CC3	Find Seven-Figure Donors You Didn’t Know You Had: The Crocker Art Museum Story of Success	Jones  Hoskow
DN4/DN5	Stewardship Trends that Impact Your Development Strategy	Frank
DR3	Mining for Gold: Using Modeling to Find Hidden Treasure	Neill  Drane  Sukol
FR2	Foundation Fundraising: Finding the Right Match	Pugliese
MA3	Finding and Keeping Staff for Your Shop	Behrmann
MA6	Fundraising Effectiveness Project Overview	Lindahl  Levis  Joslin
MG4/MG6	Become a Better Major Gift Negotiator	Lynch
MG5	The Untapped Potential for Major Giving: Online Marketing Tools for Cultivation and Stewardship	McCulloch  Bhagat  Rovner
MKT3	Radical Web2.0 Marketing for Conventional Nonprofits	Johnston
MKT7	New Tools to Help Attract Nonprofits and Contributors: Social Networks, Peer-to-Peer Fundraising, and the Future of Online Philanthropy	Rattray
PD3	Raising Money for Yourself	Anderson
PG3	How to Make Your Planned Giving Results Go Up Faster than Gas Prices	Rosen
PP4	Ethical Dilemmas and What To Do About Them	Levy  Hurd-Knief
SE3	Use of Technology in Special Events to enhance Sponsorship Offerings	Becker
SP11	From South of the Rio Grande to Tierra del Fuego – Fundraising in Latin America	Yoffe
SP4	Leave the Suit at Home: Fundraising from and for Rural Communities	Peck
VL4/VL5	Training Fundraising Volunteers…If I have to do it myself, where do I begin?	Pranger
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
	Demystifying the CFRE	Seaworth
1:15 PM - 2:45 PM
ACFRE4	You and Your Organization: The Perfect Fit	Pranger  Rhodes  Gossett  Hallett  Mortiz
1:30 PM - 2:45 PM
AG4	It Works! ... When We Work Together.	Brozo  Morgante
BD4	Bored Board?: How to Enliven Leadership and Accountability to Achieve Fundraising Results	Frohna  Shea
CC4	How Ethical and Mismanagement Issues Can Damage Fundraising