Speaking across the country on fundraising, board development and building the best return on investment for your nonprofit efforts.
Speaking Topics
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Discover how involving your donors in your fundraising efforts can revolutionize the way your organization achieves its mission. From storytelling that tugs at the heartstrings to fostering meaningful relationships and offering diverse avenues for involvement, we'll uncover the secrets to inspiring action and driving impact together while helping the fundraising team do their job easier and more effectively. Get ready to ignite passion, cultivate community, and unleash the full potential of your donor champions who are ready to help your cause.
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Fundraising doesn’t have to be overwhelming. This interactive workshop introduces a simple recipe for success: Engage, Ask, Thank (EAT). Participants will learn how to engage donors authentically, ask with confidence, and thank in ways that inspire loyalty. With practical tools and hands-on activities, this session provides new fundraising staff, board members and volunteers with a repeatable framework for building stronger donor relationships and raising more money with less stress.
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming fundraising, but authentic relationships remain at the heart of philanthropy. This session explores how fundraisers can use AI to enhance (not replace) the human connection that inspires giving.
Learn practical ways to integrate AI tools into your workflow to uncover donor insights, personalize communication, and free up more time for genuine relationship-building. Through real-world examples and practical tools, you’ll discover how to save time, raise more and stress less.
Upcoming Speaking and Facilitation Engagements
Beyond the Pride Flag: Understanding the Complex Dynamics of the LGBTQ+ Philanthropic Community
LGBTQ+ philanthropy has deep roots in activism, community care, and resilience. Yet even organizations within the community often struggle to fully understand the motivations and expectations of LGBTQ+ donors today.
Join us for a powerful session designed specifically for LGBTQ+ organizations seeking to deepen donor relationships and communicate with authenticity.
This webinar explores new research uncovering how LGBTQ+ donors engage with causes, what drives their giving, and how organizations can move beyond symbolic representation to create lasting, meaningful impact through genuine connection.
You’ll Learn How To:
Understand the historical context and evolving priorities of LGBTQ+ philanthropy.
Identify the motivations, values, and expectations of LGBTQ+ donors.
Communicate impact authentically and avoid performative engagement.
Build long-term donor relationships rooted in trust, representation, and shared purpose.
Who Should Attend:
Leaders, fundraisers, and communications professionals from LGBTQ+ organizations seeking to strengthen donor engagement strategies and cultivate sustainable community support.
Recharge + Raise: December
Fundraising doesn’t have to feel lonely. Recharge + Raise is a free monthly virtual gathering hosted by Heart Strategy Impact, designed to give nonprofit fundraisers a supportive space to pause, connect, and grow. Come ready to share ideas, troubleshoot challenges, and leave re-energized for the work ahead.
Recharge + Raise: January
Fundraising doesn’t have to feel lonely. Recharge + Raise is a free monthly virtual gathering hosted by Heart Strategy Impact, designed to give nonprofit fundraisers a supportive space to pause, connect, and grow. Come ready to share ideas, troubleshoot challenges, and leave re-energized for the work ahead.
Recharge + Raise: February
Fundraising doesn’t have to feel lonely. Recharge + Raise is a free monthly virtual gathering hosted by Heart Strategy Impact, designed to give nonprofit fundraisers a supportive space to pause, connect, and grow. Come ready to share ideas, troubleshoot challenges, and leave re-energized for the work ahead.
Recharge + Raise: March
Fundraising doesn’t have to feel lonely. Recharge + Raise is a free monthly virtual gathering hosted by Heart Strategy Impact, designed to give nonprofit fundraisers a supportive space to pause, connect, and grow. Come ready to share ideas, troubleshoot challenges, and leave re-energized for the work ahead.
Recharge + Raise: April
A monthly space for fundraisers to reconnect, reflect, and fundraise smarter.
Fundraising can be isolating, but it doesn’t have to be. Recharge + Raise is a free monthly virtual gathering for nonprofit fundraisers to pause, share challenges, exchange ideas, and get re-energized for the work ahead. Each session blends peer connection, practical takeaways, and a bit of heart to help you raise more and stress less.
If you would like to attend, please sign up here.
Funding with Pride: Navigating LGBTQ+ Donor Shifts and Nonprofit Strategies in a Shifting Landscape
Continuing on our previous research, we will share insights around how donors are approaching changes in federal policy as it relates to nonprofit organizations and more specifically within nonprofits who serve as well as any nonprofit who is interested in engaging the LGBTQ+ community.
Recharge + Raise: May
Fundraising doesn’t have to feel lonely. Recharge + Raise is a free monthly virtual gathering hosted by Heart Strategy Impact, designed to give nonprofit fundraisers a supportive space to pause, connect, and grow. Come ready to share ideas, troubleshoot challenges, and leave re-energized for the work ahead.
Recharge + Raise: June
Fundraising doesn’t have to feel lonely. Recharge + Raise is a free monthly virtual gathering hosted by Heart Strategy Impact, designed to give nonprofit fundraisers a supportive space to pause, connect, and grow. Come ready to share ideas, troubleshoot challenges, and leave re-energized for the work ahead.
More than One Gift: Involving Donors in your Fundraising Efforts
Discover how involving your donors in your fundraising efforts can revolutionize the way your organization achieves its mission. From storytelling that tugs at the heartstrings to fostering meaningful relationships and offering diverse avenues for involvement, we'll uncover the secrets to inspiring action and driving impact together while helping the fundraising team do their job easier and more effectively. Get ready to ignite passion, cultivate community, and unleash the full potential of your donor champions who are ready to help your cause.
More than One Gift: Involving Donors in your Fundraising Efforts
Discover how involving your donors in your fundraising efforts can revolutionize the way your organization achieves its mission. From storytelling that tugs at the heartstrings to fostering meaningful relationships and offering diverse avenues for involvement, we'll uncover the secrets to inspiring action and driving impact together while helping the fundraising team do their job easier and more effectively. Get ready to ignite passion, cultivate community, and unleash the full potential of your donor champions who are ready to help your cause.
More than One Gift: Involving Donors in your Fundraising Efforts
Discover how involving your donors in your fundraising efforts can revolutionize the way your organization achieves its mission. From storytelling that tugs at the heartstrings to fostering meaningful relationships and offering diverse avenues for involvement, we'll uncover the secrets to inspiring action and driving impact together while helping the fundraising team do their job easier and more effectively. Get ready to ignite passion, cultivate community, and unleash the full potential of your donor champions who are ready to help your cause.
More than One Gift: Involving Donors in your Fundraising Efforts
Discover how involving your donors in your fundraising efforts can revolutionize the way your organization achieves its mission. From storytelling that tugs at the heartstrings to fostering meaningful relationships and offering diverse avenues for involvement, we'll uncover the secrets to inspiring action and driving impact together while helping the fundraising team do their job easier and more effectively. Get ready to ignite passion, cultivate community, and unleash the full potential of your donor champions who are ready to help your cause.
Beyond the Pride Flag: Understanding the Complex Dynamics of Philanthropy in the LGBT Community
How the LGBT community interacts with philanthropy is important for any fundraising professional to understand. You will learn about the changing face of LGBT philanthropy from a donor’s and organization's perspective. You will come away with a deeper understanding of how to appeal to this community beyond Pride Month.
Bridge to Excellence Conference
Bridge to Nowhere: Avoiding fundraising, Dead Ends, and Charting a Path to Success
Delivering actionable tactics to streamline fundraising efforts and optimize resources. Explore proven best practices, task, prioritization, attackers, and goal and guides that results. A step-by-step framework while structure daily workflow, maximize efficiency, and focus on key revenue, boosting activities.
And partnership with Liz Dunn and Co. this discussion centers on our combined 40+ years experience in the nonprofit sector learning when to avoid certain tactics and how to spend time focus focusing on efforts that really make the biggest return on investment.
More than One Gift: Involving Donors in your Fundraising Efforts
Discover how involving your donors in your fundraising efforts can revolutionize the way your organization achieves its mission. From storytelling that tugs at the heartstrings to fostering meaningful relationships and offering diverse avenues for involvement, we'll uncover the secrets to inspiring action and driving impact together while helping the fundraising team do their job easier and more effectively. Get ready to ignite passion, cultivate community, and unleash the full potential of your donor champions who are ready to help your cause.