GiveCampus Partners Conference 2024

Welcome to #GCPC2024! Reconnect with friends, network with fellow fundraisers and catch up with the GiveCampus team at the welcome happy hour reception on Monday, July 29, 2024. Enjoy great food, delicious drinks, and beautiful views on the GiveCampus HQ rooftop. Space is limited!

The Welcome Happy is currently at capacity. You can join the waitlist here. Should space become available, we will notify you as soon as possible. 

Join us for Day 1 of the GiveCampus Partners Conference. Doors open at 8AM!

Join us for the #GCPC2024 opening welcome!

Speakers: 

• Leah Wittenberg, Assistant Director of Volunteer Management, Tufts University
• Ally Richardson, Deputy Director, Phillips Exeter Academy 
• Kim Casey, Assistant Director, Phillips Exeter Academy

This is a great session for new partners, new team members, or those who are just looking for a refresher.

Speakers: 

• Troy Steinmetz, Partner Success, GiveCampus

As budgets tighten and teams are stretched, finding resources and support can be tricky. During this session, obtain strategies for helping students become an extension of your front-line fundraising team. Learn how annual giving and communications teams can partner to educate students and leverage the power of a digital/social fundraising platform to achieve success. New donors are out there – work with students to identify and mobilize their networks to grow giving and your donor database. In this session, attendees will: 

• Obtain strategies for helping students become an extension of your front-line fundraising team.
• Review examples of how digital/social fundraising platform, Annual Giving and communications teams can partner to support students and crowdfunding campaign success.
• Better understand how to use crowdfunding campaigns to acquire new donors and steward those donors by keeping them connected to the club/organization efforts throughout the year.

Speakers: 

• Kelly Thomalla, Senior Manager of Marketing and Communication, University of St. Thomas
• Lindsey Donovan, Assistant Director of Development, University of St. Thomas
• Rosa Conrad, Partner Success, GiveCampus

Dive into a rapid fire, comprehensive review of the most significant - and dare we say exciting - developments and enhancements on the GiveCampus platform over the past year. Whether you're a seasoned user or brand new to GiveCampus, we don't want you to have missed a thing! This session promises valuable insights into the latest features, improvements, and innovations designed to support your fundraising needs and enhance your overall experience on the platform. 

Speakers: 

• Karl Vela, Partner Success, GiveCampus
• Jamie Williams, Partner Success, GiveCampus

Speakers

• Sarah Herbert, Assistant Director of Development & Alumni Relations, Trinity Episcopal School

This session will delve into the value of engaging volunteers year round and how it has help fuel your fundraising and engagement goals.

Speakers: 

• Jessica Gagnon, Director, Annual Giving Direct Marketing, Boston College
• Wally Fisher, Partner Success, GiveCampus

This session will share tactical and real life examples of what has worked well and what hasn't during Giving Day. 

Speakers:

• Nicole Duhamel, Director of Digital Fundraising, Villanova University

In this session, The Westminster Schools will their share tips, tactics, and examples for how to leveraging nostalgia, segmentation and technology to make your next reunion event your best one yet.

Speakers: 

• Courtney Hunter, Assistant Director of Reunion Giving and Engagement, The Westminster Schools
• Tiffany Wooten, Director of Annual Giving, The Westminster Schools

Join us for lunch roundtable with your Higher Ed or K-12 peers! Tables will be marked day-of with signage to indicate the networking groups. Simply show up and make some new connections!

It’s time to transform the giving experience from forgettable to unforgettable. During this session, we’ll delve into the intricate world of the donor engagement and how key experiences throughout a donor's lifespan can have a lasting impact–both good and bad. You’ll come away with the insights and tactics you need to elevate the donor journey at your institution and foster lasting connections that give back big.

This dynamic session will explore how the impact of influencers can bring joy, authenticity, and increased donor engagement to our fundraising campaigns. Discover how your annual campaign can continued to raise more dollars from more donors year-over-year through new, vibrant and varied content as well as the help of community leaders.

Speakers: 

• Leighann Swanson, Director of the Country Day Fund at Charlotte Country Day School

Are you fully leveraging the potential of workplace giving to enhance your fundraising efforts? Between matching gifts, volunteer grants, and payroll deductions, there is a huge opportunity to drive donations through this channel. This workshop will guide you through a comprehensive review of your current practices and help you address any gaps that might be hindering your success.

Speakers: 

• Julia Beltran, Partnerships Manager, Double the Donation

In an election year, educational institutions face unique challenges and opportunities in their fundraising campaigns. This panel will explore strategies and contingency planning that is crucial for success including how to maintain and adapt fundraising efforts amidst the noisy news cycle and shifting donor priorities. Additionally, the discussion will cover leadership tactics for guiding Advancement teams through the uncertainty and change presented by national events.

Speakers: 

• Julie Knight, Executive Director of Annual Giving, Carnegie Mellon University 
• Ann Lawrence Grasty, Executive Director, University Annual Giving in University Advancement’s Office of Engagement, University of Virginia
• Laura E. Christian, Director of Annual and Leadership Giving, The Winsor School
• Felicity Meu, Sr. Director of Partner Success, GiveCampus (Host)

Learn how to read and digest insights from your GiveCampus Fiscal Year End report in order to develop your own data driven strategic plan for FY25. 

Speakers: 

• Felicity Meu, Sr. Director of Partner Success, GiveCampus
• Casey Fish, Director of Partner Success, Enterprise & Enablement, GiveCampus

Interested in grabbing a meal with your peers? Add this activity to your agenda and you'll receive a calendar invite the week before the conference detailing your dinner details!

Please note that these are no-host dinners and guests are responsible for their own meal cost.   

Join us for Day 2 of the GiveCampus Partners Conference. Doors open at 8AM!

Join us for breakfast roundtable discussions to kick off the day. Tables will be marked day-of with signage to indicate topic. Simply show up and join the conversation!

At this year’s event, we are launching a new session type: The Power Hour! During this time, attendees will pick from a variety different sessions and will rotate to a different session of their choosing every 20 minutes. These sessions will not be your typical powerpoint presentations - they are intended to be discussion-based, hands-on learning opportunities that will deep dive into best practices that will help institutions raise more dollars from more donors. 

• Power Hour Session #1: 9:15-9:35AM 
• Power Hour Session #2: 9:40-10:00AM 
• Power Hour Session #3: 10:05-10:25AM 

Select your Power Hour sessions here today! 

• Text Appeal: Crafting SMS strategies that attract presented by Caroline Santoro, Assistant Director, Skidmore Fund, Skidmore College
• Personal Best: Winning examples of tailored outreach presented by Tara Michels, Associate Director of Marketing, and Jill Schulz, Associate Director of Homewood Annual Giving at Johns Hopkins University
• “Everything looks different!”: Moving to GiveCampus presented by Austin Brown, Director of Annual Giving, Olivet Nazarene University
• Pass the Popcorn: Fun, new use cases of GC Video presented by Karl Vela, Partner Success at GiveCampus
• Beat the Model: Are you smarter than an algorithm? presented by Casey Fish, Partner Success, GiveCampus and Michael Firn, Senior Data Scientist, GiveCampus
• Click, Click, Click–Done: Targeted outreach made easy with GC Outreach presented by Lauren Callahan, Product Management, GiveCampus
• What's New with GC Events? presented by Dan Gardiner, Partner Success, GiveCampus
• Data Importer Office Hours* with Cori Gacad and Travis Sewell from the GiveCampus Partner Success Team.
• GC Volunteer Management Office Hours* with Rosa Conrad, Partner Success, Erin Harper, Partner Operations, and Jessi Lazaroff, Business Development, GiveCampus
• VIP Strategy Session*. Meet with a GiveCampus teammate to discuss what solutions will help you raise more dollars from more donors in FY25.
• Check out our Sponsors!

*These sessions are meant to be working sessions where we'll be answering your questions and helping you 1:1 with your most challenging problems! To get the most out of the session, bring your computers and any materials you need help with (sample constituent file, gift file, etc.)

A map indicating the locations of all of these sessions will be provided prior to the event as well as in your conference welcome packet. 

Speakers: 

• Randa Hammett, Senior Director for Alumni Engagement and Communications, DePauw University

Speakers: 

• Lindsay Johnson, Director of Development, Cape Eleuthera Foundation
• Jenny Carlson, Director of Alumni Relations, Adrian College

Speakers:   

• Jenny Alstad, Director, Prospect Management & Research at the College of Charleston
• Margie Hamlin, Gift Officer Business Lead, GiveCampus
• Billy Tabrizi, Head of Operations, GiveCampus

Coming of age in the middle of the 20th century was very different from coming of age in recent decades. As a result of these different experiences, peoples' behaviors and preferences have evolved considerably. This session will explore those changes and what they mean for advancement professionals and the advancement profession. The panelists will discuss and offer advice for modifying behaviors, attitudes, and decision-making inside of their institutions in order to better keep up with the changing world around them. 

Panelists:

• Kestrel Linder, CEO & Co-Founder, GiveCampus
• Tracy Barlok, Senior Vice President and Chief Advancement Officer, Syracuse University
• Dr. Aaron Conley, Founding Partner, Academic Advancement Partners & Faculty Member, The Fund Raising School at Indiana University 

Learn how to crush your reunion fundraising goals on GiveCampus from the ask to the event itself.

Speakers: 

• Anna Andrasek, Associate Director of Annual Giving, Blair Academy
• Courtnay Stanford, Director of Alumni Relations, Blair Academy

Speakers: 

• Kily Battista Tolentino '03, Assistant Director of Advancement
• Casey Fish, Director of Partner Success, Enterprise & Enablement, GiveCampus

During this session, the University of Tennessee Foundation will delve into their decision–and ultimately their transition–to utilize GiveCampus for all of their online giving. From evaluation to implementation, they'll relay best practices, lesson learned, and how their online giving program has evolved since leveraging GiveCampus.

Speakers: 

• Kate Brimer, Associate Director of Digital Strategy & Innovation, University of Tennessee Foundation
• Kelley Dickman, Senior Digital Strategist Advancement Services, University of Tennessee Foundation

Come learn about the new direction integration between GiveCampus & Raiser's Edge NXT! We'll walk through the integration capabilities, including constituent import and gift export, as well what it takes to set it up and use it. 

Speakers: 

• Troy Steinmetz, Partner Success, GiveCampus
• Lauren Callahan, Product, GiveCampus

This session will delve into what resources you can provide to elevate your volunteers' impact. Think training videos, office hours, information sheets on why their volunteering matters, and more!

Speakers:

• Jamie Williams, Partner Success, GiveCampus
• Rosa Conrad, Partner Success, GiveCampus

In this session, discover how The Bryn Mawr School has mastered the art of infusing joy and authenticity into all of their fundraising endeavors—ultimately allowing them to more genuinely connect with their constituents and raise more dollars. They’ll dive into how they transform community-chosen themes into captivating campaigns as well as highlight real-life examples of their recent efforts that have resonated deeply with donors. You’ll gain exclusive insights into their proven tips and tricks on how they are able to do more with less, and walk away with invaluable insights that will help you craft your own creative campaigns that drive results. 

Speakers: 

• Andrea Toivakka, Director of Advancement Communications, The Bryn Mawr School 
• Deanna M. Boyd, Director of Alumnae Engagement, The Bryn Mawr School