Building an Institutional Pipeline: Strategies for Growth and Engagement
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
Speaker(s): Jami Hougen Johnson, Executive Director of Prospect Development and Decision Support, University of Chicago
Elective Session
A thriving donor pipeline doesn’t just support fundraising—it strengthens the entire advancement ecosystem. This session explores how to build a sustainable, long-term pipeline by connecting alumni relations, strategic communications, fundraising, and operations. Grounded in principles from behavioral economics, we’ll walk through a model that defines stages of engagement and identifies the signals that move people forward. Learn how to think bigger, and more collaboratively, about how your institution finds, engages, and develops potential over time.