Fireside Chat: The Pressures & Privilege of Earning Donor Trust and Raising Funds
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM EST
Speaker(s): Boi Carpenter, Vice President, Development and Alumni Relations, Johns Hopkins University, Charlie Coleman, Senior Associate Vice President of Development & Alumni Engagement, Texas Southern University, Alison Konopelski, Vice President, Group Account Director | Branding, 160over90, Mark Luellen, Senior Vice President for External Relations, University of Virginia, Amy Wilson, Associate Vice President & Campaign Director, Stanford University
Competencies: Global and Cultural CompetenceStrategic Thinking
Elective Session
In this panel, attendees will hear candidly from advancement experts representing different profiles and geographies, and in various stages of campaign and endowment fundraising—on navigating a dwindling donor pool while meeting donors’ rising expectations. With added perspective from 160/90 as moderator, conversations will cover an assortment of pressing donor connectivity and campaign positioning considerations, from navigating the “traditional donor” cliff, to respecting an institution’s past while bridging to the future, to engaging donors intellectually, emotionally, and financially among other key topics.