Upcoming Events
2010 Bridge to Integrated Marketing and Fundraising Conference
July 26-28, 2010
Gaylord Hotel and Conference Center, National Harbor, Maryland
www.bridgeconf.org
Senior staff from CDR Fundraising Group will present several sessions:
"Beyond Crisis: How Haiti Changed Everything"
Presented by Kristin McCurry, Managing Director of MINDset direct, CDR Fundraising Group, along with Amanda Sellers, UNHCR; David Whitehead, AARP; Alicia Muelensteen, ASPCA; and Mark Melia, Catholic Relief Services
In this interactive panel discussion, leaders from America's top charities will share their stories from the days following the Haiti earthquake. Representing a variety of non-profits, including both relief and non-relief organizations, speakers will discuss how:
- Donors, their viewpoints, motivations, and expectations changed in the wake of the disaster
- How fundraising was changed - permanently - by the situation
- Relief organizations mobilized and adapted quickly in a rapidly-changing fundraising environment
- Non-relief organizations continued to make their missions relevant
- All organizations should be prepared for future crises
Exact date and time TBD
The Care and Feeding of a Creative Work Environment
Presented by Joel Zimmerman, PhD, Senior Nonprofit Management Consultant, CDR Fundraising Group
Ideas and techniques you can use to encourage creative solutions to problems and spur innovative behaviors that will improve your organization.
July 28, 2010, 8:30-9:20am
Statistics for Fundraisers
Presented by Geoff Peters, President and CEO, CDR Fundraising Group
A brief review of evidence and an in-depth examination of the major external and internal obstacles that prevent true multi channel integration from happening.
July 27, 2010, 11am-12:15pm
Overcoming Obstacles to Multi-Channel Integration
Presented by Geoff Peters, President and CEO, CDR Fundraising Group, and Jo Sullivan, Managing Director, CDR Agency, CDR Fundraising Group
July 28, 2010, 11am-12:15pm
Closing Plenary: Welcome to the Future: Bridge 2030 – A Time Travellers Perspective!
Presented by Jo Sullivan, Managing Director, CDR Agency, CDR Fundraising Group, along with Jon Duschinsky and Alphonse Brown
A team of three time travellers from the future (2030) will be ‘beaming in’ to Bridge 2010 to share unique insights into what the next twenty five years will hold for nonprofit marketing.
July 28, final session