September 2023 schedule

Wednesday

September 20

All day

Arrivals and Hotel check-in

Hilton Downtown Brooklyn or NU Hotel

3:00 PM

Invitation-only: Pre-conference Executive Workshop, “Mastering Strategic Impact: Unveiling the Power of Simplicity”

Thomas Kurmann, Vice President of Development, Oxfam America

Camp David, Industry City

6:00 PM

Welcome Happy hour

Black Walnut

Thursday

September 21

7:45 AM

Shuttle

Departure from Hilton Downtown Brooklyn

9:00 AM

Welcome

Main room

9:15 AM

Keynote: Stories As Blueprints for Climate Optimism

Diandra Marizet Esparza (she/her), Cofounder, Executive Director, Intersectional Environmentalist

Main room

10:00 AM

Embracing Equitable Experiences: The Impact on Your Constituents, Relationships, and Reputation

Jessica Michels, Director Fundraising Technical Product Management, National Multiple Sclerosis Society Kris Carafelli, Experience Designer & Researcher, National Multiple Sclerosis Society Josh Drumm, Principal Consultant, Experience Design, Slalom

Main room

11:00 AM

How to Grow Revenue and Impact Without Expanding Your Team

Matt Scott, CEO, CauseMic

Main room

12:00 PM

Lunch

Industry City campus

12:00 PM

Customer Luncheon

Hosted by Ajay Chidrawar, Chief Customer Officer, Fundraise Up

Sahadi's — Building 4, ground floor

1:00 PM

Adopting Modern Data Practices at a 100-year old Non-profit: What we can learn from the ACLU's journey

Ilse Ackerman, VP of Data & Analytics, Brooklyn Data Onkita Ganguly, Director of Analytics Engineering, ACLU

Main room

2:00 PM

Revolutionize Your Digital Ads: An Interactive Exploration of How to Improve Fundraising’s Most Scalable Channels

Cameron Ripley, CEO, Community Boost Brian Leamy, SVP, Community Boost

Main room

3:00 PM

Coffee break

Main room

3:30 PM

Lost in Translation? Navigating Multilingual Communication in the Digital Age

Kevin Hudson, Executive Vice President, Client Services, Eriksen Translations Will Lach, Director, Eriksen Translations

Main room

4:30 PM

Mastering Fundraising: Elevate Your Nonprofit with Design Thinking & CX Mapping

Michael Johnston, Founder and President, Hewitt and Johnston Consultants

Main room

5:30 PM

Wines, wins, beers, and battles: cathartic conversations with industry peers (over drinks!)

Salvatore Salpietro, Chief Partnership Officer, Fundraise Up

Main room

6:00 PM

Day 1 summit concludes

7:00 PM

Cohort dinners

Various Brooklyn restuarants — details to be shared

FRIDAY

September 22

7:45 AM

Shuttle

Departing from Hilton Downtown Brooklyn

9:00 AM

Stripe Climate & Frontier: The race to remove carbon from the atmosphere

Joanna Klitzke, Strategy for Climate, Stripe Salvatore Salpietro, Chief Partnership Officer, Fundraise Up

Main room

10:00 AM

Start with a Bang, End with Change: Tell Your Stories Better

Andrew Buck, Associate Creative Director, Mighty Citizen

Main room

11:00 AM

Nonprofit video marketing: How stories in motion are changing the world

Melissa Lahti, Creative & Executive Producer, New Moon Films Ibrahim Zafar, CEO, Lens End Media Andrew Buck, Associate Creative Director, Mighty Citizen

Main room

12:00 PM

Lunch

Industry City campus

1:00 PM

Navigating Crisis Philanthropy: From Rapid Response to Lasting Donor Engagement

Lindsay Marino Long (she/her/hers), Associate Vice President of Global Philanthropy, Faircom NY Ishmam R. Rahman, Associate Director, Mid-level Giving, International Rescue Committee

Main room

2:00 PM

Unveiling Tech Solutions: Simplifying Choices for Nonprofits

Karen Sievewright, Managing Partner, Hewitt and Johnston Consultants Samantha Cooke, Vice President, Philanthropy, Daily Bread Food Bank

Main room

3:00 PM

Closing Keynote

Adam Johnson, President, Fundraise Up

Main room

3:30 PM

Shuttle to Village East by Angelika for the film screen of “Uncharitable”

Main room

4:45 PM

“Uncharitable” movie screening with Q&A

Village East by Angelika

6:45 PM

Banquet and After-party

With remarks by Peter Byrnes, CEO, Fundraise Up

Project Farmhouse

SATURDAY

September 23

All day

Departures

Hilton Downtown Brooklyn or NU Hotel. Check-out time is 11 AM.