Annual Conference on Prospect Development
This conference will examine how the role of prospect development professionals informs strategy within an organization, maximizes the bottom line of fundraising success, and enhances advancement processes.
Participants will walk away with a better understanding and appreciation for qualitative and quantitative prospect identification methods.
Benefits of Attending
- Learn the important contributions and bodies of knowledge that prospect development functions bring to the advancement process.
- Explore ways to tie prospect development to fundraising success.
- Discover practical uses for metrics, prospect management and research identification.
- Understand the power of data analytics and predictive modeling in advancing qualification and pipeline processes.
- Assess the relationship among prospect development, advancement services and frontline fundraisers to maximize the partnerships of each group.
Who Should Attend
- Development research and prospect management practitioners
- Advancement services directors
- Data analytics and data modeling professionals
- Prospect development managers
- Those who supervise the development research or prospect management functions
Meet Your Conference Chair
Amy Begg
Amy Begg is Executive Director of Pipeline Optimization at Emory University. Amy is responsible for developing robust pipelines, optimizing fundraiser portfolios and oversees the Research and Prospect Management teams. For the last 18 years, Amy has held leadership positions on the research and prospect management team at Harvard University. In 2016, Amy created the first prospect management team for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. She has also provided guidance on prospect management for the University development office, the Radcliffe Institute, the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the Harvard Divinity School. Amy is also co-founder and partner of Cypriped LLC., a cryptocurrency mining company.
Amy serves as a trustee for the University System of New Hampshire (USNH), which includes all of the public colleges and universities in the State of New Hampshire. She is a past president and board member of the New England Development Research Association (NEDRA). Previously, she served as a board member for the Plymouth State Alumni Association, including a term as chair of the association.