Finding Your Institutional Voice
1:15 PM - 2:15 PM PST
Speaker(s): Colin Hennessy, Vice President for Alumni and Donor Engagement, The University of Iowa Center for Advancement, Megan Rajski, Assistant Vice President, Alumni Engagement and Annual Giving, Fairfield University, Jon Gregory, Associate Director of Annual Giving for Athletics and Student & Campus Life, Cornell University, Astria Smith, Assistant Vice President of Annual Giving and Alumni Relations, Southern Methodist University, Chantel Smith, Associate Vice President for Annual Giving, Campaign Planning & Development Operations, University of San Francisco
Plenary
Whether you’re new to your institution or you’ve been there for decades finding your voice and learning how to talk about the impact of annual giving on your campus is a must. In this session, each faculty member will talk about how they learned the ethos, culture, and narrative of their institutions and how they leverage that knowledge to produce results. Between fundraising, participation, donor growth - finding, understanding and translating those goals into annual giving work is important to supporting your campus work. Each campus has a uniquely special story to tell -- let’s find yours!