Fundraising BS: Leveraging Behavioral Science to Drive Donor Conversion Rates
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EST
Speaker(s): Deidre Swords, Director of the Annual Fund, Loomis Chaffee School, Felicity Meu, Senior Director, Partner Success, GiveCampus
Competencies: Business and Financial AcumenRelationship BuildingEmotional IntelligenceIndustry or Sector ExpertiseStrategic Thinking
Elective Session
Making it easier for donors to give may just be the most effective strategy in the savvy fundraiser’s toolkit—and we’ve got the conversion metrics (and science!) to prove it. In this session, we’ll show you how applying classic principles of persuasion science to your everyday fundraising challenges can dramatically improve donor engagement and move the needle on dollars raised. Using the Fogg Behavior Model as a framework for understanding donor motivation and ability, Deidre Swords from Loomis Chaffee and Melanie Simmons from GiveCampus will share the simple strategies their teams have implemented to achieve impressive real-world results.