In this interactive event, two teams of experienced fundraisers will tackle a surprise fundraising challenge, live, in a cooking-show inspired competition! They'll accept your feedback as they "cook," and you'll determine their fate over three rounds of surprises. See it unfold live as the teams respond and share their perspectives on today's biggest advancement challenges. You’ll decide what happens each round and who will be crowned the Throwdown! champions. Be ready to offer your take on key topics, including organizing campaigns, balancing revenue and participation, and engaging an inclusive donor base. It's a CASE session like nothing you've seen before!

More than 95% of US assets are held outside of cash. In order to strengthen our fundraising success, institutions and individual fundraisers must understand cryptocurrency and be comfortable soliciting and closing gifts of crypto. This presentation seeks to demystify crypto and the blockchain, so that institutions understand why they should entertain these kinds of gifts and individual fundraisers can close gifts of crypto that benefit their institution EVEN if their institution doesn't currently accept gifts of crypto.

How do we go beyond the endowment report to engage our donors throughout the year, but keep our workload in check? Join us in discussing opportunities a few Case institutions took to connect with their donors throughout the year on their funds, impact, and legacy.

Major gifts are critical to the success of any comprehensive campaign and giving days are critical to building institutional awareness and annual philanthropy. Learn how MCLA merged these two together to leverage multiple six-figure gifts into giving days that raised historic funds and participation. Through the power of relationship building, peer-to-peer fundraising, and volunteer activation, we’ll share how a rural college inspired a community to give and how you can do it too! Whatever size “major” is for you, embrace the opportunity to leave no dollar behind, impact more students and build excitement along the way!