As companies, organizations, and individuals compete to train, build, and model AI to do a number of different tasks. If we do not consider how to insert DEI objectives and check points into those processes, we will find that our own creations will exacerbate many of the issues we're trying to mitigate.

Creating a strong culture of philanthropy can help grow your organization's fundraising. In a philanthropic culture everyone in the organization is educated about the impact philanthropy has on achieving the mission. Improve your organization’s opportunity for success and growth by focusing on its culture of philanthropy.

Many institutions have seen their phone programs come and go during these unprecedented times. We want to discuss the ins and outs of making these decisions and the repercussion of doing so. As the Phonathon as we know, it has involved into a full Digital Engagement effort, we want to dive into the importance of utilizing text, video, e-mail, in addition to the traditional phone call. We will explore all of these avenues during this session and encourage everyone to be involved in the discussion.

Creating a strong culture of philanthropy can help grow your organization's fundraising. In a philanthropic culture everyone in the organization is educated about the impact philanthropy has on achieving the mission. Improve your organization’s opportunity for success and growth by focusing on its culture of philanthropy.

Our institutions rely on volunteers in a wide variety of settings: as advocates, advisors, decision-makers, donors, and more. Whether you are working with governing boards or advisory councils, there are a number of basic, tried-and-true principles (plus a few crafty "pro-tips") that will help you when forming or managing these groups. Join an experienced and engaging veteran of creating, utilizing, and serving on numerous boards over a quarter-century career in advancement to discuss the WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHY, and HOW of volunteer boards and committees and learn how to maximize their positive impact on your institution and your advancement programs.

Recent cyber security incidents worldwide reveal that hackers know more about companies and foundations than previously thought. The leaders of the Texas A&M University Foundation and New Mexico State University Foundation will share specific lessons learned and insights from their experiences fielding an independent, executive-level, hacking risk management program. Their innovative and collaborative programs have become a model for enabling leaders to make better decisions and implement necessary programs to reduce the growing risk of disruptive hacking events for development organizations.

In 2019, the Louisiana Tech University Foundation had ~1% of constituents assigned to a gift officer, leaving 99% without a 1:1 relationship with the institution. To increase the number of managed prospects and offer personalized experiences to more alums, they launched a Donor Experience Program.

The DXOs focus on building donor pipeline, managing portfolios of 1,000 of the next-best prospects, and consistently contacting everyone in their portfolio. The results? In FY21, DXOs 4x’d managed constituents at Louisiana Tech and discovered 1,500 new donors from high-net-worth households. Two DXOs reached more people in three months than in the previous fiscal year.

Gen Z makes up the majority of college classrooms, and 30% have already donated to an organization they are passionate about. Engaging with Gen Z requires development professionals to think differently about the current college student and consider how each student can shift the narrative of philanthropic giving to support the university's mission. Combining five years of experience in student philanthropy, here are 10 things we wish we knew before working with students.

At the LSU Foundation, major gift officers meet with members of the Prospect Development and Donor Relations teams in Prospect Strategy meetings every four weeks. By varying the focus of these meetings throughout the year, they have helped strategically align unit-based and organizational priorities to meet and surpass our goals. Join us in this session as we discuss the strategic partnership built between Donor Relations, Prospect Development, and frontline fundraisers over the last two years.

Our Development and MarCom teams have developed a symbiotic and, we think, unusual working relationship with regard to current and potential donor relations.

We’re strategic in how we talk about donors and deliberate in our use of billboards, outreach, press releases and social media. Beyond direct donor recognition, we insure that all our messaging is donor-centric. Everything we do is tied to the impact we have on our community, and our donors know this. This approach has been very effective in moving potential donors to becoming new partners. Our presentation will explore the dynamics and outcomes of this approach.