Putting the Pieces Together Speakers: Armin Afsahi and Lacie LaRue How do we leverage all the tools of development to enhance fundraising/face to face experience and outcomes? Using a donor pipeline approach, this session will focus on alumni and donor engagement, using events for prospecting, strategic stewardship to facilitate future gifts, creating a seamless hand-off culture, and using technology without sacrificing a personal touch. Trends and Opportunities in Educational Fundraising Panelists: Skylar Beaver, Chris Clarke and Jim Piatt Moderator: Lishelle Blakemore Over the past few years, we’ve experienced a global pandemic, an unprecedented economic collapse and fitful beginnings of a recovery, and the most explosive social upheaval on issues of race and justice in more than a half-century. Our work doesn’t happen in a vacuum; how do these massive disruptions impact our work? We will hear from some of the best brains in our industry on our challenges going forward, how we can successfully address those challenges, and why there are always reasons to be optimistic.