Northeast Annual Giving Conference 2011

I think we can say that the Northeast Annual Giving Conference that took place last week at Marist College was a success from our perspective, and I am sure the attendees would agree. We kicked off the conference by hosting a cocktail reception the night before. The turnout was so great I am sure we exceeded capacity for the space we were in! Everyone seemed to enjoy mingling and talking with folks from different schools. I know we did! It was certainly a fun, relaxing evening before a busy day.

Bob Burdenski started the day as the keynote speaker with his talk on “Making Room In Our Annual Giving Thinking” leaving us all thinking about how much Annual Giving has and is changing. Throughout the day the conference speakers covered a range of topics from Annual Giving Strategies to Social Media to Young Alumni Fundraising. It was a day packed with valuable takeaways and some time for sponsors (like us!) to showcase some of our work in fundraising to the conference attendees. Thanks to all who came by our booth to learn more about MainSpring. We enjoyed meeting and talking with all of you.

The conference chair this year was Jeanine Thompson. She and the entire committee proved to be extremely helpful and accommodating. Thank you from MainSpring for letting us be a part of the conference. We are looking forward to NEAGC 2012, and we hope to see you there!