Meeting of the Minds Notes

We’re going to the Meeting of the Minds conference in Pomona (April 15-17), a great event that brings together Annual Giving and Advancement Services folks across many different industries to talk about emerging fundraising strategies.

We’ll be taking great notes, so we figured we’d pass them along if you wanted to learn from this event, too! We’ll be attending the following sessions:

  • How to Amplify Your Millennial Giving -Brian Gawor
  • If You Can’t Reach Em, Text ‘Em – Emily Neigel and Ryan Lawrence (UC Berkley)
  • What is the Donor Experience Like with Your Online Site – Lynne Wester (DonorRelations Guru)
  • Two Guys With Beards: Annual Planning for the Digital Frontier – Howard Heevner (UCSC), McCabe Callahan (Community Funded)
  • DIY Volunteers and 3rd-Party Event Fundraising: A Case Study – Emily Parris Sandler (City of Hope)
  • Leveraging Wealth and Giving Screening Results for Powerful Annual Giving Strategies – Jennifer Liu-Cooper (DonorSearch)
  • An Annual Giving Roundtable – Bob Burdenski (Host), Mary Hartsfield (California state University), Torrey Hood (University of Nevada, Reno), Alex Popescu (Whittier College), Molly Widdicombe (University of Redlands)
  • Creating Successful Micro-Funding Strategies for Improving Annual Giving Results – Howard Heevner (UCSC)
  • Affinity-Based Fundraising To the Rescue – Chelsea Speer and Kelli Bronson (Whittier College)
  • What’s Next For Giving Days: A Giving Day Forum – Sean Briner (CSUSM)
Katie Haystead

Katie Haystead

Senior Vice President, Partnerships

With over a decade of experience working with K12 schools and higher education institutions’ fundraising efforts, Katie Haystead now oversees the partnerships team at Community Funded. Her passion for partner success and satisfaction aligns with Community Funded’s priorities and Katie’s unique background is well suited to manage the day to day operations of our partnerships team as well as new market acquisition.

Prior to joining the team at Community Funded, Katie served many roles within the Fundraising Division at Ruffalo Noel Levitz. Her experience ranges from working onsite and remotely with clients executing phonathon programs, developing annual giving strategies, onsite consultations and also developing multichannel strategies allowing for strong synergy between annual giving channels and creating strong major and planned gift pipelines.

Katie is based in Metro Detroit and is a graduate of Central Michigan University, where she worked for the phonathon for 3 years while working towards her History Major.

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Kim Jennings

Kim Jennings

Senior Generosity Strategist, Generis

Kim Jennings, CFRE is a skilled fundraising leader who believes in the power of Christian education to raise up thoughtful, strong, committed leaders who can make our world a better place for all.

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Kim Jennings

Todd Turner

Director of Digital Strategies, Generis

In addition to his 11 years overseeing Chuck Swindoll’s Insight Living Ministries communications department, Todd Turner has worked as a digital strategist for faith based organizations across the globe..

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Kim Jennings

Jennifer Perrow

Senior Generosity Strategist, Generis

Jennifer is a skilled fundraising and communications professional who helps ministries articulate vision, communicate mission, and raise abundant funds to advance Kingdom priorities.

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