Format:

• Workshop
  In-depth class on a specific topic. Part lecture, part group or individual work. Participants will leave having learned and practiced specific fundraising skills.
• Discussion
  Led by a skilled facilitator. Participants will have the opportunity to equally share their ideas and opinions. The goal is to explore the complexities of a topic without the expectation of leaving with a specific one-size-fits-all solution.
• Case Study
  A lecture presentation by one or two individuals describing the objectives, methods, and outcomes of a particular study or project. Hear about, and learn from, the experience of a peer individual, group or organization.
• Lecture
  A thought-provoking, highly-professional presentation on a topic of current interest. B inspired, challenged and informed by speaker with significant skills and experience.

• Monday, November 28

• 10:30AM - 12:30PM

  workshop

  G-01: Securing Major Gifts

  Ali, Nowshad (Shad) CPBA, CFRE

• 10:30AM - 12:30PM

  workshop

  G-02: Small Charity, Big Success

  Rosenfield, Ann, MBA, CFRE

• 10:30AM - 12:30PM

  discussion

  G-03: Stewardship: Beyond the Donor Wall

  Aspinall, Siobhan

• 10:30AM - 12:30PM

  workshop

  Y-01: Ten Years of Research About the Donor Pyramid: Does it Still Work?

  Melandri, Valerio, Ph.D.

• 10:30AM - 12:30PM

  workshop

  Y-02: Data Analytics: The Key to Unlocking Secrets in Your Database

  Bannon Waterman, Celeste

• 10:30AM - 12:30PM

  workshop

  Y-03: How I Made My Donor Cry – Intentionally Using Empathy to Connect Donors to Your Cause

  Duncan, Suzanne, MA, CFRE

  Lewzey, Emma, CFRE

• 10:30AM - 12:30PM

  workshop

  Y-04: Registered Charities and Fundraising under the Income Tax Act

  Euler, Zachary

• 10:30AM - 12:30PM

  workshop

  Y-05: How to Engage with Internal Audiences

  Nicholson, Shona, MBA

• 10:30AM - 12:30PM

  discussion

  Y-06: What Can Mad Men Style Advertising Executives of the 1960s Teach 21st Century Fundraising Leaders?

  Duckworth, Vincent, CFRE

  Morris, Andrea

• 10:30AM - 12:30PM

  workshop

  R-01: I ♥ You Just the Way You Are - Now Change! How do Siloed Organizations Become Flexible, Innovative, Integrated Fundraising Organizations

  Climie-Elliott, Mark, CFRE

  McCarthy, Dennis

• 10:30AM - 12:30PM

  workshop

  R-02: Building Community - The Future for Individual Fundraising

  Pidgeon, Stephen, FInstF

• 10:30AM - 12:30PM

  discussion

  R-03: Cultivating Strategic Relationships with New Immigrant Communities

  Brown, Maureen

• 2:00PM - 3:00PM

  lecture

  G-04: I Really Can’t Do Another Workshop... All I Want is to Sit Down and Be Inspired!

  Ros Jernberg, Maria

• 2:00PM - 3:00PM

  lecture

  G-05: Fundraising is a Contact Sport

  Mitchell, Theresa, CFRE

• 2:00PM - 3:00PM

  lecture

  G-06: Essential Charity Law Update: What Every Fundraiser Needs to Know

  Man, Theresa L.M., M.Mus., LL.B., LL.M.

  West, Laura E., JD

• 2:00PM - 3:00PM

  lecture

  G-07: Engaging Your Donors: Strategies for Donor Relations and Development Professionals

  Highland, Nathalie

• 2:00PM - 3:00PM

  lecture

  Y-07: Start With Why

• 2:00PM - 3:00PM

  lecture

  Y-08: Maintaining a Stellar Public Image

  Lazier, Kate, LL.B.

  Stacey, Amanda, JD

• 2:00PM - 3:00PM

  lecture

  Y-09: The Perfect Storm

  Myers, Tony, Ph.D, CFRE

• 2:00PM - 3:00PM

  lecture

  Y-10: The Winning Test

  Muschett, Gord

• 2:00PM - 3:00PM

  lecture

  Y-11: Ten Top Lessons Learned from Thirty Years of Fund Development Experience

  Mallabone, Guy, MA, CFRE

• 2:00PM - 3:00PM

  lecture

  Y-12: It Takes a Village to Build a Pipeline

  Hay, Kathy

• 2:00PM - 3:00PM

  lecture

  R-04: The Next Generation of Non-Profit Leaders: Recruiting and Keeping the Best New Talent

  Griffith, Jane, MA

• 2:00PM - 3:00PM

  lecture

  R-05: How We've Shot Ourselves in the Foot: The Public Perception of Fundraising

  Picco, Gail

• 3:30PM - 5:00PM

  workshop

  G-08: Getting Face to Face with Your Annual Program Donors

  Laporte, Guy, CFRE

• 3:30PM - 5:00PM

  workshop

  G-09: They Blinded Me with Science: How to Turn Complicated Programs into Compelling Cases

  Sitnick, Jessie, MMSt., MA

  Zimmer, Trevor

• 3:30PM - 5:00PM

  workshop

  G-10: Sponsorship Revenue Development - The Game Changers

  Colterman, Bernie

• 3:30PM - 5:00PM

  workshop

  Y-13: Cultivating Your Board's Interest in Fundraising

  Aspinall, Siobhan

• 3:30PM - 5:00PM

  workshop

  Y-14: The Stewardship/Cultivation Cycle

  Donnelly, Maureen, D.

• 3:30PM - 5:00PM

  workshop

  Y-15: Donor Stewardship for Small Shops - A Look at the Impact of Stewardship Practices During the 2008-09 Recession

  Tomas, Robert Pierre, CFRE

• 3:30PM - 5:00PM

  workshop

  Y-16: How High is Up: the Fund Development Audit

  Mallabone, Guy, MA, CFRE

• 3:30PM - 5:00PM

  workshop

  Y-17: Iterative Negotiation (IN): Go Straight to "Yes" for Major Gifts

  Marshall, Ray, CFRE

• 3:30PM - 5:00PM

  workshop

  Y-18: How to Build a Healthy Prospect Pipeline

  Storey, Susan, CFRE

• 3:30PM - 5:00PM

  workshop

  R-06: Take Your Board from Bored to Blazing: 7 Steps to Fire Up Your Board

  Perry, Gail, MBA, CFRE

• 3:30PM - 5:00PM

  workshop

  R-07: Who’s Got Talent? How Do We Keep It?

  Tobin, Kim, MA, CFRE

• 3:30PM - 5:00PM

  workshop

  R-08: How to Harness the Power of Diaspora Giving Towards Your Charity

  Gow Pettey, Janice, MA, CFRE

• Tuesday, November 29

• 10:30AM - 11:00AM

  case study

  CS-01: 5K Your Way Walk/Run to Conquer Cancer

  Berk Goelman, Cindy

• 10:30AM - 11:00AM

  case study

  CS-02: Speaking the Language of the Recruiter

  Griffith, Jane, MA

• 10:30AM - 11:00AM

  case study

  CS-03: The Unexpected Success: Lessons Learned from a Cause Related Merchandise Campaign

  Hillier, Lynette

• 10:30AM - 11:00AM

  case study

  CS-04: “A Cautionary Tale” from the University of Oxford

  Nicholson, Shona, MBA

• 10:30AM - 11:00AM

  case study

  CS-05: How to Successfully Leverage Media to Deliver a Record Breaking First Year Fundraising Event

  Swinton, Andrea

• 10:30AM - 11:00AM

  case study

  CS-06: Willow Breast Cancer Support Canada’s Eat to the Beat: Leveraging the Power of Volunteers to Achieve Success

  Coppen, Shana

• 10:30AM - 11:00AM

  case study

  CS-07: Running to the Top: Creating an Effective Career Development Plan

  Tobin, Kim, MA, CFRE

• 10:30AM - 11:00AM

  case study

  CS-08: Road Hockey to Conquer Cancer: Launching a New Fundraising Event

  Burt, Shawn

  Merker, Steve

  Shea, Kevin

• 10:30AM - 11:00AM

  case study

  CS-09: Results from "The Collective Power of Diaspora Giving" Research

  Gow Pettey, Janice, MA, CFRE

• 10:30AM - 11:00AM

  case study

  CS-10: The Da Vinci Gala

  Kwinter, Debra

• 10:30AM - 11:00AM

  case study

  CS-11: Bringing Them Back: Reactivating Monthly Donors

  Oliver, Rosemary, CFRE

• 10:30AM - 11:00AM

  case study

  CS-12: Anatomy of a Major Gift

  Aspin, Louise

• 11:00AM - 11:30AM

  case study

  CS-13: Running to the Top: Creating an Effective Career Development Plan

  Tobin, Kim, MA, CFRE

• 11:00AM - 11:30AM

  case study

  CS-14: Willow Breast Cancer Support Canada’s Eat to the Beat: Leveraging the Power of Volunteers to Achieve Success

  Coppen, Shana

• 11:00AM - 11:30AM

  case study

  CS-15: Telephone Town Halls: A New Way to Engage Supporters and Donors

  Penner, Bob

• 11:00AM - 11:30AM

  case study

  CS-16: Speaking the Language of the Recruiter

  Griffith, Jane, MA

• 11:00AM - 11:30AM

  case study

  CS-17: “A Cautionary Tale” from the University of Oxford

  Nicholson, Shona, MBA

• 11:00AM - 11:30AM

  case study

  CS-18: How the Friends of Canadian Broadcasting Took on the Conservatives and Won the Day!

  Thomas, Steve, CFRE

• 11:00AM - 11:30AM

  case study

  CS-19: Major and Gift Planning Working in Harmony

  Osborne, Michell, CFRE

• 11:00AM - 11:30AM

  case study

  CS-20: The Evolution of a Winning Control

  Swiridjuk, Sonya, CFRE

• 11:00AM - 11:30AM

  case study

  CS-21: Results from "The Collective Power of Diaspora Giving" Research

  Gow Pettey, Janice, MA, CFRE

• 11:00AM - 11:30AM

  case study

  CS-22: Building a Leadership Annual Giving Culture

  Ullman, Heather

• 11:00AM - 11:30AM

  case study

  CS-23: Bringing Them Back: Reactivating Monthly Donors

  Oliver, Rosemary, CFRE

• 11:00AM - 11:30AM

  case study

  CS-24: From Fundraising Audit to Fundraising Plan

• 11:30AM - 12:00PM

  case study

  CS-25: The Unexpected Success: Lessons Learned from a Cause Related Merchandise Campaign

  Hillier, Lynette

• 11:30AM - 12:00PM

  case study

  CS-26: How to Successfully Leverage Media to Deliver a Record Breaking First Year Fundraising Event

  Swinton, Andrea

• 11:30AM - 12:00PM

  case study

  CS-27: 5K Your Way Walk/Run To Conquer Cancer

  Berk Goelman, Cindy

• 11:30AM - 12:00PM

  case study

  CS-28: Telephone Town Halls: A New Way to Engage Supporters and Donors

  Penner, Bob

• 11:30AM - 12:00PM

  case study

  CS-29: How the Friends of Canadian Broadcasting Took on the Conservatives and Won the Day!

  Thomas, Steve, CFRE

• 11:30AM - 12:00PM

  case study

  CS-30: Major and Gift Planning Working in Harmony

  Osborne, Michell, CFRE

• 11:30AM - 12:00PM

  case study

  CS-31: Road Hockey to Conquer Cancer: Launching a New Fundraising Event

  Burt, Shawn

  Merker, Steve

  Shea, Kevin

• 11:30AM - 12:00PM

  case study

  CS-32: The Evolution of a Winning Control

  Swiridjuk, Sonya, CFRE

• 11:30AM - 12:00PM

  case study

  CS-33: The Da Vinci Gala

  Kwinter, Debra

• 11:30AM - 12:00PM

  case study

  CS-34: Building a Leadership Annual Giving Culture

  Ullman, Heather

• 11:30AM - 12:00PM

  case study

  CS-35: Anatomy of a Major Gift

  Aspin, Louise

• 11:30AM - 12:00PM

  case study

  CS-36: From Fundraising Audit to Fundraising Plan

• 1:30PM - 3:30PM

  workshop

  G-11: Foundation Fundraising: How to Go from Grant Seeker to Grant Recipient

  Byrnell, Sara

• 1:30PM - 3:30PM

  workshop

  G-12: Hands-on Social Media

  Eustace, Leah, CFRE

• 1:30PM - 3:30PM

  workshop

  G-13: Planned Giving in a Small Shop: It CAN be Done!

  Peña, Ligia, M.Sc., CFRE

• 1:30PM - 3:30PM

  workshop

  Y-19: Reversing the Giving Pyramid: Special Events Redefined

  Walker, Tannis, CFRE

• 1:30PM - 3:30PM

  workshop

  Y-20: Keeping & Growing Donors for Life

  Tomé, Philip

• 1:30PM - 3:30PM

  workshop

  Y-21: Make a Loud Noise Online and People Will Still Hear You Offline

  Grapsas, Jonathon

• 1:30PM - 3:30PM

  workshop

  Y-22: How to Successfully Involve the Leadership and Volunteers with the ASK

  Fredricks, Laura, JD

• 1:30PM - 3:30PM

  workshops

  Y-23: Master the "Soft Skills" of A Fundraising Whiz: What They Don't Teach You in Fundraising 101

  Perry, Gail, MBA, CFRE

• 1:30PM - 3:30PM

  workshop

  Y-24: Philanthropy 3.0 - The Role of Social Enterprise

  Rotstein, Gena

• 1:30PM - 3:30PM

  workshop

  R-09: The Change Toolbox

  Ross, Bernard

• 1:30PM - 3:30PM

  workshop

  R-10: Looking After Your Supporters – Great Stewardship in Action

  Pidgeon, Stephen, FInstF

• 1:30PM - 3:30PM

  workshop

  R-11: Paying Attention: Ethics, Philanthropy and Leadership

  Pribbenow, Paul, Ph.D., CFRE

• 4:00PM - 5:30PM

  workshop

  G-14: The Accidental Fundraiser: Fundraising Tips and Tricks for Board Members

  Ferris, Alice L., MBA, ACFRE

• 4:00PM - 5:30PM

  workshop

  G-15: Conversations of Consequence

  Myers, Tony, Ph.D, CFRE

• 4:00PM - 5:30PM

  workshop

  G-16: Media Monitoring Made Easy: A How-To Guide to Getting the Latest Scoop Delivered to Your Virtual Doorstep

• 4:00PM - 5:30PM

  workshop

  Y-25: Taking the Fear Out of Selling – The Art of Preparing Proposals and Pitching Sponsors

  Colterman, Bernie

• 4:00PM - 5:30PM

  workshop

  Y-26: Take Your Family Campaign to the Next Level

  Willis-More, Kim, CFRE

• 4:00PM - 5:30PM

  workshop

  Y-27: Insider Secrets of Online Fundraising Campaign Success: Tips & Tools for Flawless Digital Execution

  Somani, Taslim

• 4:00PM - 5:30PM

  workshop

  Y-28: Building Bridges to Diverse Ethnic Communities

  Nakoneshny, Nicole

  Norris, Doug, Ph.D.

• 4:00PM - 5:30PM

  workshop

  Y-29: Why Strategic Plans Gather Dust

  Hoppe, Peter, CFRE

• 4:00PM - 5:30PM

  workshop

  Y-30: How to Make Special Events Major Gift Opportunities

  Fredricks, Laura, JD

• 4:00PM - 5:30PM

  workshop

  R-12: How to Break Down the Silos - Managing Integrated Fundraising

  Peters, Geoffrey

• 4:00PM - 5:30PM

  workshop

  R-13: Called to Serve: A Vision of Philanthropic Work and Leadership

  Pribbenow, Paul, Ph.D., CFRE

• 4:00PM - 5:30PM

  workshops

  R-14: Hard Graft: You’re Good But Could You Be Great?

  Ross, Bernard

• Wednesday, November 30

• 10:30AM - 12:00PM

  workshop

  G-17: With a Little Help From Your Friends: Peer to Peer Marketing For Non-Profits

  Wightman, Jackson

• 10:30AM - 12:00PM

  discussion

  G-18: Fundraising Through a Different Lens

  Ferris, Alice L., MBA, ACFRE

• 10:30AM - 12:00PM

  discussion

  G-19: Fundraising in a Frenetic World

  Grapsas, Jonathon

• 10:30AM - 12:00PM

  workshop

  Y-31: One to Many - Using Multiple Mass Marketing Channels in Fundraising

  Peters, Geoffrey

• 10:30AM - 12:00PM

  discussion

  Y-32: How on Earth do They Think? Understanding the Corporate View on Corporate Social Responsibility

  Ros Jernberg, Maria

• 10:30AM - 12:00PM

  discussion

  Y-33: Creativity Showcase 2011

• 10:30AM - 12:00PM

  discussion

  Y-34: Generations in the Workplace

  Ali, Nowshad (Shad) CPBA, CFRE

• 10:30AM - 12:00PM

  discussion

  Y-35: Marketing and Fundraising: Breaking Down the Silos

  Gallaiford, Neil

• 10:30AM - 12:00PM

  discussion

  Y-36: Responsibilities of Today's Leaders to Groom the Non-Profit Leaders of Tomorrow

  Legrove, Deborah, CFRE

• 10:30AM - 12:00PM

  workshop

  R-15: The Power Ask: Planning and Executing Mega Donor Solicitation Calls

  Benson, Holly

• 10:30AM - 12:00PM

  discussion

  R-16: We’re Busy, But Are We Productive?

  MacFarlene, Avon

• 10:30AM - 12:00PM

  discussion

  R-17: Social Justice Values in Fundraising and Teams

  Joyner, Mridula, CFRE