We have a wide array of educational sessions waiting for you at AFP ICON 2024. Whether you want to master leadership, relationship building, securing the gift, trends and innovation, or all of the above, AFP has the latest and greatest information to unlock your fundraising potential.
6 Things You Should Do to Get Your Board Ready for a Capital Campaign
If you’re planning a capital campaign, your board members are likely to be anxious. In this session, we’ll give you simple and effective ways to get your board members ready for a campaign.
Cognitive Impairment in Donors: What You Need to Know
With 1 in 7 people ages 72+ showing signs of cognitive impairment, it's inevitable that you and your organization will encounter elderly donors in cognitive decline. Are you prepared to handle this situation? This session will teach you actionable best practices for managing situations of cognitive impairment in elderly donors.
Education Track(s): Ethics, Accountability and Professionalism
Expanding Your Donor Base: Advocating for Disability Inclusion and Access
Elizabeth Ralston and Troy Coalman are professionals with disabilities who are passionate about helping organizations incorporate accessibility and inclusion principles into every facet of an organization. In this session, you will learn about implicit bias and be equipped with strategies to engage people with disabilities as donors, including older people.
Exploring Real World Ethical Scenarios and Doing What is Right
How do you figure out what is the correct thing to do when confronted by a challenging situation involving a donor or your organization? In this session, participants will review and evaluate 5-8 real world ethical scenarios through small group facilitated discussions.
Education Track(s): Ethics, Accountability and Professionalism
Fundraising Career Success: Strategies from 2024 AFP Young Professional Awardees
Learn to navigate the fundraising career by cultivating a supportive community and advocating for necessary resources. With high turnover rates, support for young professionals is vital. Gain insights from AFP Outstanding Young Professionals on utilizing AFP, community networks, and educational resources to advance your career while preventing burnout.
Join our dynamic educational session tailored for fundraising professionals seeking to craft a detailed fundraising plan while juggling day-to-day duties. This workshop will arm you with powerful strategies and tools to refine your planning process, enabling the creation of effective fundraising initiatives without compromising your ongoing projects.
How to Craft Compelling Legacy Giving Key Messages, Taglines and Wordmarks
In this dynamic session, participants will delve into the art of crafting compelling legacy messages, taglines and wordmarks that resonate with donors and motivate charitable legacy gifts.
Come with your questions about legacy giving messaging, and leave with actionable next steps to apply to your organization.
Lifelong Donors: How to Find and Keep Monthly Sustainers
The average monthly donor gives 5 to 20 times more than single gift donors. Harvey McKinnon has written three monthly giving books, and he’ll show you how to find and keep lucrative monthly sustainers. You’ll learn techniques that promote donor loyalty, raise more money, and increase your organization's financial stability.
Navigating New Horizons: Leveraging Data Insights from FEP Q4 2024 for Enhanced Fundraising Effectiveness
Join a team assembled by FEP to hear the latest research from the initiative’s Q4 2024 report. This session brings together experts and seasoned fundraising practitioners to discuss the latest trends and data insights that will inform and enhance your fundraising strategies, helping you make informed, growth-oriented decisions.
Education Track(s): Current and Prospective Donor Research
Pursuing State and Federal Funding Through Legislative Advocacy and Relationship Building: A Case Study
Learn how to engage with public officials to secure transformational funding for your organization. Join us to gain an understanding of how to educate government entities about your organization's impact, your value to your constituents and the community, and how you can serve as a resource to civic leaders.
Education Track(s): Ethics, Accountability and Professionalism
Roots of Change: Cultivating Relationships for Grassroots and Nonprofit Startup Success
Explore a transformative session to empower grassroots organizations and nonprofit startups through strategic relationship building. Learn practical strategies for forging alliances, engaging communities, and developing advocacy platforms that drive substantial social change. Enhance your impact by leveraging key relationships effectively.
Simplify: Elevate Your Fundraising with Clear Cultivation, Communication, and Strategy
"Simplify" redefines success in fundraising. Learn to craft impactful cultivation plans, master storytelling for donor engagement, and enhance communication strategies. Streamline your approach for clarity and effectiveness, ensuring lasting impact in your fundraising efforts.
Small but Mighty! Fundraising Planning for Small Fundraising Teams
This interactive and engaging session is built for small fundraising teams and staff who have fundraising as part of their role.
We’ll discuss how to make small but impactful shifts in strategies and planning to significantly boost your fundraising success, and fundraising efforts that focus on your organization’s strengths.
Unlock Your Working Genius: Elevating Fundraising Teams and Productivity
Using the popular Six Types of Working Genius framework, discover transformative insights and practical tools to reignite your joy at work, foster collaboration, and increase productivity. You’ll walk away with strategies to implement immediately. Don’t miss this opportunity to recharge and elevate your team’s potential!
Stacey Wedding, BoardSource Certified Governance Consultant, Working Genius Certified Facilitator
Who Needs Ethics When I’ve Got To Plunge The Toilet??!?!?!
A practical how and why of ethical behavior when it seems to be at the bottom of the daily to do list
A practice that every ethical Board must do and how it can boost Gram, X, TikTok and Facebook
How ethics influences staff, volunteers, donors and mission recipients
Education Track(s): Ethics, Accountability and Professionalism
How to Become a Certified Fund Raising Executive (Learning Lab) Presented by CFRE
The CFRE Credential: Is it worth it? What are the benefits? Is the CFRE Exam difficult?
this interactive session to learn everything you ever wanted to know about the Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) credential. We’ll dive into the eligibility requirements, application tips, and all things related to the CFRE Exam, as well as answer your questions. You’ll leave the session with a clear understanding of how to achieve your CFRE credential.
Education Track(s): Ethics, Accountability and Professionalism
Creating Departmental Framework for Ethical Storytelling
This session advocates for ethical storytelling, emphasizing authenticity, inclusivity, and empathy. It outlines guidelines to ensure integrity, diversity, respect for privacy, avoidance of harm, and empowerment. Fostering a socially conscious narrative landscape aims to inspire positive societal change and a more equitable, compassionate world.
Education Track(s): Ethics, Accountability and Professionalism
How to Launch a Successful Monthly Giving Program in a Small Non-profit
Are you looking to start a monthly giving program? Join this session to learn how to set up a monthly giving program; how to acquire new monthly donors; how to convert existing donors to monthly; and what you need to do to keep monthly donors (and even gain legacy prospects).
Beyond the Basics: Using the AFP Code of Ethics and Member Code of Conduct
Fair and ethical conduct is the foundation of professionalism and vital to maintaining integrity in fundraising. Join members of the AFP Ethics Committee and Member Code of Conduct Committee to learn how to foster trust within our industry through the understanding and application of the new AFP Member Code of Conduct and recently updated AFP Code of Ethics.
Education Track(s): Ethics, Accountability and Professionalism
Shifting the Paradigm Landscape: Increasing Engagement and Philanthropy Among Alumni of Color
This presentation will allow participants to assess their organization’s diverse constituency landscape and establish a diversity, equity, and inclusion action plan to embed into their current fundraising initiatives. Participants will leave with the building blocks to create an action plan to improve the donor engagement and giving within their organization.
Unsung & Untold: Black Philanthropists of the Past, Present & Future
Unsung & Untold: Black Philanthropists of the Past, Present & Future, this enlightening session unearths many stories about how Blacks and Africans use philanthropy to take action, build communities, and experience joy. Join three Truthtellers for a jampacked storytelling session. This is Part 1 of a 2-part educational series.