Join members of the Apra Ethics & Compliance Committee for a review of due diligence and vetting practices for your organization, especially as they pertain to your organization’s campaigns. Bring your own questions and issues to share and prepare for a riveting discussion of your role and that of your team in mitigating risk for your own organization.

Following the conclusion of its previous capital campaign, Mount Sinai transformed into a comprehensive health system and grew from one hospital and one medical school into eight hospitals and one medical school. Learn how the Prospect Development team is using insights from the past and different techniques from new staff to structure - and drive - the current $2B campaign.

A panel of leading industry experts discuss trends in philanthropy and how these may shift campaigns in the future. Topics that will be covered include "death of campaigns," micro campaigns, operational needs vs. aspirational "big ideas," trends in giving and goals beyond dollars.

Another campaign, another chance to enhance how prospect development impacts your organization’s fundraising success. Learn how to effectively engage in the campaign planning process and identify ways your team can positively influence campaign productivity. Hear from an expert who has partnered with dozens of organizations at every campaign stage to learn what works and how to avoid common, well-intentioned mistakes. Whether it’s your first or fourth campaign, you will walk away with actionable solutions to ready your team for the oncoming flurry of campaign activity.

An inspired and engaged campaign committee can set the pace and lead the way to campaign success. Conversely, despite best intentions, frustrated and underutilized volunteers can leave your campaign stumbling out of the starting blocks. Prospect Development is ideally positioned to develop and implement a key engagement strategy resulting in motivated volunteers, a more robust pipeline, and streamlined cultivation to solicitation timelines. This session will focus on successfully implementing this proven approach as well as identifying potential pitfalls to avoid in the process.

University of Washington wrapped up a ten-year campaign in June 2020. We’ll cover how Prospect Development worked with Reporting Services to create robust post-campaign reporting for internal audiences. This case study addresses creating buy-in as well as logistics of building the reports.

In March 2020, The Ohio State University, along with so many others, canceled all upcoming in-person events due to COVID-19. Learn how the Ohio State Advancement Events team quickly adjusted to the sudden need to engage virtually, and how lessons learned during this time can and will be applied beyond the pandemic.

Broad base engagement and fundraising has often been overlooked in the overall strategy and planning of large campaigns. Multi-year campaigns are great opportunities to develop pipeline strategies that ensure that in the decades to come an institution is well served by a strong base that moves new generations of donors into higher levels of engagement and giving. This panel will explore the ways broad-based operations contribute to campaigns as well as its unique role in developing micro-campaigns that have the power to bring greater awareness around the priorities and mission of an institution as well as galvanize constituents into action that help build lasting support.