Our Virtual Show Is Today!

Today, we be open the doors to our free 2014 Virtual Conference and Expo at 10 a.m. EST, and there's still time to find out what's in store behind them.

The show features a solid lineup of sessions that address a variety of important fundraising topics — and it takes place all online, from the comfort of your home or office. You can even invite your cat. And it's free!

Our opening keynote is an intriguing look at MD Anderson Cancer Center. In the face of risk-averse leadership, slashed budgets and low staff morale, Anderson had to regroup and reignite its fundraising fire. In this session, Robyn Mendez, senior director of development at the Houston-based hospital, recounts the transformation and explores both strategic and tactical ideas for keeping you, your teams and your organization thinking creatively about fundraising.

Follow that up with sessions by:

• Marc Pitman and Tycely Williams on Deepening Board Involvement in Major-Gifts Fundraising;
• Mazarine Treyz on Getting More Donations With Responsive Design;
• Daniel Atherton on Gamification: The "Lift Note" of the Digital Age; and
• Jeff Regen on Big Data, Little Data: What's the Difference and What Do You Do With It All?

Finally, we'll wrap it all up with our trademark, lively and robust closing panel discussion on Planning for Growth in 2015 and Beyond. Joining in the round-robin closer will be Marc, Mazarine and Tycely, as well as Karin Kirchoff, Sue Woodward and Polly Papsadore.

And did I mention that it's free to attend? See the full agenda here, and you can go here to register. More than 2,000 of your colleagues already have!

Hope to "see" you there.

Margaret