Schedule at a Glance

Check-In/Breakfast Buffet Open: 8 - 8:45 a.m.
Awards Breakfast: 9 - 10 a.m.
Networking Break: 10 - 10:30 a.m.
Keynote Presentation: 10:30 a.m. - Noon
Networking Lunch: Noon - 1 p.m.
Concurrent Workshop Sessions: 1 - 2 p.m.
Networking Break: 2:15 - 2:30 p.m.
Closing Session: 2:30 - 3:30 p.m.

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Join us for our 2022 National Philanthropy Day Conference! 

Now more than ever -- in today's challenging times -- fundraising professionals need inspiration, education, and connections. 

During our in-person conference at the DuPont Country Club, we will:

• Celebrate the winners of our 2022 Philanthropy and F.A.C.E. Awards.
  
  
• Help you discover the importance of understanding your “why” when it comes to diversity in your organization and ways to engage in the recruitment conversation without putting your foot in your mouth with nationally recognized speakers Stacey Wedding and Jason Cho.
  

• Look back at the fundraising lessons learned in 2020 and how we can adapt fundraising to today's times with Windmill Hill Consulting's Founder and President Barbara O’Reilly, CFRE.
  
  
• Learn practical suggestions on how to make local partnerships work in what can feel like a competitive environment with Friendship House Executive Director Kim Eppehimer.
  
  
• Get the top tips for planned giving, grant writing, and marketing from regional experts during the closing session.
  
  
• Meet your local colleagues during networking breaks throughout the day!

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Registration Fees

Full-Day Conference: $150/AFP Member; $180/Non-Member
Awards Breakfast Only: $75/person

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Announcing our 2022 Philanthropy Award Winners!
(Judged by a panel of local community leaders)

• Lifetime Achievement Award: J. Cameron Yorkston
• Volunteer Award: Jane Shinderwolf, Friendship House
• Philanthropy Award: Mark Reardon, Ministry of Caring
• Fundraising Executive of the Year: Maggie Norris Bent, Westside Family Healthcare
• Nonprofit of the Year: Spur Impact and the United Way of Delaware
• Youth in Philanthropy Awards (tie): Charlie Walter, Beebe Medical Foundation; Piper Yates, Nemours Children's Health

And our 2022 F.A.C.E. Award Winners!
(Judged by the leadership and staff of Today Media)

• Annual Report: Delaware Botanical Gardens
• Branding: Jewish Federation of Delaware
• Electronic: Delaware Prosperity Partnership
• Newsletter: Jewish Federation of Delaware
• Special Event: Delaware Museum of Science & Nature
• Special Publication: ACLU of Delaware 
• Website: Delaware Prosperity Partnership

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Keynote Session: Board Diversity Interactive Presentation

Whether you are new to your DEI journey or further along the path, this interactive session will take a non-traditional approach to the topic of diversity. We will discuss the importance of understanding your “why” when it comes to diversifying your board and/or staff, the benefits of diversity, and ways to engage in the recruitment conversation without putting your foot in your mouth. All of this will be presented in a manner that nobody will walk away feeling beat up for what they have or haven’t done. Using carefully curated interactive activities, we will make a daunting topic more approachable.

Speakers/Facilitators:

Stacey Wedding
The Stacey Wedding Group

Jason Cho
Prex Consulting, LLC

About Stacey Wedding
While her clients fondly refer to her as the fairy godmother of nonprofits, Stacey Wedding describes herself as a “Proud Board Nerd” with a passion for moving boards from surviving to thriving. Stacey has spent 25 years devoted to elevating charitable organizations from the inside out, building organizational capacity to change our communities, countries, and world.

Stacey’s specialty is helping boards and chief executives adopt a partnership mindset while maintaining a healthy balance of governance and support. Additionally, Stacey and her team at The Stacey Wedding Group provide expertise in organizational development, strategic thinking and planning, and executive coaching.

Prior to establishing her company, Stacey began her career in Corporate Communications & Community Relations at NV Energy and later moved into an executive staff position at the Nevada Community Foundation, where she helped grow the organization from $10 million to $35 million.

A lifelong Nevada resident, Stacey’s journey into the magical and sometimes messy world of nonprofits began at the age of 5 when she helped her mom—an Executive Director at the time—fundraise for a cure for Type 1 diabetes, the disease Stacey has lived with since the age of 2.

To say philanthropy is in her blood is an understatement. Stacey and her team contribute 150 hours of volunteer time annually, and she donates 10% of her company’s annual revenues. Her own board service is as chair of Wagging Tails Rescue and chair of the UNLV Honors College, her alma mater. Learn more about Stacey at www.staceywedding.com or check out the Nonprofit Everything podcast that she co-hosts, www.nonprofiteverything.com.

About Jason Cho
Jason Cho is Founder of Prex Consulting, LLC, a consulting firm that represents a network of consultants and affiliates who bring several years of higher education and professional experience in the corporate and nonprofit sectors to work for you. Additionally, they all share a uniform passion for people. Its core consulting services include strategic management (including DEI work), financial management, data management, and business analytics.

He has worked in the nonprofit sector since 2016 in youth programming and marketing roles for Central Church. Prior to shifting his career to the nonprofit sector, Jason started and operated various entrepreneurial ventures in real estate and technology. He has experience as a financial advisor for high net worth individuals.

Jason earned his bachelor's degree in finance (summa cum laude) from Oral Roberts University and his master's degree in finance from the University of Tulsa.

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Concurrent Workshops 

Option 1: Looking Back and Looking Ahead--Fundraising Lessons We've Learned from 2020
Presenter: Barbara O’Reilly, CFRE, Founder and Principal, Windmill Hill Consulting, LLC

There's no doubt that 2020 was the great reset. Between the upending from COVID-19 to the overdue calls for social justice, fundraising post-2020 looks very different. What lessons can we learn from fundraising through some of the most tumultuous times in recent history? This session highlights key trends we saw and recommendations for how to adapt fundraising to today’s times.

About Barbara O'Reilly, CFRE
Barbara brings to her clients nearly thirty years of major gifts, annual fund, and campaign fundraising experience at major non-profit organizations including Harvard University, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Oxford University in England, and the American Red Cross. She is an AFP Master Trainer and a frequent guest presenter on various webinars hosted by AFP, AFG, Network for Good, DonorSearch, Bloomerang, OneCause, Qgiv, Boardable, UST, Firespring, and Candid. Her consulting firm, Windmill Hill Consulting, helps non-profit organizations of all sizes cut through the noise and develop a profitable fundraising strategy that focuses on the resources, skills and tactics they need to build more effective donor relationships and catapult their revenue.

Option 2: Collaborating for Impact: How Partnerships Benefit Our Community and Each Other
Presenter: Kim Eppehimer, Executive Director, Friendship House

Kim Eppehimer, Executive Director of Friendship House, will share the impact of collaborating with multiple local agencies at the New Castle County Hope Center, a shelter for displaced families, and how Friendship House grew from the experience of being involved between 2020-2021. Kim will share pitfalls she has experienced and practical suggestions on how to make partnerships work in what can feel like a competitive environment. Although resources appear limitless, there are many available for nonprofits of all sizes. How can leveraging partnerships help access more? Come join and listen in! There will be interactive moments as well as time for discussion.

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Closing Session: Top Tips for Planned Giving, Grant Writing, and Marketing

Speakers:

Delia G. Perez, CFRE, CAP®, Director of Planned Giving, Fairleigh Dickinson University
Scott Mangieri, Director of Corporate & Foundation Relations, University of Delaware
Michelle Kramer-Fitzgerald, Director of Marketing & Events, Delaware Symphony Orchestra
Moderator: Stephanie Cory, CFRE, CAP®, AFP Brandywine Chapter President

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Approved for 3.5 CFRE Education Points

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For information on scholarships to attend National Philanthropy Day,
click here.

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