Elevate was live in February 2023.
You can now register to have access to the recorded content. Sessions that weren't recorded, like networking events and the game night, were removed from this schedule.
February 22
2-2:50 p.m.
Live Panel - Fundraising: The Good, the Bad, and the Future
Attend this live event to hear from a panel of fundraising experts:
3-4:15 p.m.
Live Workshop
Sustaining our Social Change Practices with UyenThi Tran Myhre, Building Movement Project
4:30-5 p.m.
Breakout Sessions: Choose an on-demand session from one of our four tracks!
- Leadership Reimagined - Creating Curious Communities and Nurturing Courageous Curiosity, presented by Mary Kingston Roche
- Focus on Fundraising - Fundraising from Scratch: Practical Lessons to Go from 4k to 2.5 million, presented by Eric Camarillo, CFRE, ACNP, MNM
- Building Strong Organizations - Preventing Burnout: The Big, Bad, “B-Word” in Nonprofits, presented by Hilary Statz, MSW
- Changemaker Cafe - Closing the Wage Gap: Negotiating Your Salary, presented by Allison Quintanilla Plattsmier, Ed.D, CNP, CFRE, GPC, CAP, SHRM-CP
5-5:50 p.m.
Live Keynote
How to Be an Ally of Indigenous People with Sarah Eagle Heart, Emmy-winning Social Justice Storyteller
February 23
9:30-9:50 a.m.
Take the Agile Work Profiler and Create a Plan for Career Success
10-11:20 a.m.
Live Workshop
Draw Your Future with Agilities with Patti Dobrowolski, Up Your Creative Genius
11:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m.
Breakout Sessions: Choose an on-demand session from one of our four tracks!
- Leadership Reimagined - Lessons from the Pandemic: Excellent Leadership in a Crisis, presented by Mary Gladstone-Highland CFRE, CNP
- Focus on Fundraising - The Future of Fundraising and Philanthropy: What Will Successful Fundraising Look Like in 2030, presented by Victoria Philips, MA, CNP
- Building Strong Organizations - Strengthening Your Board’s Culture to Improve Your Agency’s Performance, presented by Olivia Swanson, MBA, CNP
- Changemaker Cafe - Managing Student Loans for Your Wellbeing, presented by Jason Anderson, CPA, CFP, CSLP
12:30-1:20 p.m.
Live Panel: Volunteerism: Raising the Bar!
Attend this live event to hear from a panel of experts:
- Allison Quintanilla Plattsmier, Ed.D, ACNP, CFRE, GPC, CAP, SHRM-CP, Executive Director, Edgehill Neighborhood Partnership
- Bex Takacs-Britz, ACNP, CFRE, Development Director, SLD Read
- Polly Roach, MSW, Program Director, Minnesota Alliance for Volunteer Advancement
- Erica Davis, CNP, Solutions Consultant, Nonprofit Leadership Alliance
1:30-2:30 p.m.
Breakout Sessions: Choose an on-demand session from one of our four tracks!
- Leadership Reimagined - Resilience Workout: Building Your Leadership Resilience Muscles, presented by Sheila Armitage, LL.B. Hons, Ph.D., Certified Executive Coach (CEC)
- Focus on Fundraising - Joyous Fundraising for Nonprofit Leaders - Learn the JOY System, presented by Aimee Beam, MS, CNP, CFRM
- Building Strong Organizations - Envisioning and Elevating Multicultural Leadership and Inclusive Organizations, presented by Dr. Juana Bordas
- Changemaker Cafe - Volunteering in the Nonprofit Sector through AmeriCorps NCCC, presented by Jarrad D. Plante, Ed.D., CNP, Realtor, Riley McConnell, CNP, Caroline Frenzel, CNP, and Maeve Dowd
3:30-4:20 p.m.
Live Panel: The Nonprofit Work Place: Make it inclusive, engaging, and rewarding
Attend this live event to hear from a panel of experts:
- Alyssa Turcsak, CNP, Outreach Coordinator, Nonprofit Network
- Enola-Riann White, MPA, CNP, Senior Associate, New Chapter Coaching
- Nikki Roe Cropp, CNP, Director, Program Effectiveness, Camp Fire National Headquarters
- Debbie Roman, MBA, CNP, Managing Director, Per Scholas
4:30-5:50 p.m.
Documentary Night
Sit back and watch the award-winning documentary, The Ants and The Grasshopper. Access to this documentary has ended. Attend Elevate 2024 for exclusive access to a new documentary.
February 24
10-11:20 a.m.
Live Workshop
Choosing Your Own Adventure: A Fearless Guide to Ethical Decision making with Anne Kotleba, MFA, CNP and Kelly Rutt, CNP
11:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m.
Breakout Sessions: Choose an on-demand session from one of our tracks!
- Leadership Reimagined - Reimaging Strategic Vision, presented by Latisha Chastang, MNML
- Focus on Fundraising - IMPACT Storytelling: How to Harness the Power of Storytelling to Engage Supporters, presented by Jordana Merkin, CNP
- Changemaker Cafe - Advocacy in Nonprofits: What, Why, and How? presented by Lillian Aguirre Ortiz, MSW
1:45-2:45 p.m.
Live Keynote
Addressing Mental Health and Ending Stigma in the Workplace: Taking the Next Step, Moving from Awareness to Action! with Ian Adair, Director of Leadership Development & Credentialing, Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP Global)