February 27, 2024

11:15-11:50 a.m.

Welcome to Elevate: Hear remarks from Nonprofit Leadership Alliance President and Chief Learning Officer Dorothy Norris-Tirrell, Ph.D., ACNP. We'll walk through the Elevate 2024 site and answer your questions.

12-12:50 p.m.

Live Panel: Aligning for Impact: Empowering Staff to Reshape Nonprofit Culture

• Michelle Flores Vryn, CFRE, Nonprofit Fundraiser + Consultant 
• Shawna Mitcheltree, CNP, Senior Director of Operations & Service Development, Alliance for Nonprofit Resources, Inc.
• Allison Quintanilla Plattsmier, Ed.D, DBA, CFRE, ACNP, GPC, CAP, Founder & CEO, AQP Consulting
• Debbie Roman, CNP, Managing Director, Per Scholas

1-1:50 p.m.

Breakout Sessions: Choose an on-demand session from one of our tracks:

• Building Strong Organizations: Developing Meaningful Partnerships: Collaboration for Collective Impact, Christiana Tasto, MA, Executive Director, Nonprofit Solutions
• Fundraising Evolution: Collaborative Fundraising: Making Double (or Triple!) the Impact, Meagan Snyder, CNP, Director of Development, Alliance for Nonprofit Resources, and Zach Carlino, Director of Development, Alliance for Nonprofit Resources
  
• Putting People First: Employee Retention and Racial Equity in the Nonprofit Sector, Bessie Alcantara, MSW, Executive Director, Alternatives Inc 

2-3 p.m.

Live Workshop: Navigating the Storm: Strategies for Success in Rapidly Changing and Competitive Fundraising Environments

Mary Gladstone-Highland, CNP, Partner, Spark Group Consulting

3:10-4 p.m.

Live Keynote: Beyond Limits

Carrie Bernans, Hollywood Producer, Actress, and Stuntwoman, Red Sparrow Productions & CB Seed Nonprofit

February 28, 2024

11 a.m.-12 p.m.

Live Workshop: Turning Privilege into Change 

Kyle Sawyer, M.A., CNP, Anti-Oppression Facilitator, AULA and Transformative Solidarity

12:15 p.m.-12:45 p.m.

Breakout Sessions: Choose an on-demand session from one of our tracks:

• Building Strong Organizations: Leveraging AI in Nonprofit Operations, Miriam Dicks, CCMP, CEO, 180 Management Group 
• Fundraising Evolution: Tech-Driven Philanthropy: A New Era of Giving and Impact, Carly Rickard, CNP, Chief Development Officer, Logan Health Foundation
• Putting People First: Courting Gen Z: Understanding Gen Z as Employees, Allison Quintanilla Plattsmier, Ed.D, DBA, CFRE, ACNP, GPC, CAP, Founder & CEO, AQP Consulting

1 p.m.-1:50 p.m.

Live Panel: AI and the Future of Nonprofits

• Philip Deng, CEO, Grantable
• Tim Sarrantonio, M.A., Director of Corporate Brand, Neon One

2 p.m.-2:30 p.m.

Breakout Sessions: Choose an on-demand session from one of our tracks!

• Building Strong Organizations: Empowering Impact: Unleashing the Potential of Operational and Strategic Tools in Nonprofit Excellence, Jameson Dixon Jr, Co-Director, New Leaders Council Chicago
• Building Strong Organizations: Use Me! Utilizing Skilled Based Volunteers through Corporates Partnerships, Jordanya Reeves, CVA, CNP, Corporate Citizenship Associate Manager • ED&A Analytics Strategy, TD Bank
• Putting People First: Buckets: Leveraging Your Daily Activities to Increase Productivity and Satisfaction When You Don’t Have Time, Alyssa Durfey, MPH, MBA, CNP, Principal Scientist, Dogwood Genomics

2:45-4:15 p.m.

Documentary Time! Sit back and watch an award-winning documentary. 

February 29

10:30-11:30 a.m.

Live Workshop: Beyond Burnout: Towards Sustainable Nonprofit Jobs

• Betsy Leondar-Wright, Ph.D. in Sociology, Coordinator, Staffing the Mission Project
• Gabriel Cabán Cubero, a community organizer in Birmingham Alabama, and a popular education trainer with Staffing the Mission

12-12:45 p.m.

Breakout Sessions: Choose an on-demand session from one of our tracks:

• Building Strong Organizations: Small Steps or Big Goals: How Your Focus can Change Your Missional Success, Kyle Boehr, CNP, Program Analyst & Logistics Manager, Ability KC
• Fundraising Evolution: So You Want to Grow Your Corporate Gifts, Scott L. Myers, M.A., CNP, Executive Director, SADD l Students Against Destructive Decisions
• Putting People First: Talent Strategy for the Scrappy Nonprofit: How to Attract and Keep Talent, Janessa Mondestin, Chief People Strategist, Hire 4 Higher HR Services

1:30-2:30 p.m.

Live Keynote: A Fresh Look at Fundraising: Adjusting Strategies to Today's Reality

Darian Rodriguez Heyman, Founder and CEO, Helping People Help