Power Hour Roundtable: Raise a Glass to Virtual Pivots

Event & Auction Fundraising | 2020 |

Back by popular demand! Join us as top fundraisers, Deniz Satir and Deb Barge, engage in a dynamic roundtable conversation on navigating fundraising during the pandemic. This powerhouse duo will share their insights and strategies on everything from COVID-19 decision making, to virtual donor engagement, and mission focus during crisis. Join the conversation and learn how two iconic nonprofit organizations pivoted, and kept on fundraising. Attendees will be able to send in questions in advance, allowing you to help shape this interactive conversation. You need not be a national organization to learn from these experts. They’ll unpack innovation and insights any nonprofits can use!

Speakers

For over two decades, Deb has lead diverse, multi-affiliate, national fundraising and revenue generating initiatives for worthy charitable causes across the nation, including MDA and March of Dimes, as well as local and regional causes. Her focus is to activate data-responsive, donor-centric nonprofit teams to create record-setting events, cultivate major donors and innovate corporate collaborations in support of the organization’s mission by leading a team with passion and purpose to foster partnership and volunteer engagement for the mission.

Deniz Satir brings over 26 years strategic nonprofit experience having led national and chapter level fundraising teams at JDRF (formerly known as the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation), most recently as the National Director of Signature Events.

In her two and a half decades of development experience, she has contributed to high growth fundraising through a variety of executive level positions. In her national role, her teams were responsible for leading and executing more than 70 JDRF fundraising galas annually. Deniz oversaw the direction and vision for the National Gala Program transforming and enhancing JDRF’s Gala strategy and leading the national organization’s pivot into virtual gala campaigns.

Her expertise in charitable event strategies, particularly transforming the live donation appeal (JDRF’s mission moment – Fund A Cure) into a signature event experience, helped JDRF grow its national fundraising capacity to reach a gross revenue of $77+ million in 2019, bringing the 25 year total raised in JDRF’s gala program to more than $1 Billion. She has a proven track record of success in innovation, and strategic high-end, high-yield nonprofit fundraising.

Deniz has built a strong reputation within the national fundraising community and is sought after for her industry expertise, dynamic speaking and thought leadership. Her insights on fundraising can be found in in publications including Nonprofit Quarterly, Seattle Times, and the Puget Sound Business Journal.

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