Thursday, November 3rd
11:20 am - 12:20 pm
*In Person Audience Only

WVC: Ready to Launch 

Come prepared to see a live demo of the WVC and hear from your Program peers as they share their insights over the past few months as system users. They will share early learnings and offer insights and information to help your chapter prepare for your launch. Participants will gain a full understanding of the WVC roadmap and have an opportunity to ask questions and demo the system!

Facilitated by: 
TBA

Fundraising in 2023 and Beyond

Join for a lively discussion about the fundraising landscape and predictions for 2023 and beyond. Learn from others on how to keep focused on major gifts and grow revenue amidst change.

Facilitated by: 
Eric Heininger, Eden+ Fundraising Consulting
Wendy Cozzens, Make-A-Wish Wisconsin

Proactively Managing your Pipeline to Reduce Wish Turn-Around Time

Why is it so hard to get wish paperwork back from families?  Why does it sometimes seem to take forever for wish discovery to be completed?  What steps can you take to ensure that determined wishes are moving through the process efficiently?  When is it time to start the close out process or move to Family Elective Hold?  Join a panel of chapter mission experts to learn more about how they’ve identified potential hold ups in the wish process at their own chapters and implemented steps to overcome them.

Facilitated by: 
Amy Carroll, Make-A-Wish Massachusetts and Rhode Island
Jenny Hortin, Make-A-Wish Utah
Kristin Keck, Make-A-Wish America
Deb Nichols, Make-A-Wish Greater Pennsylvania and West Virginia

Volunteer - Donor - Advocate: Working Together to Engage Our Volunteers

Join us for a panel discussion of your peers as we discuss holistically looking at volunteers to steward and engage them in multiple facets of our mission while eliminating the silo’ d boundaries of the past. Fundraisers, wish department staff and volunteer managers will want to attend this session because it will open everyone's eyes to many different ways to utilize volunteers to help us do our work and accomplish more. It's also important to apply the "donor-centric" model of fundraising to all organization constituents. Whether a constituent is a wish granter, a hiker, or a vehicle donor, their relationship should be maximized with the organization based on their talents, skills, and desire to be involved.

Facilitated by: 
Valerie Cunningham, Make-A-Wish Alabama
Lacy Fitzpatrick, Make-A-Wish Alabama
Amanda Dickey, Make-A-Wish Alabama
Maggie Corcoran, Make-A-Wish Alabama

Aligning Development and Marketing to Drive Revenue 

Learn how revenue and marketing departments can partner on key initiatives to grow revenue support and outreach to prospects and donors. Hear examples of strategies with proven success and how to implement them locally.

Facilitated by:
Kaitlyn Bolduc, Make-A-Wish Oregon
Katie O'Brien, Make-A-Wish America
Jono Smith, Make-A-Wish America
Mallory Tyler, Make-A-Wish Oregon

Our Magical Disney Collaboration: Where We’ve Been & Where We’re Going

Come and meet some of our Disney friends while we celebrate the legacy of our collaboration, innovative wish-granting pivots made during the pandemic and through emergence and the ways we continue to transform our work together through storytelling and driving donations. There are also a few magical opportunities on the horizon as The Walt Disney Company celebrates its 100th Anniversary in 2023, we hope to see you real soon! 

Facilitated by: 
Jaime Rubin, Make-A-Wish America
Elise Murray, Make-A-Wish International
Dvorah Waldman, The Walt Disney Company 
John Breckow, Disney Parks, Experiences and Products, part of The Walt Disney Company