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FS STAFF PICK FOR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION CONTRIBUTION TO THE SECTOR

Direct Marketing Association Nonprofit Federation

Now in its third year, the Nonprofit Federation’s Leadership Summit continues to mature into just the kind of thing the sector needs. While fundraisers are well served by the many conferences that are jam-packed with educational sessions that run the gamut of their professional responsibilities — direct-mail basics after breakfast, e-mail deliverability before lunch, planned giving just prior to the evening cocktail party — the Leadership Summit is a different breed of animal, providing senior-level fundraisers the opportunity to tune in to bigger-picture issues that too often have to take a back seat to the details of fundraising. What trends are waiting around the next corner? How do you secure executive buy-in for your brilliant plans? Who exactly is giving? Who isn’t? And why not? From its highly focused content to its more relaxed pace and agenda, it’s a fresh approach to the conference concept. We applaud and encourage its continued growth.