AFP Conference Kickoff: The Living Fundraising Legends

On Sunday, the Association of Fundraising Professionals kicked off its 50th International Conference on Fundraising, and it kicked things off in style.

How? With fundraising legend after fundraising legend … as well as Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter John Legend.

The opening general session Sunday afternoon began with Jana Eggers from Blackbaud, who talked about how giving grew less than 2 percent in 2012 … but that that 2 percent is not insignificant; it represents about $6 billion. Nothing to sneeze at.