John Haydon

John Haydon is one of the most sought-after nonprofit digital marketing and online fundraising experts. He has helped hundreds of nonprofits achieve their best online marketing and fundraising results through consulting, training and coaching. A few notable wins:

• Helped Epic Change launch #Tweetsgiving, one of the first fundraisers on Twitter.
• Helped Komen Greater NYC increase their online walkathon fundraiser by 30%.
• Helped the Ellie Fund win a national online fundraising contest ($53,000 in 24-hours).
• Helped Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity raise over $215,000 during #GiveMN.
• And more…

John has spoken at the Nonprofit Technology Conference, New England Federation of Human Societies, New Media Expo, BBCon, CauseCamp, The Nonprofit Storytelling Conference, Various Regional AFP Conferences, Boys & Girls Clubs National Conference, and many other annual conferences.

John is also the author of Facebook Marketing for Dummies (Wiley) and Facebook Marketing All-In-One (Wiley), Cause Impact (April 2018), and a contributor to the Huffington Post, Social Media Examiner, npEngage, LinkedIn, and of course JohnHaydon.com.

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Penelope Burk

Kishshana Palmer Penelope Burk understands donors and what they want more deeply than just about anyone in the business. In the last fifteen years, she and her innovative firm, Cygnus Applied Research, Inc., have conducted surveys and research studies with more than a quarter million American donors. She has reached back into their lives to find out about the first time they gave, what motivates their philanthropy now, what their greatest and most frustrating experiences in giving are, and what their dreams are for their philanthropic future.

Penelope’s contributions to the fundraising industry can be best summed up as a long list of “firsts”:

• She was the first fundraising author to back up her ideas and solutions with evidence from donors
• The first to bring the problem of Donor Attrition to the attention of the fundraising industry, pointing out how much money not-for-profits were losing by failing to hold onto their donors
• The first to offer an evidence-based formula for keeping donors giving longer and inspiring them to make more generous contributions
• The first to document what leadership volunteers do best and how they can raise more money for their organizations by saying thank you the donor-centered way
• The first to document the real impact of the high rate of turnover among professional fundraisers and the first to bring innovative solutions to the table to keep fundraisers loyal, raising more money, and still leaving the office at 5 o’clock!

Penelope is the author of the fundraising classic, Donor-Centered Fundraising and she has just published a completely updated and substantially expanded second edition containing all-new research with donors. She has also written two other books as well as more than fifty seminars and dramatic plays.

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Kishshana Palmer

Kishshana Palmer is a national speaker, trainer, and coach with a 17-year background in fundraising, marketing, and talent management.  She’s a supernova on any stage and platforms due to her charismatic and candid delivery. It doesn’t matter if she’s speaking about philanthropy, living your most authentic life, or diversity, the energy she brings to the stage is always entertaining and edifying.

Kishshana is an adjunct professor at Baruch College and Long Island University,  Certified Fundraising Executive (CFRE), a BoardSource Certified Governance Trainer (CGT) and an AFP Master Trainer.  When an organization wants to grow, find and retain people on their team, raise money, and more she is the philanthropic fairy godmother they have on speed dial. Her work isn’t limited to organizations, she also coaches social good professionals.

Kishshana is an NYC girl and mother of one wonderful teenage daughter. Kishshana is the epitome of your classic 90’s Queen’s homegirl and quintessential corner office executive. She is your daily dose of Claire Huxtable with a side of Blanche Devereaux.

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