9:45am - 10:15am

Registration and Check-In

10:15am - 10:30am

Welcome and Introductory Remarks

10:30am - 12:30pm

Keynote Speaker: Kesha Carter
Incorporating DEI into the business of fundraising
DEI initiatives are often seen as separate projects that can distract from fundraising. Participants will examine and challenge some of their assumptions and biases, understand inclusive language, and gain practical skills and knowledge to model equitable decision making in reaching fundraising goals. Behaviors are learned and as such can be unlearned. The process of unlearning takes time and involves both an intellectual and an emotional commitment to the work in a way that allows for:

• Increasing awareness of the participant’s own biases and experiences with difference
• Building specific professional skills in cultural competence
• Expanding knowledge and competence to work effectively in a multicultural environment
  

12:30pm - 1:30pm

Lunch

1:30pm - 2:30pm

Afternoon Session 1 with Elizabeth Fallon Quilter, CFRE

2:30pm - 2:40pm

Break

2:40pm - 3:40pm

Afternoon Session 2 with Carolyn Hendrickson and Beth Lynn Hoey

3:40pm - 5:00pm

Meet and Mingle