October 20-21, 2026
AGENDA
| Time | Description | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 7a-9a | Registration Open | Lobby |
| 8a-5p | Expo Hall Open | Expo Hall |
| 8a-8:50a | Good Morning Networking | Expo Hall |
| 9a-9:15a | Welcome and Opening! | Main Session Room |
| 9:15a-10a | Mattership: The Power of One Word (Bill Crouch) | Main Session Room |
| 10a-10:45a | “Houston, We Have a Problem” Reimagining Ethical Storytelling in the Nonprofit Sector (Derria Ford) | Main Session Room |
| 10:45a-11:10a | Quick Break | Expo Hall |
| 11:10a-11:40a | Finding Your Voice as a Leader (Nickie Froiland) | Main Session Room |
| 11:45a-1:15p | Lunch | Hotel Venue |
| 1:15p-2p | Full Circle Leadership: Building People-First Nonprofits That Create Equitable Lasting Impact (Nick Reich) | Main Session Room |
| 2:05p-2:50p | Canva Is Not a Brand Strategy-But It Can Support It (Lidia Varesco Racoma) | Main Session Room |
| 2:05p-2:50p | Built to Learn: Why Program Evaluation Can't Wait Until "Later" (Matthew Courtney) | |
| 2:05p-2:50p | Supercharge Fundraising with AI: How Data-Informed Insights Can Drive Smarter Campaigns (Erik Tomalis) | |
| 2:55p-3:40p | Upleveling Your Board Enhancement & Recruitment Game: Moving from Warm Bodies to the Right Bodies (Eddrick Martin) | |
| 2:55p-3:40p | The Hidden Values of Strong Direct Marketing (Julie Sint) | Expo Hall |
| 2:55p-3:40p | The Real Values of an Email Address (Ben Smithee & Kyle Hill) | Expo Hall |
| 3:40p-4p | Quick Break | Expo Hall |
| 4:00p-4:30p | Day 1 Wrap Up Panel/Q&A | Main Session Room |
| 4:30p-5p | Afternoon Networking | Expo Hall |
| Time | Description | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 7a-9a | Registration Open | Lobby |
| 8a-5p | Expo Hall Open | Expo Hall |
| 8a-8:50a | Good Morning Networking | Expo Hall |
| 9a-9:15a | Welcome and Opening! | Main Session Room |
| 9:15a-10a | Vision-Centered Leadership (Becca Segovia) | Main Session Room |
| 10a-10:45a | The Overlooked Generation: Why Gen X Is the Missing Link in the Great Wealth Transfer (Kimberly Bottom) | Main Session Room |
| 10:45a-11:10a | Morning break | Expo Hall |
| 11:10a-11:40a | The Hidden Currency of Nonprofit Growth: How social capital creates opportunities that money can't buy. (Matt Lombard) | Main Session Room |
| 11:45a-1:15p | Lunch | Hotel Venue |
| 1:15p-2p | Agile Finance Leadership: Reality-Based Budgeting for Sustainability and Growth (Dayna Sear) | Main Session Room |
| 2:05p-2:50p | Fundraising Is a Relationship. What If We Built Our Programs That Way? (Courtney Krus) | |
| 2:05p-2:50p | Empathy for Impact: How to Apply Human Centered Design and Lean Thinking for Social Change (lauren wisnewski) | |
| 2:05p-2:50p | Trust Is the Strategy: Why In-House Teams Thrive (or Just Survive) (Mollie Yoder) | |
| 2:55p-3:40p | The Michelin-Star Standard: Elevating Small Nonprofits & Building Exceptional Startups Through Strategic Operational Practices - Eddrick Martin | |
| 2:55p-3:40p | Human-First, AI-Empowered: Adopting AI Without Losing Your People- Chad Williams | |
| 2:55p-3:40p | Preventing Burnout - A Shared Responsibility between Organizations and Employees (Janelle Miller) | |
| 3:45p-4:15p | Quick break | Main Session Room |
| 4:15p-4:30p | Closing Announcements and Cause Camp 2027 Location!! | Main Session Room |
| 4:30p-5p | Afternoon Networking | Expo Hall |
