Schedule

RMPI 2025 Schedule - Thursday, October 2, 2025
Happy Hour at Wipfli, 4:30-6:30 pm, 3615 Delgany St

 

RMPI 2025 Schedule - Friday, October 3, 2025

8:00 am - 8:30 am : RMPI Opens and Continental Breakfast Available
8:30 am - 8:40 am : Welcome
8:40 am 9:20 am : Opening Welcome Speaker (CG1 Full) - Between the Gift & the Goal - Walking the Tightrope with Vision, Values, & Velocity Dr. Ryan Ross
9:20 am - 9:40 am : Break and Networking
9:45 am - 10:45 am : Workshop Session 1
Session A: Welcome to the Circus! Walking the Fundraising Tightrope: Balancing Metrics, Ethics, and Budgetary Needs in Annual Planning  Meredith Friedman and Sarah Melinger
Session B: Balance Mission and Message with Effective Marketing Bridget Richards

Session C: Walking the Tightrope - Managing up: The importance of soft power and what might be motivating your CEO and Board 

Hillary Harding and Colleen Curran
10:45 am - 11:00 am : Break, Visit Vendors, Self-Care and Networking
11:00 am - noon :

Workshop Session 2

Session A: Aligned for Impact: Short-Term Goals That Move Fundraising Forward  Amanda Kearney-Smith & Richard Eveleigh
Session B: Walking the Tightrope - Discovery Calls and Visits as a Development Officer Meeting Metrics and Layering On Cultivating Tomorrow's Major Gift Donors  Lauren Wise
Session C: Ethical Finance and Development: Balancing on the Tightrope  Dr. Josh Evans & Lisa Hrinik
noon - 12:15 : Break, Network, and Grab Lunch
12:15 pm - 1:00 : Luncheon Plenary Session — Media and Walking the Tightrope  Micah Smith
1:00 pm 1:15 pm : Break
1:15 pm - 2:15 pm : Workshop Session 3
Session A: Fundraising Events: Boom, Bust, or Reinvention?

Session B: Walking the Trust Tightrope: Balancing Data, Donor Relationships, and Authentic Engagement Fiona Cunningham and Lori Collins
Session C: How to Accept Complex Gifts Like a Big Shop (while working in a small shop) Jon Kraus
2:15 pm - 2:30 pm : Break, Network, Visit Sponsors
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm : Workshop Session 4
Session A: Tightrope Tactics: Strategies for Navigating and Growing Your Fundraising Career  Tonya Malik-Carson and Marianna DiVietro
Session B: The Multi-Source Advantage: Building a Resilient Funding Base  Melissa Brown

Session C: Balancing Act: Harmonizing AI Technology and Human Connection in Nonprofit Fundraising

Elizabeth Neufeld
3:45 pm - 6:30 pm Happy Hour on the Patio - Sponsored by RaiseUp Collaborative


*Note: Schedule is subject to change.