Pre-Conference Sessions

Pre-Conference Sessions 

Kickstart your Planet Philanthropy conference experience with these engaging pre-conference educational sessions. These specially curated sessions are included with your full conference registration, but seating is limited and pre-registration is required. Be sure to save your seat when you register! 

  

Turn One Event into a Fundraising Engine
Presented by DreamPilot 

Sunday Afternoon
Free to Attend

Brian Seeley, Founder Dream Pilot

Brian Seeley and his team opened a nonprofit with $300 and built it into a multi-million dollar fundraising operation. This workshop gives you the system — and the software — behind it.

Dream Pilot generates every asset your event needs — sponsorship packets, invitations, flyers — then tracks your outreach team, manages your sponsor pipeline, fills your tables, and maps every relationship from first ask to final follow-up. You will create your event and see it all firsthand.

Register your nonprofit in the Wheel of Generosity competition and start raising money before June 21st — the top fundraiser wins a free annual subscription. The top donor at the live event wins one too.

 

About Brian: Brian has been in nonprofit leadership since 2006. In 2011, he and his team established Gospel, Inc., a grassroots mission serving people experiencing homelessness. During its formative years—Brian shaped the vision, built partnerships, and brought together funders, operators, and community leaders around a shared direction. The mission secured multi-million dollar funding to establish Gospel Village, a permanent supportive housing community that has since outlasted his own tenure.

That decade of building and leadership shaped how he works today: grounded in reality, attentive to people, and focused on clarity before momentum.

Brian works alongside a range of nonprofits and mission-driven organizations—helping leaders clarify vision, shape business plans, and build practical blueprints for fundraising and growth.

Dream Pilot offers a suite of software tools that give organizations the full playbook — from generating sponsorship packets and invitations, to mobilizing outreach teams, filling tables, and mapping every relationship from first ask to final follow-up. The Wheel of Generosity is the live giving experience that moves the room.

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