Session Presentations

We hope you’re ready for three action-packed days of networking, learning, and fun. Our goal is to ensure that all attendees find information that meets their needs and get answers to the questions that keep them up at night. That’s why we’re offering 40 sessions across five learning tracks, covering topics most pressing to nonprofit professionals. In each well-planned session you’ll receive advice that can help you better do your job as soon as you return to the office.

Enjoy a sneak preview of each session by clicking the links below (PDF). If you'd like to connect with Conference speakers and attendees, please visit the Montreal Conference disucssion forum.

The Raiser's Edge

• Reporting Essentials in The Raiser’s Edge
• Ready, Set, Import!
• The Art and Science of Stewarding Donors — Using The Raiser’s Edge To Maintain Strong Relationships
• Get Ready To Party! Setting Up an Event in The Raiser’s Edge
• Mail Merging in The Raiser’s Edge — What You Need To Know 
• Save Time and Energy by Using The Raiser’s Edge More Efficiently 
• Creative Querying in The Raiser’s Edge
• Maximizing the Power of The Raiser’s Edge for Your Volunteer Program 

The Raiser's Edge Advanced

• Advanced Mail Merging — Streamlining Mail Processing in The Raisers Edge 
• Importing — Beyond the Basics 
• Don’t Let Your Donors Slip Away — Master Major Giving in The Raiser’s Edge 
• Improve Revenue Forecasting Using The Raisers Edge 
• Custom Reporting for the Power User 
• Preparing The Raisers Edge for the Internet Age 
• The Benefits of Integrated Systems
• Advanced Use of RE – A Roundtable Discussion (presentation not available due to session format)

Financial Management

• Getting the Most out of The Financial Edge 
• The Power of Querying and Exporting in The Financial Edge 
• Financial Reporting — What Every Finance Professional Needs To Know 
• Fraud Prevention and Internal Controls — An Organization-Wide Approach (Part I) 
• Fraud Prevention and Internal Controls — An Organization-Wide Approach (Part II) 
• Exploring New Grant Functionality in The Financial Edge 
• Managing Campaigns, Funds, and Appeals in The Financial Edge 
• The Benefits of Integrated Systems

Fundraising

• Annual Giving — The Invigoration of a Passive Program 
• Enhance Your Planned Giving Program with the Right Marketing Strategies 
• Ask without Fear! Taking the Fear out of Face-to-Face Solicitations 
• Global Philanthropy: It’s a Big World out There and I Want To Raise Money in It! 
• There Ought To Be a Law — Essential Fundraising Practices that We Probably Do Not Practice 
• Looking into Fundraising’s Crystal Ball
• Planned Giving 101
• Turning Your Board Members into Effective Fundraisers

Marketing

• Building an Online Village 
• Direct Marketing — A Primer 
• What’s New at Blackbaud? The Blackbaud Direct Marketing Solution 
• You’ve Got Mail! Now What: Improving Your Email Communication 
• Deep Dive into Blackbaud NetCommunity 
• Who’s Telling Your Story? 
• The Power of TrueCRM: Unleashing Integrated Online and Offline Strategies to Get Results
• Web 2.0

Technology 

• Emerging Technology - The Blackbaud Roadmap

Disclaimer: Presentations are subject to change and should be used for educational purposes only.  Reprinting for any other use is not permitted.