Donors are looking for causes that will ignite their hopes and passions. They want to feel something – happiness, anger, sadness, joy. Yet the average online donation takes four minutes to complete and is usually forgettable.&nbsp;Neon One is here to kickstart your digital generosity experiences with the industry’s only dedicated educational event focused on creating memorable moments between fundraisers and donors in the digital space.&nbsp;Join us for five action-packed and inspiring sessions crafted specifically to empower you to design magical generosity experiences for your community. This is our gift to you, so put away that credit card and register.

Dream Big Summit

Neon One

Philanthropy for the People

April Walker

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Join our expert-led Tech Circle designed to provide practical skills and actionable strategies. This session will help you harness technology to drive your nonprofit’s mission forward.

With multiple thematic tracks you can pick and choose what sessions you want to join and create your own schedule.

Participate in our event activities for a chance to win exciting giveaways. From tech gadgets to donations, these prizes enrich your nonprofit’s assets and help you achieve your goals.

You’ll have access to all recordings after the event is over, so you can go back an rewatch the sessions you didn’t catch live. We’ll also share slides and more extras.

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Participate in role-playing scenarios that simulate real-life nonprofit challenges. Learn by doing and gain insights into effective problem-solving and strategic planning.

Get ready for three days of disruptive ideas and ground-breaking insights - we’re really proud of the speakers, panels and activities we’ve put together.

BackOffice Thinking

Brad DeForest

Get ready for four days of action-oriented and inspiring sessions as we teach your team how to create a magical generosity experience for your community. This is our gift to you. Put the credit card away and just register.

South Carolina Native Plant Society

Cynthia Gibson

The Human Stack

Tim Lockie

Habrá Marketing

Diana Farias Heinrich

Engage in in-depth MasterClass sessions focusing on advanced topics like automation and workflow integration. Learn from a fellow nonprofit leader and take away actionable insights.

We carefully selected our speakers with the goal of bringing really though-provoking, disruptive ideas to the table.

Agents of Good

John Lepp

Tim Sarrantonio

Kat Murphy Toms

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Paul Keogan

Register once for the Dream Big Summit and access all sessions across four days. Each day features a main educational session, networking opportunities, and exciting giveaways. Sessions will be recorded for later viewing. During the Skills Expo, pick and choose which experts to learn from, then share insights during networking. Join us to gain valuable knowledge and elevate your nonprofit’s impact!

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Meena Das

Abby Jarvis

Be ready to meet other brilliant minds, exchange ideas, network and lay the foundations for new, fruitful collabs thanks to our Networking area.

Be ready to meet other brilliant minds, exchange ideas, network and lay the foundations for new, fruitful partnerships thanks to our Networking area.

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Join us for an immersive learning adventure that dives deep into one of the most important yet misunderstood parts of the generosity experience - how to obtain that critically important second gift without putting pressure on your supporter.ASL interpretation will be available for this session along with closed captioning.

Interactive Role Play Coaching Session : How To Get The Second Gift

During an optional networking experience following the day's session, connect with fellow Dream Big attendees to reflect on the question of the day. This speed networking experience will allow you to meet multiple attendees for up to 5 minutes of conversation before being introduced to another attendee.

Community Conversation: What do you wish you knew more about your supporters?

Join us for a spin of the Wheel of Generosity to give away today's special prize for one live attendee.

Prize Giveaway!

If you want to build a thriving community of supporters, you’ll need to have a good donor retention plan in place. And, while technology will never take the place of the human connections that keep people involved with their favorite causes, it can make building those connections easier.Join this session to learn how! In 30 minutes, we’ll cover the high points of how you can use technology to:<ul><li>Understand what inspires your donors</li><li>Create and send communications they’ll love</li><li>Identify and reach out to at-risk and lapsed donors</li></ul>You’ll also receive a high-level donor retention checklist you can use as a guide while you build or update your donor stewardship plan!ASL interpretation will be available for this session along with closed captioning.

Nonprofit Tech Circle: Tech-Powered Donor Retention

Community Conversation: What tasks have you automated and how?

Join us ten minutes before the official start time for a quick overview of how the Skills Expo will work and a summary of each topic to help you best choose. This information will also have been covered in the Reception video for those of you who cannot make it.

How The Skills Expo Will Work (Optional)

You just flipped the page on your calendar, and, oh shit… you need to start working on your next mail appeal. (Didn’t you just send off the last one?) You know they aren’t as effective or raising as much money as they should and you aren’t sure why. Let’s roll up our sleeves and sort it out. Together. My coaching is wall to wall practical advice and insights on how to improve your individual giving and direct mail from 80,000 ft in the air to the many moving blades of grass that make it all effective and money raising!&nbsp;

Coaching: Effective and creative direct response fundraising

How to mobilize and energize past supporters to connect with new supporters on a giving day!

Coaching: Best practices for nonprofits during giving days

My entire work week has one primary goal: making data collection inclusive and accessible. So, for all those joining this session, the learning here is simple - how do we take our day-to-day surveys (for example a donor engagement survey) and place humans at the core of it - from design to analysis. In this live coaching format, one can bring their existing survey or one that they are going to do soon, and we will live workshop on it to assess how can those questions improve, along with a robust plan on analyzing.

Coaching: Inclusive and Equitable Surveys

What happens when "best practices" don't work for your organization? Or when your fundraising stagnates year after year? My focus is on reimagining fundraising through an equity and community engagement lens. Let's explore the risks and rewards of fundraising focused on building community and value alignment.&nbsp;

Coaching: How can I disrupt "traditional" fundraising strategies? 

In this workshop, we delve into the heart of inclusive storytelling. Designed just for nonprofits, this session will guide attendees through creating narratives that inform, engage, and resonate. We’ll help to amplify an organization’s story in real time, drawing from successful campaigns by organizations like New Balance, Lego, and Poppi, discovering how they’ve harnessed the power of inclusivity to amplify their message.

Coaching: Inclusive Storytelling

Explore AI with curiosity and gain hands-on experience with AI applications. If you’ve ever said, “I don’t know anything about AI,” tried ChatGPT once and felt underwhelmed, or if you’re tired of feeling left out, this session is for you. We’ll cover AI basics, demo three powerful tools, share prompt tips, discuss data security, and boost your confidence while sparking your curiosity. Whether you’re a beginner or looking to deepen your understanding, this session will empower you to engage confidently with generative AI tools.

Coaching: AI For Anyone

Want to unlock the hidden potential of Neon CRM and elevate your data tracking? This session dives deep into advanced techniques to maximize your CRM. We'll explore customizing portal buttons for user-specific actions, like streamlined member renewals. Discover how to integrate Neon CRM with your website, creating a supercharged member hub with features like content access, dashboards, and transaction history. Finally, learn how to leverage the portal for innovative data tracking strategies, empowering your organization to unlock valuable insights.

Coaching: Advanced stuff that you didn't know you could do with Neon CRM

Community Conversation: What can you share from your coaching session?

Hear from the South Carolina Native Plant Society about how they are implementing workflow automation at their own organization.ASL interpretation will be available for this session along with closed captioning.

Masterclass: You Can Do That? Discovering the Magic of Workflows

Community Conversation: How will you plan on making the generosity experience magical?

Attend our Skills Expo featuring various topics from industry leaders. Get hands-on experience and learn best practices from those excelling in the field.

Live Q&As, in-session chat, polls, games, whiteboard and brainstorming sessions... thought this was going to be only about watching people talk? Think again.