[stancliff]

I'm looking over the sessions in preparation for registering for the conference. Does anyone have any suggestions on presentors that "should not be missed" drawn from your experience at previous conferences or indutry events? I've already seen threads speaking for Drew Allen's Crystal sessions, and I will likely put that one down.

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Brian Zive
Information Systems Manager
Massachusetts General Hospital, Development Office

[Elaine Tucker]

Anything by Jim Bush:

The Art and Science of Stewarding Donors – Using The Raiser’s Edge® to Maintain Strong RelationshipsSession Level: IntermediateSpeaker: Jim Bush, CFRE, Senior Enterprise Solutions Engineer, BlackbaudSession Description:Stewardship is both an art and a science. Take advantage of the many tools in The Raiser’s Edge that can help you maintain strong relationships with your donors — from mailings and moves management to knowing your donors’ preferences and much more. You can leverage the tools to help you become better stewards of your donors. This session will show you the tools to use such as action tracks, addressees/salutations, mail preferences, reporting options, and more.




Don't let your Donors Slip Away - Master Major Giving in The Raiser's EdgeSession Level: IntermediateSpeaker: Jim Bush, CFRE, Senior Enterprise Solutions Engineer, BlackbaudSession Description:How do you identify your major donors? What do you do with them once you identify them? You have the tools to identify and manage your major donors in The Raiser's Edge. In this session, we'll cover how to report on your major donors and turn that information into a moves strategy to steward and cultivate your major donors.



Technology 101 for FundraisersSession Level: IntermediateSpeaker: Jim Bush, CFRE, Senior Enterprise Solutions Engineer, BlackbaudSession Description:Is your IT department always asking you, “You want to do what?!” Does it feel like they always say no? If you’re looking for a plan to improve your working relationship with your IT department, then this is the session for you. We all wish it was as easy as installing software, but the reality is that your project could have major impact on the whole organization. So, how do you get the support of IT?
Hosted by fundraisers and directed to fundraisers, we’ll help you develop a strategy to partner with IT so they can support your department’s needs, as well as the needs of the whole organization.

[Joe_Meehan]

I'll be speaking on RE and Crystal Reports - doing some simple Development reports on the spot - to show everyone the simple, yet powerful functions of Crystal. I'm very pleased to be able to do this presentation as I think a lot of organizations totally bypass the crystal reports aspect. Instead they export to Access or worse (excel) and re-run / re-format reports all the time... if that.

I won't be doing extensive sub-reports or anything to complex - just enough to actually show everone some simple things that a fund-raiser would want to see on a report for weekly development meetings, etc.

I'm not sure WHEN I'm actually doing this session (I don't think it's posted) but feel free to stop by and introduce yourself.

Regards,
Joe Meehan