Nonprofit

Fundraising Tip: Attend a Fundraising Conference.

One or more days of meeting other fundraisers and learning from them is an amazing experience.

Dan Hanley
2 min readNov 7, 2023

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Author at the 2023 Nonprofit Storytelling Conference. Photo credit: Author

If you are in nonprofit fundraising, try to attend a nonprofit fundraising conference.

I’m just returned from one and had the time of my life.

There are a few reasons why I think attending a nonprofit fundraising conference will benefit you.

First, you will learn.

A lot!

I am an “always learning” type of person and consistently leave a conference with my head filled with new knowledge and new ideas that I can take action on as soon as I get back to the office.

Next, you will grow your circles. That could mean circles of people you learn from, grow from, people you want in your inner circle, and colleagues. I inevitably meet people I want to be in relationship with at some level at conferences. I’m grateful for the dozens of people I have met and grown with at the Nonprofit Storytelling Conference.

Next, it’s wonderful being surrounded by others in your field, or a similar field. One of the things I love about NPSC is that there are hundreds of people attending whose sole purpose is to…

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Dan Hanley

I write about nonprofits, fundraising, recruiting, self-care. Human rights, domestic violence, borders, and refugee focused. Sober. Vegan. https://altrui.org/