Writing & Speaking / Speaking Engagements

Madeline Stanionis and Jenn Smith regularly present on online fundraising, marketing, and advocacy at conferences and private events around the country. Check out some of their upcoming and past engagements below. E-mail Madeline or Jenn to book them for your own event.

Upcoming

June 7, 2012
Netroots Nation
Will Valverde--with Tracy Conaty of American Federation of State, County & Municpal Employees (AFSCME), Stephanie Lauf of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, and Cecilie Surasky of Jewish Voice for Peace--will present “Inside the Activists’ Studio: What to Do When the Right Comes After You”
Providence, Rhode Island

Past Engagements

August 12 - 13, 2010
GIFT’s Money for Our Movements: A Social Justice Fundraising Conference
Nzinga Kone-Miller and Brian Hiatt from Watershed, along with Sydney Levy from Jewish Voice for Peace, led a workshop called “Connecting Advocacy, Activism & Fundraising Online & Offline.”
Heather Buchheim and Will Valverde from Watershed, along with David Taylor from Rainforest Action Network, presented “Beginning of the (Year) End: What you can do starting right now to prepare for a successful year-end fundraising campaign online.”

Oakland, CA

July 27, 2010
2010 Bridge Conference
Madeline presented:
Help! I’m a 20th Century Fundraiser in a 21st Century World!
Reston, VA

May 25, 2010
Grassroots Fundraising
Online Fundraising Campaigns 101: May 25th—a GIFT webinar featuring Nzinga Koné-Miller!

May 20 - 21, 2010
Willamette Valley Development Officers 2010 Conference
Madeline presented:
Fail Fast and Often!
Portland, OR

October 9, 2009
The Rose Foundation’s Grassroots Grantee Convening
Madeline presented:
Web-Based Fundraising
Sacramento, CA

April 28, 2009
Nonprofit Technology Conference
Madeline presented:
Donate Now: Online Fundraising
San Francisco, CA

April 27, 2009
Nonprofit Technology Conference
Jenn—along with Mobile Commons’ Matt Wilson and HSUS’ Grace Markarian—presented:
Integrated Mobile Advocacy and Online Fundraising: Text “Mobile” to 69866 to find out why you should attend!
San Francisco, CA

September 5, 2008
Willamette Valley Development Officers Association
Madeline presented:
What it takes: the top ten ways you can use the internet to raise dollars and donors
Portland, Oregon

July 26, 2008
Raising Change: A Social Justice Fundraising Conference
Madeline presented:
Email: STILL the best way to raise money AND eyebrows online
San Francisco, CA

July 23 - 25, 2008
Bridge Conference
Madeline presented:
It’s the end of the world as we know it — and do you feel fine?
(How online fundraising is changing everything, and how to make it work for your organization.)
Washington D.C.

July 19, 2008
Netroots Nation
Madeline moderated:
Big Telecom: An Emerging Threat to Our Democracy
Austin, Texas

June 12 – 13, 2008
AFP Greater New Orleans Chapter Fundraising Conference
Jenn presented:
Email and facebook and blogs, oh my! How online fundraising has changed our world forever and for good.
New Orleans, LA

June 9 – 10, 2008
New Organizing Institute, Organizers summit
Jenn presented:
Online Campaign Design and Effective Email Writing
-- and --
Online Fundraising
Lansing, MI

March 20, 2008
NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference
They’re just not that into you
— and —
Five ways to set up / amp up / screw up your email messages
New Orleans, LA

Oct 25, 2007
TechNow Conference, a technology conference for non-profits
Keynote speaker
Pittsburgh, PA

Oct 18-19, 2007
Convio Summit 2007
Integrated Fundraising & Advocacy
Austin, TX

Aug 29, 2007
What It Takes…
(…to raise money, raise eyebrows, and change the world in our brave new world)
The Foundation Center
San Francisco, CA

July 20, 2007
What It Takes…
(…to raise money, raise eyebrows, and change the world in our brave new world)
MIE Legal Services Fundraising Conference
San Francisco, CA

July 13, 2007

Raising Money With Email
Public Radio Development & Marketing Conference
Reno, NV

July 10, 2007
Plenary Speaker
AFP/DMAW Bridge Conference
Washington DC

May 29, 2007
Active Advocacy Online
Artez Interaction Fundraising and Networking Conference
Toronto, Canada

Thursday, November 16, 2006
Online Fundraising 101
Fundraising Academy for Communities of Color, CompassPoint & Grassroots Fundraising Journal, Milpitas, CA
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Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Top 10 Ways to Utilize the Digital Age to Raise Dollars & Donors
United Jewish Communities, General Assembly, Los Angeles, CA
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Wednesday, October 26, 2006
Raising money with email
Webinar, GetActive
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Thursday, October 19, 2006
Raising money with email
AFP DC, Washington, DC
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Friday, October 6, 2006
Raising money with email
AFP Golden Gate, Marin County, CA

Thursday, September 28, 2006
Raising money with email
Webinar, New Progressive Coalition

Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Raising money with email
Oakland Museum of California, AFP Golden Gate, Oakland, CA

Wednesday-Sunday, September 20-24, 2006
Opening Keynote
Web of Change, Cortes Island, British Columbia, Canada

Thursday and Friday, September 14 and 15, 2006
Steal this Message!
GetActive’s GetTogether 2006, Baltimore, MD

Monday-Wednesday, August 28-30, 2006
Executing an Email Fundraising Series
New Organizing Institute’s Internet Campaign Training, Washington, DC

Friday, August 4, 2006
Raising money with email
Raising Change Conference, Berkeley, CA

Thursday, July 27, 2006

Telling your story in print and online
Public Radio Development and Marketing Conference, New Orleans, LA

Friday, July 21, 2006
Everything you need to know to raise money with email
Nonprofit Resource Center, Sacramento, CA

Friday, June 30, 2006
Raising money with email
AFP Golden Gate, Fundraising Morning, San Francisco, CA