Making It Happen: Growing Donor Participation Across a Large Footprint [DPP Lunch Analysis]

​Join Sophia S. Ahmad for a practical and strategy-focused session on how to grow donor participation across complex, multi-site, or geographically dispersed organizations. Increasing participation at scale requires more than broad appeals — it demands alignment, local activation, and systems that translate strategy into action.

​This Lunch Analysis will explore how organizations with a large footprint can build coordinated approaches that elevate participation without losing local relevance or momentum.

​This session will unpack:

​• Aligning Strategy Across a Large Footprint:
Learn how to create clear participation goals that unite central leadership and local teams, ensuring everyone is working toward the same measurable outcomes.

​• Empowering Local Leaders & Teams:
Discover approaches for equipping regional or site-based staff and volunteers with the tools, messaging, and accountability structures needed to drive participation in their communities.

​• Building Systems That Scale:
Explore practical frameworks for communication, data tracking, and shared accountability that allow participation efforts to grow sustainably across multiple locations.

​We’ll also highlight how tools like WIZE can help turn participation strategy into consistent action across teams. Get your free account here.

​Don’t miss this opportunity to learn how to move from fragmented efforts to a coordinated participation strategy that drives engagement, strengthens relationships, and builds long-term donor commitment across your entire footprint.

​About: The Donor Participation Project (DPP) is a community of fundraisers who co-create solutions to reverse the nationwide decline in donor participation (20 million US households lost between 2000-2016).

​This event will take place over Zoom.

​The session will be recorded and accessible post-event for DPP members only.