🔥 FIRESIDE CHAT: How to Choose the Right Technology for Your Nonprofit
With the right tools, nonprofits can quickly scale fundraising and programming and take back their time.
But, what makes something the “right” tool? And how do you justify an additional expense in a resource-constrained organization?
In this Fireside chat, we’ll get perspectives from the people who buy, recommend and use technology in nonprofits.
We’ll cover:
What to think about when choosing tech (what kind of capabilities)
How to determine a good fit for your organization
Considering ROI
Making a case for your decision makers
Be sure to add your questions when you sign up!
About our experts:
Keesha Gibson, Founder/Owner of Gibson Consulting, has more than 25 years of executive management and nonprofit industry experience. She raised and managed millions of dollars in funds for organizations across the country. Ms. Gibson and her growing team of consulting professionals are seeking to broaden the horizons of entrepreneurs and businesses by providing "out of the box" ideas and strategic services to encourage business owners to remain steadfast in their visions of success.
Leila Adnani, Founder of PS Creative + Philanthropy United, began her fundraising career in politics in Washington, D.C. in 2012 at the age of 24. Her firm grew quickly, garnering features in The Washington Post, CBS, US News & World Report, PBS & NPR. In 2018, she relocated her firm to Scottsdale, Arizona with a new intention: changing the world by optimizing nonprofit fundraising. She spent two years as an executive director of a prominent MLB nonprofit, has worked with hundreds of organizations and runs The Philanthropy United Podcast which shares nonprofit impact stories from organizations around the world. She works with clientele nationwide and loves making a positive impact on the world through helping organizations raise more money, more effectively via technology, great events and digital strategy.
Julia Babbitt Williams is a graduate of Virginia Tech, with a major in Psychology. She has been in the nonprofit world for over 20 years, but is fairly new to the grant management sector. She was fortunate to find Instrumentl as she was developing the grants program at Eastern Shore Land Conservancy about two years ago. It has helped immensely with organization, grant searches, and general familiarization of the grant process. Prior to working with the Eastern Shore Land Conservancy, Julia worked with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation as both the Manager of Education Operations and as an Environmental Educator, as an Executive Director with a small trade organization, and as a program coordinator at a private high school. A native of Virginia, she has lived most of her adult life in Maryland. She now resides in Wilmington, North Carolina with her husband and two dogs, and they have 3 adult children living near and far.
Moderated by:
Celia Daly leads partnerships at Instrumentl, and can often be found hosting Instrumentl's bi-weekly partner workshops which feature top thought-leaders in the grant writing space. Hundreds of grant professionals tune in to these events to learn openly and collaborate with one another. These workshops featuring many of the few Grant Professional Association Approved Trainers and Amazon Best Selling educators allow Celia to share a deep understanding of some of the many challenges nonprofits seeking grants face.
All live attendees will receive a recording and copy of the presentation slides after the workshop. Instrumentl is also offering every live attendee personalized grant recommendations for their nonprofit.
About Instrumentl
Instrumentl is the online institutional fundraising platform for bringing grant prospecting, tracking, and management to one place. Instrumentl helps over 2000+ nonprofits save time in finding and applying for more grants, with customers increasing their grant application output by 78% after a year of using the software while saving 3 hrs/week per team member.
NOTE: Instrumentl helps US-based 501c3s with at least a 90K operating budget, or consultants supporting such clients. If you are based internationally, you must have a US-affiliated chapter and 501c3 status to find this workshop helpful.
