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FFE’s flagship program is dedicated to education and professional development for staff and volunteers of fraternal organizations. Need a refresher on the full program lineup?...

Slides and recordings will be added to their respective sessions as they are available. View Annual Giving Track Participant List Tuesday, February 28, 2023 Welcome & Things...

Welcome to Annual Giving, the first track of Advance 2022! This track dives into the components and strategy of annual giving specific to fraternal...

PANEL: COORDINATING FUNDRAISING BETWEEN CHAPTERS AND THE FOUNDATION Learn the key elements involved in successfully coordinating fundraising between chapters and the Foundation. Panelists discussed how...

KEYNOTE SPEAKER PRESENTATIONS 2018 GIVING USA REPORT Melissa Brown, Principal, Melissa S. Brown & Associates, LLC and Adjunct Faculty, Lilly School of Philanthropy In her keynote session,...

STRATEGIC STORYTELLING TO ENGAGE DONORS AND RAISE DOLLARS PowerPoint presentation by Joshua Merchant, President Buena Vista University It doesn’t matter what you want to say if...

Monday, Mar. 2 General Resources Recorded sessionRegistrant listAdvance 2026 CFRE Continuing Education tracker DOWNLOAD WORKSHOP SLIDES DOWNLOAD RESOURCES

The 2018 program gathered professionals from fraternal foundations for a weekend to focus on the direct mail, digital marketing and stewardship components of annual...

The Foundation for Fraternal Excellence partners with Cygnus Applied Research every few years to design, organize and deploy an Alumni and Donor Engagement Survey....

KEYNOTE SPEAKER PRESENTATIONS USING DATA TO OPTIMIZE YOUR FUNDRAISING Brady Josephson, Vice President of Innovation and Optimization, NextAfter  Why do people give? It’s a foundational question for...