The Nonprofit Innovation & Optimization Summit | NIO Summit
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Dallas, Tx
September 19-21, 2023
The Premier Conference For Online Fundraising & Digital Marketing
Dallas, TX
September 19-21, 2023
The Premier Conference For Online Fundraising & Digital Marketing
The Premier Event for Nonprofit Fundraising & Digital Marketing
Get Tickets for $595 Before The End of the YEAR
Grow Your Online Fundraising
and become an innovative digital marketer
The Nonprofit Innovation & Optimization Summit is the premier conference for nonprofit marketers and fundraisers looking to grow their online fundraising. Rather than have an open call for speakers, we hand-select the leading experts in marketing and fundraising innovation from around the world, and bring them all under one roof to teach us how to achieve real and tangible online fundraising growth.
Over the course of two days, you’ll learn proven and research-driven strategies from these leading experts, participate in hands-on training sessions, and discover all the tools you need to grow your online fundraising and revenue.
Through extensive networking opportunities, you’ll gather new ideas and learnings from a community of nonprofit marketers and fundraisers like yourself who are seeking the most innovative solutions and strategies to grow their revenue.
Here's a taste of What
to Expect at NIO Summit
Attendees Say that NIO Summit is
Different From Any Other Conference
Hear what fundraisers and nonprofit marketers have to say about the NIO Summit
Why Attend NIO Summit?
4 Reasons a Nonprofit Fundraising Executive Should Attend
1. Get Inspiring New Ideas From Bleeding-Edge Digital Marketers.
Every year we go to the top marketing conferences around the world to find the best digital marketing thought leaders to invite to NIO. This year, we’ve secured some of the most talented forward-thinkers to inspire you with breakthrough ideas to help give your nonprofit organization an edge.
2. LEARN SECRETS TO BUILDING A CULTURE OF PERPETUAL LEARNING AND PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT.
The key to consistent growth of your fundraising program is creating a culture of innovation and optimization. At the NIO Summit, you will learn secrets from other nonprofit executives that have cracked the code of cultural transformation so that you can motivate your staff to continually push for better and better results.
3. PREVIEW NEW TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS IN A NO-PRESSURE, SALES-FREE ENVIRONMENT.
Nobody likes to pay to attend a conference only to be forced to sit through sales pitch after sales pitch from the main stage. Yet, as an innovative executive you need to constantly stay on top of what is new in the world of technology. To solve this, we have created a special “Innovation Showcase” that is located in a private lounge within the main venue. You can pick and choose which technologies to review in a no-hassle, comfortable, intimate setting.
4. NETWORK WITH FELLOW INNOVATORS FROM BOTH THE NONPROFIT AND FOR-PROFIT SPACE.
One of the best parts of the NIO Summit is the built-in networking opportunities throughout the conference. Because this event is only for nonprofit innovators and marketing thought leaders, you will have the opportunity to meet and engage with people that share your passion for leadership, new ideas, and market disruption.
“A fundraiser is not judged by how often you email, but by how much your donors Email Back ."
5 Reasons a Nonprofit Fundraising Practitioner Should Attend
1. LEARN ADVANCED MARKETING IDEAS TO ACCELERATE YOUR GROWTH.
The NIO Summit is the place where you’ll find proven fundraising strategies, the latest marketing innovations, and the essential tools to help your nonprofit achieve major online fundraising growth. Take in over 16 powerful and practical, action-oriented sessions on email marketing, copywriting, landing page creation, content marketing, analytics, social media marketing, online advertising, marketing automation, and of course, testing and optimization.
2. DISCOVER WHAT WORKS AND WHAT DOESN’T IN ONLINE FUNDRAISING.
Gain insights from over 2,000 online fundraising experiments to get quick wins for your online fundraising program that will impress your boss and raise more money for your organization.
3. FAST-TRACK YOUR WAY INTO TESTING AND OPTIMIZATION.
If you have ever wanted to move into the exciting world of conversion rate optimization, this is your chance! The entire NextAfter team will be available to you to help you with everything from developing a strong, testable hypothesis, to getting up and running on a testing platform – we’ll even help you set up and run your first test from the floor of the conference.
4. GET INSTANT FREE ACCESS TO YOUR OWN EXPERIMENT RESEARCH LIBRARY.
Every attendee of the NIO Summit will get access to the newly designed Winston Experiment Research Library. Winston easily integrates with all major testing platforms and will enable you to monitor, document, and share the results of all of your experiments from one centralized, beautifully designed interface.
5. MEET AND NETWORK WITH MARKETING THOUGHT-LEADERS AND FELLOW NONPROFIT INNOVATORS.
Imagine the opportunity to attend a nonprofit conference where meeting new people doesn’t feel like work. That’s because the NIO Summit has been engineered to provide you with natural opportunities to connect and network with other nonprofit attendees, speakers, and subject matter experts so that you have people you can turn to for inspiration, new ideas, or even your next career move.
3 Reasons Why Everyone Will Love the NIO Summit
1. THE SPEAKERS WILL BLOW YOUR MIND.
We literally travel to marketing conferences around the world to find the absolute best expert speakers we can find. You will be inspired, challenged, entertained, and of course equipped with killer ideas that you are guaranteed not to find at any other nonprofit conference this year.
2. KILLER SWAG.
Instead of crappy tote bags jammed with marketing propaganda, we’ve created a sweet Swag Shop where you can trade in the tokens for the coolest nonprofit conference swag you’ve ever seen. Earn tokens by participating at the Summit, and you’ll be able to cash in on beverage tumblers, boot-leg T-shirts, notebooks, sun-glasses, and more.
3. MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE.
We are so confident that you will LOVE the NIO Summit, that we will 100% refund your money if you don’t walk away with new ideas to grow your fundraising and marketing.
Past Speakers Include...
main session Speakers
BART SCHUTZ
Founding Partner
Online Dialogue
Tim Kachuriak
Founder and Chief Innovation and Optimization Officer
Amy Harrison
FOUNDER
HarrisonAmy Copywriting
Marcus Sheridan
OWNER, AUTHOR & SPEAKER
IMPACT
Marcus Collins
Head of Planning
Wieden+Kennedy New York
ton wesseling
Evidence-based growth expert
Founder of Online Dialogue, Conversion Hotel and The Experimentation Culture Awards
Kim Bersin
Chief Strategist
Donor Speak Consulting
Courtney Gaines
Vice President
NextAfter
Michael Norton
Prof. of Business Administration
The Harvard Business School
Georg Kolb
CEO
hsp FUNDRAISING GmbH
Dana Snyder
CEO & Founder
Positive Equation
Michael King
founder & managing partner
Ipullrank, LLC.
Emily Taylor
Principal
teenybig
Krista Seiden
Principal Digital Analytics Consultant & Chief Instructor
KS Digital
Brady Josephson
Marketing & Growth Lead (Interim)
charity: water
Jason Ruffell smith
Digital Director
Marlin Communications
And a special NIO summit message from...
Seth Godin
Best-Selling Author & Keynote Speaker
**photo by Brian Bloom
Quick Tip Speakers
Ray Gary
Founder & CEO
Idonate
Dan Brown
MANAGING CONSULTANT, DIRECT RESPONSE
American Philanthropic
GAbe Cooper
Founder & CEO
Virtuous
Shawn Olds
CoFounder & CEO
boodle.ai
Soraya Alexander
Chief Operating Officer
Classy
Dani Lockard
Fundraising Strategist
Funraise
Fundraising Wizardry Speakers
Ardee Coolidge
Digital Strategist
Nextafter
Yanni Saratsis
Vice President, Client Services
Nextafter
Nathan Hill
Vice President of NextAfter Institute
Nextafter
Innovation Showcase Speakers
Kandice Luisi
Head of Partnerships
Event Gives
Ray Gary
Founder & CEO
Idonate
Dominic Kalms
Founder & CEO
B Generous
Vance Roush
CEO
Overflow
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NIO Summit Location:
Gilley's Dallas
1135 Botham Jean Blvd, Dallas, TX 75215
The 2023 NIO Summit will take place at Gilley’s Dallas, located in downtown Dallas, TX. The venue regularly hosts a variety of events, and now – for the first time ever – the Nonprofit Innovation & Optimization Summit.
Accommodations:
NIO Summit 2023 Accomodations are not set yet. Stay tuned for details!
The NIO Summit has reserved a large hotel room block for attendees at the Kansas City Marriot Downtown – just a short walk down the street from the Kansas City Music Hall. Rooms are available at the negotiated NIO Summit rate of $179 (+ taxes & fees) from Sept. 19th – Sept. 23rd, 2022.
Use the link below to reserve your room or manage your room reservation.
COVID-19 Updates:
NIO Summit will follow the latest local COVID guidelines for the time event. Get more information on COVID guidelines in Kansas City here.
