Our programming team is actively reviewing submissions and curating the strongest possible lineup for this year’s event. As speakers are confirmed and sessions are finalized, we’ll continue updating the agenda—so be sure to check back regularly to see what’s coming to NIO Summit this year.
Ben Smithee
NextAfter
Wil Reynolds
Seer Interactive
Amy Harrison
Write With Influence
Jeff Giddens
NextAfter
Casandra Worthy
Change Enthusiasm
Andy Crestodina
Orbit Media
Nancy Harhut
HBT Marketing
Woodrow Rosenbaum
GivingTuesday
Ardee Coolidge
NextAfter
Moni Oloyede
MO MarTech
Nick Marino
Center for Business Impact
Jessica Best
BetterAve
John Michael Morgan
ACHVR
Anthony Jones
Anthony Jones Consulting
Brady Josephson
charity:water
Kevin Schulman
DonorVoice
Matt Bailey
SiteLogic
First, a bit about our process…
We feel that our content is one of the key differentiators for our event. For that reason, we are very selective when it comes to our main sessions. Typically, we go out and find the speakers we want to bring…folks with the right message, aligned to our digital fundraising theme, with topics that we feel will help our attendees improve their online fundraising efforts.
We are looking for information focused on broad-based digital fundraising. We will also consider for-profit marketers when the principles shared are clearly transferable to and relevant for nonprofit fundraising. We don’t allow sales pitches from the stage, and talks must be vendor-agnostic and actionable. We also prefer that the content is based on data-driven conclusions.
Most submissions fail to meet one or more of the criteria above. We get 100+ requests every year, and have about 13 main slots to fill from outside speakers. That having been said, we DO evaluate every submission, and every once in a while we find a gem that we think would fit in well. We would welcome your ideas for a speaking session. We can’t promise you’ll get selected, but we can promise we’ll give it a look.
We also have two opportunities for speaking in our sponsorship area as well. For more details about what’s available, please fill out the sponsorship form.
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