Bob Burdenski

Robert A. Burdenski is an internationally-recognized annual giving consultant, author, speaker & trainer, and has served more than 200 institutions since 1994.

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As Harry Caray would say, "Holy cow!" Join us in Chicago for the best program we've ever put together, and no shortage of things to talk about. US News, DXOs, DAFs, A.I., LAG, Stewardship, F2F, Data, Multi-Channel, Engagement Centers, Giving Days, Paren…https://t.co/QXIcVNzahJ

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Early bird (Just $249!) registration ends TODAY for the Midwest "Meeting of the Minds" Annual Giving and Advancement Services Conference in Chicago July 19-21. https://t.co/wVaxgrDsaI. Here's our (final) sessions update:
🆕 US News, Alumni Participation…https://t.co/XoEBmQul3l

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The day that alumni giving participation left the room at US News and World Report. https://t.co/O0q9tjLnEt

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Fifteen years ago today - Teaching the regular (annual) giving plenary at the CASE Europe Spring Institute in Educational Fundraising at the University of Durham with the great Miles Stevenson from the University of Sheffield. And a tutorial group of then…https://t.co/sIHZ9uvQYG

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The 24th Annual Giving Appeal and Idea Exchange is underway!  Share some of your successes before May 30 and you'll receive a video link to a 75-minute summary of our favorite ideas from the 2022 Exchange. And thanks to the many institutions that are alr…https://t.co/xfyfXBZdBl

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New sessions announced! Make that 35 speakers and a deep dish pizza, all at the 2023 Midwest "Meeting of the Minds" Advancement Services and Annual Giving Conference in Chicago July 19-21:
🆕 An Annual Giving Writing Forum with Grand Valley State Unive…https://t.co/PZmj5ZsOYP

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I'm assisting the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health with their search for a Senior Director, Annual Giving and Direct Marketing. LPFCH is headquartered in beautiful Palo Alto, CA. As you just might imagine, it's a marvelous organization.…https://t.co/qwCfBSy5hB

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Announcing the 24th Annual Giving Idea Exchange - Our annual festival of philanthropic poetry, smart strategy, clever creativity, enlightened engagement and marvelous multi-channel mastery. It's free - join us!  @rhondaminton Katie Gerstner Dana McCulloug…https://t.co/d4N58oLrv9

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We’re celebrating the new 4th edition of co-chair John Taylor’s classic CASE book, Advancement Services Strategies: A Reference Guide for Advancement Professionals at the 2023 Midwest “Meeting of the Minds” Annual Giving and Advancement Services Conferenc…https://t.co/jKGsgB1pgf

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Save Ferris! And add your voice to this summer's Midwest "Meeting of the Minds" Advancement Services and Annual Giving Conference, back at the downtown campus of DePaul University July 19-21. We're looking for fabulous session ideas - presenters and mod…https://t.co/hpA3q8OWOV

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What a beauty. 30 sessions and 40 presenters. And it's now forecast to be the peak cherry blossom week 🌺🌼🌹 in Washington, D.C. Join us for the 20th anniversary of the Northeast Annual Giving Conference March 27-29 at UMBC right by the Baltimore-Washing…https://t.co/tgRm5nbRJW

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An animated annual giving afternoon with friends from six Singapore universities, capping off a special return visit for the first time in four years. Thank you Edi Fung, E'jin See and the National University of Singapore for being such great hosts. Sam…https://t.co/3Ha2Z113Yn

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We always try to spoil our star speakers, but there was an extra treat this year at the West Coast Meeting of the Minds Annual Giving and Advancement Services Conference. We took them all to the Randall Planetarium at nearby Mt. San Antonio College for a…https://t.co/3Ep2dEpPuA

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@MisterBenchmark has been a valued part of the West Coast Meeting of the Minds Annual Giving and Advancement Services Conference for many years. Curious to see what he’s got cooked up this year. https://t.co/6EKHbbqROJ

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Next week's West Coast Meeting of the Minds Annual Giving and Advancement Services Conference is now SOLD OUT. If you'd like to frolic with four tracks of very similar peeps, collaborative conversations and topics, save the dates for the Midwest "Meetin…https://t.co/akUrP6PxuG

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What a bunch of bloomin' 🌼 annual giving beauties! Join us at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) for the 20th anniversary of the Northeast Annual Giving Conference. Just $249 for 30+ sessions with recordings, too. And just maybe, cherr…https://t.co/w9HPbKlYlP

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We engaged. We shared. We listened. We learned. We toasted. We orchestrated. Thank you to these veritable virtuosos who made the 2022 PNW Engage Conference a symphony of successful strategies. John Taylor @black_ty Meagan Bataran Tammi Burkhardt, M…https://t.co/CT9zamT7XH

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Join these Pacific Northwest peeps for an exchange of ideas all about annual giving, advancement services and more. Caroling too. It's the 2022 PNW Engage Conference - live from Portland next Tuesday! https://t.co/z9oOAZNVQW

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Enormous thanks to the 40 speakers and presenters that made the 2022 Southeast Annual Giving Conference so useful and so fun. Here's our tribute. Daniel Abbott Elise Amacker Karen Anklam, CFRE Jenny Rodgers Bigelow, CFRE Danielle Ivey Buchanan…https://t.co/RRMG6Bx929