In partnership with Habitat for Humanity Florida, this session helps Habitat affiliates prepare for online fundraising in 2026 with clarity and confidence. Giveffect’s Head of Growth, Yulia Zhernovaya, and Customer Experience Manager, Hannah Fox, will share what they are seeing across the Habitat network, highlight best practices from their affiliate clients, and explain how affiliates can strengthen online giving by connecting digital campaigns to local impact. Attendees will leave with a practical, ready-to-use playbook for online fundraising in 2026.
In this Speed Learning Session, Devon Meier, Director of Philanthropy at Rose Hill Foundation, offers a candid, behind-the-scenes look at how her organization navigated a major technology transition and what the first year delivered. Devon will walk through how she researched and vetted options, built buy-in with leadership and key stakeholders, and guided her team through onboarding, data migration, and adoption, along with the outcomes achieved in year one.
Year-end is crunch time. In this 30-minute “Ask Me Anything,” fundraising strategist Melissa Goodson (Chief Development and Communications Officer at Jewish Family Services of Washtenaw County; BeeGood Consulting) shares last-minute tips, must-dos, and fast fixes to maximize December giving.
Hosted by Yulia Zhernovaya, Head of Growth at Giveffect, this session covers lapsed pledge follow-up, Giving Tuesday momentum, stewardship and retention of major donors, year-end match campaigns, tangible giving menus, Gratitude Week ideas, corporate and community partner round-ups, and a “finish strong” peer challenge.
Year-end is the noisiest season for giving. Retargeting keeps your mission in front of warm supporters so more visits turn into completed gifts. Hosted by Yulia Zhernovaya, Head of Growth at Giveffect, with guest Kimberly Bottom, Director of Community Engagement at @Feathr, this 30-minute session covers what you need to know to get started fast and put it to work this year.
You’ve collected donor, volunteer, and engagement data. Now what? In this powerful follow-up to Part 1 of our July Speed Learning Series, Giveffect’s Yulia Zhernovaya and Hannah Fox dive into how growth-minded nonprofits can transform their data strategy into action using smart workflows and automation.
Whether you’re planning a fundraising campaign, segmenting donors for Giving Season, or trying to eliminate manual work, this session offers practical tools and real-world examples to help your team work more efficiently and make better decisions.
Is your nonprofit collecting the right data to meet your year-end goals? Or are you gathering data without a clear plan?
In this powerful Speed Learning Session, Giveffect’s Yulia Zhernovaya teams up with Meena Das of Namaste Data to explore how nonprofits can use data more intentionally to strengthen fundraising, volunteer engagement, and campaign effectiveness—without overburdening their teams.
You’ve got your campaign vision—now what? Capital campaigns succeed when you know how to move from plan to action, one phase at a time. In the second session of our two-part Capital Campaign Speed Learning Series, join Joanne Curry, Head of Client Success & Principal at Creative Fundraising Advisors, and Giveffect’s Yulia Zhernovaya for a focused 30-minute session that walks through the essential phases every campaign must navigate. You’ll gain a clear understanding of how to move from concept to completion, with strategies to keep your team aligned, your donors engaged, and your momentum strong.
In the first session of our two-part series on Capital Campaigns, Joanne Curry, Head of Client Success & Principal at Creative Fundraising Advisors and Giveffect’s Yulia Zhernovaya break down what every nonprofit needs to know before launching a capital campaign. From defining your big vision and aligning your team to warming up key donors and building the internal infrastructure for success, we’ll share actionable tips and pitfalls to avoid.