4. Talk About Challenging Times,
Especially for Hospitals!
• Operational logistics
• Patient volume
• Equipment/Supplies/Resources
• Protecting staff
• Protecting other patients
• Learning-as-you-go
• Mental and emotional strain
• And the need to continue to fund it all!
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7. Topic of Interest: Virtual Events
• Is anyone planning a virtual and in-person option?
• What fundraising is being done in place of cancelled galas?
• What livestreaming options are organizations using?
• How are you managing team captain trainings and in-person recruitment this summer for fall
events?
• How are you engaging corporate support?
• How are you adjusting your sponsorship packages to accommodate an in-person event not
happening?
• How have you adjusted your communication/coaching to fundraiser to consider layoffs and
economic hardship, etc.?
• How do you plan to adjust your marketing efforts to accommodate for your fall events,
especially with an election year.
8. Topic of Interest: Other Fundraising (outside of events)
• How are others handling Major Gift fundraising?
• What types of responses are you getting from personal touchpoints with donors?
• Making calls to donors during COVID-19...when is it the right time to ask?
• With events going virtual and in-person volunteer opportunities on pause, how are you
engaging your supporters in new ways? (Social ambassadors)
• What fundraising channels are performing better than expected right now? To what would
you attribute the unexpected success?
• How can nonprofits be good partners for social justice related to the Black Lives Matter
movement?
9. Other Conversation Starters
• In what fundraising channel have you seen the most significant decline? How are you shifting your
strategy?
• How are you looking at your data to identify opportunities for growth?
• What challenges are keeping you up at night? What successes can you share for the benefit of others?
• How are you making decisions about in-person vs. virtual events? How are you reimagining your events?
(Virtual, BF)