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What do you do with all of your new donors as a result of covid-19? How are they different? What innovative stewardship activities are others implementing throughout the donor journey to maintain retention?

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How do you center and elevate the voices of the people we serve respectfully to inspire your audience to take action? Join us as we continue the conversation from the general storytelling session on Day 1 and hear directly from Jackie White and Robert Font about the storytelling process from their unique perspectives. Then FANO’s neighbor compensation practices will be shared as considerations before moving into breakout groups to discuss compensation practices and policies in more detail.

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Feeding America CEO Claire Babineaux-Fontenot and network members for an insightful conversation on our collective EDI journey. Each panelist was chosen because they represent a different stage in the EDI journey. They will bring a different voice and perspective to the conversation.

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Anti-Hunger Policy Conference 2023:

The child nutrition programs support good nutrition, health, and learning for children. In this session, USDA officials will review recent policy and updates as well as share resources and innovations in the Child Nutrition space.

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Anti-Hunger Policy Conference 2023:

This session will introduce participants to the strategic context for Feeding America’s multi-pronged approach to accelerating enrollment in public benefits like SNAP. Join us to hear key learnings from Feeding America network members regarding strategies to increase SNAP enrollment, advocate for state level improvements to SNAP, and change perceptions of SNAP by growing allies and champions. Although SNAP emergency allotments have come to an end, our responsibility remains as we are fighting to end hunger each day.

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Anti-Hunger Policy Conference 2023:

This session will explore ways to use data and storytelling in advocating for systems-level changes. DMARC will present on its Storytellers Roundtable, which involves people with lived experience in advocacy, storytelling, and decision-making at the organization; and its data visualization dashboard, which is used as an advocacy and educational tool. DMARC will discuss its 2022 "Portrait of a Food Pantry Visitor: Data, Demographics, and Disparities" report, which highlights systemic root causes of hunger and food insecurity, including the legacy of racist policies such as redlining. The group will also present on the Iowa Hunger Coalition's "SNAP Map" data tool, which has been used in advocating with legislators against harmful policies targeting SNAP and other public assistance programs.

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Do you spend a great deal of time getting data related to donations into our systems properly? Are you unsure about what to share with donors to engage and steward the relationship? What does Feeding America do with this information once we have it? We will hear from your peers and Feeding America. We will share examples of how to make data tell a story that you can use to prioritize your work and lead to increased donations.​

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This session will focus on doing SNAP application assistance with targeted outreach in populations that are eligible for SNAP but have historically under-participated, such as communities of color, rural communities, and seniors.

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Co-keynote speakers, Barbie Izquierdo, Founder of I Exist, and Paul Born, Co-CEO of the Tamarack Institute, will explore our theme Voices Igniting Change through stories that recognize the agency and expertise of people with lived and living experience of hunger. Barbie Izquierdo will share insights from her journey as a mother who leveraged her own experience with food insecurity to become a powerful anti-hunger advocate keynoting an address at the White House. Drawing upon his work as a faculty member of the Asset Based Community Development Institute, Paul Born will frame a continuum for authentically engaging people with lived and living experience as partners in our work. Following these remarks, Barbie and Paul will join representatives from the Good Shepherd Food Bank, Board Member Claudette Ndayininahaze and Building Advocates Leadership Program Advocate Rebekah Lane, as they discuss drawing upon their own lived experiences to advance the food bank’s programming, investments, and commitment to equity. Facilitated by Chief Network Officer Kathryn Strickland, speakers will explore key considerations when committing to deeper inclusion and engagement with people facing hunger.

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The ongoing pandemic reveals how essential nonprofit professionals are. During these challenging times, you continue to lift up families and strengthen communities, while dealing with numerous barriers in our sector as well as in your own personal lives. At times, you may have wondered where the stamina to persevere would come from and yet you did it - addressing one uncertainty after another. It is time for nonprofit professionals to own our awesomeness. This means understanding the ripples you create, moving beyond scarcity and martyrdom, unlearning some philosophies and practices, taking care of ourselves and one another, and using the lessons we gained from these past two years to create a just and equitable world.

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Join Feeding America President & COO Katie Fitzgerald as we kick off the conference with a fireside chat examining the critical role finance & human resources professionals play in supporting our network.

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Join this session to learn what the top findings are within the Feeding America network and how to avoid those ending up on your next audit.

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Nonprofits are increasingly turning to cryptocurrency fundraising as a way to diversify revenue and connect with younger donors.

Teacher: Shoshi Shapiro

In this webinar you will learn the latest with AIB audits and review the top findings year to date 2023.  We will review the top 5 unsatisfactory, serious, and improvement needed findings and how to avoid them.  

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To best serve our neighbors, we must first take good care of our team. Their safety and security at work is paramount. Over the past year, Second Harvest Heartland has strived to create an inclusive safety culture whose foundation is rooted in best practices and polices, and whose heart and implementation emanates directly from our employees. Above all else, they have each other's backs.

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It takes courage to center on one thing when there are so many distractions each day. This session will focus on tips to say goodbye to distracted busyness and embrace the next right thing with your principal gift donors. When prioritizing principal gifts, we must move past thinking about activities as a numbers game and be brave enough to build and stick to a dedicated strategy. We will go through best practices alongside real-life examples from Channel One Regional Food Bank for how to determine which donors, why now, overcome barriers, and move to solicitation or move on.