Schedule
Get excited because this lineup is incredible! Below you'll find the summit schedule and access links.
Unless otherwise noted, presentations will all be released at 9am ET or 1pm ET Tuesday-Thursday and will be available for 48 hours. Friday’s sessions and the Rural Roots Toolkit live sessions will have variable times, which are noted below.
Monday, October 19
3pm - Kickoff Call in the Circle Community.
Tuesday, October 20 (All of today’s session’s can be accessed here)
Morning sessions (add morning sessions to your calendar here):
Anatomy of a Year-End Appeal: A Real-World Playbook From a Small-Town, One-Person Development Shop with April Thompson
Partnering for Federal Grant Success, with Fielding Jezreel
Lessons from Rural Capital Campaigns with Chany Ockert
You Were Never Meant To Do This Alone: Build Rural Fundraising That Lasts Beyond Any One Person, with Sarah Barton
How a 100% Volunteer-Run Organization Became One of the Nation's Leading Fatherhood Programs with Keegan Albaugh
Growing Your Event Income with a Committee Based Approach with Sarah Andrews
Afternoon sessions (add afternoon sessions to your calendar here):
How to access Donor Advised Funds (DAFs) : The new capital on the scene for rural causes with Alyssa Wright
Build a Smarter Grant Strategy: Finding Best-Fit Grants for Your Rural Nonprofit with Cara Hachten
Intro to The 5-Minute Fundraising Ask with Kel Haney
End of Year Fundraising Through a Rural Lens, with Rachel Muir
Fundraising as a Team of One: What to Do When You Don’t Have Time for Everything with Christina M. Kenny
Fundraising Committees: A Path to Community-Led Resource Development with Marcus Cunningham
2 pm: Speed Networking (But make it fun!) - Rural Roots Toolkit holders only (LIVE -add to your calendar here).
2:15 Ask-Me-Anything about Federal Grants, with Fielding Jezreel (LIVE - add to your calendar here)
4:00 Ask-Me-Anything about Year-End Appeals, with Sarah Gnerre (LIVE - add to your calendar here)
Wednesday, October 21 (all of today’s session’s can be accessed here)
Morning sessions (add morning sessions to your calendar here):
Change That Lasts: How Rural Nonprofit Leaders Can Build Buy-In Without Carrying It All with Jami Yazdani
Storytelling as Infrastructure: Stop Chasing Reach and Build Local Trust with Madeline McGill
4 Questions to Improve any Nonprofit Communication with Wendy Van Eyck
No More Folding Chairs: Building Boardrooms Where Everyone Belongs with Christal Cherry
Leveling the Playing field: Rural Nonprofits Deserve Nice Things, Too! with Seán Rose
Go From Good to Great: Stop Chasing Everything and Choose What Your Rural Nonprofit Does Best with Llu Mulvaney-Stanak
Afternoon Sessions (add afternoon sessions to your calendar here):
Storytelling as Organizing in Rural Areas with Gwen Frisbie-Fulton
When Everyone Knows Everyone: Why Ethical Storytelling Matters in Close-Knit Communities with Diana Ferias Heinrich
Collaborating for Action: Community Connections to Measure Success with Andrea Lowe
What Actually Sustains You: Practicing Meaningful Connection as a Rural Nonprofit Leader with Jeanette Langston
Why Your Org Still Runs Through You—and How to Change That with Vivian Gietz
Volunteer & Intern Management Made Simple: Your Roadmap to Recruiting, Onboarding & Retaining the Right People with Bre Holmes
2 pm: Co-working session - Rural Roots Toolkit holders (LIVE - add to your calendar here)
Thursday, October 22 (all of Thursday’s sessions can be accessed here)
Morning sessions (add morning sessions to your calendar here):
You Count Too: A 5-Question Burnout Check with Olanike A. Mensah
Creating Workplace Cultures of Wellbeing From The Ground Up with Loretta Turner
How to Fundraise Without Burning Out with Kelly McLaughlin
The Cave, the Ferry, and the Goat Farm: Escape Fantasies, and What To Do With Them with Amy Santee
Building Boundaries to Prevent Burnout, with Abbey Harlow
Afternoon Sessions (add afternoon sessions to your calendar here)
When 70% of Your Team Considers Leaving: Lessons from Three Years of Data with Evan Wildstein and Michelle Flores Vryn
The Only Metric That Matters: How to Recognize and Protect Human Dignity at Work, with Aparna Rae
You Are Not Your Title: Reclaim Your Identity, Protect Your Time, and Prevent Burnout with Stephanie Cooper
BREAKWEEK: How Collective Rest Can End The Burnout Cycle with Josh Feldman
It's Not You, It's Capitalism: Designing Fundraising Systems That Don't Exhaust People with Cat Ashton
Laugh Often, Lead Better: How to Access Joy During Inclement Weather, with Frank Velásquez Jr.
2 pm: Small Group Conversations - Rural Roots Toolkit holders (LIVE - add to your calendar here)
Friday, October 23 (all of Friday’s sessions can be accessed here)
10am: The Generosity Roundtable: Deciding What Stays Human with Tim Sarrantonio (LIVE) - Add to your calendar here.
1:00pm: Panel on Joy, Stories, and Belonging with Emoji Nightmare, Lauren Wirt, Brian Wray, and Courtney Waring (LIVE - Add to your calendar here)
2:00pm: So What Now? 3 Ways to Make This Week Stick, with Abbey Harlow - (LIVE - Add to your calendar here)