Founder and Director of GuluWalk / Athletes for Africa
www.guluwalk.com
Adrian Bradbury is the founder and director of GuluWalk, a Canadian-led global grassroots movement for peace in northern Uganda. In 2006, there were 82 GuluWalks in 15 countries, with the initiative raising awareness, pushing for action and collecting over $500,000 for children's programs in the warn-torn region. GuluWalk and Artez worked together on the 2006 event and together built the online campaign that raised over half a million dollars and reached donors worldwide.
Keynote; Best Practices, Better Fundraising
MyThum Interactive
www.mythum.com
Michael Carter is the President and CEO of MyThum Interactive, a North American leader in interactive mobile media. MyThum enables brands and media companies to build relationships with more than 220 million consumers through their mobile phones. In his leadership role at MyThum, Michael draws on more than a decade of wireless, e-commerce, interactive entertainment and management consulting experience. A first of its kind for Children’s Miracle Network in Canada, Michael and his team powered the Sick Kids Radiothon, leveraging text messaging as a donation generator for the event.
Tech Innovation in Fundraising
Head of New Media, Comic Relief
www.comicrelief.com
www.rednoseday.com
A graduate of Oxford University, Martin has spent the past two years as head of new media at Comic Relief, responsible for the organization’s use of digital media within their integrated fundraising and campaigning activites, from Red Nose Day’s to MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY and LIVE 8. Comic Relief used the Artez Solution as the core technology for their Sport Relief 2006 event, and created an event registration / online sponsorship environment for Red Nose Day 2007, raising millions of pounds as a result.
Keynote; Making Your Website and Emails Work Harder
Chief Operating Officer, Children's Miracle Network Canada
www.childrensmiraclenetwork.ca
As Children's Miracle Network Chief Operating Officer, John helps oversee its staff complement of eight and supports corporations, sponsors and individuals generate funds for the 14 children’s hospitals in Canada. Working with some of Canada’s leading community supporters such as Wal-Mart Canada, TD Bank Financial Group, Dairy Queen and Microsoft/Xbox - Children's Miracle Network generated over $39 million in 2006 – an increase of 30% from 2005.
The Changing Corporate Donor
Associate Director, Community Investment, Bell Canada
www.bellwalkforkidshelpphone.ca
Mary works on national community investment programs for Bell, including community sponsorships and charitable donations.
The Changing Corporate Donor
Principal Fundraising Consultant, Public Outreach
www.publicoutreach.ca
James Julien founded Public Outreach, a Canadian face-to-face fundraising agency which has pioneered a new model for the medium, achieving first-year retention rates of 70-85% for major organizations such as UNICEF, Greenpeace, Amnesty International and many others. Public Outreach and Artez share a vision of high-quality, donor-centred fundraising, and also share some of Canada’s most respected charities as clients. Previously, James worked in Direct Mail and was a successful Telefundraising consultant. He’s also quite fun.
The Dirt on Direct Fundraising
Vice-President, Information Technology, Kids Help Phone
www.kidshelpphone.ca
www.bellwalkforkidshelpphone.ca
Ted joined Kids Help Phone as a Counsellor in 1990 just after achieving a Bachelor's Degree in Social Work and a Certificate in Public Administration from Ryerson Polytechnical Institute. In the mid-nineties, as the Internet emerged as the communication medium of the future, Ted combined his social-work training and his background in technology and assumed responsibility for the award-winning Kids Help Phone web site sponsored by Bell Canada. Ted's broad vision now is to support Kids Help Phone's charitable mission with technology. Kids Help Phone currently raises over $1.5 million every year through Artez services.
The Changing Corporate Donor
Fundraising Innovation Consultant, Hewitt and Johnston Consultants
www.hjc.ca
Lauren Malach has been working at HJC for one year and in that time she has acquired a lifetime of best practice knowledge in e-philanthropy. Her enthusiasm for the work of her clients and their potential to constantly innovate is what motivates her to learn continually and share the acquired learning with others.
Making Your Website and Emails Work Harder
Executive Director, Sea Change Strategies Direct Marketing
www.seachangestrategies.com
Alia specializes in using the Internet for fundraising and community building for non-profit organizations. She is thrilled to use her expertise with clients including Amnesty International, Environmental Defense, the Monterey Bay Aquarium, and AlterNet. Before joining Sea Change Strategies, Alia led a fundraising team at at Donordigital where she created online campaigns for NARAL Pro-Choice America, UNICEF, and the California Nurses Association. Alia received her Master's Degrees in Public Affairs and Social Work from the University of Texas at Austin.
Active Advocacy Online
CEO, Communicopia
www.communicopia.com
www.webofchange.com
Communicopia helps organizations working for social change inspire and engage their audiences in new ways through the connective power of the web. Jason is the CEO and leads branding and online strategy engagements for key accounts including the Loreto Bay Company, the BC Cancer Foundation, Environmental Defence Canada, Make Poverty History, and the United Nations Foundation. Communicopia frequently collaborates with Artez, including for the Webby-nominated Nothing But Nets project. Jason is also the founder and continues to co-convene Web of Change, the premier conference connecting online innovation to social change, now in its 7th year.
Making Your Website and Emails Work Harder
Account Director, Cornerstone Group of Companies
www.cstonecanada.com
Wes joined Cornerstone in 2005 to help fundraising clients find and keep their donors. Prior to joining Cornerstone, Wes managed the Annual Giving program at the University of Toronto where he was responsible for raising more than $40 million to support students, faculty and research using mail, phone, internet and personal ask fundraising.
The Dirt on Direct Fundraising
Director, IATS (a Ticketmaster company)
www.iats.ticketmaster.com
Andrew Mosawi is the director of nonprofit services at IATS, A Ticketmaster Company and the leading provider of credit-card processing services to nonprofits. Before joining IATS in 2001 to head up their Nonprofit Division, Andrew enjoyed eight years in the technology sector, five of which were spent working with nonprofits in the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States. He is a regular commentator on international fundraising trends and techniques and is a member of the board of trustees of the ePhilanthropy Foundation.
Tech Innovation in Fundraising
Executive Partner, OROS Alliance
www.orosalliance.com
Jack started OROS Alliance in fall of 2004 as an opportunity to expand the online fundraising and internet giving in the U.S. market with the Artez suite of products. Jack has developed and maintains strong business relationships with clients in the United States in marketing and supporting the Artez Solution to a myriad of charitable clients. Jack has over 20 years of technical and management experience and brings an excellent knowledge of harnessing the technical capacity in the most effective means to create a stellar fundraising environment for the nonprofit community.
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President, RESolutionsTECH Inc., Fuel to Learn Inc., and My Data Mover Inc.
www.resolutionstech.com
www.fueltolearn.com
www.mydatamover.com
Robin Porter is an expert in making technology easy to learn and easy to leverage. Choose the technologies that meet the needs of your organization and Robin will prove how straightforward it is to have them all working together seamlessly. His company, RESolutionsTECH Inc., assists users of the Artez Solution to integrate data with Raiser’s Edge.
Solving the Integration Headache
Internet Director, United Nations Foundation
www.unfoundation.org
www.nothingbutnets.net
Shannon Raybold currently servers as the Internet Director for the United Nations Foundation and its seven issue campaigns in support of the UN that range from climate change to malaria. Their Nothing But Nets campaign uses the Artez Solution to engage supporters, their friends and families as ‘Netraisers’ in the fight against malaria. In the past, Shannon ran online operations for ONE.org, was a part of the Internet Team for the Kerry-Edwards 2004 Presidential Campaign and worked for The Justice Project and Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation on a wide array of social justice issues.
Best Practices, Better Fundraising
CEO, Watershed Online Fundrasing & Advocacy
www.watershedcompany.com
Watershed CEO and Co-Founder Madeline Stanionis previously served as President and Creative Director of Donordigital, and developed a notable reputation for her accomplishments with groups including Amnesty International, CARE, NARAL Pro-Choice America, the Humane Society of the United States, the Human Rights Campaign, and many others.
Madeline has been raising money and organizing for twenty years. She serves on the advisory board of the New Organizing Institute, and co-convened an international conference for non-profit web innovators, Web of Change, for five years. Madeline is a highly rated speaker and writer, and writes a quarterly column in Contributions magazine. She is also the author of the breakthrough book on online fundraising, "The Mercifully Brief Real World Guide to Raising Thousands of Dollars with Email".
Active Advocacy Online
Director of Community Affairs, Microsoft Canada
Gavin Thompson is responsible for building on the success of Microsoft's Community Programs strategy in Canada. He also establishes and maintains strong relationships with community organizations (Boys & Girls Clubs of Canada, Childrens Miracle Network and others), corporate partners, and government to build and execute strategic programs that have an impact on key societal issues and the community in Canada. Prior to his current role at Microsoft Canada, Gavin spent 16 years at Canada Trust/TD Bank Financial Group.
The Changing Corporate Donor
Account Supervisor, Cornerstone Group of Companies
www.cstonecanada.com
Karen joined Cornerstone in 2002, first demonstrating expertise in the area of email acquisition strategy, email deployment and campaign response management. In 2003, Karen moved to the web development team, and now supports online initiatives for some of Canada’s largest fundraising and publishing clients. Karen combines a vast knowledge of the web and its capabilities with strong relationships building skills.
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