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Become a Speaker Thank you for your interest in speaking at Blackbaud’s annual Conferences for Nonprofits. These events provide excellent platforms for expert speakers to share their knowledge. The main goal of our conferences is to provide a worthwhile experience for attendees to learn, network, and have fun. From past surveys, we know the main way we can accomplish this goal is by offering educational sessions related to topics that resonate with the nonprofit community – we need your help to make this happen! The deadline for speaker application submissions was May 1, 2010.
About the sessions
Sessions are divided into tracks to allow attendees to focus on areas of interest. Some tracks are related directly to Blackbaud technology, while others are developed around nonprofit issues. A sample of popular topics include accountability, stewardship, Internet trends, giving patterns, marketing, financial management, prospecting and analysis, reporting, and much more!
About the attendees
Our attendees are the heart of our conferences. Here are a few facts about the people who may attend your session:
- Travel from across the United States and Canada
- Represent a variety of nonprofit organizations (largest percentage from healthcare and education sectors)
- Hold an array of job titles, including database administrators, development directors, marketing professionals, finance officers, and executive directors (to name a few)
What we’re looking for from speakers
- Expertise
We're looking for vision, inspiration, knowledge sharing, lessons learned, and key take-aways that can be applied by others.
- Energetic Delivery
We'd like your 75-minute session to have an interactive approach if possible (we'd like you to involve attendees instead of just present to them), and ample time for Q&A.
- Commitment to Respond
Our attendees expect our speakers to carry the learning and networking beyond the event, so be be prepared to respond to questions after the session.
- Participation in Event
To the extent that you can, we encourage speakers to attend the entire event. As a thank you for presenting, you will be given a complimentary registration, and you'll be considered a full Conference attendee (travel and lodging expenses will not be covered).
Social Media at the Conference
 We encourage all speakers, attendees, and employees to use social media throughout the conference. Twitter is a great place to post live updates, Flickr is a great site to share photos, and Delicious is a great way to share links from your presentations. If you use these services to post Conference-related content, please tag items with "BBCon", or "#BBCon" for Twitter udpates.
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