Crash Course on Nonprofit Executive Management

Ellen Bristol is the President of Bristol Strategy Group. Ellen Bristol considers herself a performance-management nerd and a geek for metrics. Or maybe the other way around. Her mission is to improve the success of nonprofit fundraising by adapting the most beneficial practices of high-performing sales team and their managers, to improve the performance of fundraising teams, including volunteers. She's known for her Leaky Bucket Assessment for Effective Fundraising, the only popular study of fundraising-team productivity in the sector.

Eric Moraczewski is a dynamic, seasoned leader that sets the tone at NMBL Strategies and in
turn, for NMBL’s extensive portfolio of clients. Whether it be Strategic Planning for Nonprofits to
Merger and Acquisition work for small businesses to turnaround work with Court-Appointed
Receiverships, his deep and varied experience make him a coveted leader to create
extraordinary change, growth, and success. With NMBL Strategies Eric has led the strategic
planning efforts for America’s Black Holocaust Museum and the International Association of
Black Actuaries, the project consulting for Thanks-Giving Square and Gate of the Xiang River –
International Design Competition, among many other projects. Eric took his background as a
global consultant, CEO and CFO to found NMBL Strategies in 2019 after leading the Gateway
Arch Park Foundation (Private Foundation responsible for providing $250 million of the $380
million project) through the largest Public-Private Partnership in National Park Service history.
NMBL was built to tie in Eric’s love of startups and turnarounds with data analytics, strategy
and finance blended through experience working with nonprofits, public-private partnerships,
and small businesses.

Can you imagine donors flocking to your nonprofit instead of you scrambling to find them? Can you imagine ending the stress of constantly finding new donors while keeping the ones you have? Maryanne Dersch specializes in helping nonprofit organizations easily increase their influence and connect with new donors so they can raise more money without feeling rejected, ineffective or pushy.

Her “effervescent badassery” calls you be more influential in your work, life and even in your own view of self. 

She has spent almost thirty years working in the nonprofit world helping organizations communicate more effectively internally and externally. From those experiences, she authored, Courageous Communication: Why Codependence is making your nonprofit brand boring and What to do about it.

From her years in the biz, Maryanne understands that you can’t change how your organization communicates without changing the culture that supports the communication. And it takes good leaders to mold that culture. Courageous Communication helps you understand your gifts and value, and help others around you do the same. From board to staff to volunteers to clients, you will have a culture that embodies authentic communication. You will operate with confidence about what will happen instead of fear of what might happen.

Tom Berekoff is CEO of tpb strategic counsel, a Canadian-based consultancy serving charitable and not-for-profit organizations, philanthropic businesses, and individuals. Over his 35+ year career, Tom has helped organizations raise millions to advance their mission, support beneficiaries leading to positive impact, outcomes, and change. He has a wide breadth of leadership, fundraising, and external relations experiences including higher education, continuing education, healthcare, sport, arts and culture, economic and community development, rural and remote context, international development, indigenous peoples, social investment, and faith-based organizations.

Tom received a bachelor’s degree (sport management) from the University of Lethbridge and a master’s degree (philanthropy and development) from Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Tom has earned and proudly maintained the CFRE designation since 1995 and has served CFRE International on the Committee on Directorship, Exam Committee, and Finance Committee. He has also served as a volunteer with AFP local chapters and the Canadian Association of Gift Planners, and as a board member of numerous charities and community development agencies.