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Opening Keynote Speaker: Jamais Cascio

Thriving in a Chaotic Future

Futurist Jamais Cascio will help AFP frame the future, so we can be more future-ready and more able to make our preferred futures possible. Jamais will introduce the BANI Future: Brittle, Anxious, Nonlinear, Incomprehensible—and he will show us how to flip it positive by being Bendable, Attentive, Neuorflexible, and Interconnected. The future will be increasingly chaotic, but we can thrive if we frame the future accurately and spark better possibilities.

 

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Closing Keynote: The Connections that Sustain Our Work

Four succinct yet powerful messages from thought-leaders on:

  • Relational Leadership (Tiffany Quivers, EdM)
  • Generosity (Cherian Koshy, CFRE, CAP)
  • Personal Relationships and Advocacy (Ben Mohler, M.A., CFRE, ACFRE)
  • Gratitude (Lynne M. Wester)
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Alix Gasser, MBA

Executive Director
Southeast Missouri Network Against Sexual Violence
Alix Gasser

Alix Gasser is the new Executive Director at Southeast Missouri Network Against Sexual Violence, where she started as the Development Director in July 2021. Gasser was the Assistant Director of Admissions for Communications at Southeast Missouri State University and the Director of Membership, Business Development, and Fun at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden. Gasser has a BSBA in Integrated Marketing Communications and MBA in Entrepreneurship from Southeast Missouri State University. She has experience in fundraising, grant writing, presenting, communications, DEAI, and marketing.

Session(s)

Introductory/Foundational
April 26 9:00am–10:00am

Community Engagement for Smaller Nonprofits: The Fishbowl Effect

Education track

Relationship Building

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