Webinars & Events

Your signature fall event just wrapped up, and you've got a fresh list of people who showed up for your mission. They're some of the warmest prospects you'll have going into year-end, but a generic December appeal won't bring them back. The Fundraising Effectiveness Project found that just 7.1% of new donors have given again this year.

Join Dave Costlow of Pledge It and Matt Bitzegaio of DonorDock for a practical walkthrough of how to turn fall event supporters into year-end donors and beyond. Using a fall 5K as an example, we'll show you how to:

• Look back at your event data to see who participated, who gave, and who's brand new to your organization
• Move first-time event donors into your year-end appeal and set up personal thank-you calls for sponsors and top donors
• Get a head start on spring so past participants, lapsed donors, and sponsors all have a reason to come back

Along the way, you'll see how the Pledge It and DonorDock integration keeps your event and donor data connected. You'll leave with a plan you can put to work before year-end giving kicks off.

Date: Tuesday, November 10, 2026
Time: 2:00 PM Eastern / 1:00 PM Central
Format: Live session with Q&A
Presenters: Dave Costlow, President, Pledge It, and Matt Bitzegaio, Co-Founder and CEO, DonorDock

Can't make it live? Register anyway. We'll send the recording.

Year-end is here, and if your to-do list feels longer than your runway, you're not alone. The good news? You don't need to do more. You need to focus on what matters most.

Join us for a practical session on making the last weeks of the year count, using the tools you already have in DonorDock. We'll cover how to:

• Build a focused year-end outreach plan across email, letters, and text
• Use your Action Board and Smart Nudges to prioritize the donors who need a personal touch
• Make sure your Giving Pages are ready for end-of-year traffic
• Get your year-end giving statements and thank-yous ready ahead of time

You'll walk away with a game plan you can start using the same day, so you can close out the year with confidence and start January already ahead.

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Most nonprofits didn't choose their tech stack. It piled up: a donor database, an email tool, a giving form, a few spreadsheets nobody wants to touch.

Before you ask "should we consolidate?", start with a simpler question: does anyone on your team know exactly how a gift gets from the donation page to a thank-you note?

Funding for Good is hosting Matt and Bridgette Bitzegaio of DonorDock for an interactive session that walks through consolidation in the right order: map your process first, then choose your tools. You'll learn how to spot where your workflow breaks, decide which tools earn their place, and move your team to a simpler setup without losing data or momentum.

We'll cover:

• A simple map of your fundraising process: how a gift comes in, gets recorded, gets thanked, and leads to the next ask, and who owns each step
• How to tell a tool problem from a process problem, so you stop buying software to fix habits
• A way to decide which tools stay and which go, based on how your team actually works, not a feature checklist
• How to plan a switch that sticks: clean data before the move, clear owners after it, and a short list of habits your team keeps

Matt and Bridgette will close with a short look at what one consolidated process looks like in DonorDock.

Bring your questions and a list of the tools your team is juggling.