Donorfy Together Conference 2025

Agenda

Early Bird and 3 for 2 offers still available!

Streams

  • Stream 1 - Inspiration

    Hear outstanding stories, conversations, and insights from key voices across the fundraising landscape.

    These sessions will explore the universal challenges that charities face, from new technology to managing mental health, and share how to keep being successful in the ever-changing third sector.

    Taking place in the Panorama Suite

  • Stream 2 - Innovation

    See examples of time-saving technical triumph from the Donorfy community.

    These talks dive into the detail about how Donorfy users are transforming their data management and campaigns.

    Taking place in the Viewpoint Room

  • Join drop-in sessions from our Gold Sponsors: Microsoft, Dotdigital and MAST.

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    Taking place in multiple drop-in rooms.

     

  • Fast-track your Donorfy knowledge through meeting a Donorfy expert one-to-one.

    Appointments opening soon!

    Donorfy Academy Blue Text - Transparent

    Taking place in and near Reception

Stream 1 - Inspiration

Hear outstanding stories, conversations, and insights from key voices across the fundraising landscape.

These sessions will explore the universal challenges that charities face, from new technology to managing mental health, and share how to keep being successful in the ever-changing third sector.

Taking place in the Panorama Suite

Stream 2 - Innovation

See examples of time-saving technical triumph from the Donorfy community.

These talks dive into the detail about how Donorfy users are transforming their data management and campaigns.

Taking place in the Viewpoint Room

Join drop-in sessions from our Gold Sponsors: Microsoft, Dotdigital and MAST.

gold sponsors (1)

Taking place in multiple drop-in rooms.

 

Fast-track your Donorfy knowledge through meeting a Donorfy expert one-to-one.

Appointments opening soon!

Donorfy Academy Blue Text - Transparent

Taking place in and near Reception

Schedule

Wednesday 5 March

7pm - The Big Donorfy Quiz

The Townhouse Hotel, 101 Portland St, Manchester M1 6DF

Join the Donorfy team for a fun social the day before we kick off Donorfy Together 2025.
More details soon!


Thursday 6 March

9am - Registration & Breakfast


9.45am: Welcome from the Donorfy Team

Panorama suite

Hear from Donorfy about all the exciting things taking place throughout the day.


10.20am

  • Wearing many hats - Navigating multiple responsibilities for small charities

    Elizabeth Hutton OBE - CEO, Kicks Count Charity

    Stream 1: Inspiration - Panorama Suite

    Fundraising   Bigger Picture   Charity Presentation

    Elizabeth Hutton OBE, CEO of pregnancy charity Kicks Count, will share her inspiring journey and her experience juggling multiple roles in a small charity, offering valuable insights into making an impact with limited resources.

  • Enhancing impact through the Donorfy CRM and Community

    John Gandy - Data Manager, Huntington's Disease Association

    Stream 2: Innovation - Viewpoint Room

    Integrations   Donorfy Community   Fireside Chat

    John Gandy is an experienced data handler and excels at maximising and integrating Donorfy at Huntington's Disease Association.

    Join this session to see how you can enhance your impact through Donorfy:

    • The Donorfy Community
    • Untangling data
    • Integrations including Xero, Mailchimp and JustGiving
    • Tracking communications
  • Dotdigital Drop-In Session

    The Dotdigital Zone (Light Room)

    Drop-In   Integrations   Marketing Automation

    The Donorfy Dotdigital integration enables you to send segmented email communications to your constituents. Join this special drop-in session if you'd like to find more about the integration, and how Dotdigital supports you to make every touchpoint count and every experience invaluable for your supporters.

    The Dotdigital Zone will also be open after this session, so you can chat with Dotdigital about to how to enhance your supporter journeys!


11am: Morning Break


11.30am

  • From small gifts to big impact - Engaging donors for the long term

    Panel hosted by Molly Prentice - Business Development Manager at Donorfy
    Featuring Switchboard LGBT + and Special Guests TBC

    Stream 1: Inspiration - Panorama Suite

    Donor Experience   Individual Giving & Direct Mail   Charity Panel

    This conversation will explore how charities can understand donor motivations at every stage of their journey, from the first small gift to becoming major contributors. Topics will include:

    • How leveraging data supports personalised donor experiences
    • Maximising lifetime donor value
    • Improving donor retention
  • Measuring impact effectively

    Chloe Parker - Director at Core Insights, a Donorfy Partner

    Stream 2: Innovation - Viewpoint Room

    Data Insights   CRM Health Check   Donorfy Partner Presentation

    However long you’ve been using Donorfy, sometimes it will need a bit of TLC. Chloe will be talking about how a Health Check can ensure you're getting the most from your Donorfy system. She'll also discuss how you can use new technologies to measure your impact.

  • Mast Drop-In Session

    The Mast Zone (Perspective Room)

    Drop-In   Advanced Users

    After days or decades, there is always something to learn about how you get great reporting from your CRM. Let Mast add some simplicity here with their special drop-in session.

    The Mast Zone will also be open before and after this session, where the Mast Team will be all ears to answer your questions on the Donorfy API, Power BI and more!


12.20pm

  • Engaging communities in the digital age

    Panel hosted by Ben Twyman - Director at Donorfy
    Featuring Kirsty Murray from Longfield Hospice, Will Swan-Bell from Enthuse and Special Guests TBC

    Stream 1: Inspiration - Panorama Suite

    Events & Community   Integrations   Panel

    This panel will discuss how Donorfy and other digital platforms can enhance community involvement and drive large-scale fundraising events. Topics will include:

    • Using data to personalise engagement and build online/in-person communities that inspire action.
    • Tracking participation, measuring success and refining strategies for effective, community-led initiatives.
  • Turbocharging your campaign with data-driven decisions

    Robert Parkin - CRM Manager, North West Air Ambulance Charity

    Stream 2: Innovation - Viewpoint Room

    Integrations   Data   Presentation

    Robert Parkin is CRM Manager at NWAA. Through utilising Donorfy integrations like Dataro and Dotdigital, this charity has automated processes, gained key data insights and enhanced campaigns. Expect to see plenty of data tricks and technical excellence.

  • Microsoft Drop-In Session

    The Microsoft Zone (Outlook Room)

    Drop-In

    Microsoft Tech for Social Impact is dedicated to providing affordable and accessible technology to help charities of all sizes achieve their mission. If you're looking to enhance your cybersecurity, move more to the cloud or develop mobile and web apps, join this special drop-in session from Microsoft to find out more.

    The Microsoft Zone will also be open before this session, so you can chat to the Microsoft Team all things 365, Azure Grants for Nonprofits, Power Apps and more!


1pm: Lunch


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The Calm in the Cause

Keynote Talk

Joshua Fletcher


1.50pm
Panorama Suite

Josh is a best-selling author, podcast host, and a highly regarded psychotherapist with a specialised focus on anxiety disorders. He'll be delivering an insightful keynote talk about mental wellbeing, and how charities can manage stress and anxiety in their challenging, transformational work.


2.40pm:

  • Forming fantastic donor journeys

    Andi Best - Donorfy Partner
    Stream 1: Inspiration - Panorama Suite

    Forms   API   Donorfy Partner Presentation

    After becoming a Donorfy Partner in 2015, and sharing great insights at Donorfy Together 2023 and 2024, Andi Best is back again!

    Andi will deliver an educational session that digs into three worlds: Forms, Web Widgets and the API. See how form construction is taken to a new level through customisation. Learn how to create spectacular supporter journeys. Understand how widgets can make your website pop through compact design. Gain insight into what the Donorfy API actually is, and what’s made possible through custom integrations - all with recent and relevant examples from the charity sector.

  • Visualising your data with Donorfy dashboards and lists

    Donorfy Customer Success
    Stream 2: Innovation - Viewpoint Room

    Data Reporting Workshop   New Users   Deep Dive from Donorfy

    Bring your laptop for this interactive session on building great reports in Donorfy!

    The workshop will go through key building blocks from concepts all the way to analysing success:

    • See how recent Donorfy developments like List Visualisations and New Dashboards can transform your data reporting.
    • Learn how you can take advantage of these tools to gain more insights in less time.
    • Gain top tips for your team for building useful reports.

The Donorfy Awards 2025

Celebrate

Hosted once again by Duncan Hook!


3.30pm

Panorama Suite

We love the Donorfy Community and are constantly in awe of everything it achieves for amazing causes.

We will be hosting a short awards ceremony to recognise a few of the many inspirational indivduals and organisations in the Donorfy Community. We will be announcing four awards. Nominate yourself or someone else here!


4pm - Networking Drinks

Have a drink on us back in the Donorfy Hub!

Agenda subject to change. More session details soon.

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Donorfy Together 2025