Hello, Hot Topic Friends,
We're looking forward to our next Hot Topics call on Friday, February 7, 2025, at 2 PM EST! This month, we'll be discussing naming recognition and signage standards.
If you're interested in participating as a panel member, please email me at srthoma3@ncsu.edu. We'd love to hear your insights during the conversation! Panelists typically join the call and help guide the discussion by addressing the questions that have been submitted.
Action Items for Call!
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Questions: Please add your questions for Friday's call here!
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Samples: Help other universities and organizations by sharing examples they can reference. Please contribute your signage examples here.
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Help Us Build Our Resource Library! We're creating a resource library to make it easier to share and access documents frequently requested during our calls. We'd love your help in adding content! When uploading, create a new folder and label it as follows: [University/Organization Name: Subject].
Upcoming Topics
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Dates
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Topics
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2/7/2025
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Naming Recognition and Signage Standards
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3/7/2025
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Individual Scholarship Reporting: Thought on Eliminating
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4/4/2025
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2025: Updates and Changes: Impacts to Gift Agreement Language
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5/2/2025
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Giving Societies and Donor Rolls: In or Out
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6/6/2025
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Current Trends and Changes on DAFs
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7/11/2025
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Trends, Changes and Problems in Corporate Gift Agreements and Letters
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FAQ's About Participating
Q: To participate do I have to be in advancement services, donor relations, or stewardship?
A: We encourage anyone in the field of fundraising/advancement to join. Discussions aren't specifically tailored for frontline fundraisers, and this is an open space for non-frontline fundraisers, who sometimes use this space to share challenges unique to their roles. However, if frontline fundraisers want to join to learn, we have not had any challenges in the past, and they are welcome. I know I have seen my frontline fundraisers on the call before.
Q: Do I have to be a member of an organization to participate?
A: No.
Q: How do I sign up?
A: Please complete this form.
Q: I am having issues signing up. How do I get help?
A: If you are having any issues with being added to the group, please contact donorservices@ncsu.edu.
Q: Don't want to sign up but want to track the call on my calendar or just share the call with someone who is interested in joining for one topic. What do I do?
Zoom participation option: Dates for calls for 2025: Feel free to add them to your calendar manually. You're always welcome! Here's the Zoom link:
Meeting ID: 953 7695 9891
Passcode: 052024
See you next Friday!
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Sarah Thomas
NC State University
srthoma3@ncsu.edu------------------------------