January Educational Program & Networking
Double Educational Program
Chad Barger, CFRE
Session 1 | Slow Fundraising: A Calmer, More Effective Approach to Sustainable Development
In a world where fundraisers are constantly pushed to do more with less, burnout is real—and results can suffer. What if the key to better fundraising wasn’t working harder, but working smarter and slower?
Join fundraising master trainer Chad Barger, ACFRE, ACNP, for an insightful and empowering workshop inspired by Cal Newport’s Slow Productivity. You’ll explore how fundraisers can embrace a calmer, more focused approach to development work that prioritizes impact over busyness. This session will introduce three transformative principles: do fewer things by focusing only on high-return fundraising activities, work at a natural pace that aligns with donor readiness and your organizational rhythm, and obsess over quality by elevating the strategy and execution behind every touchpoint.
Session 2 | Cutting Through the Noise - What’s Working NOW to Spur Donor Engagement
Join fundraising master trainer, Chad Barger, ACFRE, ACNP, for a workshop focused on proven ways to capture donor attention. We’ll look at the challenge of cutting through the noise in today’s daily communication onslaught and the importance of donor retention. Attendees will learn simple, actionable steps that they can take to boost donor engagement at their organization. Examples will be shared of creative ways that real life nonprofit organizations identified, cultivated, solicited and stewarded their donors (including some that had no budget for doing so).
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Tuesday, January 20, 2025
10:00am | Networking and Check-In
10:30am | Session 1
11:30am | Networking and Lunch Service
12:00pm | Session 2
Location:
The Baldwin Group | 4211 W. Boy Scout Blvd, Suite 800, Tampa, FL 33607
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Program Fee
AFP Member - $50.00
Guest - $75.00
The program will only be offered in-person. Please indicate when registering your meal choice for meal planning purposes.
AFP Tampa Bay aims to be accessible and inclusive to all of our members and guests. If you require special accommodations, please let us know via email so we can plan to make adjustments to the program
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Approved for 2 hours CFRE
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Speaker Bio
Chad Barger [BAR-jur] helps nonprofit professionals fundraise more efficiently and effectively. He is a top-rated speaker, master trainer and coach. Chad owns the firm Productive Fundraising which specializes in teaching the latest research-based fundraising tactics and making them approachable for small to mid-sized nonprofit organizations.
Chad earned his ACFRE (Advanced Certified Fund Raising Executive) credential in 2024 and is proud to be only the 117th person in the world to hold that (VERY) hard to achieve credential. He earned his Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) credential in 2007. Chad is also an Advanced Certified Nonprofit Professional (ACNP), and therefore also a CNP (Certified Nonprofit Professional).
To many nonprofit professionals he is better as “fundraiserchad,” social media personality and host of the popular Productive Fundraising free monthly webinar series. On his website, productivefundraising.com, Chad curates top notch fundraising templates and samples designed to fast track the implementation of fundraising best practices. He’s also a bit of a personal productivity nerd and loves to share tips to help busy professionals work more efficiently and effectively.
Chad has spent his entire career as a fundraiser. He has worked in large shops and small in a variety of sectors (including higher education, social services and the arts). The campaigns that he has worked on have raised in excess of $155 million dollars for the charities that he’s had the honor of serving.
Chad serves as an Adjunct Instructor at both Messiah University and Temple University, where he teaches the 10 Week Online Fundraising Certificate Program. As a Master Trainer for the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP), he is a frequent keynote and workshop presenter at nonprofit conferences across the US and Canada. Chad is an active member of AFP, currently serving as chair of its Editorial Advisory Committee at the international level, and he is a past president of the Central Pennsylvania Chapter.
Chad is a regular columnist for Advancing Philanthropy and has also been interviewed for articles in the Chronicle of Philanthropy. In addition to his contributions to these two leading publications in the field, he was the 2018 recipient of the Nonprofit Leadership Excellence Award granted by Central Penn Business Journal.
Chad is a graduate of Slippery Rock University (SRU) where he got his fundraising start as a student phone-a-thon caller. At SRU, Chad served as an AmeriCorps member leading fellow students on community service trips across the country, which shifted his career focus to the nonprofit sector. He currently serves on SRU’s Philanthropy and Nonprofit Program Advisory Council.
When he’s not on the road for speaking gigs, Chad keeps all of these balls in the air from his home just outside of Hershey, Pennsylvania (where they make your chocolate bars). He and the lovely Mrs. Barger are busy raising two teen boys. Chad is a practicing office nomad known to work from the forest, local parks, libraries and coffee shops just as much as his home office. He’s an adventurous eater, avid hiker, trail maintainer, scout leader, travel buff and arts lover. And he’ll do just about anything for you in return for a jumbo sized bag of jalapeno kettle cooked potato chips (which aren’t allowed in the Barger house for the sake of his waistline)!
But in the end, he’s just a productivity nerd that wants to help you raise more funding for the cause that you passionately serve!
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Meeting Guidelines
AFP Tampa Bay recognizes the importance of personal connection, but your health is our priority. We continue to monitor the community level for our area and follow CDC recommendations.
We ask that you not attend if:
- You have recently tested positive for COVID-19. Use the self-evaluation tool HERE to determine when you may return to in-person meetings after testing positive.
- You have been recently exposed to someone with COVID-19.
- You are waiting on COVID-19 test results.
- You feel you may be becoming sick, running a fever, or experiencing any symptoms associated with COVID-19 such as fever, cough, or shortness of breath.
