2025 ADRP Webinar Series

March 27, 2025 | Chipping Away at the Marble Wall: Novel Approaches for Donor Recognition

Thursday, March 27, 2025
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM (PT) / 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM (ET)

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Members: FREE | Non-Members: $75
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Full participation in the ADRP 2025 Webinar Series is equivalent to 12 points (one point per webinar) of Education credit for the CFRE International application for certification and/or re-certification.

About the Webinar

Conjure the image of a donor recognition wall in your mind's eye. Chances are there is a particular blueprint that we all have in mind. But what if a list of names on a wall were to be fundamentally reconceptualized as an experiential installation that could inspire awe, spark hope, and enhance donor engagement in new and exciting ways? Join a designer specializing in bespoke art installations and a donor relations practitioner to learn how interdisciplinary collaboration can inspire innovative design and boundary-pushing materials and techniques in physical donor recognition. Discover strategies for thoughtfully incorporating diverse perspectives from the outset, ensuring an inclusive design that resonates with all. Gain insights on courting key stakeholders, securing their buy-in, and setting your bold, trailblazing concept on a path to resounding success. Unlock the potential to redefine physical donor recognition as we know it, to create an unforgettable, deeply engaging experience that celebrates your institution's valued supporters.

Learning Objectives

• Ideas for redefining traditional physical recognition through novel vendor partnerships, innovative design, and boundary-pushing materials and techniques
• Suggestions for building inclusivity into a process and design in the context of physical donor recognition
• Tools for building broad-based institutional support through a structured approach to vendor selection, design development, input from diverse groups, and leadership approval

About the Presenters

Pandora Hess, Assistant Director, Donor Experience & Engagement, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
	Pandora Hess has worked across the full spectrum of donor experience and engagement initiatives within museum, academic, and healthcare settings. She currently serves on the Donor Experience and Engagement team at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston.

Ben Dudek, Design Director, Acrylicize
	Ben Dudek is a designer with an architectural background whose work at Acrylicize, a global firm that creates bespoke art installations spans conceptual design through fabrication; he has worked for studios in London, Los Angeles, and New York.

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