Bloom Conference
Resourcing Christian Nonprofit Organizations for Kingdom Success
February 13, 2025

The Bloom Conference is organized by the Upper Room Community Foundation.


The purpose of the conference is to provide support to existing and emerging ministries in their journey to fulfill their Kingdom potential as 501c3 non-profit organizations.

To that end, this one day conference will offer a series of workshops including, Board of Director Selection and Development, Grant Writing, Fundraising, Donor Development, Budgeting and Business Planning, Strategic Plan Development, and Effective use of Social Media as a Marketing and Fundraising Tool.

We will start the conference with a time of worship, followed by our Keynote Speaker, Mr. Steve Avery, a former Pittsburgh Steelers running back, and current investment advisor and nonprofit leader.

Then we will have three 45 minute breakout sessions where our individual presenters will meet with those interested. We will end the day with a roundtable lead by 4 executive directors of successful nonprofit ministries.









Hosted by: https://ur-cf.org

Speakers

Stephen Avery

INTRO & KEYNOTE SPEAKER 8:45 AM - 9:30 AM

Victoria Finley

GRANT DEVELOPMENT Breakout Session 1 9:45 AM - 10:30 AM GRANT DEVELOPMENT Breakout Session 3 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM ROUNDTABLE 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM

Bryan Green

STRATEGIC PLANNING Breakout Session 3 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM

Nathan Gaddis

SOCIAL MEDIA RESOURCES Breakout Session 1 9:45 AM - 10:30 AM SOCIAL MEDIA RESOURCES Breakout Session 2 10:45 AM - 11:30 AM

Anne Hurd

FUNDRAISING Breakout Session 2 10:45 AM - 11:30 AM DONOR DEVELOPMENT Breakout Session 3 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM Thu

Paul White

BUDGET PLANNING Breakout Session 1 9:45 AM - 10:30 AM BOARD DEVELOPMENT Breakout Session 2 10:45 AM - 11:30 AM

Brenda Critchfield

ROUNDTABLE 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM

Marc & Lisa Honorat

ROUNDTABLE 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM

Kimberly Wilson Dodson

ROUNDTABLE 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM

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Agenda
Thursday, February 13
7:30 AM
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7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM
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11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
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12:45 PM - 1:30 PM
1:45 PM - 2:45 PM
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2:45 PM - 3:00 PM
3:00 PM
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