2025 Buzz Sessions
Fuel Your Fundraising Focus— in Just One Hour.
A Zoom-based learning series for nonprofit leaders and fundraisers—led by
Founder & Chief Philanthropy Partner, Terry Pearl.
Join the Sept 10 Session:
5 Ways Board Members Drive Revenue Without Soliciting
Let’s face it, most board members dread asking for money. And while we’d love for every board to be filled with fearless fundraisers, the truth is: they don’t need to be.
You’ll walk away with:
5 proven, low-lift strategies your board can use to drive funding. No asks required
A simple framework to align board activities with your revenue goals
New language to reframe "fundraising" in ways your board will actually embrace
Whether you're working with a shy board or one that just isn’t pulling its fundraising weight, this session will show you how to turn passive members into powerful ambassadors.
upcoming buzz sessions
Wednesday, September 10, 2025 1:00 PM ET / 10:00AM PT
The Ask Isn't Everything: 5 Ways Board Members Drive Revenue Without Soliciting
Board members who won't ask for money? No problem.
They can still help you raise thousands without ever making a solicitation. We’ll cover the 5 non-ask strategies that turn hesitant board members into true fundraising allies
Zoom
Tuesday, September 30, 2025 2:00 PM ET / 11:00AM PT
Fueling Discovery: 3 Tips to Secure Major Gifts for Research
Zoom
past buzz sessions
July Buzz Session
Legacy and Leadership: Cultivating Intergenerational Strength for Your Board
Today’s nonprofit boards span generations and that’s a strength waiting to be tapped.
Walk away with practical, ready-to-use strategies to: activate generational strengths on your board, build trust and connection across age groups, and increase engagement to boost fundraising potential.
Zoom
TESTIMONIALS
Rabbi Robert Scheinberg
United Synagogue of Hoboken
Our experience with Terry as a fundraising leader in our community has been remarkably positive. She has conducted some outstanding training sessions for our board in fundraising and also provided extremely valuable coaching for me and other staff members and trustees for solicitations of major donors. In short, in a brief period of time she made a huge impact on our synagogue's fundraising capacity, at exactly the time of urgency due to the pandemic when we needed to ramp up the effectiveness of our development committee and fundraising activities. A number of people who had never done large solicitations before were able to do so for the first time under Terry's clear and sensitive guidance. She’s had a transformative effect on our congregation in both fundraising and strategic planning.
Cheryl Lloyd
Executive Director, Pathways to Trust
As a principal of 360 Philanthropy Group, Terry has been advising and mentoring our young non-profit in fundraising. Her insightful tutelage has helped us build important relationships that have made us grow as an organization, taught us necessary negotiation strategies, and guided us as we created our development strategy.
Terry is so effective because she cares deeply about the success of her clients and is determined to assist them not only in their immediate fundraising needs, but also to guide them as they build their development skills.
What Past Training Attendees Say About Us
“Directly applied to our effort of engaging board members; offered three simple steps.”
JFCS Louisville
“Down-to-earth ideas. Specific and usable suggestions. The presenter was easy to follow and relate to.” JCFS Chicago
“The speaker was well prepared. Nice communication style. Interactive session. Very willing to help.”
JFCS Minneapolis
Meet Founder and Chief Philanthropy Partner, Terry Pearl
Terry Pearl is a proven leader and successful strategist in development, strategic planning, fundraising campaigns, major gifts, corporate and foundation relations, and board development.
Over a philanthropic career spanning two decades, she has cumulatively raised more than $200 million for nonprofits across the globe, including principal gifts as large as $50 million.
As a development consultant, she has worked with a diverse group of organizations including the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, American Society for the University of Haifa, Hadassah of America, HousingPlus, the Green Beret Foundation, the Network of Jewish Human Service Agencies, T1D Exchange, the YWCA of New York City, Overlook Medical Center, and several Hackensack Meridian Health hospitals.
