Your summit recap

Friends of the University of Ottawa summit recap

Friends of the University of Ottawa joined us at the Summit. Explore insights from the sessions attended and discover strategies to enhance your fundraising approaches.

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What your team caught at Summit

Here are the top sessions you or your team attended

Finding Untapped Major Giving Potential Within Your Existing Donor Base

Your existing donor base already has stock, DAF, and crypto capacity — the potential is there, you just haven't asked yet.

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World-Class Stewardship for December Donors

The donor relationship starts, not ends, when the year-end gift clears.

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Just for you

A few sessions we think your team would enjoy

The DAF Opportunity: Winning Donor-Advised Fund Gifts at Year-End

DAFs are one of the biggest underused channels in philanthropy — and year-end is when to unlock them.

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Must-Use Practices for Conversations With Major Donors at End-of-Year

Year-end is a relationship moment, not just a solicitation moment — the strongest asks come from confident, trust-first conversations.

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Here's where FreeWill can help next

Based on the sessions Friends of the University of Ottawa attended, we've pulled together a few ways to keep the momentum going.

FreeWill's Auto-Stewardship acknowledges and engages your bequest donors at scale with timely, customized emails sent on your behalf, no extra work for your team.

A FreeWill Featureship puts your nonprofit in front of thousands of people making a will each month — a direct way to reach donors you haven't met yet.

FreeWill partners get a dedicated strategist, tested campaign content, and tools that make giving simple, whether that's a will, stock, or a QCD.

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What's worked for others

From nonprofits tackling goals like yours

Planned Giving Suite

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Securing promising futures with planned giving: Elon University’s success with FreeWill’s Planned Giving Suite

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How Jax State Leveraged the FreeWill Planned Giving Suite & Microsite to Secure $250K In New Legacy Commitments