06/03/2026
What surprised us most was not what happened during the presentation.
It was what happened after.
Weeks after Contact East, the conversations are still going.
Nonprofit leaders continue to reach out with questions about fundraising strategy, board engagement, donor relationships, and how to better define the path forward for their organizations.
That is often where the real work begins.
Not with a slide deck.
Not with a keynote.
But with a conversation that challenges assumptions and uncovers new possibilities.
When Lieff joined Stacey at Contact East, the goal was not to provide all the answers. It was to help organizations ask better questions.
And judging by the conversations that followed, those questions are still creating momentum.
What fundraising question is your organization wrestling with right now?