RESILIENCE ROUNDTABLE INVITATION

Featuring Nonprofit CEO Shana Peete on ...

Stewarding Donors in Challenging Times at Year-End 2025

With Top Tips on the Givebutter Fundraising Platform in a Live, Authentic, Interactive Podcast Conversation Together with Co-Hosts Adriana Dakin and Imène Ghernati

🎧 Join this FREE + LIVE interactive podcast conversation with Q&A

📅 When: Thu Nov 6, 2025 | 11 am to 12:15 pm Pacific

💻 Where: Zoom

🎯 Who: Nonprofit stewards (executives, staff, board members, consultants)

💡Why: Come away with knowledge on what's been most valuable for CEN, what the struggle has been, and what Shana would do differently now — to inform your own growth.

Gain energy, new ideas, and community while strengthening your year-end and year-long fundraising approach.

Plus get an optional invitation to a FREE 5-Day GivingTuesday Holiday Fundraising Circle to move into motion with your own donor stewardship — while harnessing valuable inspiration from Shana.

YES, I WANT TO BE IN THIS!

*Note: Seats are limited — apply now to join the live Q&A audience!

This conversation is part of a series and GivingTuesday Holiday Fundraising Circle you can join, for free thanks to our sponsors, to support your year-end success.

WHAT TO EXPECT

Real World Lessons

In times of change at this year-end of 2025, building authentic relationships with donors is more important than ever.

This Resilience Roundtable conversation featuring Shana Peete of the Center for Excellence in Nonprofits takes place in dialogue with Adriana Dakin, host of the ImaginePodcast, and Imène Ghernati, executive director of STEAM Learning Institute and a graduate of CEN's Leadership Institute.

We will explore how to steward donor relationships with empathy and strategy during challenging times—and how to energize your fundraising using the Givebutter platform (plus what not to do!).

Shana will share lessons from her own experience with campaigns and events, and practical insights on leading with heart, resilience, and connection. Then you and the rest of the Q&A audience will take the floor.

This is more than a webinar — it’s an interactive community conversation designed to help you connect, recharge, and take home actionable insights to strengthen your year-end fundraising.

Bring your questions and your stories — we’ll learn from each other and leave inspired.

Seats are limited! Apply now to join the live audience and be part of this energizing session in our ongoing Resilience Roundtable series.

For your own growth, you’ll discover:

Actionable insights for your year-end donor stewardship from CEN's experience

Top tips for your year-end and year-round fundraising

What the struggle has been from an insider perspective

What Shana would do differently now

Brilliant ideas to consider for your 2026 donor stewardship

About Shana

Shana Peete brings a wealth of experience to her role as CEO of the Center for Excellence in Nonprofits (CEN) and to this Resilience Roundtable conversation.

A former attorney and founding executive director of a Tri-Valley nonprofit dedicated to helping families overcome poverty, Shana combines strategic insight with deep compassion for community impact. Her background spans leadership in education, child development, and corporate management, including overseeing a 30-person team at Amazon.

A committed advocate for inclusion, diversity, equity, access, and liberation (IDEAL), Shana has moderated public panels and continues to consult with organizations to foster openness, learning, and meaningful change.

RESILIENCE ROUNDTABLES

Because We Are Stronger Together

We combine our strengths by connecting authentically and sharing ideas generously.

With a combination of conversation between the guest speaker and host, and with brilliant questions from the live Q&A audience, we problem solve.

It's a time when we need more energy, and getting together with others gives inspiration.

Bring your questions and stories for this interactive, community-driven conversation.

The roundtables are here to help you through the absolute MARATHON that fundraising is.

We can ease the burden and isolation so many experience — by connecting meaningfully.