Tentative Agenda (subject to change)

Monday, June 15, 2026

• 8:00 am - 5:00 pm | Pre-Conference Tour Day
  Bush’s Beans and Dollywood Theme Park (separate fee required)
  SOLD OUT: If you would like to be placed on a waitlist, please email [email protected].
  

Tuesday, June 16, 2026

• 7:30 am - 9:00 am | NAADA Past President's Breakfast (NAADA Past President's Only)
  
  
• 9:00 am - 12:00 pm | NAADA Board Meeting
  
  
• 12:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Registration Opens
  
  
• 1:00 pm - 1:30 pm | First Timers Meeting
  
  
• 1:45 pm - 3:00 pm | Conference Kickoff and NAADA Town Hall
  
  
• 3:15 pm - 4:15 pm | Track Networking Sessions (5 in total)
• Alumni
• Communications
• Development
• Student Professionals
• Volunteers
  
  
• 4:15 pm - 5:15 pm | Break
  
  
• 5:45 pm - 6:30 pm | Opening Reception Cocktail Hour
  
  
• 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Opening Dinner

Wednesday, June 17, 2026

• 7:00 am - 5:00 pm | Registration
  
  
• 8:00 am - 9:00 am | Breakfast and Speaker
  
  
• 9:00 am - 9:15 am | Break
  
  
• 9:15 am - 10:15 am | Education Track Breakout Session 1
• Session 1.1- Planned Giving & Why You Should Use It – A Panel Discussion
• Session 1.2- “Please Promote”: Why That’s Not Enough and What to Say Instead
• Session 1.3- Does One Size Truly Fit All? Career Fair Models in Colleges of Agriculture
• Session 1.4 - From Fields to Facilities: Fundraising for a 261-Acre Living Laboratory

• 10:15 am - 10:30 am | Break
  
  
• 10:30 am - 11:30 am | Education Track Breakout Session 2
• Session 2.1- "CCC": A Celebration of Cross-College Collaboration
• Session 2.2- How University Groups Worked Together to Raise Global Recognition for the University of TN and a Successful FIFA 2026 World Cup
• Session 2.3- Successful P&P Project: Learning How to Stand Out
• Session 2.4- UT’s Big Orange Path: “Not If, But When You’ll Come to the University of Tennessee”

• 11:45 am - 1:00 pm | Special Lunch
  
  
• 1:45 pm - 4:45 pm | Educational Tours
• Zoo Knoxville
• FIFA World Cup 2026 Research Center and Neyland Stadium Tour
• UT Little River Dairy Tour and UT Creamery Visit
• UT Hopyard Research and Yee-Haw Brewing
• Outdoor Recreation and Tennessee RiverLine Tour - SOLD OUT
  
  

• 5:00 pm - 8:30 pm | NAADA Annual Spirit Night
  Neyland Stadium, Tennessee Terrace (transportation to Spirit Night will leave from the Crowne Plaza beginning at 5:00 pm)
  
  

Thursday, June 18, 2026

• 7:30 am - 7:00 pm | Registration
  
  
• 8:00 am - 9:30 am | Annual Meeting Breakfast and P&P awards Presentation (Attendees Only)
  
  
• 9:30 am - 10:30 am | Education Track Breakout Session 3
• Session 3.1- Fundraising Fridays
• Session 3.2- Celebrating Ag: A Case Study in Re-Imagining a College Event into a Campus Celebration
• Session 3.3- Your Job Is To Make Connections & Network Whether You Like It Or Not! Stop Ignoring Your Potential!
• Session 3.4- It's An “Awarding” Process: Designing an Intentional Awards Program

• 10:30 am - 10:45 am | Break
  
  
• 10:45 am - 11:45 am | Education Track Breakout Session 4
• Session 4.1- Leveraging AI to Streamline Advancement: Practical Tools for Every Track
• Session 4.2- Incentivizing Leadership: Cultivating Student Leaders Through Collaboration
• Session 4.3- Cause-Based Philanthropy: Social Media and Special Initiatives
• Session 4.4- Ethical Decision-Making Tools for our Changing World!

• 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm | Lunch with Table Topic Discussions
  
  
• 1:30 pm - 1:45 pm | Break
  
  
• 1:45 pm - 2:45 pm | Education Track Breakout Session 5
• Session 5.1- Remove Headache from the Work You Hate: Using Automation for Simple Tasks
• Session 5.2- Reinvigorating the Alumni & Friends Board: Tools and Tactics for Building Stronger Engagement
• Session 5.3- Recruitment as Storytelling - How to Gain More Students through Meaningful Engagement
• Session 5.4- Building Power Partnerships for Philanthropic Success

• 2:45 pm - 3:00 pm | Break
  
  
• 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm | Beg, Borrow, and Steal Session
• Alumni
• Communications
• Development
• Student Professionals
• Volunteers

• 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm | Break
  
  
• 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm | Awards Reception
  
  

• 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm | Individual Awards Dinner and Program

Thank You to our 2026 National Annual Conference Host!

Thank You to our 2026 National Annual Conference Sponsors!

Silver Sponsors

Bronze Sponsors