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
• 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 with the Keynote
  
  
• 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- Creating a Pipeline Workflow That Works For You
• 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 3.3- 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!

Gold Industry Sponsor

Silver Institution Sponsors

Bronze Institution Sponsors

Bronze Industry Sponsors