Time & Location
Oct 20, 2026, 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM EDT
Zoom
About the event
Join us Tuesday, October 20th at 1:30 PM ET for the next edition of "On the Brightside," a conversation series featuring the people shaping the fundraising field through research, books, ideas, and real-world experience.
In this session, Anna will sit down with Kathryn Van Sickle to dig into what she’s learned after more than 175 conversations with fundraisers, donors, researchers, and leaders. What keeps coming up? What do great fundraisers do differently? What sounds good in theory but is hard in practice? And what do we know works that fundraisers still aren’t doing? Together, Anna and Kathryn will explore the patterns, ideas, and insights that emerge when you listen closely to the people working across the fundraising field.
A little more about On the Brightside:
Spend an hour with us! This is an interview-style conversation. No slides or fancy presentations. Just Anna Schlia, Brightside Philanthropy’s founder, leading each conversation with endless curiosity, research-backed advice,…