7-30-2011
The last two days of the conference were intense and Rachel and I made the most of it. Expect a conference summation post from us this week replete with pictures and lots of details. A detail that cannot wait is that my BCM colleague, Lona Leigh and I gave our presentation yesterday and enjoyed great [...]
7-28-2011
Rachel: The cri du conference: What day is it today? So much information, so many sessions, so many people, so many rooms…it is tiring to the point of disorienting. This is why we closely clutch our color-coded conference brochures, to refer to for confirming where we truly are. Today was the first full day of [...]
APRA Pre-conference Day
Rachel and I began our day with “Perspectives on Successful Grateful Patient Fundraising.” This three-hour panel discussion featured Sheridan Joslin of Dini Partners, Qaya Thompson of Yale New Haven Hospital, Lisa Howley of the Johns Hopkins Institutions, and Amy Turbes of Creighton University. Highlights for Rachel: A recurring theme among the panelists was that the [...]
APRA — the approach!
Rachel and I have arrived in HOT HOT Austin. The predicted temp for tomorrow is 105! Houston is actually cooler. Still we are comfortably settled in and look forward tomorrow. My first session is titled “Successful Grateful Patient Fundraising.” Rachel is attending “Principal Gifts Research” to start her day. We’ll fill you in on the [...]
July-22-2011
While away, Rachel and I will be checking e-mail. If you have questions or just want to send us your greetings, use the Contact Us page on the website and we’ll get back to you. http://www.apragreaterhouston.org/contact-us/
Barbara and Rachel in Austin
Dear APRA Greater Houston Friends! As you may know, Rachel Dvoretzky and Barbara Shreffler (that’s me!) were fortunate to be selected as the 2011 AGH scholarship recipients. Our scholarships make possible our attendance to APRA’s 24th Annual International Conference to be held in Austin, Texas next week. We are deeply grateful and have decided that [...]
