Compelling and practical speaker on corporate partnership fundraising
Recent speaking engagements
BridgeRaise founder Heather Nelson is an engaging and dynamic speaker with more than 20 years’ experience in the non-profit sector working with charities, volunteers, and donors.
She leverages her wealth of knowledge and experience to encourage, inform and engage audiences of all sizes on every aspect of corporate fundraising.
Heather’s speaking experience includes the AFP Congress, regional fundraising groups and Happy You Year, which she co-hosts with John Lepp from Agents of Good, and Ashlee Livingstone of Our Forte. She also shares her knowledge and perspective on podcasts and has appeared as a guest expert on several including Leadership Leap, Your Weekly Dose of Nonprofit, The Small Nonprofit and The Nonprofit Hero Factory.
Heather also offers corporate team training for organizations that want to reach corporate partnership excellence.
Interested in booking Heather for an event, workshop, group training or podcast?
What people are saying…
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We were so thrilled to have Heather join us for Masterclass! Her session was insightful and well-received by our attendees. She also brought a sense of professionalism and knowledge to our conference that we really appreciated.
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3 Secrets to Sustainable and Successful Corporate Partnerships
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Other topics Heather speaks on
- Key trends in corporate partnership
- Building a corporate fundraising program
- Board and senior volunteers’ role in corporate fundraising
- Relationship building and networking
What people are saying…
The training was amazing and left me inspired to apply my learnings to the workplace. I feel I have actionable advice I can use for my day-to-day. I very much appreciated Heather’s wisdom, experience and real-world examples.
Recent Podcasts
Inside Successful Corporate Sponsorships!
The Nonprofit Show
3.9: Collective Vision with Heather Nelson
Underdog Leadership
Finding the Sweet Spot: Building Mutually Beneficial Relationships Between Non-Profits and Corporate Partners
Real Talk for the Non-Profit Event Pro
A Corporate Fundraising Convo with Heather Nelson, Ep #68
Frontier FM
Employee volunteering with Heather Nelson
The Small Nonprofit
Corporate Fundraising Building Blocks with Heather Nelson
The Small Nonprofit
What people are saying…
Heather just presented to our community of fundraising professionals — and she did not disappoint! Great insight and meaningful info that all can start using right now! So appreciate her professionalism, easy manner…and mad skills!
Heather is available for workshops, keynotes, group training or podcasts
She can tailor her talk to your audience and needs.
Please reach out to [email protected] for a custom quote for your next event.