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Wednesday, October 7, 2026
The S. Dale High Leadership Center
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Andrea takes a psychology-informed approach to grant writing, showing how data can make a problem feel meaningful, relatable, compelling, and urgent. She will share how to connect evidence with human impact, helping funders understand the need, believe in the solution, and feel confident their investment will make a measurable difference. Chad will discuss telling engaging stories to individual donors through all your communication methods.
Location: S. Dale High Leadership Center – 1861 William Penn Way, Lancaster, PA 17601
Agenda:
3:30-4:00 pm- Networking and light refreshments
4:00-5:15 pm -Workshop
5:15-5:30 pm – Q&A
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Date/Time:
10/07/2026
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Location
The S. Dale High Leadership Center
Registration
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Chad Barger, ACFRE, ACNP
Fundraising Strategic, Speaker & Coach
Chad Barger helps nonprofit professionals fundraise more efficiently and effectively. He is the chief strategist and owner of the firm Productive Fundraising, which focuses on bringing actionable, research-based fundraising tactics to small and mid-sized non-profits. He is an internationally top-rated conference speaker and webinar presenter as well as a master trainer of nonprofit boards that “don’t want to fundraise.” He teaches fundraising at Messiah University and is one of only 118 fundraisers in the world to achieve the Advanced Certified Fund Raising Executive (ACFRE) credential. Chad is also a strategic advisor and coach to many non-profit fundraisers, executive directors and board members.
Andrea Hobkirk, True Edge Performance Solutions
Dr. Andrea Hobkirk is a licensed psychologist, business psychologist, and behavioral scientist. As a faculty member at Penn State’s College of Medicine, she directs a research laboratory aimed at understanding and treating substance use and mental health disorders. As a consultant with True Edge Performance Solutions, she helps business owners develop their employees through coaching and assessments. Andrea has a decade of experience using her background in psychology to secure funding for her research through federal and foundation grants.
