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Ligia Peña, CFRE is an International Legacy Consultant and Strategist at GlobetrottingFundraiser. The firm helps charities around the world develop their legacy and general fundraising strategy. Over the years, she has helped develop legacy strategies in 15 markets across the globe for various NGOs. She is also pursuing a Ph.D. at the University of Kent where she’s researching national legacy marketing campaigns as a tool to change society’s behaviour towards gifts in wills.

As a sought-after and seasoned international presenter, Ligia has trained thousands of fundraisers in the science and the art of legacy fundraising. She’s also the author of the ‘Small Shop Fundraising’ chapter in the 2nd volume of Excellence in Fundraising in Canada and various articles in AFP’s newsletter Advancing Philanthropy.

Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Ligia calls Montréal, Canada home or any place with wifi. She fluently speaks Spanish, French and English (and manages in Portuguese and Italian).

Penelope Cagney was a panel participant in a fundraising careers presentation for AFP Silicon Valley Young Professionals Committee on March 4.

Global Associate Vincent Law presented his innovative model for instilling philanthropic values in children to AFP Capitulo Occidente y Pacifico on March 3.

In February Global Associate Amanda Crozier was awarded the Certificate in Philanthropic Psychology from the Institute for Sustainable Philanthropy, a course taught by Professor Jen Shang, who pioneered the field of philanthropic psychology during her time at Indiana University, and Professor Adrian Sargeant, who held the first Hartsook Chair in Fundraising at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University.

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2020

Global associate Simona Biancu was elected to the board of the European Fundraising Association and became Vice President of the Italian Fundraising Association.

Penelope Cagney presented on virtual donor engagement at the Brain Injury Association of America’s annual conference on October 28.

Penelope Cagney and Jon Stettner presented a free Flash Class on the future of fundraising for the DonorSearch Masterminds Series on October 20.

Penelope Cagney presented on Future Trends: What They Mean for Korean Fundraisers at the Korean Philanthropy Forum in Seoul (online), on September 15.

Penelope Cagney was the plenary speaker on the Future of Fundraising at the Japanese Fundraising Association’s annual conference in Tokyo (online), September 6-12.

Publication News

New book on nonprofit governance

Global Associates Simona Biancu and Alberto Cuttica published “Board in Fila Prima” (Board in the First Row) in September 2020.

The governing bodies of nonprofit organizations often find themselves “in a complicated relationship” with the fundraising activity and with those who manage it. This is a relationship confounded by misunderstandings, unrealized expectations and possible frustrations. Not everyone is always rowing in the same direction of ensuring the sustainability of the organization through full involvement and equal collaboration between those who have the reins of the organization and fundraisers. This book outlines ways in which this complicated relationship can be remade to the good of the organization and the mutual benefit of all.

Book review in June 2020 Nonprofit Quarterly

Read review of “Global Best Practices for CSO, NGO and Other Nonprofit Boards” in the June 2020 issue of the Nonprofit Quarterly here.

Chinese edition now available

“Global Best Practices for CSO, NGO and Other Nonprofit Boards” was published by the Shanghai University Finance and Economic Press in late 2020. Buy it here.