Executive Consulting
1. Fundraising Analysis & Content Development
Raising funds for a nonprofit mission remains both an art and a science. Do you want to raise more money for your mission? Develop a powerful team focused on best practices in philanthropy? Understand precisely how to capitalize on your strengths? Identify those areas where you may be underperforming? Teach your staff, volunteers, and board members how to be the best fundraisers they can be? Look no further. For two decades, Pamela raised millions of dollars alongside powerful teams and clients.
2. Powerful, transformative leadership training
Honing and harmonizing teams to achieve best-in-class results takes a deliberate, methodical process. For over twenty years, I studied those theories. The workplace became my laboratory. I researched, tested, measured, and adjusted. The result: my teams rarely missed a goal, and we had fun doing it. Along the way, many of my staff went on to achieve their greatest potential in life and work, building powerful careers.
I turned my years of experience and study
into a one-of-kind training program
and delivered it to clients everywhere.
3. Marketing
and Communications
With a comprehensive background leading large marketing teams, Pamela has managed institutional rebrands, new website launches, public relations campaigns, advertising budgets, integrated marketing and communications plans, crisis communications, and more. She can step into an organization, conduct a comprehensive analysis, and supply strategies and recommendations for achieving key performance indicators through staffing, budgeting, and operational management. Pam enjoys engaging leadership teams in the process so the final strategy and implementation plan are inclusive of their goals and vision. To do this she creates leadership team workbooks through which they can inform the final strategies.
Executive Consulting Recommendations
"Pam was an outstanding educational decision for our team. Her message of leading authentically with an appreciative mindset is such an inspirational way to navigate your way through a purposeful career and lead a truly successful life. If you are looking for an intrinsically motivated way of leading or influencing people, Pam can absolutely make that connection with her message." - Brian George, HR Executive at Cutco Corporation
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"I attended your session this morning and it was incredible. You provided such a thoughtful, strategic, and prepared session with lots of 'take homes.' Thank you for your preparation. I too am a leadership junkie, so much so that I earned a doctorate in leadership. You've provided me with new resources and I can't wait to do my homework." - Kelly Brennan, Ed.D.
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"I wanted to reach out to thank you for your leadership session at the conference. It was the most inspiring session I have ever attended." - Kelly Sudol, Director of Annual Giving and Advancement Services, St. John Fisher College
"Pam Say and I were selected to speak together at the 2014 International Conference on Philanthropy presented by the Association of Fundraising Professionals in San Antonio, Texas. Our session, Five Strategies to Increase Your Annual Fund, was chosen by over 225 delegates. It was a joy for me to share the stage with Pam. As a speaker on fundraising, Pam is authentic, engaging, articulate, bright, relevant, and impactful. However, Pam's speaking qualities are surpassed by her leadership. She is a successful fundraising professional. Pam really brings in the money! Pam's greatest dimension is her person. She is caring, compassionate, thoughtful, intelligent, innovative, and inspiring!" - Kent Stroman
Associate Director of Advancement, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University at Buffalo
"We engaged with Pam to speak at the Dining Out For Life International Conference. She did such a great job that we asked her back the following year. Pam’s expertise on fundraising and development and her excellent public speaking skills made for incredible sessions that inspired and empowered conference attendees. She was very thorough in her talking points and by sharing her background she provided plenty of real-world examples to which the audience could relate. In the feedback from attendees, many voices shared that Pam’s sessions were the highlight of the conferences." - Rob Baird
Experience
Marketing
Oversaw corporate website relaunches, institutional rebrands, analytics, viral PR campaigns, IMCPs, social media strategies, leadership communication plans, advertising, and more.
Contract work
For three years, Pamela worked as a contracted administrator and Editor-in-Chief for a digital news startup to establish its non-profit foundation and permeate the brand globally. For myriad clients, she has conducted fundraising assessments and full shop reorganizations. She has served large science and healthcare institutions, corporate clients, and numerous grassroots non-profits.
Publishing
Authored three books through traditional publishers and two self-published. Has been featured in Advancing Philanthropy Magazine, the Chronicle of Philanthropy and the Wiley Journal Fundraising Success. Appeared in blogs and on podcasts. Wrote and edited hundreds of published articles and pieces. Ghostwritten for CEOs and Presidents.
Finance
Supported institutional budgets up to $76 million. Managed multi-million-dollar departmental budgets. Led acquisition and administration for grants up to $2 million. Served as a key contributor in developing a best-in-class strategic plan and institutional dashboard.
Speaking & Training
Delivered over 100 keynotes, workshops, and trainings around the globe. Wrote, created, and delivered a 12-week, fully digital training program to an international audience. Ranked as a top presenter by multiple conferences.
Philanthropy
Raised millions in major gifts; led campaigns; built sustainable annual funds; integrated predictive modeling and analysis; developed giving programs; and ultimately earned her CFRE.