About This Event
Join us on Thursday, August 8th for a free webinar with Nick Todd from Crescendo and Andy Ragone from Pleiades Nonprofit Advisor.
Nicholas Todd is Crescendo Interactive’s marketing specialist for the Southeast. He loves helping nonprofits refine and enhance their branding, messaging, and overall marketing strategies for major, planned, and blended gifts. Nick has extensive experience in communication, marketing, and training. Nick started off his career working initially as a sales representative for Frontier before being promoted to an educational instructor for their marketing team. Nick also before joining Crescendo, had volunteered on the fundraising side with multiple nonprofits to help raise awareness and donor engagement for them. Nick graduated from California State University, Channel Islands with a bachelor’s degree in communication. He currently enjoys traveling, snowboarding, hiking, and spending time with his fiancé.
Andy Ragone is a national speaker, writer and recognized thought leader in marketing and gift planning strategies. He recently has joined the Pleiades Nonprofit Advisor team after serving many years with Crescendo Interactive as one of their marketing and sales representatives. Through his guidance and leadership, Andy advises on specialized marketing and moves-management techniques to secure complex and estate gifts. Through his efforts, nonprofits both large and small have benefited from his insight and unique talent of bringing gift planners and their donors together to make a difference in the communities they serve.
In addition to being a Certified Gift Planning Professional (CGPP), Andy currently serves on the board with the Los Angeles Council of Charitable Gift Planners and programming team with Arizona Charitable Gift Planners.
Andy has served as an executive pastor and has a marketing background in the nonprofit arena. Having worked with three larger churches over the past 20+ years, Andy has appreciated the challenges of growing organizations—including the development of staff and culture, fund raising, volunteer coordination and marketing systems. Andy brings a big-picture perspective that brings vision, volunteerism and fund development together. Andy holds a BA in Music from Arizona State University and a Master of Divinity from Phoenix Seminary.
About This Event
Join us on Thursday, August 8th for a free webinar with Nick Todd from Crescendo and Andy Ragone from Pleiades Nonprofit Advisor.
Nicholas Todd is Crescendo Interactive’s marketing specialist for the Southeast. He loves helping nonprofits refine and enhance their branding, messaging, and overall marketing strategies for major, planned, and blended gifts. Nick has extensive experience in communication, marketing, and training. Nick started off his career working initially as a sales representative for Frontier before being promoted to an educational instructor for their marketing team. Nick also before joining Crescendo, had volunteered on the fundraising side with multiple nonprofits to help raise awareness and donor engagement for them. Nick graduated from California State University, Channel Islands with a bachelor’s degree in communication. He currently enjoys traveling, snowboarding, hiking, and spending time with his fiancé.
Andy Ragone is a national speaker, writer and recognized thought leader in marketing and gift planning strategies. He recently has joined the Pleiades Nonprofit Advisor team after serving many years with Crescendo Interactive as one of their marketing and sales representatives. Through his guidance and leadership, Andy advises on specialized marketing and moves-management techniques to secure complex and estate gifts. Through his efforts, nonprofits both large and small have benefited from his insight and unique talent of bringing gift planners and their donors together to make a difference in the communities they serve.
In addition to being a Certified Gift Planning Professional (CGPP), Andy currently serves on the board with the Los Angeles Council of Charitable Gift Planners and programming team with Arizona Charitable Gift Planners.
Andy has served as an executive pastor and has a marketing background in the nonprofit arena. Having worked with three larger churches over the past 20+ years, Andy has appreciated the challenges of growing organizations—including the development of staff and culture, fund raising, volunteer coordination and marketing systems. Andy brings a big-picture perspective that brings vision, volunteerism and fund development together. Andy holds a BA in Music from Arizona State University and a Master of Divinity from Phoenix Seminary.