Free live panel · Thursday, October 15 · 4:00 PM Eastern

Traveling
for Impact

Tips, Lessons, and Inspiration from Experienced Development Leaders

Development officers, advancement teams, and arts administrators: join Glenn Quirion, Director of Business Development at Encore, and development leaders who’ve put relationship-based philanthropy into practice, for a candid conversation on turning travel into one of the most effective tools Encore Experiences offers for donor cultivation, stewardship, and fundraising — backed by 25 years planning donor and patron trips for musical organizations and universities.

Free to attend
Recording sent to registrants

Your host & moderator

Glenn Quirion

Director of Business Development, Encore Tours

Glenn returned to Encore by way of both music and the culinary world, and that mix shows in how he thinks about a trip: the concert matters, but so does the meal afterward and the conversation it sparks. He works closely with travel planners to shape programs around what will actually resonate with a group of donors, from venue selection to the smaller cultural details that make a trip memorable.

He’ll moderate this conversation and bring audience questions to the panel throughout.

Meet the panel

Real trips. Real development leaders.

Glenn will be joined by development and arts leaders who’ve put donor travel to work at their own organizations.

Maestro Alfred Savia

Artistic Advisor & Principal Conductor, Indianapolis Opera

Savia personally led a group of Indianapolis Opera patrons on Backstage Italy, an exclusive tour built around La Scala, a private recital in Cremona, and the Verona Arena.

Panelist to be announced

Development leader, symphony organization

We’re confirming a second panelist from a symphony that uses travel differently: bringing donors along as the orchestra tours, rather than a stand-alone patron trip. Check back for an update before the live session.

On the agenda

Turning travel into lasting donor relationships.

A practical conversation about cultivation, stewardship, and the fundraising impact of getting donors on the road together.

01Why travel works as a cultivation and stewardship tool
02Reading your donors’ travel preferences correctly
03What planning a donor trip actually takes
04The moments that make donors talk about the trip for years
05Proving it worked: metrics, and turning one trip into a tradition

Recent patron trips

Encore has worked with orchestras and symphonies including the Colorado Symphony, the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra, and the Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic, so we know what turns a single trip into an ongoing patron tradition.

Browse our past patron trips →

Companion resource

Read the ebook first.

“Traveling for Impact: Maximizing Fundraising through Donor Trips” covers the same ground in depth: reading donor travel preferences, planning and coordinating a trip, the add-ons that make it memorable, and measuring what it did for your fundraising.

Resource 01

Traveling for Impact ebook

The full guide to maximizing fundraising through donor trips, from first ask to annual tradition.

Download the ebook →

Resource 02

Encore Experiences: Donor Travel

See how Encore designs and supports donor and patron trips for musical organizations and universities.

Explore donor travel →

Resource 03

Browse the Experiences Showcase

See what privileged access actually looks like: on Backstage Italy, travelers toured La Scala’s Ansaldo Workshops, spent a VIP evening at the theater, and heard a private recital in Cremona on instruments crafted by Stradivarius himself.

Browse the showcase →

Resource 04

Talk to the Encore Experiences team

Ready to start planning? Reach out to design a custom donor or patron trip for your organization.

Contact the team →

Good to know

Questions,
answered.

Who should attend?

Development directors, advancement officers, executive directors, and anyone at a musical organization or university responsible for donor cultivation, stewardship, or fundraising strategy.

Is the webinar free?

Yes. Registration and attendance are complimentary.

Will it be recorded?

Yes. Register even if you cannot attend live, and Encore will send access to the recording afterward.

Do I need a Zoom account?

No. Registration is required, but attendees do not need to create or sign in to a Zoom account.

Can I invite colleagues from my team?

Yes. Feel free to share the registration link with anyone else at your organization who would find this useful.

Thursday, October 15 · 4:00 PM Eastern

Bring your fundraising questions.
Leave with a clearer path forward.

Live on Zoom · Panel discussion + audience Q&A