2026 Speed Networking Event

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Dacha Beer Garden (Navy Yard) 

Join YDMAW for our fifth annual speed networking event on Thursday, October 1st for an evening built around the connections that shape careers. 

Whether you’re looking for guidance, new ideas, future collaborators, or the opportunity to help someone else grow in their career, this event brings together professionals from across the fundraising and marketing community for meaningful conversations.

Attendees will have the chance to rotate through a series of small-group discussions with peers and members of the YDMAW Advisory Committee. You might meet a future business partner, hiring connection, or be that person for someone else!

presenting Sponsor - $4,000

• Opportunity for welcome remarks
• Premier logo on signage, marketing emails, on event page, and signage
• Attendee list (opt-in)
• Ability to name a specialty cocktail
• Logo on cups

Supporting Sponsor- $1,000

• Logo on event page and signage
• Verbal acknowledgment at event
• Attendee list (opt-in)
• Logo on napkins

connection Sponsor - $500

• Logo on event page and signage
• Verbal acknowledgment at event