PUSH Comedy Workshop: "Thinking on Your Feet"
Brad McMurran is the founder of The Pushers Sketch and Improvisation Comedy Troupe. He is the co-head writer, performer, and artistic director of the Push Comedy Theater.
Brad studied acting in college, trained in improvisation at Upright Citizen’s Brigades, and is the co-writer of Cuff Me; The 50 Shades of Grey Musical Parody (which played off-Broadway in New York for the past year).
Brad has been writing sketch comedy for ten years and is pleased as a pickle to be opening this theater in Hampton Roads. McMurran is a graduate of Old Dominion University and enjoys pizza.
Upcoming Meetings in 2023:
PUSH Comedy Workshop: "Thinking on Your Feet"
Location- PUSH Comedy, Downtown Norfolk
September 14, 2023:
Guest Speaker- Keith Curtis, The Curtis Group: "Planned Giving Trends From Giving USA Data"
Location- Wolcott Rivers Gates, Virginia Beach
November 9, 2023: Panel Discussion at Old Dominion University. Additional details to be announced at a later date.
2023 Programs:
March 9, 2023: "Current Tax Developments and Other Factors Affecting Donors and Their Charitable Giving"
Speaker: Michele A. W. McKinnon
January 12, 2023: "Are You Ready to Help Boomer Business Owners Hit their Legacy
Home Run?"
Speaker: Philip Cubeta, CLU®, ChFC®, AEP®, MSFS, CAP
2022 Programs:
September 8, 2022: "A Baker's Dozen of Gift Planning Tips"
Speaker: Kenneth W. Wolfe
July 14, 2022: "Real Estate Gifts"
Speaker: M. Powell Peters, Esquire
May 12, 2022: "Developing a Volunteer Handbook for Legacy Giving - from Identification to Solicitation."
Speaker: James E. Connell FAHP, CSA
March 10, 2022: "An Estate Planning Lawyer's Perspective on Client Charitable Intent"
Speaker: Neil L. Rose, Esquire
January 13, 2022: Donor Stories in Planned Giving Marketing – To Use or Not to Use
Speaker: Claudine A. Donikian, JD, MBA, President & CEO
PAST PROGRAMS AND EVENTS
2021 Programs-
January 14, 2021: Incorporating DAF Into Your Gift Planning Programs
Speaker: Rise Flenner, PBMares, LLC
March 11, 2021: Seven Things Every Donor Wished We Knew
Speaker: Wayne Olson
Sponsor: Lisa Morgan, Wells Fargo-The Private Bank
May 13, 2021- Picking up the Planned Giving Conversation Post Pandemic
Speaker: Craig Wruck, former President, National Association of Charitable Gift Planners
July 8, 2021- How the NACGP can help you with your gift planning education and your career
Speaker: Richard Ritter, Director of Membership, National Association of Charitable Gift Planners
Sponsor: The Academy of Music
September 9, 2021 ( In Person Meeting)- The Top 10 Legacy Fundraising Strategies from Scientific Research
Virtual Speaker: Russell James, J.D., Ph.D., CFP®, Professor of Charitable Financial Planning at Texas Tech University
Sponsor: Old Dominion University
November 11, 2021 (In Person Meeting)- How a Pandemic Magnified the "why" in Planned Giving
Virtual Speaker: Nathan Stelter, President, The Stelter Group
Sponsors: Edmarc and Tidewater Jewish Foundation
2020 Events
Speaker: Chip Giese, PNC Institutional Asset Management
Sponsor: Kaufman & Canoles
Sponsor: Tidewater Jewish Foundation
Speaker: Rise Flenner, PBMares, LLP
Speaker: Stephan Lipskis, Attorney at Law, Poole Brook Plumlee PC
Speakers: Sharon Nelson and John Simek, Sensei Enterprises, Inc
Sponsor: Old Dominion University
Speaker: Keith Curtis, The Curtis Group
Sponsor: Hampton Roads Community Foundation
Speaker: Rebecca Watkins, North Carolina Symphony
Sponsor: The Curtis Group
2019 Events
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