The TCU Nonprofit Communicators Conference offers a convenient one-day training and support for nonprofit communication professionals through interactive workshops at an affordable cost. The annual event is open to any nonprofit communicators “looking for the best way to tell their stories,” said Ashley English, a conference cofounder and strategic communication assistant professor in the Bob Schieffer College of Communication.
Each year, the conference is organized by the Department of Strategic Communication in the Bob Schieffer College of Communication.
2026 conference
Collaboration: Helping Nonprofits Find Their Super Power Through Communication and Connection
Registration is now open for the 16th Annual TCU Nonprofit Communicators Conference, which runs 8:45 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Friday, May 15, 2026, in TCU’s Dee J. Kelly Alumni and Visitors Center, 2820 Stadium Drive, Fort Worth.
When the going gets tough, nonprofits can rely on one of their strengths: collaboration. While nonprofits operate sometimes within a competitive landscape, more often they connect with other organizations to provide one part of a web of support for people and communities. Collaboration involves engagement, listening, commitment, negotiation, long-term thinking, and more.
How might nonprofit communicators build more capacity for collaboration and connection with their partners? What role does communication, storytelling, and listening fill during collaboration? This year’s conference addresses these topics and more to help communicators and other nonprofit professionals get ready for a collaboration framework.
Sessions will include these topics: storytelling ecosystems; generative AI and GEO; volunteers and other partnerships; listening and engagement; and more.
- DATE: Friday, May 15, 2026
- TIME: 8:45 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
- LOCATION: TCU’s Dee J. Kelly Alumni and Visitors Center, 2820 Stadium Drive, Fort Worth.
- Parking is next door to the center, or in the parking garage just north of the center, both off Stadium Drive.
- Registration fee includes breakfast and lunch.
Questions or concerns? Please contact Ashley English at a.english@tcu.edu.
Drs Ashley English (left) and Jacqueline Lambiase (right) cofounded the TCU Nonprofit Communicators Conference.
Past sponsors and partners have included Wells Fargo, Volunteer Now, TXU Energy, UT Dallas Office of Diversity and Community Engagement, the DFW American Marketing Association, TCU Extended Education, TCU Neeley School of Business, the North Texas Community Foundation, the Texas Volunteer Management Conference, and Authentic Web Solutions.
The all-day conference was founded in 2009 by Drs. Jacqueline Lambiase and Ashley English at the University of North Texas through a Wells Fargo grant. It was held at University of Texas at Dallas in 2010, and since 2011, the conference has been at TCU.