As a nonprofit administrator, have you ever inherited a fundraising special event? Now is a good time to reset, strategize and start new traditions for stakeholders.
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Event Sponsorships: The Secret to Record-Breaking Revenue
Event sponsorships can help you generate more revenue while also building valuable partnerships in the community. Review essential tips in this quick guide.
Read MoreWhen Fundraising Gets Caught in the Thick of Thin Things
When you reduce philanthropy to a transaction, you’ve placed yourself in the pool with everyone. Your cause becomes identical to everyone else’s. Giving as a quid pro quo definitely has its limits—in any community.
Read MoreFundraising Reflections From the Ski Slopes
I recently partook of some pre-spring skiing. As I was heading down the slopes, I was thinking about some parallels between skiing and fundraising. “It’s all downhill from here” is a saying that means that the hard part is over, but for fundraisers, it can often seem we’re moving from one “emergency” to the next instead of enjoying the smoother ride and keeping the exhilaration alive. But as is true with skiing, some simple steps can make the journey more enjoyable.
Read MoreMaking Fundraising Events Pay and Pay and Pay …
How do you turn participation in a fundraising event into a lasting donor relationship built upon common goals? How do you take responders and turn them into investors?
Read MoreWhen Fundraisers Lose Control
This old dog knows that there is much we can’t control as fundraisers — but having “Plan B” in place can save the day, or at least make it less devastating for our fundraising.
Read MoreFundraising Events: Are They Worth It?
If you are the head of a nonprofit, we urge you to move away from using events to raise money. If you’re an MGO who continually gets “asked” to help with an event, do everything you can to convince your boss it’s a bad idea. And if you are a development director of a small nonprofit, you have to realize the best way to raise major gifts is to build relationships with donors and ask them directly to support your mission.
Read More3 Ideas to Improve (Almost) Any Fundraising Activity
Aren’t your donors worth putting some extra effort into creating events and campaigns that are worth their time and, ultimately, their money?
Read MoreEngage P2P Spotlight: 3 Ways to Successfully Incorporate Independent Fundraising Events
Engage P2P Advisory Board member Cassidy Richards, principal consultant at online marketing agency and a sponsor of Engage P2P Charity Dynamics, shares three ways to successfully incorporate independent fundraising events for your organization.
Read MoreSpecial Events Software: Saving Time and Effort for Fundraising Events
As fundraisers, you know what goes in to planning an event, but it’s easy to overlook how time-consuming certain aspects of actually executing a special event can be. Events software can help alleviate some of those issues and take the stress off the plate of fundraisers and event managers.
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