Events

Holding a conference is a great way to further your organization’s mission, especially to inform, teach and build a movement. Below are 3 essential components you should include for a successful [...]

Screentime Drive-In Gala with Clackamas Women’s Services In 2020, the year of social-distancing, Clackamas Women’s Services (CWS)—an Oregon-based nonprofit whose mission is to break the [...]

We’re seeing more and more success with virtual fundraising events. If you haven’t hosted a virtual fundraiser or are unsure where to start, use our 6-step guide to help you launch your first [...]

This past year so much of our work has moved online, so how do you still tell great stories that reflect the work you do? We’ve heard from organizations that it’s been especially hard to [...]

Virtual Event Case Study: SPOON‘s Big Night In, October 2020 This virtual event case study looks at the organization SPOON’s response to fundraising during COVID—when hosting an [...]

As fundraising event experts, we at Swaim Strategies decided to answer the most asked questions about virtual fundraising events. This is the second round of questions in this two-part series, [...]

As fundraising event experts, we at Swaim Strategies decided to answer the most asked questions about virtual fundraising galas or events and all the elements that come with them—auctions, [...]

This may not be news to you, but COVID-19 isn’t subsiding anytime soon. So when you’re planning your fall fundraising events—and even spring 2021 events—you’ll want to think virtual first. Here [...]

Two months into the COVID-19 pandemic and it’s not all bad news. In the world of fundraising, the organizations that have continued to actively engage their donors and fundraise for their cause [...]

In this new socially-distanced world, many of us have become at-home content creators—from talk-show hosts to nonprofit executive directors. For those who aren’t used to being in front of [...]

Are you trying to figure out what to do with your fall fundraising event? You’re not alone. It’s a hard time to even think about events. But for so many organizations, events make their work [...]

In an effort to socially distance and help curb the spread of COVID-19, people are using social media platforms as virtual gathering places to foster conversations, tell stories and share [...]

So, your major fundraising event has been cancelled, but those funds are imperative for your mission to continue. How do you keep raising money? Here are some tips and recommendations for how [...]