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Swaim Strategies Recommends: Top 10 Fundraising Trainings + Conferences
We are always learning—and we love a good nonprofit conference, fundraising class, or training program that helps us better understand our work in fundraising. Here are some of our favorit
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Promoting Your Event Online: 5 Best Practices
Nonprofit events rely on strong attendance numbers to be successful. Whether advocacy, volunteering, or fundraising-related, an event with high attendance rates can boost your organizationâ€
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Managing the Changing Landscape in Fundraising Events
5 Ways to be Agile for Fall of 2021 By Samantha Swaim and Sama Shagaga This has been a year of transformation and adaptation. So many events were cancelled, held virtually or reimagin
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3 Must-haves for a Successful Conference
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 succ
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Case Study: Hybrid Events
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 brea
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6-Step Guide to Virtual Event Planning
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
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4 Steps for Creating Compelling Video Content
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 har
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Virtual Event Case Study: SPOON
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 a
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Virtual Fundraising Events Q+A, Part One: Effective Fundraising
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,
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How to Capture Your Story in a Crisis
2020 has been the year of elevated crises. In the nonprofit sector, organizations designed to fill the gaps in our societies are seeing those gaps widen below their feet; the need is more ur
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