Swaim Strategies

Because events happen in a live and dynamic space, you can utilize them to activate your organization’s sponsors and partners in engaging ways that make them known and give them unique [...]

Likely no one is going to better convey the impact of your programs than those benefitting from them. Getting those voices on stage at your event brings the narrative from third person to first [...]

There can be a layer of remove between the work you do and your donors’ ability to experience it. Often the work of the organization is governed by confidentiality and other mechanisms that make [...]

This spring all of the incredibly hard cultivation work done by Juan Carlos Gonzalez, Development Director at Centro Cultural de Washington County, paid off at their annual Gala de Cultura. He [...]

One of the biggest differences you can make in your appeal is to move it from a passive ask to an active one. With breakfast and lunch events—which don’t usually have some form of live auction—it [...]

For the last three years, we have had the distinct honor to work on the Grimm Gala, a benefit for Doernbecher Children’s Hospital. This event was the brainchild of Sasha Roiz, who plays Captain [...]

Togetherness. It’s something that’s just there. We share time and space whether we want to or not. It’s up to us to make it matter. To seize on the potential it has to create [...]

Every day we spend with our clients are good ones. And most days, the work we do with them elevates all we do as a business. We’re so honored to walk alongside them and help elevate their [...]

Monday in Oregon was an amazing event day. No one knew it when we woke up. But by noon, the marriage ban in Oregon had been lifted and the community was ready to come together and celebrate. [...]

We’re proud to work alongside these fantastic event vendors:   Auctioneers Artisan Auctions Benefit Auctions 360 Marquam Auction Agency Stephen Kilbreath   Audio Visual Support [...]

Join us to learn the basics of how to use Greater Giving online event software. This 2-hour class will cover the following topics: Basic understanding of the vocabulary Greater Giving uses How to [...]

Celebrating 2013 from Swaim Strategies on Vimeo.

We were proud to attend the sold-out Equity Foundation Women Who Lead Luncheon, honoring women in the community who blaze the way so that all of the community can flourish. We were even prouder [...]