Virtual Events

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 [...]

In this virtual landscape, if your filming options are limited, there are still ways to produce more dynamic interviews on Zoom. Here’s a great example we helped produce with Beyond Measure [...]

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, [...]

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 urgent [...]

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 [...]

You’ve made the decision to take your event virtual, but how are you going to get your guests to go virtual with you? We have some ideas! Here are 10 tips to drive attendance for your virtual [...]

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 [...]

The COVID-19 pandemic is making it hard for so many of us to find our footing and figure out what we should do next—for ourselves, our families, our communities and the missions we care about. In [...]

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 [...]