Archive by Tag fundraising
Alternative Sponsorship Fulfillment for Cancelled or Changed Fundraising Events
UPDATE: Get our COVID-19 fundraising event toolkit HERE Public health and weather-related concerns occasionally cause nonprofits to cancel events or consider alternatives, like holding a vir
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Preparing Your Fundraising Event for a Public Health Crisis
UPDATE: Get our COVID-19 fundraising event toolkit HERE You’ve worked hard on your fundraising event for a year. You and your event committee are in the final stretch. Guests are excited a
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Strategy Behind Successful Event Planning for Nonprofit Organizations
Fundraising at Your Event If your sponsorship dollars have covered your costs of producing the event, all of the money raised at the event can go directly to the mission. This can be a selli
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Getting Creative with Venue Constraints
What do you do when you can’t find the right venue for your event? Sometimes, the perfect venue just doesn’t exist. Do you need something that can accommodate more people? Are you lookin
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Alcohol at Your Events
It’s a common myth that alcohol consumption at your event can lead to increased giving. In theory, it makes sense—get your guests buzzed and it’ll help loosen up their pocketbooks—ri
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The Power of Post-Event Gratitude
As each event season wraps up, we’re always reminded of the importance of post-event gratitude. Just because your event is over doesn’t mean the relationship with your donor should end,
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Equity at Events: The Power of Language
Language is powerful and how you use it can shape your fundraising event to either feel inclusive or exclusive. Using inclusive language not only inspires a feeling of community at events, i
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5 Nonprofit Storytelling Conference Takeaways
This October was the 5th annual Nonprofit Storytelling Conference, and in our 5 years of attending and participating in this event, we always walk away with big ideas and best practices to p
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Creating a Movement of Giving
Musician and entrepreneur Derek Sivers gave a TED talk that illustrates a great principal of human dynamics you can use to inspire giving at events: people follow the leader. Here’s how yo
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Taking Partnership to New Heights
Having a good partner is as subjective as it is intangible. It’s one of those things you know when you feel it. And yet considering, exploring and optimizing why and how you partner with m
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