Show Your Donors the Love
Love is in the air this week. Share it with your donors! Some folks call Valentine’s Day Donor Day! Use Valentine’s Day as a stewardship opportunity to show your donors […]
Let Your Donors Love Your Nonprofit!
February has arrived! And with it, comes much attention toward February 14—Valentine’s Day. Maybe you love this day; maybe you do not. Regardless, we are inundated with store displays of […]
Plant the Seeds to Grow Your Donor Base
How are you going to increase the number of donors this year? Expanding your donor base should be an integral part of your fundraising efforts. There are many ways to […]
Fail to plan, plan to fail!
Here’s hoping you had a great holiday and are ready to use these final days of 2018 to wrap up end-of-year fundraising activities and begin planning for 2019. Today is […]
Tips for Successful Fundraising Events
We finish October with a final week of news and information about fundraising events. Events can be used to reach new audiences for your nonprofit organization. I was […]
Add-ons For Your Fundraising Event
Live auctions are another great add-on for fundraising events, even when there’s a silent auction happening. Live auctions are usually “big ticket” items, expected to bring large bids. I’ve won […]
Silent Auctions At Your Fundraising Event
Your fundraising event generates revenue from ticket sales and sponsorships. Another revenue stream can be event “add-ons”: silent and live auctions, raise a paddle, 50/50 split the pot; raffles and […]
Planning Your Fundraising Event
Timing is everything with event fundraising and usually scheduling is your first step (and sometimes scheduling is driven by your venue). I suggest your first step be a survey of […]
Fundraising Events
I bet you have attended some sort of fundraising event at some point in your life—maybe several events. I have. After more than 25 years in the nonprofit sector and […]
Using Volunteers at Your Events
Volunteers are a large part of successful nonprofit events—fundraising and other events. If you are seeking volunteers for events, first look to your current roster of volunteers. Look at past […]
