How do you rejuvenate tradition? Every year benefit auctions have live auction events and offer packages, and every year it feels harder and harder to get that package with a wow-effect. Many guests have seen it all, making it more challenging to come up with irresistible new ideas. Get started early when putting your procurement target… Read More »
The Stay-At-Home Auction We’re witnessing a small movement towards “Stay-at-home auctions”. More and more, the cost of putting on a big event can outweigh the benefits for smaller organizations, schools, and churches, so they’re trying something new. Putting on an annual fundraising gala is a hefty amount of work—with venues to scout, auctioneers to hire,… Read More »
This is the first in a series on reaching donors from all walks of life to help you better engage your entire potential donor base. In future installments, we’ll talk about how to better appeal to other segments of donors. Today it’s all about millennials. Young donors want to see their money work For young donors,… Read More »
Thousands of events later, our team of fundraising experts has compiled the ultimate list of the latest creative auction themes! A creative auction theme highlights both the cause and the fact that it is a fundraiser (e.g. Bid for Kids, The Big Give, Night of Hope etc.). The golden rule is: the more fun guests have, the more they will… Read More »
#GivingTuesday was founded in 2012 by New York’s 92nd Street Y in partnership with the United Nations Foundation. Together, with a team of influencers and founding partners, we launched a global movement that has engaged over 10,000 organizations worldwide. So what is Greater Giving doing to bring in the giving? We’re launching our Giving Tuesday Donation Page Contest!… Read More »
Expert’s Guide to Creating an Irresistible Donation Page As you well know, online registration and donations can eliminate a number of headaches for your organization. We’ve put together a list of best practices that can help you get even more out of your online giving pages. Mobile Bidding—Add a Mobile Bidding and FAQ page to… Read More »
Giving Tuesday Google Hangout on Ideas with the Biggest ROI Together with Double the Donation, Giving Tuesday and 92Y’s Kait Sheridan, America’s Charities’ Sarah Ford, and America Scores Bay Area’s Colin Schmidt, Greater Giving brings you a Google+ Hangout on the The Top #GivingTuesday Ideas That Yield The Biggest ROI. The Google Hangout features examples… Read More »
#IceBucketChallenge” Campaign It was pretty incredible, wasn’t it? Over 2,330,000 videos popped up on the web of people dumping buckets of ice over their heads. (I still can’t believe that!) 28M people joined the conversation about Lou Gehrig’s Disease, and ALS raised about $85 million in less than a month. Understandably, achieving this kind of… Read More »
Intermediate’s Guide to Creating an Irresistible Donation Page Now that you have experienced the benefits of online registration and donations, we have a few suggestions for streamlining your processes and increase your revenue even more. Online registration goal—Set a goal to register a percentage of your invitees online. You can determine your target number of online… Read More »
We asked 400 organizations around the U.S. how they’re going to participate this year in #GivingTuesday, and here are the 10 easy Giving Tuesday ideas they gave us: 1. Social media 2. E-blast 3. Announcement on website 4. Video 5. Social media posts with content tied to their annual appeal 6. Match dollars raised 7…. Read More »