The Latest (Most Awesome) Auction Item Ideas Get started early when putting your procurement target list together and think outside of the box for auction item ideas. The list below… Read More »
Fundraising Tips & Tricks
Excerpt From: How Do You Spell Fundraising Success?
Excerpt of Chapter 2 A HIGHER BID How to Transform Special Event Fundraising Success with Strategic Benefit Auctions Are fundraisers, charity galas, and benefit auctions right for you? In most… Read More »
Set-up Check-in for Event Night Success
Here’s to setting up your check-in for event night success On event night, guests want to quickly and efficiently enter your event and let the fun begin, which makes setting… Read More »
Guest Post: 5 Ways to Market Matching Gifts
Five Easy Ways to Market Matching Gifts If money is given to a nonprofit but no matching gift appeal is made, the nonprofit will most likely not receive the maximum… Read More »
Evaluating Event Success
How to Evaluate Event Success The event is over and guests have gone home. For the sake of your volunteers, donors, organization, and board, it’s time to evaluate your success… Read More »
How to Create a Fundraiser Facebook Event Quickly, Effectively, and Easily
How to Promote Your Event on Facebook Whether or not you’re audience and donor-base are on Facebook, you should have an event listed for your fundraiser for three reasons: it’s… Read More »
Guest Post: Creative Fundraising Captures Revenue
Silent auctions, live auctions, and fund-a-need presentations—these are fairly reliable fundraising methods. They are also quite common. Guests won’t be surprised to encounter them, and subsequently may not be inspired… Read More »
How to Mobile Bid: Explain Mobile Bidding to Guests
PS 9 included a “How to Mobile Bid” page in their auction catalog for their 2015 auction. How to Mobile Bid When you register your mobile number at check-in: You… Read More »
Find and Recruit Volunteers for the Job
To find and recruit volunteers (and skilled ones at that) takes a significant investment of time and effort—so once you acquire that fantastic volunteer, foster a culture of engagement and appreciation to keep… Read More »
Raise More with Responsive Design
Computing is becoming increasingly mobile. In fact, analysts predict more tablets will be shipped in 2015 than desktop PCs. More people are using their smartphones and tablets to research information,… Read More »