My time at Auctioneer School I recently took a course at Mendenhall School of Auctioneering to become an Auctioneer. I’ve spent the last 6 years working with auctioneers across the U.S. and I have always had great respect for them; after spending 9 days in this class, my respect has quadrupled. Like many other nonprofit volunteers –… Read More »
We’ve gathered some cutting-edge fundraising best practices from experts after an impromptu get together in Portland. The discussion yielded an abundance of tips, fundraising challenges, best practices, and visions for the future of nonprofit technology! Here is a small sneak-peak into what fundraising best practices the group came up with: A comment is an opportunity for supportive activism:… Read More »
We sat down with Greater Giving’s Matthew Spellman, User Experience Designer (UX) to talk about how the company is designing out products to be more user-friendly for clients, as well as discuss tips Nonprofits should keep in mind when designing their campaigns and websites for their donors and supporters. What is a User Experience Designer?… Read More »
Easy Leaderboard Simple Setup To experience our #Leaderboard, copy/paste or type this into your browser: ggo.mobi/lb/OBdemo Leaderboards are a huge value-add, included with Greater Giving Mobile Bidding. Question: What is the Greater Giving Leaderboard? Answer: It’s a link sent to you to display on a screen at your event. Question: How can it be displayed? Answer: On anything… Read More »
Nonprofit Social Media Wrap – June 2014 This month in the nonprofit social media world, Mobile Bidding was again a hot topic. With the fall season looming, and spring events swinging back into the planning stages, non-profit organizations are attending Mobile Bidding seminars, researching success stories, and planning their own foray into this new technological… Read More »
In this month’s Social Media Wrap,many of our top social media posts hit an audience nerve: bringing simple science to your live and silent auctions to make the most fundraising dollars from each auction package. We had a guest post this month by Winspire, discussing how to get the most mileage out of… Read More »
With the spring 2014 release of so many new features added to Greater Giving’s tools, it’s hard for me to know where to start. More detailed notes on the release can be found on the Release Notes section of our Online Help. Per our latest release, I’ve compiled a list of my top five features and… Read More »
http://nas/content/live/ggblog.youtube.com/watch?v=aZ8V0voBtU8&feature I was able to sit down with our very own Mark Wehrmeister, VP of Technology and Operations to talk about what’s under the hood at Greater Giving and his advice on nonprofit technology. What is your role? Mark: My role at Greater Giving is Vice President of Technology and Operations. Why did you choose Greater Giving?… Read More »
Our Resource Library Brought to Life As we launched our Mobile Bidding solution earlier this year, we were reminded how important it is to stay on the cutting edge of technology and interconnectedness. Our current Resource Library is overflowing with tips to raise more funds, ideas for running successful non-profit events, and mountains of our… Read More »