This post is the first in a series designed to teach the fundamentals of email marketing for nonprofits. These posts are based on the Effective Email Engagement for Nonprofits: The… Read more »
Thinking Like a Retail Store, Part 1 — The Silent Auction
This two-part series helps you maximize your revenue and create a memorable experience for your guests by approaching your gala event as if it was a pop-up retail store. This… Read more »
The Auction Control Center
Before mobile bidding, if you wanted to know how much money the auction had made, everyone had to stand around waiting for the report. Sometimes you didn’t even know the… Read more »
Auction Package Description Tips and Best Practices
This information and more comes from our webinar, It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Auction Profits. Auction packages are a great way to maximize your efforts and your revenue…. Read more »
The Pros and Cons of Traditional vs. Online Event Promotion
Discussions about whether to use traditional promotional avenues or emerging online resources to promote your event is a hot topic among event planners with potentially high costs. Choose the wrong… Read more »
Find the Silent Auction Sweet Spot Part Two
In the first article of this two-part series, we looked at the concept of choice overload and reviewed some of the pros and cons related to small auctions with few… Read more »
Event Safety can Easily be Overlooked
At the top of every event planner’s mind is the prevention of unexpected emergencies during their big event. Nobody wants to be faced with having to make a last-minute decision… Read more »
Finding the Silent Auction Sweet Spot
Ask someone for advice on the number of packages needed to make a silent auction truly shine and you might receive a response like, “as many as you can get.”… Read more »
Top 5 Tips on Check-In and Check-Out
They say people form an impression in the first five seconds, and leave with an impression that, once set, is not easily changed. That’s exactly why the presentation and functioning… Read more »
3 Fundraising Habits for Bigger Results and Better Living
The time is always right to implement new ideas into your fundraising approach. Whether you find yourself at the end of a quarter or a fiscal year, consider each milestone… Read more »