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5 Essential Facts to Learn About Your Event Attendees

What do you know about your event attendees? Community events are an essential component of fundraising success. They bring your supporters together, spread valuable information about the good work your organization does on a daily basis, and give you the chance to interact with key donors face-to-face. While events tend to come with inevitable coordination […]

Filed Under: Blog, Fundraising events Tagged With: donor relationships, fundraising events Leave a Comment

4 Ways to Recruit and Retain Volunteers for Your Fundraising Event

Four tips to recruit and retain volunteers for your fundraising event Thinking about a fundraising event? If you run a nonprofit, you may not have the budget to pay for a huge team. As a result, pulling off a fundraising event may take a significant amount of time. You need help. So, you may be […]

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8 reasons fundraising events suck

8 reasons fundraising events suck. (And why they don’t) I haven’t written much about fundraising events. That’s because they’ve usually felt necessary, but not particularly interesting. Let’s be honest: rare are the people who look forward to planning and throwing a gala. Rare are the people energized by finding sponsors. And rare are the people […]

Filed Under: Blog, Fundraising events Tagged With: Donors, events, gala 3 Comments

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