Greater Giving

MAY 9, 2024

Webinar Recap: How to Engage Event Volunteers for Fundraising Success Samantha Swaim from Swaim Strategies joined us for a webinar on how to recruit, manage, and engage event volunteers. More than 80% of all volunteers in the nonprofit world donate to the causes they care about. Assign one person to decor and give them a budget.

Fundraising

Greater Giving

JULY 25, 2024

Auction Management: Track package procurement, bids, sales, and payments from our cloud based software. Mobile Giving and Mobile Bidding : Accept donations and bids easily through mobile devices. CFRE Webinars from industry leading professionals.

Fundraising

Greater Giving

JULY 2, 2024

She suggested they refocus all that item solicitation and procurement time on getting sponsors and pledges prior to the event. There was a pause in the middle where an intentional ask was made for donations, and then the event quickly returned to the fun. Are they new, and looking to make more of a transactional donation?

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Greater Giving

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Nicole Bennett of Perry Consulting was kind enough to participate in a webinar discussing the ins and outs of holding profitable silent auctions. The webinar began with a poll that showed more than half of attendees are holding hybrid events —a combination of an in-person auction with an online auction. TIP: Quality over quantity!

Procurement

Qgiv

JUNE 9, 2021

Specifically, for organizations using our Qgiv peer-to-peer platform, we saw the mean donation amount of $87.46 Donate and dare – This is a popular peer-to-peer fundraising strategy that involves participants enticing their friends and family to donate by promising to do a dare if a goal is met.

Fundraising

Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2017

In the US, the Chicago and Portland groups visited their local Microsoft stores to learn how to leverage the Office 365 donation. Webinars are awesome, and so are blog posts — but there's a special magic that happens when we get face to face. We've already scheduled 66 events for June, and the month is just beginning.

Procurement

Qgiv

JUNE 4, 2021

Several even reported that virtual events helped them reach new donors and raise more donations than their previous in-person events did! While face-to-face fundraising can lead to more personal engagements, virtual fundraising comes with many of its own benefits: Provides a simple donation process for donors. Let’s get started.

Fundraising

Greater Giving

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

When setting out to procure auction items, take into consideration that they will likely sell for less than their stated value, so set your fundraising goals (and budget) appropriately. You don’t want to haul unsold items back to the office, and it’s never pleasant to tell an item donor that their donation didn’t sell.

Procurement

Qgiv

JUNE 29, 2021

Watch our webinar here ! All you need to do for an outdoors-themed auction is procure outdoorsy-related items. This type of auction involves participants donating a couple of items on their own to be auctioned off to other attendees. Interested in learning how to attract, cultivate, and wow sponsors? Hollywood-themed Auction.

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