Category Archives: Special Events
Go Easy On The Cheap Champagne
At a recent Pride Philanthropy leadership conference, Senior Partner Jim Lyons made use of citrus, cherry tomatoes, red beans, rice, sand, and cheap champagne to illustrate the relative importance of fundraising activities. In his variation on the “put the big things in first” illustration, the bad bubbly represented special events, which “seemed like a good [...]
Converting Attendees Into Donors
Is your event calendar too crowded? Are you preparing for the next event before the current one is over? Are you counting on events to impact your performance? Are you singing and dancing for every dollar? Or, are you leveraging your events, and maximizing their return? Use your event to recognize contributors, secure vendor and [...]
Why Bother?
Lock a few bright, energetic folks in a room, with instructions to devise a strategy for raising money for a charity, and odds are pretty high that they will create a special event, and a short list of potential corporate sponsors. In addition to events being among the least efficient ways to raise money, seasoned [...]
Charitable Exercise Fever
How many of you have participated in an athletic fundraising event? What about your nonprofit – has your board embraced this charitable “exercise”? Last year 5,863,718 participants in the five largest charity sports events helped generate combined revenue of $827,992,668 for five charities, according to the American Institute of Philanthropy-Run Walk Ride Fundraising Council. American [...]
