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JUNE 5, 2012

Are you asking the right questions in your P2P post event surveys? . This Thursday Jennifer Ashbaugh from Big Brothers Big Sisters will help answer this very important question “ are you asking the right questions in your post event survey ?”.

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MAY 24, 2011

Today I want to spend a little time thinking about the most important type of participant in your fundraising event (i.e. Even if you don’t have an event committee, you have potential committee members. You cannot be a semi-established NPO or run a moderately successful fundraising event without them. Run, Walk, Ride, etc).

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JUNE 1, 2011

Across thousands of peer to peer event fundraising sites that are optimized for mobile traffic. Looking for information on increasing peer-t0-peer event fundraising revenue? Peer-to-Peer Event Fundraising Consumer Survey. Raising More Money Online with Independent Fundraising Events. Across hundreds of customers.

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JANUARY 26, 2010

Blackbaud and Event 360 have released a new white paper based on a joint research project to better understand the common denominators of a successful programmatic approach to third-party fundraising.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2009

At October's Blackbaud UK Relationship Management conference, I discussed Challenge Event Fundraising and the best ways to get the most out of these events. I'd like to share some of the findings but first some background.

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DECEMBER 1, 2009

Blackbaud is offering a free online event fundraising web seminar series from Dec. 14 to 18 to help nonprofits run successful online events.

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AUGUST 3, 2009

Some time has passed since Twitter and Facebook integrations were released for Blackbaud Sphere Events. In a previous post we asked “Is Twitter important for Event participants?” and found that it likely was a feasible channel to cultivate and solicit donors.

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MAY 18, 2009

A recent article in the Boston Globe, entitled “Downturn slows elite charity events” has been widely circulated around the event fundraising circles.

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JULY 21, 2009

few months ago Nick Rongione, Blackbaud’s Product Marketing Manager, and I challenged ourselves to find EASIEST way for event fundraising customers to leverage Facebook for peer to peer fundraising. First a little background.A

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OCTOBER 26, 2012

This year, one of the strongest fundraising trends we’ve seen is for nonprofits to cultivate “third …

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APRIL 6, 2009

So a few months back Chris Brogan started a series of “day in the life” portraits of fictional people that might use social media in their work. I thought to myself, ‘This is a great idea, but where is the portrait of the nonprofit professional?’ So I decided to try my hand at it myself. Thanks for the idea Chris!

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JUNE 2, 2011

Register for our Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Events Newsletter and get a monthly dose of quality content. This strategy has been user by fundraising event programs for years. Participants receive incentives like travel arrangements and training for a world-class event for reaching their fundraising goal. Preferred parking spot.

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MAY 17, 2011

Over the past five years peer-to-peer fundraising (aka social fundraising, event fundraising or friendraising) revenue has more than doubled online – reaching close to the billion-dollar mark. Peer-to-Peer Event Fundraising Consumer Survey. Raising More Money Online with Independent Fundraising Events.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Register for our Event Fundraising eNewsletter to receive more practical fundraising tips like these in your inbox. Click Here to Sign-Up and get 5 FREE Event Fundraising Whitepapers! Experience shows us that only 40% of your 2011 fundraisers will return for next year’s event. That’s a challenging number to digest.

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AUGUST 23, 2011

Register for our Event Fundraising eNewsletter to receive more practical fundraising tips like these in your inbox. Every organization (and by that I mean the dedicated staff) that runs some version of a peer-to-peer fundraising event wants to help their participants be better fundraisers. Make sure your event is all about your cause.

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OCTOBER 5, 2009

As an extension to Frank’s post on LIVE STRONG Day , I’d like to discuss another aspect of Lance Armstrong Foundation’s grassroots efforts. Over the past few years, LAF has cultivated a successful program for independent fundraisers called Grassroots Fundraising. This program has become an important extension of the LIVE STRONG Day program.

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MAY 19, 2011

Whether it’s your first fundraising event, or tenth, helping supporters be great peer-to-peer fundraisers is always on the mind of successful event fundraising organizations. Provide peer-to-peer fundraisers with easy access to information and resources they can use to fundraiser for your event. 2) Educate. 3) Involve.

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MAY 25, 2011

For example, The Ride For Roswell event has seen an increase from $330,000 to $2.8 Explain which types of fundraising events are most efficient. Recommend focusing on events that raise the most money for the least amount of work. If it’s an annual event or program, you want these fundraisers back each year.

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AUGUST 8, 2011

Meet your new Aunt Mabels – In your event or campaign planning, make sure that you’re spending time with your leaders or influencers (ie through a team captain training or a volunteer/group meeting). Once you’ve identified your organization’s need, it’s often easy to pick out your first Aunt Mabel. Train your Aunt Mabels.

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JULY 28, 2011

Register for our monthly Event Fundraising eNewsletter to receive more practical fundraising tips like these in your inbox. Especially as the time you have to fundraise for the event runs down. There is nothing like the camaraderie of doing an athletic event with family, friends and co-workers. Register Now ! Form a List.

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MAY 10, 2011

The one question that keeps event directors and development officers awake at night. You know your participants are committed because they register for your event year-after year. Here’s three of the biggest reason’s why your event participants aren’t reaching their fundraising potential. —

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DECEMBER 13, 2010

Though your top peer-to-peer fundraisers can often account for one-third to half of the total amount raised, how much are they actually involved in your event? Let them know their input is important, and make it easy for them to feel involved and invested in the success of the event. Update them on the final event results.

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MAY 8, 2012

Then have the last pin link to a donation or new event page. If you have team fundraisers as part of your race event, you can pin pictures of those teams with a direct link to their fundraising site. Events are always great picture opportunities. Pin a thank you page. Run anyone? Dance anyone? Or golf, or eat?

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JULY 18, 2011

It’s a great time to start fundraising contests if you’re managing or helping run a fall fundraising event. Hold a contest that asks participants to upload a video to YouTube that tells you why they run/walk/ride in your event. Guest post by Amy Braiterman from [link]. In fact, I bet you’re already planning a few.

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JUNE 26, 2012

We already see nonprofits that host run, walk, and ride events prove this concept works as the top 30 alone have generated $1.69 Interestingly many organizations note that these “3rd party” donors are often more motivated by the ask from a person they know and less by the mission of the organization or the event itself.

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JULY 12, 2011

Facebook Increases Event Turnout. Interestingly, over 70% of nonprofit staff respondents saw the most success attracting new event attendees. Staff said that Facebook helped build enthusiasm for events when people reposted the info and shared it with friends. Facebook Is Not a Good Tool for Donor Acquisition or Volunteerism.

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JULY 27, 2011

Event based fundraising has grown in incredible ways over the years. According to the Run Walk Ride fundraising council “The top thirty “thon” or event fundraising programs generated $1.65 billion in gross revenue for charity last year, up $28.1 million or 1.74% from 2009 levels&#. Integrated Reporting.

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MAY 12, 2011

Twitter – 140 characters isn’t a lot of real estate, but if event managers allowed participants to link their Twitter account to their personal fundraising page, those participants could engage their Twitter network with fundraising updates and a link back to their page so people can donate.

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FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Register for our Event Fundraising eNewsletter to receive more practical fundraising tips like these in your inbox. We’ve touched on task-based event fundraising contest here before, but because this way of motivating your supporters is so effective we thought it was time to0 revisit the topic in more details. Register Now !

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NOVEMBER 29, 2011

Several of our Blackbaud nonprofit customers have recently had incredible success using a personalized approach to email: 1) An animal rights organization doubled click-through rates by personalizing an event email invitation with: The last year people attended. How much the event raised that year. Analyze the stats of previous emails.

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JUNE 23, 2011

Crafting a strong communication strategy is the driving force behind a successful fundraising campaign – especially in the event fundraising space. The last thing that must be done when any fundraising campaign or event comes to an end – the thank you! Communication Strategy.

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JULY 13, 2011

The usage of hashtags and links have been widely adopted by Twitter users and can allow for remote conversations and event participation. Consider starting with engaging event fundraisers and providing tools such as AddThis or ShareThis for them to promote their fundraising efforts on their own social networks. Social Fundraising.

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MARCH 3, 2011

When The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network was brainstorming ideas for their awareness event at an L.A. Since most of the attendees at this event would be new to the organization, they thought this was a great chance to beta test the technology. As the event unfolded, it quickly became clear which technology was getting more attention.

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MARCH 22, 2011

I gotta hand it to Holly Ross and the tireless NTEN team for putting on yet another fantastic event! While listening is critical at an event like NTC, it’s also a key function back in the offices of our nonprofits. Listening to our supporters can help in so many ways, and social media has made it extremely easy to so.

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MAY 23, 2012

Some people are starting to call it “Crowdsource Fundraising” But haven’t we been doing “crowdsourcing” for a little longer than 5 years in the event fundraising space? I like to think of it as what we “used to” refer to as peer-to-peer fundraising or P2P (you know, used to, like in 2011).

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JANUARY 31, 2011

Someone who just donated to your organization, signed up for an event, purchased a product or became a member is clearly engaged enough to look at the message they receive from you shortly after completing one of the above actions. So why are you failing to take advantage of this incredible opportunity?

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MAY 24, 2011

Get your events staff commenting on how they’re putting events together and how things are going (a whole new event may just spring up if you allow supporters to comment on their likes/dislikes and ideas!). Get your field staff to blog about their experiences in the field.

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