Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Not only do you have to pick the type of event, such as a charity golf tournament , gala, or bake sale, but you also have to decide if your event will take place in-person or virtually. To help simplify your nonprofit event planning processes , this guide will evaluate the three most popular event formats: in-person, virtual, and hybrid.

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AccelEvents

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic forced event organizers to make a quick pivot from in-person events to virtual events. Running a successful virtual event is easy if you are willing to learn from the mistakes that you and others have made. Here are 8 virtual event mistakes and some recommendations on what you can do to avoid them!

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AccelEvents

JULY 23, 2020

One of the biggest challenges event planners face when hosting a virtual event is ensuring high levels of audience engagement. Virtual events carry many benefits to event organizers and planners. One style of virtual event production that can resolve this complication is Simulive. If you’ve never heard of Simulive, don’t fret.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

For example, let’s say your nonprofit hosts various events, including Clean the Stream, nature walk-a-thons, and educational workshops. Identify advocates Review reports to find your most active participants. You can categorize (or segment) it to learn about your participants and use that information to take action.

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Marketing for a virtual event is much different than marketing for a physical event, which means you need to make sure your marketing plan is up to snuff. . Promotion Strategies to Use When Marketing Your Virtual Event. Here are some promotion tactics that we recommend: Pre-event live streaming. Sponsored event speech.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 15, 2020

Recent global happenings have turned the event industry on its head and event organizers have been scrambling to save their events and deliver a valuable experience to event attendees, exhibitors, and sponsors alike. But the virtual space is not just limited to virtual staff meetings or social gatherings. Enable Live Chat.

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AccelEvents

JULY 19, 2020

Virtual events have allowed event planners and organizers to avoid canceling events and carry on during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many people attend virtual conferences , trade shows , career fairs , and other similar events hoping to meet other industry professionals and interact with industry thought leaders. Virtual Cocktail Hours.

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AccelEvents

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Since shifting to the virtual event space, event planners have had to come up with creative ways to continue hosting profitable events. Instead of limiting connection and engagement, a virtual fundraising event can strike all the right notes with a target audience while helping the fundraising efforts reach a greater number of people. .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 31, 2020

If you haven’t done so already, update your procedures to collect contact methods and donor information that will facilitate virtual fundraising. Action Item: What data collection improvements can your nonprofit make to improve virtual fundraising? Take a Balanced Approach With Your Revenue Streams and Include Digital Fundraising.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 9, 2020

1) Virtual Events Are Here to Stay. In response, we saw an explosion in the number of events that made the pivot from in-person to virtual. Many of these virtual events were born from a spirit of innovation and resiliency from organizations that were forced to evolve in a matter of days and raise much-needed funds in new ways.

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AccelEvents

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic forced event organizers to make a quick pivot from in-person events to virtual events. Running a successful virtual event is easy if you are willing to learn from the mistakes that you and others have made. Here are 8 virtual event mistakes and some recommendations on what you can do to avoid them!

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AccelEvents

JULY 23, 2020

One of the biggest challenges event planners face when hosting a virtual event is ensuring high levels of audience engagement. Virtual events carry many benefits to event organizers and planners. One style of virtual event production that can resolve this complication is Simulive. If you’ve never heard of Simulive, don’t fret.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 24, 2021

2) Gain fun face time opportunities with virtual events. In-person events are on hold this fundraising event season, but fortunately, streaming tools like Zoom implemented new features throughout the year that make virtually interacting with guests a lot easier and way more fun. 4) Find new, creative ways to show impact.

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AccelEvents

JULY 19, 2020

Virtual events have allowed event planners and organizers to avoid canceling events and carry on during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many people attend virtual conferences , trade shows , career fairs , and other similar events hoping to meet other industry professionals and interact with industry thought leaders. Virtual Cocktail Hours.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 15, 2020

Recent global happenings have turned the event industry on its head and event organizers have been scrambling to save their events and deliver a valuable experience to event attendees, exhibitors, and sponsors alike. But the virtual space is not just limited to virtual staff meetings or social gatherings. Enable Live Chat.

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AccelEvents

JANUARY 13, 2022

Plus, virtual offerings remove airfare and hotel costs from the equation, opening up the opportunity to attend for more people who previously may have faced financial or geographic barriers—a win-win for event organizers and guests alike. By offering virtual access to an event, expect to see your attendee numbers grow.

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AccelEvents

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Many nonprofits have found success in converting the events into a virtual format. This can be done in many different ways, such as hosting the event using live-streaming services or converting the event content into videos for an email sequence. Segment your virtual event promotion. Run a report on previous registrants.

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AccelEvents

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Many nonprofits have found success in converting the events into a virtual format. This can be done in many different ways, such as hosting the event using live-streaming services or converting the event content into videos for an email sequence. Segment your virtual event promotion. Run a report on previous registrants.

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Greater Giving

MAY 28, 2021

Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) Houston , the largest, one-to-one mentoring agency in the country, found those same qualities served them well last year when they needed to quickly switch from hosting their yearly gala to hosting a virtual fundraiser during the pandemic. This resulted in the virtual BIG Taste at Home fundraiser.

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CauseVox

JUNE 9, 2021

Online virtual fundraising is one of the most popular ways for nonprofits to raise money. With the majority of daily activities taking place over the web, it’s no surprise that we’ve also observed a rise in virtual fundraising. Virtual Gala Fundraiser. Here’s where the virtual gala comes in.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 22, 2021

Reviewing their activity wall of donations to personally thank donors. Successful nonprofits diversify their revenue stream by continuing to build a variety of campaign types. Analyze your current revenue streams and see where you can allocate resources to campaigns you may not be currently maximizing.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

At first glance, it may seem impossible to recreate some of these types of events in a virtual format, but with a little creativity and the right fundraising event tools, you might be surprised at the high-quality experiences you can offer for your donors virtually. A Gala is a well-known charity fundraising event. 3) Cooking classes.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 16, 2021

Since your consumers are, often for the first time, interacting with your brand through a virtual event or a hybrid event, it can be difficult to gauge how well your brand is being perceived and the ways your attendees are enjoying the experience. . So, here are 16 reasons why you should choose an all-in-one virtual event software: .

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Greater Giving

JANUARY 4, 2024

Increased Awareness Hosting a donation drive not only raises funds but also increases awareness about your nonprofit’s mission and activities. Diversifying Revenue Streams Relying solely on grants or individual donations can be risky. It’s a platform to share your story and connect with a broader audience.

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Greater Giving

JUNE 24, 2021

Throughout 2020, planners were forced to go online to hold their annual fundraising events virtually when large gatherings were prohibited due to the pandemic. The change required major cuts to their programs, a new focus when working with sponsors, and a drive to make it more inclusive for a broader audience. The Hybrid Event.

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Forj

MAY 13, 2021

In 2020, associations everywhere were faced with a tough decision: pivot to virtual events or cancel their much-anticipated conferences outright. Many organizations had just a few weeks— months if they were lucky— to craft a virtual event to varying degrees of success. 6 Virtual Conferences Lessons Learned for 2021.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

An ever-growing consistent revenue stream, nonprofits would be wise to proactively and enthusiastically promote their monthly giving program. If a nonprofit is not actively promoting thus growing their email list, then there’s a knowledge gap at that organization. 9) Host Virtual Fundraising Events.

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AccelEvents

APRIL 23, 2021

With the rise in virtual events due to the COVID-19 pandemic, more businesses are seeing that virtual platforms can produce high-quality events. With an intuitive virtual event platform , it doesn’t take much to add the extra virtual element to an already live event. Better digitization of virtual attendee data.

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AccelEvents

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

A high-quality event planning software is often fitted with a number of features that are integral to running an event either as an in-person event or online as a hybrid conference or virtual meeting, for example. . Automated event planning and hosting. Facilitate globalized networking.

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AccelEvents

JULY 23, 2021

Be an active form of revenue generation. Hosting your event on a social media platform like Facebook or Twitter, or a video streaming platform like Youtube might make this more difficult, especially if you use those leads for an email marketing campaign. . Create positive opinions about a company, brand, service, or product.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 4, 2023

As they approach or enjoy their retirement years, many from this generation are actively involved in philanthropy, making valuable contributions to charitable causes. This generation is more likely to participate in virtual events, such as online charity streams and challenges. organizations** 11.8%

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AccelEvents

APRIL 23, 2021

With the rise in virtual events, more businesses are seeing that virtual platforms can produce high-quality events. With an intuitive virtual event platform , it doesn’t take much to add the extra virtual element to an already live event. We know that attending a virtual event isn’t always the most fun.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 24, 2021

With events shifting from in-person to virtual and now to hybrid formats, the way attendees experience and interact with event content has also changed. . Both event professionals and attendees believe that virtual event elements are here to stay. And few things embody these qualities more than virtual and hybrid events.

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 1, 2023

These tracks cover innovation, activism, comms, education and tech. Where : Denver, Colorado & virtual conference. Make sure you save time for the sponsor exhibit hall. . Join us for Collaborative: Virtual Sessions and on Classy’s virtual event platform, Classy Live. . Where : Austin, TX & Online (Hybrid).

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Leverage the mutual benefits of corporate partnerships by asking your sponsors to contribute a corporate package or basket to your auction. Streaming service package Streaming services like Netflix and Hulu have millions of subscribers, but many consumers have been dropping these services recently, likely because of rising prices.

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Greater Giving

MAY 25, 2022

You or your team will have to invest time and energy to create advertising content and continue building virtual and in-person engagement. Email streams. Email streams are a series of emails automatically based on a trigger activity performed by a supporter. Goodie bags distributed to guests containing sponsor gifts.

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AccelEvents

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

A high-quality event planning software is often fitted with a number of features that are integral to running an event either as an in-person event or online as a hybrid conference or virtual meeting, for example. . Automated event planning and hosting. Facilitate globalized networking.

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