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9 Ways to Use Text Messaging for Your Virtual Fundraising Event

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Invite guests to your virtual event by sending fun, friendly text messages that spark interest and make it easy for them to register. Get event registrants hyped before the big day! Send a fundraising appeal and donation link to your text message opt-in list once your virtual event begins and let them know your fundraising goal.

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Client Spotlight: Union County Education Foundation

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Diversifying where their revenue is coming from will help them reach their fundraising goals even if there are attendees that don’t bid. The wine can vary in value, which is what makes this such a fun sub-event for attendees. Before and during the event advertise the wine pull and hype it up.

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Five tips to leverage peer-to-peer fundraising at your association

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Peer-to-peer (P2P) fundraising is quickly becoming a go-to strategy for nonprofits to reach their fundraising goals. Create fun, engaging fundraising campaigns. The flexibility of the P2P platform lets members set goals for how much they want to pledge to an annual event, boosting engagement and encouraging activity in the program.

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How to Hype Homecoming Using Social Media

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Here’s how to get started: Before: Build Hype. Even if you’re focused on attendance goals, remember to make it all about your audience. Event-driven social media is supposed to be fun. If your homecoming alumni and friends are having fun at the event, prompt them to post and share. Start earlier than you want to.

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Mastering Your Virtual or Hybrid Event: Exciting Live Auctions & Appeals – pt. 2

Greater Giving

Make a fun video demonstrating the value of the auction items to get people excited, and shout out the winners on the stream. If you choose to use a live auction in a hybrid or purely virtual event, hype it up. The livestream should feature the need prominently throughout the appeal to remind bidders of the goal.

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12 Ideas for an Unforgettable Virtual Fundraiser

Greater Giving

With new ideas and tweaks to the activities that would typically be included at in-person events, virtual galas can keep fundraising goals on track and even add to more than expected to the annual goal. Speed networking for fun and donations. Encourage them to dress up for the occasion or wear a costume for more fun.

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Build excitement before you ask: Rethink your year-end giving social media plan

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Trivia-based questions are another fun and informative way to engage your followers. The goal here is to build a positive community that wants to support your cause, so you need to be active in it. This compelling mix of content keeps people interested and gets potential supporters hyped up for giving season.