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9 Ways to Use Text Messaging for Your Virtual Fundraising Event

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By harnessing the convenience of the mobile phones donors use daily, you can transform your virtual fundraising events into engaging, revenue-boosting opportunities. 1) Promote your virtual fundraising event. We’d love it if you could help us with our virtual gala on March 20. Get event registrants hyped before the big day!

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12 Ideas for an Unforgettable Virtual Fundraiser

Greater Giving

Fundraising through a virtual gala has proven to be an effective way to connect with donors and get them excited about your mission. 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.

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

Nimble AMS

With innovative P2P solutions, your association can optimize the fundraising process, letting sponsors create personalized pages to collect donations from family and friends. Sponsors fundraise by sharing their links on social media or through emails. Connect with new donors. Create fun, engaging fundraising campaigns.

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11 Creative Charity Fundraising Event Ideas

CauseVox

Catalogue for Philanthropy made use of Giving Tuesday Now (a national fundraising day to support nonprofits through COVID) to hype up their own one-day giving event online. Ask local businesses to sponsor a team, or get people to fundraise to fund their participation like The First Tee of Greater St.

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Top 11 Tips for Hosting a Virtual Conference

AccelEvents

Nationwide stay at home orders and continued concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic have led many businesses and event planners to shift from physical events to a virtual format. . There are many benefits to this move but running a successful virtual conference requires more than just an understanding of video conferencing tools. .

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NONPROFIT FUNDRAISING IN 2022: Will virtual events stick around?

Greater Giving

Virtual events allowed nonprofits to reach more new donors than ever before. Events moved online, and livestreams brought entertainment and inspiration to virtual guests while they bid in online auctions. In 2020, nearly 80% of nonprofits said they replaced an in-person gala with a virtual event. Virtual events bring in donors!

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Best Practices for Running a Virtual Conference

AccelEvents

Whether you are a seasoned event organizer or brand new to the industry, the move away from physical conferences toward virtual or online conferences can feel challenging at best. The rapid spread of the coronavirus may have made virtual events necessary, but the truth is that their implementation has been trending upward for years.

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