These complimentary on-demand web seminars are packed with information and tips to improve fundraising. Below is a brief description and link to register or learn more.
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Walk-a-thons. Bike-a-thons. Ski-a-thons. Dance-a-thons. Bowl-a-thons. Creative, fun ideas for a-thons are plentiful. But once you get the idea, what then? A-thons may be less complex to plan and execute than a gala fundraiser, but they have the added complexity of relying on participants to generate revenue. This informational, 60 minute, on-demand webinar will help you understand what’s required to successfully plan and execute an a-thon.
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Running an online auction expands your bidder community and helps you raise more money. When run with a live auction, an online auction can also increase participation in a live event; when run as a stand-alone, an online auction can also increase your donor community. Join Greater Giving and Jon Carson, CEO of cMarket/BiddingForGood as we discuss online auction best practice to help you get ready for the holiday online giving season.
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Online publishing and discussion—generally referred to as ‘social networking’—is becoming a significant influence on public thinking. This informational, 60 minute, on-demand webinar will help you understand how to turn this phenomenon to your advantage while maintaining existing commitments to donors, constituents, and your mission.
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This informational, 60 minute, on-demand webinar will help you understand the importance of engaging your audience and establishing empathy, from self-appraisal through strategy, tactical planning and execution.
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This informational, 60 minute, on-demand webinar will help you with audience communication strategies, web presence and online giving best practices.
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This 55 minute, on-demand web seminar offers ideas to help you improve your event and handle the auction challenges experienced by most organizations. Part 1, Planning for Success, offers tips on setting your timeline, goals and budget, and building a team and sponsor relations.
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This 60 minute, on-demand web seminar offers ideas to help you improve your event and handle the auction challenges experienced by most organizations. Part 2, Getting the Best Value, offers tips on selecting a venue and professional services, marketing your event, integrating online and live events, audience development, and procurement and item yield.
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This 60 minute, on-demand web seminar offers ideas to help you improve your event and handle the auction challenges experienced by most organizations. Part 3, Optimizing Your Event, offers tips on event setup and timing, live and silent auction best practices, volunteer management, and registration, checkout, pickup and post-event activities.
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This informational, 90 minute, on-demand webinar will help you understand how to approach procurement from a strategic perspective, including timing, audience development, and item placement.
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This informational, 60 minute, on-demand webinar will help you understand best practice for procurement tactics, including committee assignments, timeline and execution planning, item placement, and packaging
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This informational, 90 minute, on-demand webinar will help you understand the unique challenges facing school auctions and provide techniques to help you overcome those challenges, reduce stress, and increase auction revenue.
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Attracting and signing sponsors for your gala or a-thon is mission-critical. Supportive sponsors can turn a run-of-the-mill fundraising effort into a home run. But after the event, what then? By extending a sponsor relationship beyond your event, you—and your sponsor—can reap significant rewards. Join Greater Giving and a panel of experts as we explore sponsorship issues from the nonprofit and sponsors’ point of view.
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Improving event results from year-to-year requires a process and solutions that are unique to each organization. Through interviews with a variety of organizations, we’ve built an approach for auditing past events to determine how to achieve revenue growth at your next fundraiser and how to apply those growth strategies.
This webinar’s panel is composed of fundraising experts from a variety of nonprofit organizations that have enjoyed double-digit event revenue growth in recent years, despite the economic downturn. Each event team developed solutions unique to their organization’s challenges and will share the techniques that worked for them—and can work for you.