The MC (or compère) is in a position of immense power for the duration of your fundraising event. They can whip up hype, excitement and competitiveness, all of which are crucial to tactfully highlighting the importance of meeting the fundraising objectives set out for the event.

Want to learn more about how corporate partners can engage their employees to increase funds for charity?

Fundraising, like many things, is most effective when kept simple. Too often we see pledge drives/Fund-A-Need moments struggle to maximize an audience’s potential because of an overcomplicated process or an unclear message.

It’s not easy to create amazing, engaging content over and over again; but it’s vital to keep donors returning to your site, interested in your emails and inspired by your offline marketing collateral. If your company has a graphic designer or even a whole design team, they might be busy working on large campaigns and your one image to be edited may fall into a long line of work.

Saturday 13^th May marked the launch of one of the world’s first contactless donation cars at Brighton’s iconic Fringe Fest! Led by The Nicest Job in Britain and Citroen UK, it was the perfect setting to launch this innovative technology as it attracted 100’s of curious festival goers to the car, raising over £300!

A great way to increase revenue for your upcoming fundraising event is to create a pre-event online auction site.

Sourcing auction items is one of the most challenging things most fundraisers face when planning their event, you can listen to our best practice here, so when you do get your hands on that great item how do you know if it’s actually any good?

Planning and managing a fundraising event can be ‘eventful’ and challenging to say the least. There are numerous moving parts to consider and keep track of, but don’t panic! We have 7 easy to follow tips to not only help you overcome those inevitable fundraising event hurdles, but relieve the stress too!

Join us on April 26th at 1pm EST for a free webinar with our friends at Winspire on how to use data to get the most out of your next fundraising event, presented by industry experts Ian Lauth and Harry Santa-Olalla.

Engaging corporates and major donors to support your fundraising events can be a challenge, and in most cases acquiring sponsors is crucial to the success of the event.