An effective use of social media can be the biggest driving force behind inspiring giving. Social media has become one of the single most important tools that are available to businesses, and are especially important to charities and third-party organisations who highly value interaction and engagement with donors. Techcrunch highlights that Facebook has over 2 billion monthly active users, ...

Most people think that training is the most difficult hurdle individuals face in the lead up to the marathon, but actually meeting a fundraising sponsorship goal is the biggest challenge. Once you have your financial goal, you should consider these 4 tips to maximise donations.

Hootsuite have finally answered our social media marketing prayers with the ability to compose and schedule Instagram posts from your desktop or the app. This tool will improve time efficiency and enables you to be more strategic with your Instagram campaigns. We've created a handy checklist to ensure you are getting the most out of Instagram, which has over 800 million monthly active users.

Every year, the world experiences new technological breakthroughs with more effective and efficient ways of completing daily tasks and new ways to overcome challenges. It is crucial that the charity sector is able to keep up with the fast-paced environment we live in, utilising the power of digital fundraising and the vast social media world, or it risks falling behind the curve. When ...

Have you considered hosting a fundraising auction to help reach your fundraising goals? Fundraising auctions can be an extremely effective way of hitting your fundraising targets and go a long way towards helping you raise more for your cause than ever before. At Givergy, we have supported 1,500 causes with our exclusive silent auction technology in the last year alone, and this has helped us ...

Valentine's Day is fast approaching, but to create an amazing fundraising campaign, step away from the stereotypical image of loved up couples eating pasta Lady and the Tramp style, whilst singletons are sat at home crying into a tub of Ben & Jerry's. If you're bored of commonly used fundraising methods, like cards and flowers with a percentage of the price donated to your cause, we've found ...

Amazon Alexa, Google Home, Apple HomePod? It doesn’t take a genius to know voice search has finally announced itself on the big stage and has been active for over a year in households across the globe. This begs the question, is your fundraising activity ready for voice search? Have you implemented voice search in your fundraising campaign or integrated it in any shape or form throughout your ...

Givergy Event Managers are part of Givergy Live, our network of experienced event staff who thrive on the pressure and excitement of helping to deliver a live event and are dedicated to raising money for great causes. The work of a Givergy Event Manager begins days before the event, when they are selected to work at one of the multitude of Givergy events for our charity partners.  The events ...

With 2017 at a close we’ve pulled together 10 interesting stats on donor behaviour, which will help you elevate your 2018 strategy. Pensioners are donating online, domain names can increase donations and positive story-telling can help you raise more.