Events

On May 6 of this year, more than 300,00 donors gave more than $53 million to 7,000 nonprofits in 120 communities as part of Give Local America, making it the largest, single-day charitable crowdfunding event ever. Give Local America and nonprofit crowdfunding and technology provider Kimbia shared these stats and two infographics on Give Local donors.

Aren't your donors worth putting some extra effort into creating events and campaigns that are worth their time and, ultimately, their money?

Is Giving Tuesday about raising awareness or raising money — or both?

Think about ways your organization can partner with others to help those in need. It may stir your passion toward others.

Peer-to-peer fundraising events continue to grow in popularity across the nonprofit sector, and the most common form is the run/walk/ride event. They’re a great way to raise awareness, raise money, and actively engage participants and supporters. Plus, the participants and their friends do a large portion of the fundraising for you.

Announcing the FundRaising Success 2014 Gold Awards for Fundraising Excellence. The 2014 Campaign of the Year Award winner relied heavily on powerful, consistent messaging across multiple channels.

Engage P2P Advisory Board member Cassidy Richards, principal consultant at online marketing agency and a sponsor of Engage P2P Charity Dynamics, shares three ways to successfully incorporate independent fundraising events for your organization.

As fundraisers, you know what goes in to planning an event, but it's easy to overlook how time-consuming certain aspects of actually executing a special event can be. Events software can help alleviate some of those issues and take the stress off the plate of fundraisers and event managers.

This innovative challenge combines the popularity of music competitions and fan voting with donating and fundraising in a very interactive way. Plus, it encourages peer-to-peer sharing and fundraising as well, and clearly aligns with the mission to promote and support music education.

No matter how distinguished your position, when it comes to special events ... sometimes you still have to move tables.