Events

Here's the good, the bad and the real opportunity of the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge that has taken on a life of its own and brought in more than $100 million for the ALS Association.

Online fundraising platform RallyBound recently unveiled the "Top 5 Wildest Nonprofit Fundraisers," highlighting five extremely creative — and successful — peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns.

Inviting major donors to an event defeats the requirement of creating personal, cause-connected relationships with them and results in raising less money from those who attend.

As FundRaising Success gears up for the ninth annual Gold Awards for Fundraising Excellence, take a look back at the 2011 Multichannel Campaign of the Year from MSPCA and DaVinci Direct.

At the 2014 Bridge Conference, three fundraising professionals provided a checklist for launching a peer-to-peer fundraising run/walk/ride event. In their session "From Zero to 5K in 10 Months: The ABCs of Launching a Peer-to-Peer Based Run/Walk or Bike Ride," Sharon Kessler, interim director of special events at Children's National Medical Center Foundation; Hossein Noshirvani, executive VP and co-founder of Mationsoft; and Philip Schmitz, partner and CEO of CharityEngine, shared their insights.

Let the software do most of the work so you can concentrate on ensuring the most success for your fundraising events. Here are five ways event management software can make your job easier.

The goal of any fundraising event is to raise money for a worthy cause. However, according to the recently released 2014 Special Events Report from the Association of Fundraising Professionals, raising awareness and education is also an important goal of fundraising events.

As FundRaising Success gears up for the ninth annual Gold Awards for Fundraising Excellence, take a look back at last year's Special Events Campaign of the Year from Monmouth University.

Social fundraising provider RallyBound recently released this handy infographic of the "Top 10 Single Largest Nonprofit Fundraising Events," all of which include peer-to-peer fundraising. The list is based on the total fundraising results from 2013 for each event.

As FundRaising Success gears up for the ninth annual Gold Awards for Fundraising Excellence, take a look back at 2011's Special Events Campaign of the Year from American Jewish World Service (AJWS).