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How to Secure Mega Sponsorships for Your Fundraising Event!

Fundraising event sponsorships are a different animal - but they offer huge potential. I’m pleased to bring the amazing Chris Baylis of the Sponsorship Collective to my readers in this guest post. Chris has wowed my peeps with mind-blowing…

Seven Deadly Sins of Fundraising Events

Events

Oh boy, we’ve all been there. We've seen disasters at fundraising events - little ones and . . . huge ones, haven’t we? Some mistakes ruined the evening’s energy. Others ruined the auction. So don’t make these mistakes at YOUR next…

198 Nonprofit Fundraising Event Tips to Maximize Your Profit

Events

Your fundraising event is a huge amount of work, and it takes countless hours of volunteer and staff time. Let's make sure all this work pays off - so that you make as much money as possible from your event! These tips will help you be…

Top 10 Tips to Make More Money, Have More Fun at Your Fundraising Event

Annual Giving, Events

Fundraising event tips are here! May is Party Month here at Fired-Up Fundraising. Today I'm sharing how to make more money and have more fun with YOUR own fundraising events! We all have events, so let's make them fun and also highly profitable. First:…

Takeaways from #AFPFC in New Orleans

Fundraising Strategy

This week's AFP International Conference in New Orleans (#AFPFC) was full of smart ideas and great learning. That's our new CEO Mike Geiger above with fellow #AFPeep Alice Ferris and me. Here's my annual wrap-up of key takeaways and ideas…

Checklist for Planned Giving: What Tools Do You Really Need?

Planned Giving

Planned giving has gotten a bit of a bad rap. You might think, for instance, that those big planned gifts are out of reach for all but the biggest nonprofits. Fortunately, however, you’d be wrong. The fact is that a smaller organization…

5 Easy Tips for Better Planned Giving Marketing

Planned Giving

Here's some good news! Planned gift marketing does not always have to be difficult. Here are some simple, no-cost adjustments that will dramatically enhance your planned gift marketing efforts and generate more support for your organization. If…

Is Your Nonprofit’s Legacy Society Dreary . . . or Dynamic?

Planned Giving

Do you have a planned giving "Legacy Society?" Most organizations have a gift club or society for keeping contact with those very special planned giving donors. In April, be sure to join our Planned Giving Intensive to help you establish…

Screening Sessions: A Terrific Tool for Major Gift Prospect Research

Donor Cultivation, Major Gift Fundraising

Screening sessions are one of our favorite major gift prospect research tools. Why do we like screening sessions so much? Because the information you obtain is often more up to date, on point and accurate than much of the data you can find…

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How to Secure Mega Sponsorships for Your Fundraising Event!

Seven Deadly Sins of Fundraising Events

198 Nonprofit Fundraising Event Tips to Maximize Your Profit

Top 10 Tips to Make More Money, Have More Fun at Your Fundraising Event

Takeaways from #AFPFC in New Orleans

Checklist for Planned Giving: What Tools Do You Really Need?

5 Easy Tips for Better Planned Giving Marketing

Is Your Nonprofit’s Legacy Society Dreary . . . or Dynamic?

Screening Sessions: A Terrific Tool for Major Gift Prospect Research

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