Welcome to the March 2008 issue of the Giving Carnival. The Giving Carnival provides you with the best blog posts on the topic of Giving.
The theme for March 2008 is: Tips For Successful Fundraising Events.
Check out each of the blog posts listed below. Apply one or more of the tips to make your next fundraising event more successful.
A Tale of Two Special Events
by Joanne Fritz
During the worst special event I ever attended, I excused myself and
hung out in the restroom until I thought the guest speaker was probably
done with her awful speech.
She was a well-known actress who thought we would all be as
interested in her life story as she was, including many lurid details.
Her speech seemed to go on forever, making me think the event planners
had either not given her a time limit, or that she had ignored it. more>>
Leadership Tips for Successful Fundraising Events
by Christopher Scott
I really like Roger Carr’s topic for this month’s Giving Carnival. I’ve always believed that principles are important, but small tips are just as important when you add them all together. So I’ve put together Six Leadership Tips for Successful Fundraising Events.
Six Tips for Leaders of Successful Fundraising Events
1) Start Early – I started working on the outline for this article a little more than three weeks before it was due to Roger. I easily could have wrote it the night before the deadline, more>>
Successful Fundraising Event? “Share Why You Care”
by Michael Gibbons
Charity Navigator evaluates over 5,300 of “America’s
largest charities.” [that does not include the thousands more local and
grassroot organizations let alone bake sales, car washes & candy
sales] and you wonder why it’s hard to fundraise, hard to set your cause apart!? The point: Almost all of these are worthy causes with good caring people committed to making them successful. The Problem:
So many good causes and smart people make it very hard for charities to
differentiate and for donors to decide who to support — in fact some
people opt out all together understandably overwhelmed.
So what to do? How do you make YOUR fundraising event successful, more>>
Tips on Fundraising Events
by Marc A. Pitman
I’m not an “events” person but they do seem a necessary evil in our field.
And to be fair, they do have lots of other benefits: visibility, engaging volunteers, etc.
So when I saw that this month’s Giving Carnival topic was “Tips For Successful Fundraising Events,” I knew I had to chime in.
The best tip I ever got about events (other than don’t do them if at all possible!) was: give the event three years before deciding to continue it or not. more>>
Designing Your Event
by Brenda
You’ll be most successful if you’re always thinking of your main
goal as you design your event. Are you trying to thank and recognize,
educate and make a case for support or raise money? Again, clearly
define your goal and design the event from there.
Let’s say you decide that your major donors should see the facility
first hand and understand how their support made it possible. What are
some creative ways to reach your audience? more>>
Fundraising, Grant Writing, Mission-Success, Community Building; It’s All the Same
by Arlene Spencer
Think back to the last donation that you gave. Some issue or cause
concerned you. When you decided which organization, specifically, to
give the donation to, what factors did you consider in choosing which
organization would receive it? What motivated you to eventually give to
the specific organization that you did?
To help you raise more
money for your non profit in an ethical, professional, legal, and
effective method, consider the following logic. more>>
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Roger-
I really enjoyed your topic for this month.
Do we know who is hosting for next month?
Roger, really nice job with the carnival — I am off to read and explore the other selected carnival(ers)
Roger is there a topic set for next month yet?
Thanks of making me look so good this March!
Michael,
Thanks for submitting a post this month. I am glad you are checking out the other posts.
I will announce next month’s host/topic as soon as it is finalized. I will also post it at the Giving Carnival “Google Group.”
Fundraising events are full of fun and usually variety. There are nonprofit fundraising events that involve entire communities, and some that include a smaller group. Usually these fundraising events are fun for most of the people involved. With some great organization,
Dear sir/Madam,
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we hope to co operate with you in all ways possible to help others.
Great information! Really helpful fund raising info.
Our nonprofit group is connected to http://www.nonpfofitshoppingmall.com and it is such an easy way to raise money for our group cause all you have to do is shop. This site is a must-use from anyone in the nonprofit sector!
Thanks for your six leadership funraising tips. If we follow this tips the fundraising event will be full of fun, interesting and enthusiatic …..
Charity Navigator evaluates over 5300 of “America’s largest charities.” [that does not include the thousands more local and grassroot organizations let alone bake sales, car donation & candy sales] and you wonder why it’s hard to .
Very informative blog. Good tips on fundraising events.
I,m a pastor at makara baptist church of 200 members were look 720 orphans in the home.We kindly request for assistece.The hom are in kenya nyanza province sout kisii district bosinange villege.If you can get time you can come over so that you may see it.Thank youn as you will consider our request in christ jesus pastor henry omreo nyasemi
I really appreciate how you have put together a number of articles that give a great over all picture of fundraising for non-profit groups.
I especially like that you have included grant writing, so many non-profit organizations either overlook this important part of fundraising
Great blog, keep up the great writing.
Regards,
Mark South
Excellent article.
Another idea for simple to manage fundraising, also consider Fundraising Discount Cards.
In a nutshell, you buy plastic credit card type cards, which could have your chosen fundraiser logo on the front & approx 12 to 20 local merchants offering discounts on the back, you sell these at a profit (obviously), but also the person buying the card actually has more than the value of the card in discounts – win/win.
I appericiate your all topics..thanks …….telemarketing services
Hi Mr. Carr!
Just wanted to say thank for the link to your blog carnival!! It gave me some good ideas. I can’t wati until the blog carnival!!
Thanks again-
Laura @ 25 Days
*thanks
*I can’t wait until my blog carnival to see what everyone writes
Hey, Great information…Thx 🙂
I,m really interested to partcipate in the programm of those who voluuteers thems selves to help others , mostly orphans , disabilities, aged and others,
my is not solved and trusted to be improved and encouraged in anyway.
I’m sure you will be able to wow your supporters at your next event gathering if you apply the tips from the articles linked above. Just be realistic and cost your event carefully. I always believe that the best fundraising projects are the simplest. Thank you for sharing all of your helpful advice!
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