7 Fundraising Event Ideas for Nonprofits of All Sizes Plus: See Data on Which Events Produce the Best ROI for Small, Mid-size, and Large Organizations Maybe your nonprofit has never done a fundraising event, or maybe you’re looking to try something new. Either way, figuring out which fundraising event ideas make the most sense for […]
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5 Ideas Nonprofits Can Use to Revive the Economy After COVID
5 Ideas Nonprofits Can Use to Revive the Economy After COVID The Coin Has Flipped – Now Businesses Need Nonprofits to Help Them! Businesses are hurting, and ProActive Content is feeling their pain. While a good portion of our copywriting and strategic consulting work is devoted to nonprofits, we also work with a fair number […]
What Your Fundraising Event Sponsors Really Want, and How to Give It to Them
What Your Fundraising Event Sponsors Really Want, and How to Give It to Them 9 Secrets to Getting More and Bigger Fundraising Event Sponsorships Why do companies sponsor fundraising events? What do they get out of it? Too many nonprofits approach event sponsorship the same flawed way they approach donors – presuming they will just […]
Off-Season Fundraising Ideas that Deepen Donor Loyalty
Off-Season Fundraising Ideas that Deepen Donor Loyalty 9 Things Mid-size and Small Nonprofits Can Do the Rest of the Year If you’re like most nonprofits, your best months for fundraising come at the end of the year. Other times of the year could be called the off-season for fundraising – times when fewer people give, […]
Fundraising Event Volunteer Guide
Fundraising Event Volunteer Guide 10 Ways to Empower Your Event Volunteers and Turn an Average Event into an Unforgettable (and More Profitable) Experience It’s pretty tough to run a nonprofit fundraising event without volunteers. There are simply too many tasks to be done for a paid stuff to handle them all. And everyone knows this. […]
16 Places You Can (and Should) Be Thanking Donors
16 Places You Can (and Should) Be Thanking Donors 6 Ways Donors Give, and How to Thank Them in Each Situation The data is clear: Thanking your donors early, often, and continuously pays you back many times over. Guidestar reports donor research that found that first-time donors who receive a personal thank you within 2 […]
46 Silent Auction Ideas to Boost Revenue and Make Your Gala FUN
46 Silent Auction Ideas to Boost Revenue and Make Your Gala FUN The 2-Question Test to Determine If an Item Is Worth Procuring The more silent auction ideas you have to work with, the easier it will be to procure enough winners to ensure a successful auction without taking too much of your time to […]
Volunteer Survey Reveals: How to Increase Volunteer Motivation at Your Nonprofit
Volunteer Survey Reveals: How to Increase Volunteer Motivation at Your Nonprofit Why This Matters: Because 83% of Volunteers Are Also More Willing to Donate Where They Volunteer Do you understand your volunteers? Do you know what motivates them to give freely of their time to help your nonprofit? Volunteer motivation is critical to understand if […]
9 Fundraising Games to Liven Up Your Next Auction Event
9 Fundraising Games to Liven Up Your Next Auction Event How to Keep Your Guests Excited with New Games and Fun Activities Auction and fundraising games bring fun and excitement to events that sometimes, even with the best of planning and the sincerest of missions, can still sometimes feel like a slog. When recommending auction […]
Wow Your Guests with 8 Next-Level Silent Auction Strategies
Wow Your Guests with 8 Next-Level Silent Auction Strategies Do More Than Just Sell Items. Create a Truly Memorable Guest Experience What’s the top goal of your charity’s silent auction? You probably thought of money. But is that really the #1 goal? Let’s get real – the money you make from your silent auction […]
7 Live Auction Tips for Growth-Obsessed Nonprofit Events
7 Stratospheric Live Auction Tips That Will Make Your Next Event Break All Your Previous Records Grow Your Fundraising Auction Revenue without Increasing Your Costs Your live fundraising auction is one of your primary revenue generators. The whole event brings in a lot of money, but it’s the live auction that’s usually the biggest draw. […]
Guide to Donor Gratitude: How to Thank Your Donors So They Keep Giving Year After Year
Guide to Donor Gratitude: How to Thank Your Donors So They Keep Giving Year After Year When and How to Thank Donors, and What to Say Donor retention is the key to nonprofit stability. Thanking donors is one of your best ways to get there. It’s so simple, but how many nonprofits do it consistently […]
You’ll be Shocked to See How Much Money Is Leaking from Your Fundraising Auction
You’ll be Shocked to See How Much Money Is Leaking from Your Fundraising Auction 8 Auction Revenue Sources and 3 Advanced Marketing Secrets To extract the maximum revenue from your fundraising auction demands your creative attention on two different tiers. Tier One includes auction activities common to many events. If your nonprofit does annual fundraising […]
How Your Nonprofit Can Keep Your Volunteers Even If They Move Across the Country
9 Nearly Free Volunteer Retention Tactics Hardly Any Nonprofits Are Using For nonprofits, your volunteers are like the loyal customers a business comes to rely on. And volunteers can leave in much the same manner as customers – without a word. Your best volunteer ever can pull a Keyzer Soze with no warning. Like that, […]
5 Fundraising Auction Failures – Real Case Study
Fundraising Auction Failures: How One Nonprofit Bungled Their Auction to the Tune of Losing $100,000 Fundraising auctions that are worth the effort need to do more than just make some money. They need to collect all the money people showed up expecting to give. Don’t miss that point. People come to fundraising auctions expecting […]
The Ultimate Fundraising Case Study – Idea-Packed Fundraising Book
The Ultimate Fundraising Case Study Is Here! New Book Asks: Is Your Nonprofit Ready to Stop Figuring All This Out On Your Own? Read 5-Star Review Here! #TheUltimateFundraisingCaseStudy Good case studies have immense value. They tell a story of what someone else has done to solve a problem or achieve a goal. If you’re trying […]
3 Simple Fundraising Tips: Don’t leave your donors hanging
3 Simple Fundraising Tips: Don’t Leave Your Donors Hanging Sometimes it’s hard to figure out why a fundraising attempt falls short of the goal. It seems like you promoted it well enough. You thought the loyal supporters would come through. But for some reason, it didn’t happen. Even for experienced nonprofit professionals, sometimes the best […]
Our Non-Profit Just Held a Fundraising Event. Now What?
Do Not Neglect: 3 Steps You Must Take After Every Fundraising Event A lot of work goes into planning and executing a successful fundraising event. Whether it’s a scavenger hunt, a rally, a walk, an auction, or something else specific to your area of influence, your staff does a lot of legwork to make it […]
