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Simplify, Modernize & Monetize Fundraising Events
Giving Is Growing
U.S. Nonprofit Giving From Individuals
>$265B
4-5% growth per year
2016 Giving USA - Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University
72% of U.S. Nonprofit Giving Comes
From Individuals
(1) From the Chronicle of Philanthropy 2015
(2) Salesforce.org, 2016 Connected Nonprofit Report
87% of people who donate to nonprofits prefer to give in person at events.(1)
Even millennials prefer to donate in person - more than any other generation.(2)
Here’s a Secret: Fundraising is All About
In-person Events
Here’s Another Secret: “Couch Potato” Giving Isn’t For Everyone
In 2016, only 7.2% of fundraising was raised online (excluding grants).
Blackbaud Institute, 2016 Charitable Giving Report
It’s All About Events
Association of Fundraising Professionals, 2014
70%+ of Nonprofits with annual budgets between $250K and $3MM see a net increase in fundraising from events
50%+ of Nonprofits with annual budgets of $3MM+ see a net increase in fundraising
from events
Simplify Your Events
Simplify Modernize Monetize
Simplify: Pre-Event Planning
• Define your event’s purpose
• Set financial goals
• Create an expense budget
Simplify: Pre-Event Planning
• Keep your event within your comfort zone
• Mobilize co-leadership: staff and volunteer(s)
• Set-up event page • Save-the-date • Sponsorships • Pre-event giving • Matching gifts
Modernize Your Events
Simplify Modernize Monetize
Running an entire fundraising event from an Excel spreadsheet is NOT modern
Modernize: Pre-Event
• Use Neon CRM API: • Event Management
(myRollCall) • Email Marketing
(MailChimp) • Accounting
(QuickBooks)
Modernize: Pre-Event• Event organizer(s) needs to
easily manage:
• Multi-level Ticketing • Sponsorship • “Store” Management
(auctions, paddle raise levels, raffle tickets, etc.)
• Tables & Golf Carts • Accounting & Financial
Reporting
Modernize: Pre-Event
(1) DonorDrive, 2016
A responsive mobile event page increases giving by 125%(1)
Modernize: Pre-EventNonprofits may need: • Multi-tiered access to the event level • Oversight & transparency to 3rd-party events
Modernize: Day-of-EventThe day of the event is all about mobile:
• Mobile Check-in & Check-out (biggest stress points to any event)
• Mobile Bidding (pros & cons)
• Mobile Giving / Collections
Monetize Your Events
Simplify Modernize Monetize
Monetize: Why People Give
They want to be part of something
Swaim Strategies, 2016
They want to help change the world
They want to be SEEN giving
Monetize: Pre-event• Sponsorship (with &
without table at event)
• Individual tickets & reservations
• Crowdfunding / Giving (one-time & recurring)
Monetize: Day-of-event
Raffle Tickets Live & Silent Auctions
Monthly Memberships Special Appeals
Monetize: Special Appeal• Asking donors for $$$’s at
an event
• Paddles raise, fund an initiative, scholarship
• Unrestricted funds
Monetize: Special Appeal
Start of Event
About Your Org
Appeal Story
Special Appeal
Awards & Entertainment
Swaim Strategies - Portland, Oregon, 2016
Monetize: Tell Your Story
The most effective special appeals have:
1. A beginning = The Story 2. A middle = The Ask 3. An end = The Collection
Swaim Strategies, 2016
Monetize: The Story• We learn through stories
• Stories connect us to strangers
• Stories create emotional resonance
• In a short video, spotlight someone you’ve helped and share their compelling story
Swaim Strategies, 2016
Monetize: The Ask
• Neither executive director or development director should make the ask
• Have the person from video come to stage to make the ask
• Engage your audience. MAKE ‘EM CRY! (In a good way)
Monetize: The Collection
• Passive (giving cards/envelopes on table)
• Active (paddle raise)
• Active = More $$$’s!
Monetize: Post-EventFinancial Reporting & Tracking
Let’s Chat More!
Brian Kurth [email protected]
503.720.4282
Tim Sarrantonio [email protected] 888.860.6366 x109