The Givesmart Blog
Industry news and trends to keep you moving forward.
10 Unique Charity Event Venues
After partnering in more than 10,000 charity events, the GiveSmart team has seen a variety of interesting, unique, and off-the-beaten-path venues. Most people have been to their fair share of events held at hotels, conference centers or restaurants. To switch things...
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Games for fundraising events
Looking to spice things up at your next event? Games are a great way to raise additional funds, entertain, and keep guests engaged through participation. Raffles and wine pulls are familiar, but we’ve broken down a few more to help jog new ideas. HEADS OR TAILS Guests...
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2018 fundraising trends
The way donors give is ever-changing. We got our team together to reflect and discuss fundraising trends we saw at events across the United States this year.
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Nonprofit end-of-year checklist
It's the time of year for a final checklist! As 2018 comes to a close, a lot of businesses and nonprofit organizations look at what to finalize as we all move towards 2019. For most nonprofits the end of the calendar year is the half-way mark for the fiscal year, so –...
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Increase Attendance at Your Next Event
It’s stressful when your guest count isn't looking how you want it to before an event, but there are a few last-minute things you can do to help increase attendance. Utilize social media and your personal network, and encourage others connected with the...
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Essential Steps for a Text-to-Donate Campaign
Text-to-donate is successful for your organization because it increases reach, collects donor data, raises money, and is executed on all devices. Keep the following tips in mind, and watch the money texts roll in! What is text-to-donate? Text-to-donate is...
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Donor Segmentation: Why it Matters and How to Use it
Data has many uses in the nonprofit world and beyond. Segmenting your donors and catering marketing towards the different segments enables organizations to increase donor retention and donations! Why does donor segmentation matter? There are times each day...
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50+ Fundraising Ideas to Try at your School
If you raise money for a school, you know there are many ways you can fundraise to support programs, scholarships, and more! Whether you’re looking to better involve students, alumni, the community, parents, or teachers in your fundraising...
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Why mobile bidding is an improvement, not a distraction
Many organizations considering the transition to mobile bidding from paper bidding ask us if fundraising technology distracts event guests from being social. They also question if this shift softens the focus on the evening’s cause, detracting...
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Attracting and Retaining Millennials as Donors and Volunteers
To grow your organization, you need to focus on attracting and retaining younger constituents. Many organizations disregard younger audiences, but these groups are growing in both size and income, and are valuable assets to nonprofit...
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New to Nonprofits? Read this first!
Business is business, but anyone working in the nonprofit space will tell you that it’s drastically different than any for-profit company. A new role in a new industry can be overwhelming, so we took to our own team to gather some insight. ...
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How to Create and Use Donor Personas
In marketing, you are always being reminded to create a buyer persona to figure out who your ultimate customer is. In the nonprofit world, you may not have a buyer per se, but you do have a donor. And it is just as important to create a Donor Persona. A...
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Know Your Donors: Studies Say Who Donates the Most
So, you plan this big charity event, and you plan everything down to the last detail. It comes to the night of your event, and you are ecstatic: Until you see the results. That leaderboard definitely didn’t get up where it needed to be. What did you do...
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