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- What donors want: fundraising elements that appeal the most
- Major Gift Donor Development Strategies
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- You asked, we answered. Turn Data into Donations Q+A
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- How to Manage Your Donor Database
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- 50+ Fundraising Ideas to Try at your School
- How to Run Safe & Successful Golf Tournaments During a Pandemic
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- Your questions, answered by our research on donor expectations
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- 4 Tips For A Quick & Easy Silent Auction Checkout
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- Attracting and Retaining Millennials as Donors and Volunteers
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- GiveSmart Receives 2021 TrustRadius Top Rated Awards
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- How to stand out in the crowd on giving days: Spirit of Giving Webinar Q+A
- How to run a successful nonprofit fundraiser when plans change quickly
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- How to engage donors outside of fundraising events
- #GivingTuesday Myths: Busted
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- What makes the silent auction so special for hybrid fundraising
- Empower your online fundraising campaign donors
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- Tracks to Reopening: Self-checkout and contactless item redemption
- Giving USA 2021 report highlights record $471.44 billion to U.S. charities in 2020
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- Best practices for collecting campaign and donor data
- How to run an annual event in 2021
- “Six ways to ensure lasting donor relationships”
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- Small Scale Fundraisers to Run All Year, and an (Actually) Fun Virtual Dance Party
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- Taking the Annual 5k Virtual and Balancing Goals across State Chapters
- Fundraising Showcase – Successful Virtual Fundraising Campaigns
- A Living Room Concert and the Love for Text to Donate
- How One Organization Pivoted at the Break of the Pandemic, and Expanded Their Reach
- Champion fundraisers…and where to find them.
- Raise more funds with virtual sign-up parties
- How nonprofits can utilize social media insights
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- Webinar Q&A: Your pivot to an online fundraiser
- Checklist: Pivoting to a Virtual Fundraising Event
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- FAQ: Year-Round Giving
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- “Fundraisers Wrestling With Tech As Giving Plows Forward”
- How to have fun with your silent auction
- Hybrid fundraisers and how to run them
- How to succeed with virtual fundraising
- Champion fundraisers…and where to find them.
- Virtual Fundraising In 2021
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- Hiring Fundraising Consultants 101: Finding the Right Fit
- Debunking the myths of virtual fundraising
- Live vs. Silent Auctions for Fundraisers
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- How champions virtually raised $25,000 for the American Cancer Society
- How Opening a Previously Exclusive Event Drew National Interest
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- Juneteenth 2020
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- A Small Organization Makes a Big Impact
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- Maintaining Nonprofit Productivity and Positivity During a Crisis
- Heads or tails? Virtual or Live.
- 12 ways to keep volunteers involved with online fundraising
- How To Host An Online Silent Auction
- 10 alternatives for live-experience auction items
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- Promoting and marketing your fundraising campaigns – webinar Q+A
- FAQ: peer-to-peer fundraising
- How appealing is the live appeal?
- School silent auction item ideas
- Nonprofit end-of-year checklist
- Shake up how you give thanks: Gobble Gobble webinar Q+A
- Winning the silent auction: Q+A
- Top 5 silent auction items
- 5 Tips For a Successful Donation Appeal
- Tips to maximize the ROI of fundraising auctions
- Paddle Raises: How To Nail Your Live Appeal
- 3 Wild Ways that Zoos Fundraise
- Running (and winning) the marathon of nonprofit fundraising
- We burned you a mixtape
- How to run a successful silent auction
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- Increase Attendance at Your Next Event
- Essential Steps for a Text-to-Donate Campaign
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- How to Create and Use Donor Personas
- Know Your Donors: Studies Say Who Donates the Most
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- Wrap up 2021 with Creative Fundraising & Stewardship
- Resources for Fraud Protection
- “How to Create Lasting Impact After Giving Tuesday”
- How to Run a Man or a Woman of the Year Campaign
- “Technology moving MKE Black forward with growth plans”
- Which leading lady in comedy matches your fundraising style?
- “Make-A-Wish Wisconsin pushes higher fundraising goals to double its reach”
- How to ask for auction items
- “Donors Are Giving: Strategic Tips On Securing Those Funds For Your Mission”
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- “Number Crunching”
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Resources
- The Best is Yet to Come: Lessons we’ve learned will guide us into 2022 and beyond
- Holidays, Anniversaries, Awareness Days, or National Donut Day
- Fundraising is a Marathon: It’s not how you start, but how you finish
- Be Prepared: Planning Your Backup Strategies
- Big Picture Thinking
- The Spirit of Giving: How to stand out in the crowd on giving days
- Keep calm and fundraise on: Preparing for every outcome
- Creating a bright, new future
- Strengthening your mission through modern fundraising
- Your Route to Success Fundraising Guide
- Stronger Together: The GiveSmart Teams Set You Up for Success in Every Scenario
- Getting on the Route to Fundraising Success
- Alternatives to Golf Fundraising: Bring the FUN to Outdoor Fundraising
- Preparing for contactless check-in and seamless donor experiences
- Donor Segmentation: Defining the Segments and Strategies for Communication
- YUMMY! Involving Food in your Fundraising
- Out in the Wild: Fundraising Campaigns in the Outdoors
- Ultimate Silent Auction Study
- Building The Plane: Virtual and Hybrid Campaigns in 2021
- Building The Plane: Virtual and Hybrid Campaigns in 2021
- Webinar: Sustaining your mission: What's your recurring giving strategy?
- GiveSmart’s Ultimate Study Guide for School Fundraising
- Webinar: #OutsideTheRoom Fundraising Success Episode 21 - Give Your Virtual Event Life
- Webinar: Standing Out in the Crowd - Virtual and Hybrid Campaigns in 2021
- Webinar: #OutsideTheRoom Fundraising Success Webinar Episode 20 - What's Next in Hybrid Events
- Webinar: #OutsideTheRoom Fundraising Success Webinar Series: Episode 19 Working as Partners
- Webinar: Foster Sponsor Relationships
- Webinar: #OutsideTheRoom Fundraising Success Webinar Episode 18 - Formulating Your Success
- Webinar: #OutsideTheRoom Fundraising Success Webinar Series: Episode 17 - Oxford Kids Foundation
- Webinar: #OutsideTheRoom Fundraising Success Episode 16 - Humane Society of Utah
- Webinar: Debunking the Myths of Virtual Fundraising
- The Nitty Gritty: Nuances of an Online Silent Auction
- Webinar: Kickstart 2021
- GiveSmart Product Webinar: Champion Fundraising
- Expand Your Reach: Virtual and Social Ways to Grow
- #OutsideTheRoom Webinar Series: Episode 15 - My Friend's Place
- #OutsideTheRoom Webinar Series: Episode 14 - Attaining & Retaining Donors
- Webinar: Holiday fundraising - Run Your Holiday Fundraisers Virtually
- #OutsideTheRoom Webinar Series: Episode 13 - PENCIL
- #OutsideTheRoom Webinar Series: Episode 12 - St. Mary's School
- Managing More: Campaigns to Close the Gap
- #OutsideTheRoom Webinar Series: Episode 11 - First Tee Delaware
- #OutsideTheRoom Webinar Series: Episode 10 - Crossnore School and Children's Home
- #OutsideTheRoom Webinar Series: Episode 9 - Misericordia
- #OutsideTheRoom Webinar Series: Episode 8 - CURE Childhood Cancer
- Engaging Champions for Your Cause
- #OutsideTheRoom Webinar Series: Episode 7 - Place of Hope
- #OutsideTheRoom Webinar Series: Episode 6 - Chicago Cubs Charities
- #OutsideTheRoom Webinar Series: Episode 5 - Showcase
- #OutsideTheRoom Webinar Series Episode 4 - RMHC
- Hybrid Fundraisers: Creating and Running Successful Campaigns
- #OutsideTheRoom Webinar Series Episode 3 - Girl Scouts
- #OutsideTheRoom Webinar Series: Episode 2 - First Responders Children's Foundation
- #OutsideTheRoom Fundraising Success: Episode 1 - Reach for Resources
- Fundraising Guide: Local Institutions
- Dog Days: Giving Campaigns to Run This Summer
- Webinar: Pivot to Virtual Success - Episode 7
- Connect online with donors today: cultivating and maintaining authentic donor relationships
- Webinar: Your School's Pivot to a Virtual Fundraising Event
- Nonprofit Pivot Success: The Series
- Webinar: Implementing Recurring Giving Strategies
- Webinar: Your Pivot to a Virtual Fundraising Event
- Webinar: Unpacking the Silent Auction
- Creative Campaigns
- Webinar: Promoting and Marketing Your Fundraising Campaigns
- Webinar: Peer-to-Peer Fundraising
- Webinar: Year-Round Giving
- Webinar: Gobble Gobble
- Webinar: Research Study
- School Jam Sessions
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- Signature Event Masterplan
- GiveSmart Mobile Bidding Guide
- New York City Corporate Donation Guide
- Webinar: Turn Data Into Donations
- Webinar: Los Angeles Auction Data Study
- Midwest Corporate Donation Guide
- Accelerating Your Fundraising: Tips & Tricks Los Angeles
- Webinar: Paddles Up: Nailing the Live Appeal
- Jam Sessions
- Webinar: That's So Corporate
- Dallas Corporate Donation Guide
- San Diego Case Study
- Webinar: The New Fiscal Year
- Donor Segmentation Guide
- 3 Missed Opportunities - Webinar
- YMCA - National Case Study Story
- Engage Your Donors Year Round
- Look Back to Look Ahead
- Animal Welfare Fundraising Guide
- Hamilton: Don’t Throw Away Your Shot – A Smart Analytics Case Study
- Corporate Donation Guide
- Fundraising for Hospitals
- Make-A-Wish Colorado: Benefits of Implementing Fundraising Technology
- Case Study: Cancer Kiss My Cooley