Overview: Properly promoting an event can increase attendance and bring further awareness to sponsors. This session will address the three parts of the promotional cycle. Length: Half day, can be combined with Social Media for a Full-day session Category: Event Marketing Deliverables: How to cultivate attendees through traditional media How to … Continue Reading
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Crowdsourcing. Definition: on-line fundraising platform i.e. First Giving, Crowdrise, Network For Good and Givezooks, that lets a person or nonprofit organization cultivate donations from family and friends. Used in conjunction with social media. Synonyms include on-line fundraising and social fundraising. Vivanista Founder, Layne Gray, conducted a webinar in conjunction with First Giving for over 300 … Continue Reading
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Getting Serious about Planning a Comedy Night Fundraiser… New Jersey funny gal Robin Fox, self-styled “Mother of all Comedians,” makes her living by making people laugh–a lot. This veteran of the comedy circuit has won multiple awards for her silliness, and if you’re anywhere in the northeast United States, she’ll be performing at a comedy … Continue Reading
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Tamara Mendelsohn, VP of Marketing at Eventbrite, took on the task of talking about social media, and how to effectively use it for event promotion. Her discussion could not have come a moment too soon, as the buzz word for this year’s Fundraising Summit was undoubtedly “social media”. With platforms like Twitter, and Facebook becoming … Continue Reading
Marketing and Promotion, Social Media 0 Comments
Soliciting corporate sponsors for any fundraising campaign can be daunting, whether in conjunction with a charitable event or as part of a crowd-sourcing effort; or, the combination of the two. In this one hour webinar, guest speaker Layne Gray outlined the strategic issues facing volunteer organizations and nonprofits in what is becoming an increasingly competitive … Continue Reading
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Have you ever encountered a man with a mustache so epic that it gave you nightmares for a week? I have. If any of you have seen Ron Swanson on NBC’s Parks and Recreation you know what I’m talking about. In the world of men, the perfect mustache is nothing short of legend. It is … Continue Reading
Nonprofit Spotlight, Voluntarism 0 Comments
Moderator Michelle Curtis and panelists Andrew Whelan, CEO of Philanthro, Peyton Cochran, leader of the young professionals organization Bogart Museum, Laura Phenix, founder of a young professionals non-profit network in the Bay Area, and Marsha Monro, leader of the startup non-profits UCSF Partners in Care and UCSF Infusion, discussed young professionals and their relationship to … Continue Reading
Leadership, Summit-Videos, Voluntarism 0 Comments
After a brief break, Vivanista’s Fundraising Summit turned its attention towards the younger ranks of the Bay Area’s philanthropic community, in a discussion on engaging and cultivating teen volunteers. Perhaps it’s San Francisco’s tendencies towards social awareness and activism through programs like Youth Speaks, or the interconnectedness of the Bay Area’s many communities, but in … Continue Reading
Leadership, Summit-Videos, Voluntarism 0 Comments
On November 29, 2011, UNICEF hosted its seventh annual UNICEF Snowflake Ball, a black-tie gala celebrating the lighting of the UNICEF Snowflake and honoring those individuals who have made key contributions to UNICEF’s mission to save and improve children’s lives worldwide. During the evening, UNICEF presented the Spirit of Compassion Award to Mark Grier of … Continue Reading
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