Increasing ticket sales is always at the forefront of event planners' minds. There are multiple ways to promote your event and drive ticket sales, including cause marketing, partnering with influencers, and printing posters with QR codes. However, one oft-overlooked...
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Fun Summer A-Thon Ideas to Try
Engage your supporters and raise more funds this summer with a-thons and peer-to-peer! A-thons are a great way to take advantage of the warmer weather and everyone's desire to be outdoors. Plus, a-thons are a natural fit for peer-to-peer fundraising, which means more...
How to Combine an Online Raffle and In-Person Raffle
Online raffles are an easy way for nonprofit organizations raise money. But merging in-person and virtual raffle fundraisers is where it’s at! Most of the thousands of raffles conducted using the Eventgroove fundraising platform are hybrid—that is, a mash up of an...
Power Up Your Event with Cause Marketing
Events bring people together through a shared experience. Supporting a cause works much in the same way—people unite to support something important to them. Pairing the two together is a natural fit. When you partner your event with a good cause, you're doing good for...
5 Community Engagement Strategies for Nonprofits
As a small, grassroots nonprofit organization, community engagement is crucial to achieving your mission and goals. By building relationships with people in your community, you're increasing awareness of your mission. Engagement isn't just important to those who've...
Celebrate Mother’s Day! 6 Event Ideas + Bonus Fundraising Components!
Whether they're our biological mom or like a mom, Mother's Day is a special occasion to celebrate the incredible women in our lives. Everyone will want to do something special the weekend of that Sunday in May (it's on the 14th this year, in case you were wondering!)....
How to Plan a Great Benefit Concert in 7 Steps
Music and fundraising go together like peanut butter and jelly. A charity concert is a great way to unite people, get the word out about the cause, and generate financial support. Plus, there is something special about attending a benefit show and knowing you are...
Peer-to-peer youth sports fundraising ideas + best practices
Whether it's to purchase new team uniforms or to cover travel expenses or facilities fees, youth sports programs need to do a lot of fundraising. How do you keep it fresh and engaging while reaching as many potential donors as possible? Peer-to-peer fundraising!...
6 Fun In-Person + Hybrid Cinco de Mayo Event Ideas!
Every 5th of May, people of Mexican heritage around the world celebrate Cinco de Mayo. This holiday commemorates the Mexican Army's victory over the French Empire in 1862. For the rest of us, it's an opportunity to celebrate the many positive and wonderful aspects of...