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Does Your School Fundraising Event Need A COVID Waiver?

Fundraising events are important to schools for many reasons—like raising enough money to throw junior prom, ensuring the orchestra gets to go on an annual... Read More

23 Jul 2021

Daryl McCarl

4 Easy Ways to Raise Money for Your School

Raising money for your school requires organized fundraising campaigns, a giving community, and a little bit of creativity. Thankfully, not every fundraiser needs months of... Read More

23 Jul 2021

Korri Piper

Inspiring School Website Design Ideas: 3 Real-World Examples

Today, most organizations are expected to have modern, sophisticated websites. While few of us are web design experts, creating an inspiring website is well within... Read More

23 Jul 2021

Murad Bushnaq

Why Afterschool Programs are Needed Now More Than Ever

Today’s article covers a vital component of many children and parent’s lives - afterschool programs. With the expertise he’s gained as the creator of CommunityPass... Read More

23 Jul 2021

Roger Devine

Marketing for School Fundraising Events: A Crash Course

Whether you’re a parent of a student or a faculty or staff member, you’ve likely faced the stress that comes with running a successful school... Read More

23 Jul 2021

Roger Devine

This guide will cover four tips for leveraging prospect research for your virtual gala.

Leveraging Prospect Research for Your Virtual Gala: 4 Tips

The COVID-19 pandemic gave nonprofits an opportunity to explore new ways of engaging donors—most notably, through virtual events such as galas. And now that the... Read More

23 Jul 2021

Sandra Davis

Procuring During A Pandemic, Part 2

Let’s talk about how procuring auction items has changed in the time of COVID-19. Read More

10 Jun 2020

Roger Devine

Make More Money At Your Auction With Data, Part 2: Supporters

In our last post, we discussed how to use Item data from your previous event(s) to improve your procurement and pricing strategies and make more... Read More

03 Jun 2020

Roger Devine

Make More Money At Your Auction With Data, Part 1: Items

Every auction generates data. You probably already review your sales data to gauge the success of your events. But delving even deeper into your data... Read More

03 Jun 2020

Roger Devine

How To Invite Bidders To Your Online Auction

For obvious reasons (we’re looking at you, Covid-19), we’re focusing our blogging on online auctions these days. Many of you are converting your galas to... Read More