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August 18, 2023

9 Fundraising Event Mistakes You Don’t Want to Make

We’ve seen a few common mistakes nonprofits make when planning their events that can negatively impact their results. To help ensure you’re not making those same missteps, we’re sharing the top nine mistakes we’ve noticed nonprofits make and the easy solutions to overcoming them.

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March 20, 2023

How to Fundraise Effectively During Event Season [Top Tips]

Event season is quickly approaching. Is your fundraising organization prepared? According to Double the Donation…

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March 8, 2023

An Event Day in the Life of a Fundraising Director

Event day is a long, exciting, fun, and draining day. Whether you’re hosting a distinguished…

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September 6, 2022

Why You Should Have Both Fundraising and Donor Management Software

Whether you’re raising money for a widespread cause or funding your nonprofit, fundraisers allow you…

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June 14, 2022

Auction Off an Immediate, Exclusive Experience

Few things sink a fundraising director’s heart more than looking toward the bar or food tables and seeing your dedicated, generous donors waiting in long lines. Eliminate the wait. 

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October 27, 2021

What to consider before selecting your event ticketing software

Selling tickets to customers is one of the most crucial steps in the fundraising process….

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August 10, 2021

How to empower donors at your annual event

Donors are one of the most valuable pieces of a nonprofit or other organization. They…

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July 22, 2021

How to increase recurring donations for nonprofits

Many nonprofit organizations succeed at getting donors to contribute to their causes — the first…

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7 tips to get more online donations for your nonprofit
July 7, 2021

7 tips to get more online donations for your nonprofit

Online donations are outstanding opportunities for your nonprofit. So much of the world is online,…

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5 ways to make the most of your online donation platform
July 2, 2021

5 ways to make the most of your online donation platform

When you use an online donation platform, your main goal is donor retention. The average…

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June 30, 2021

GiveSmart Receives 2021 TrustRadius Top Rated Awards

GiveSmart has been recognized by the 2021 TrustRadius Awards as a Top Rated product in the Event Management and Virtual Event categories.

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June 21, 2021

Tracks to reopening: Self-check-in

Your guests came to your event to support your mission. Make their experience even better with contactless check-in.

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What our clients say

We needed a platform to make sales online and to track and display ads for our sponsors. GiveSmart was perfect. We ended up making close to $15,000 more than we had hoped for. Definite better ROI than we anticipated. The interface is easy to use and provides plenty of options to get help if needed.

Michelle M.

The Rotary Club of South Whidbey Island

Using GS has created ease in auction bookkeeping, payments, and generating post-event thank you/tax letters. While we were online during COVID, our interactions with our GiveSmart via phone, email, and zoom were seamless. A representative always got back to us within the day. I would recommend GiveSmart to anyone doing a large online event.

Julie G.

MicroFinancing Partners in Africa

GiveSmart is highly flexible - you can use it for [a] simple registration and check-in, to full-scale galas with complex order forms, onsite upsells, live auctions, seating management, and more.

Jamie F.

Hope Chest for Breast Cancer

GiveSmart is easy to use and ideal for virtual events and can be used for in-person events to manage the silent auction, seating charts, and check-in to the event. Being able to use the platform for unlimited events within the contract year is very useful and being able to add other users and volunteers for different levels of access is helpful as well.

Dawn L.

Literacy Coalition of Palm Beach County