By Katie Zupancic Wymer Last week, I had the honor of attending the Classy Collaborative, a three-day conference focused on social impact. Together, 1,200 changemakers explored trends in philanthropy, social entrepreneurship, fundraising, cause marketing, digital marketing, and corporate social responsibility. Throughout the different panel discussions, case studies, and…
By Alyssa Curran Most of the world loves dogs, but how many people can say their dog helped them get a job? Will B. of Chicago can. And he has Checkmate―a spry black Labrador pit bull mix, a ‘shelter special’―to thank for it. Will was looking to make a career……
All across the U.S. today―and even around the globe―people are celebrating their passion for running. Yep, there’s a day for that. Today is #NationalRunningDay ! So it seems like the appropriate (if not perfect) time to mention that Event 360 is attending the Classy Collaborative next week… Read…
By Kaleigh Glaza Instagram’s growing success and influence (experts estimate it will reach 1 billion users in 2018) has led it to be the social media platform to be on. Whether you’re an individual, brand, event, cause or otherwise, Instagram can help you tell your story and grow your reach.…
By Janelle Benuska In today’s busy landscape of time commitments and to-dos, many of our partners have questioned whether their race should offer, or continue to offer, a packet pick-up or early check-in event(s) for participants. As with most things related to what participants want, need and expect, the answer……
By Suzanne Mooney I first saw J.D. at the opening ceremony of Challenge Walk MS: Savannah. Slade Thompson and I had flown to Georgia to observe the three-day, 50-mile walk as part of an event audit we are doing for the National Multiple Sclerosis… Read More
By Robin Shapiro Event work is tough! Lifting cases of water, putting up pop-ups, long hours on your feet―often in direct sunlight or pouring rain―can take its toll on your event staff and volunteers alike. If you are like us, you have loyal volunteers who have served with you for……
By Janelle Benuska On March 19, the Event 360 team assembled in Fort Lauderdale to produce the 13th Annual Florida AIDS Walk & Music Festival for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF). This year’s event was a smash―3,000 participants and more than $2 million raised for 10 local nonprofit organizations providing……
By Kat Thomas “How do we increase our festival’s survey score results?” That’s the million-dollar question that every event asks each year. And if you’re not asking that, you should be! Using a post-event survey to gather the feedback is a great way to identify what’s working, what’s not, and……
By Joann Buckley Collins These days, almost all of your communications can be automated. Emails, website updates, social media posts. Between autoresponders, social media schedulers, and web and email CMS technologies, you can easily prepare content in advance so that you’re not up at midnight on a Sunday night…
Over the years, we have covered a vast array of topics on our Event 360 Blog, giving our followers the kind of advice that can lead to safer, more successful and efficient events―events that leave your participants feeling happy and fulfilled. In case you’ve missed any of that great content,……
By Janelle Benuska Ask any Project Manager what are the key elements to successfully managing a client’s peer-to-peer (P2P) fundraising event, and they will likely respond with these three words: scope, budget, timeline. As the number of plates to spin on a project can vary, focusing on these elements is……
By Jim Hennessey Is your website content or online event registration process optimized for mobile devices? If you’re not sure, the answer is probably no. Consumers spend an average of five hours each day on their smartphones. In the last six months, over 62%… Read More
Last year, we introduced the Throwback Thursday Series on the Event 360 Blog. Through the years, we have covered a vast array of topics on our blog, giving our followers the kind of advice that can lead to safer, more successful and efficient events that leave your… Read…
At the end of February, a few of our Event 360 coworkers had the opportunity to attend the Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Professional Forum Conference in Miami. It was a chance to network with fellow P2P fundraising event experts and pick up some new ideas for how to continually… Read…
By Erin Kirchhoff I’m thankful to have had the opportunity to travel to Miami, Florida last week for the Peer-to-Peer Professional Forum annual conference. In my 14 years as an event fundraising professional, this was my first time representing the Event 360 team. And let me say:… Read…
By Erin Kirchhoff By show of hands, let’s see who’s taking a plane, train or automobile (or boat??) to Miami for the annual Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Professional Forum Conference? If you plan to arrive in sunny-but-balmy Miami this week for the biggest fundraising conference of… Read More
For those in the peer-to-peer (P2P) fundraising space, the must-attend event of the year is the annual Peer-to-Peer Professional Forum’s conference. This event brings together industry leaders―professionals from event planning, nonprofit software platforms, and charities alike―to hear about the latest in the ever-changing world of P2P fundraising. Attendees will also……
By Janelle Benuska As we ramp up for the start of the 2018 event season, we’re taking a moment to reflect on the very last event we successfully executed in 2017: a concert for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), in honor of World AIDS Day. This was the first year……
By Jim Hennessey Facebook announced in January that it will be overhauling its News Feed. It is a change that will once again shift the type of content users see first, and most often. According to the official statement, Facebook will “be making updates to [its News Feed] ranking so……
This feels different.
Today I should be packing my suitcase with conference-appropriate heels. Today I…
We’re taking the 5x5K FOR GOOD to Dallas! If you’re anything like us, you’ve been…
By Joann Collins
This Valentine’s Day has us all sentimental and waxing poetic about the…
On March 1–3, our team at Event 360 will be joining non-profit professionals and P2P…
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