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4 Life-Saving Strategies When Planning Your Next Corporate Fundraiser

<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Any corporation that shuns orchestrating a company-wide fundraiser misses out on a uniquely eye-opening exercise in bonding over a greater good&period; Several &&num;8220&semi;greater goods&comma;&&num;8221&semi; as a matter of fact&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Think about it&period; What better practical lesson could more profoundly teach the merits of effective interdepartmental communication fixated on a single positive objective&quest; What greater teacher than one underscored by altruism and an air of committed humanitarianism associated with your brand&quest; No rising tide raises all ships quite so high as earnest charity&comma; both your company&&num;8217&semi;s and those of the surrounding community that feed its prosperity&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Honestly&comma; though&comma; can you name the last thing worthwhile to you that came your way easily&quest; No matter how noble your intentions&comma; to fail to plan is still to plan to fail&period; For your corporate charity fundraiser to contribute the greatest aid possible to a worthy cause&comma; you and your co-workers at every level must commit themselves wholly to decisions that foster both the most attractive and enjoyable atmosphere and smoothest execution you can manage&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-Correct-Size wp-image-15372" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;medusamagazine&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;01&sol;4-Life-Saving-Strategies-When-Planning-Your-Next-Corporate-Fundraiser-640x426&period;jpg" alt&equals;"4 Life-Saving Strategies When Planning Your Next Corporate Fundraiser" width&equals;"640" height&equals;"426" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">The Basics<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Once you establish the cause you want to lend your support&comma; embrace your limitations&period; A gala soiree that breaks the bank running wildly over-budget doesn&&num;8217&semi;t actually benefit anyone&period; Cementing your plans early will afford plenty of time to work around any shortcomings with do-it-yourself work ethic and shrewd budgeting&comma; but accept that there will be some things you just can&&num;8217&semi;t swing&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Along the way&comma; question everything&period; Who is your target audience&quest; What type of event and attractions within your budget will max out your drawing power&quest; What are your venue options&quest; Underestimate your means and work beneath them to ensure as few out-of-control catastrophic surprises as possible&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Make Giving Painless<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Employing a mobile fundraising platform to gather donations serves two worthwhile benefits&colon; yes&comma; it takes away the &&num;8220&semi;I don&&num;8217&semi;t have any cash handy&&num;8221&semi; excuse for passing up a chance to contribute&comma; but there&&num;8217&semi;s something about making giving as convenient as possible that promotes a certain enthusiasm about showing the goodness of their hearts&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">A well-rounded app will also simplify tracking your goal with live progress &&num;8220&semi;thermometers&&num;8221&semi; and allow for on-the-fly adjustments to event keywords your donors will use to pay their contributions at your optimized landing pages&period; When you need action to offset a change in plans or account for movement toward your goal&comma; you can adapt on the fly from any mobile device or desktop&period; Just like that&comma; you&&num;8217&semi;re back on track&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Getting There Is Half The Fun<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">If you would wager only a handful of your staff cop out of attending your fundraiser citing transportation issues of some kind or another&comma; then we congratulate you on your optimism&period; The extra mile to hire a reliable&comma; reputable car service&comma; like You2RDU&comma; makes it just that much more reasonable to attend&period; Of course&comma; it also shoots down a first-choice excuse across the board&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Beyond your specific budget&comma; a ballpark estimate of your realistic turnout should inform your arrangements&period; It may cost a bit more&comma; but making attendance as convenient as possible can make a world of difference in your event&&num;8217&semi;s success&period; Give some thought to the merits of chartering a &&num;8220&semi;party bus&&num;8221&semi; or at least a handful of larger SUVs if you anticipate a big crowd&period; There is especially no understating the appreciation your attendees will express if hiring a car service provides designated drivers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Seize The Moment &lpar;And Everything In It&rpar;<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">When it comes to promoting&comma; managing&comma; and finally executing your event&comma; make the most of every promotional resource and channel at your disposal to save precious money and time&period; Focusing your communication&comma; invitations&comma; and marketing efforts through online portals will support your offline awareness while dramatically expanding your reach at a low cost&period; Once you spread the word via email&comma; entice supporters to rally their social networks behind your cause by sharing your posted content promoting it&period; Even if you sell fewer additional tickets than you had hoped&comma; you gain priceless exposure that stands to expand your overall backers and deepen their connections to your corporation itself&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">When your fundraiser culminates&comma; recognize the opportunity to address a captive audience&period; Every donor who attends should be approached as a valuable connection in the making worthy of some personal face time&period; What better time to solicit some immediate&comma; candid feedback and some passionate testimonials from supporters&quest; Don&&num;8217&semi;t pass up juicy kind words to thread into your website and marketing materials going forward&period; The most opportunistic organizers also make the most of these occasions to get attendees enthusiastically involved with your organization&comma; be it through just subscribing to an email list and newsletter or joining future volunteer initiatives&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Any business charity event helps the business and their employees pay it forward and help others around them&period; It brings people together in a spirit of giving&comma; and helps unite a business and a team&period; Use the tips and ideas discussed above to help make the planning of your next charity event go more smoothly&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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