Here’s How Our Non-Profit Event Organizers Can Shine During COVID-19

1. Play To Your Strengths

Identify what exactly is missing from your hospitals and clinics or perhaps your old-age homes. They are the ones who are in dire need of equipment and safety gear to tackle this challenge. Ask your local and national authorities in ways that you can help and gather resources while donating money. 

2. Collaborate With Other Non-Profits

Now is the best time to reach out to other like-minded individuals and organizations whose bandwidth matches your goals in providing help to COVID-19 afflicted communities. More hands and minds working together could only mean a faster and stronger resolution to deal with COVID-19. 

3. Move Your Fundraisers Event Online

Through our event ticketing platform, while creating and managing your events you can change your event into a web event. By doing so, you can update your online event’s registration links, ticket price, LIVE stream links and so on. Learn more about Taking The Virtual Route For Hosting Events.

4. Accept Donations On Your Online Ticket Store

If you’re a non-profit entity, you’re eligible to receive our flat 50% rebate on your monthly invoice for any fundraising or charitable event you sell tickets for.  We also have a feature called “Accept Donations” which is specially designed for non-profit entities to be able to collect donations from their Online Ticket Store. It is applicable for presenters across all our pricing tiers, irrespective of whether it is a general admission or reserved seating event.

We hope you make full use of our event ticketing system for your fundraising activities. With Yapsody you can always choose to Pass On your ticketing fees to your attendees and take advantage of our credit period to save your money during this critical phase. 

If you have any queries while setting up our online events, reach out to support@yapsody.com

We hope event organizers and concert managers all over the globe are taking the necessary social distancing protocols for their safety. The world needs more people who can bring communities together online during these unprecedented times. 

Stay tuned for more tips on handling the COVID situation and learn more through our COVID-19 Resources for Event Presenters.

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1. Sign A Petition

There are hardly any organizations that go door to door asking for donations. Launching online petitions that supports your cause is a great way to spread the initial awareness about your upcoming fundraiser events. Don’t forget to share it on all your social media channels and your personal network. Remember, charity begins at home. 

2. Launch A Fundraiser

As a newbie to the fundraising event scenario, it might be overwhelming to organize and market your events. However, with Yapsody by your side, event creation, selling tickets, and accepting donations becomes a cakewalk. Don’t just take our word for it, read more about our event ticketing features recommended by nonprofits before you sign up with us.  

3. Make It a Free for All Event

Organizing a free for all event makes it open for all and helps more people to donate to your cause. You cannot expect people to pay your entry fee and also make an honest donation. Remember that every dollar counts and making it a free entry event works to your advantage. Yapsody is free for free entry events which means ZERO ticketing fees from your pocket. 

4. Increase Event Visibility On Social Media 

Make it easier for your community to donate to your cause by sharing your events online. With our event ticketing platform, it’s easy to share your events on Facebook and Twitter and gain momentum in further helping people donate to your cause online. 

Once, you’ve successfully spread the word and created your events online, learn more about Accepting Donations directly from your online ticket store and virtual box office.

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1. Flat 50% Rebate

Hands down one of our most-used and highly recommended features by non-profit event organizers. We realize that non-profit organizations exist for the betterment of our society, hence we do our bit of providing them a low-cost system to create and sell event tickets online. 

“Yapsody fees are significantly less!”

– Amy Boulton, Development Manager of The Noah Webster House

Read our case study to know how Noah Webster House improved its sales with our offer. 

2. Online Event Ticketing 

Our premium event ticketing involves no setup costs and no monthly subscriptions. Another reason why non-profits like to get the most out of our robust platform for all their online event ticketing needs. 

“What other companies sell as add-ons or enterprise-only features are standard with Yapsody. This tells me that Yapsody puts its customers first.”

– Chase Palmer, The Hope for Fertility Foundation

Read our case study to understand how Hope for Fertility used our Features.

3. Event Setup Wizard 

Many a time, non-profit event presenters coming on board with us have no idea about online event ticketing. With our event setup wizard, it’s easy for inexperienced users to also create multiple events and ticket types seamlessly. 

“Yapsody makes it easy to customize the events for our museum with the various options offered for event set-up. I like that we can add a photo to the event information and give a lot of details about the event on the initial screen. Plus, we can create different categories for tickets, such as age ranges for children’s tickets for our children’s event programming.

Yapsody definitely saves time in our event management.

– Nancy Bradley, Rock Ford Foundation

Check out how Rock Ford Plantation seamlessly forayed into online event ticketing.

4. Reserved Seating 

Many fundraisers and charities keep switching between general admission and reserved seating depending on their guest exclusivity. With our system, non-profits were able to combine both reserved and general admission sections in their events. 

“Yapsody has provided us with a very intuitive system to use with the flexibility to have general admission or assigned seating as we need for an event.”

– Mark Brown, Treasurer of USC Rip City Basketball

Check out how USC Rip City used our features in adapting to their massive growth.

5. 24/7 Support

Everything from the free account walk-throughs to online chats and the ad-hoc phone support, our 24/7 support team is available to resolve them all. 

“What really sets Yapsody apart is the excellent customer service.”

– Kevin Colwell, Assistant Director of Kemptville Youth Musical Theatre Company

Read more about their rocking customer support experience here. 

6. Reports & Analytics

With this feature, event management for non-profits went a few notches up with 24/7 access to data, reports, and check-in tools on any device. 

In the past, we had no way to see if everyone had arrived on site. Our offline tickets couldn’t be tracked. It was great to be able to know when everyone had arrived on site. Selling tickets before the event massively helps us with our costs. Another great benefit is being able to use either Yapsody’s mobile apps or a simple QR reading app to check people in.”

– Phil Stollery, Wotton-under-Edge & District Round Table 974

Read more about their journey with Yapsody here. 

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How?

Let’s say you collect $1 from your attendees. With our 50% rebate, you pay us only $0.5 and when you pass on the fees, the remaining $0.5 is borne by your attendees. By the end of the month, you only pay 50% of the collected ticketing fee (which is already paid by your attendees). The price that you would have paid us is the additional revenue can be utilized to raise more funds.

Along with that, we also have a feature called “Accept Donations” which is specially designed for non-profit entities for accepting donations from their Online Ticket Store and Virtual Box Office. It is applicable for presenters across all our pricing tiers, irrespective of whether it is general admission or reserved seating event. So if you want to raise funds by selling event tickets online, learn more on Accepting Donations From The ‘Online Ticket Store’ & ‘Virtual Box Office’

If you’re a non-profit or a charitable entity looking to foray into online event ticketing and raise additional funds, don’t forget to SIGN UP with us.

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MasterChef 

Food is a multicultural social glue that binds communities together. Masterchef fundraisers are perfect for supporting an upcoming local restaurant or any other cause. Gather all your foodie friends and family to participate with an entry fee. It could be a food fest too if the nearby food joints sponsor and let teams participate in cook-offs based on their popular menu items. 

Musical Fundraiser

Benefit concerts are a great crowd puller. Whether you live in a small town or a huge cultural hub, a musical evening coupled with food and booze will guarantee a heavy footfall. Also, you never know which record label might turn up scouting for raw talent. Invite your local bands to rock out those riffs while the other participants have a go at the karaoke section. Keep the fundraiser open to a wide spectrum of genres. 

Casino Royale 

A bit of a posh affair, a black-tie affair themed around the British spy requires a lot of effort. With precise planning, a Casino Royale fundraiser offers dozens of ways to raise funds including poker tournaments, individual sponsorships, corporate sponsorships, and ticket sales. Keep these events high priced to keep the guest list exclusive and attract a wealthy roster. 

Movie Night 

With different genres to choose from, you can alternate your movie screenings based on the demography. All you need is a comfy location, inflatable movie screen, film rentals, and projection equipment. Setting up a private movie screening at a theatre that serves food and beverages also works wonders. Make sure you use Yapsody’s ticketing platform to streamline the process and get a FLAT 50% rebate. 

Trivia Night 

This one works well with smaller groups as a monthly affair. Hosting a trivia night for the history and sci-fi aficionados at your local pub or a pizza joint won’t pinch you financially as an event manager. A fundraiser like these harbors community building and brings a lot of business for the pub or restaurant which they can contribute to your cause as well. A win-win. Take our quiz if you’re a whizz-kid. 

Book Sale 

Another fundraiser that strikes a chord with the intellectuals and doesn’t demand strong finances. This fundraiser should bring together those who are cleaning out their bookshelves with those who like to read for a bargain price. Connect with your local authors, coffee shops, schools, and colleges to collaborate on the fundraiser. A book reading and signing should do the trick. 

Get Artsy 

Not every artist gets visibility for their work which is why these fundraisers work in their favor. Have an art opening where people buy a ticket to attend an auction of different art pieces. To make it more engaging, allow participants to try their hand at painting, pottery, calligraphy and so on. 

Go Green 

The need of the hour is saving our planet. A fundraiser in the form of a flea market that sells plants, organic and solar-energy products, seeds, and re-usable shopping bags are in demand. The proceeds should be directed towards planting more trees in environmentally sensitive areas. 

Gamers Unite 

You can start a general fundraiser or rally your fellow gaming brethren to launch a support campaign through an annual competition where a portion of their winnings is given away for charity. Approach gamers, YouTubers, and techies for these events for marketing it. 

Junk Donation Fundraiser

An old school trick that is relevant right now. Gather a group of volunteers that have the time and tact to go from door to door and round up unused junk like scrap metal, newspapers, and plastics. Bringing them to the recyclers will get a few extra bucks and make the community clutter-free. 

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However, when raising money for a cause, it’s crucial to use the best practices of the industry because coming up short is simply not an option.

So, to help you get started, we’ve compiled some of the most important aspects of organising a fundraising event so that you don’t make the crucial mistakes that are quite common in the industry.

Ready to get started? Then read on below.

Set a Clear Goal 

The first step of putting together a successful fundraiser is figuring out what the fundraiser is about in the first place.

While that may seem obvious, you need to be very specific in defining the cause for your event, figuring out the main reasons why it matters, and coming up with a calculated and precise number of funds that would be the goal that you’re trying to achieve.

What’s more, setting goals can help you and your team focus on the project as well – by having a number to aim for, you can get a better understanding of precisely what you have to do to make it happen, which is essential when allocating resources and the time of your team.

When you have the purpose of your event crystalized, you can also use the reasons for the event as compelling material to convince potential donors to contribute to the cause, which is, in the end, the most crucial factor that determines whether an event is a success or not.

Compile a List of Potential Donors

In order for your fundraiser event to be successful, you need to have attendees. But just any attendees won’t do – you need guests that care about your fundraising cause and have the resources to make a significant donation.

Therefore, you need to spend time identifying people who could be the best donors for your event and compile them into a list.

With the help of a target list, you’ll have an easier time coming up with a compelling and unified outreach campaign which invites guests to attend and participate in your fundraiser.

When you know the people that you want to invite, you can tailor the messages and make sure that they have the biggest impact. You can talk about why they are fitting candidates to donate to the cause and make the message more relevant and engaging than if you were trying to talk to everyone at once.

Think about what groups of people would find your cause meaningful, and emphasize the reasons why it matters in your communications. 

You could even send personalized letters to the people that you want to invite, and segment your list to make sure that each group receives an invitation that has the highest chance of getting them to take action.

Choose the Right Venue

Fundraising events are unique in a sense that they are designed to raise money for a cause, which means that sometimes, corporate event management companies want to cut corners and try to save as much money on the event itself as possible.

However, while being efficient and smart with the budget that you have is crucial, the venue shouldn’t be an area where you compromise on quality because that could cause your entire event to be unsuccessful.

After all, even if you have the best cause and a willing audience that wants to contribute, you still need to get people in the same room, and doing so in an unsuitable venue can be a challenge, to say the least.

That’s why experienced corporate event companies that are putting together fundraisers are extremely thorough when choosing the right venue.

But what should you focus on when making a choice?

Well, first off, you need to figure out how big your fundraising event is going to be. If it’s a local event that’s limited to one city, choosing a central location that’s easy to access via public transportation is a good idea.

For larger events that will have guests flying in from abroad, a location closer to the airport would make more sense, since people could arrive and leave from your event more conveniently. 

You also need to consider the size of the venue, the necessary amenities, and whether the event venue will position your fundraiser the right way.

Spread the Word

While it’s great to do outreach campaigns to get the key donors to your event, if you want to maximize results, that may not be enough, and you may need to run public marketing campaigns to draw attention to your cause and boost participation.

Luckily, there are plenty of marketing approaches that you can use to promote your event and fill up the seats quickly.

One of the easiest ways to market your fundraiser is through social media – you can find almost any group of people on social media and get targeted and compelling messages in front of them.

You should also set up your fundraising page, which can serve as a hub where you post relevant information, educate prospective attendees, and drive traffic from your ads. 

When running ads, you should try to qualify prospective attendees by having them opt into your list and fill out a bit of information about themselves. This can allow you to personalize the messages and ensure that you’re only going after the people who can contribute to your cause.

One final thing to consider is that although the attendance of the live event is limited, technology today allows having an unlimited number of potential contributors to tune in through the web.

If you set up a live stream of your event and pair it with an online payment processing platform, you can collect donations from people all over the world and dramatically increase the amount of money that you can receive. 

Although running fundraising events on the web is still relatively new, many corporate event management companies are seeing tremendous success with it, and since setting up a stream is very affordable, there’s no risk with sharing at least part of your event with a global audience. 

Choose the Right Event Ticketing System

When you’re organising a fundraiser, make the ticket selling process convenient by selling tickets online. There are plenty of online ticketing systems out there, many of which charge exorbitant ticketing fees, making it financially infeasible for fundraising events. With Yapsody’s event ticketing system, it goes the other way around. If you’re a non profit organisation presenting a fundraiser or any kind of event, Yapsody offers you a 50% rebate on event ticketing fees, cutting down expenses furthermore. Needless to say, if you’re selling free tickets, event ticketing is free for you. Basically, when you’re choosing a ticket registration software, make wise decisions.

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1. Find Your Sponsors Digitally
Luckily we don’t have to walk about with a magnifying glass looking for a sponsor everywhere. We are blessed with technology and digital tools that make our life easy. Be it through social media or various search engines, it’s easy to find a sponsor these days. But once you’ve found one, do thorough research on the company and find out what matters to them and half of your battle is already won.

2. What Does Your Event Offer?
Use The WIFM Technique (What’s in it for me) to show your sponsors what your event will offer. Also, find out what your sponsor is looking for. Is it media coverage or brand advertising to your target audience. Show them a concrete plan of action with achievable goals. If you’ve organized events before with different sponsors, show them the results and how effective it has been.

3. Show Your Sponsors Who’s Your Target Audience
Let’s be honest, why would someone sponsor your event if your target audience doesn’t match theirs. Sponsors will willingly agree to offers funds if they see value in your proposition. You need to show them who your target audience is and how you plan to advertise their brand. Look for innovative sponsorship ideas to advertise their brand so it’s a win-win situation for both.

4. Look for Sponsors Who’ve Sponsored Similar Events
It may be the first time for you but not for the sponsor. Look out for sponsors who’ve previously sponsored events of the same industry. These companies already know how event sponsorship will help them and you. When you give your sales pitch, convincing them will be easier since they know their audience matches yours.

5. Take a Trial
As a sponsor, investing a large amount in a small event can be risky. Instead of taking a large amount, you can offer your sponsor a trial sponsorship plan. In this plan, they sponsor 40% of the amount and see how it works. It may be challenging for you to organize the event with lesser funds, but if everything works well, you’ve won the sponsorship for a lifetime (or until you organize your last event)

6. Create and Customize Sponsorship Packages as Per Your Sponsor’s Needs
When it comes to sponsorship, one size doesn’t fit all. Create multiple packages for your sponsors defining what each package will offer. You can additionally offer other benefits like reserving VIP tickets for the sponsor’s immediate family or giving them space at the venue to set up a booth. For example, a $25,000 package can include the brand logo on the tents, t-shirts, digital signage, and a sponsor booth. Similarly, a $10,000 package can offer them to play their ads on the big screen installed at the venue after every few hours depending on the duration of the event.

7. For a Change, Let A Sponsor Approach You
You’ve always been a creative guy full of innovative ideas for every event. Since last year, you’ve been handling the task of getting sponsors for the event. Your creative advertising ideas have impressed numerous sponsors, that they are willing to sponsor for events because of your advertising skills. Do you have it in you? Are you creative enough to attract sponsors for your event? Do things differently and soon you’ll see this dream turn into reality.

8. Nonprofit or Not, Know What Your Goals are
No sponsor will fund your event just because you’re serving the community. As a nonprofit event manager, you need to know what your goals are. Find out if your goals match theirs. You can easily find the company’s mission statement online to understand its goals. While fundraisers and charity events may help to support your cause, sponsors make a huge difference by sponsoring nonprofit events.

Ways to get sponsors shouldn’t be your only focus. Building and maintaining relationships is crucial as it’s not a one-time event you’ll need funding for. Be it through a casual email or just a quick catch up, make sure you value and appreciate them for supporting you financially for your event. As an event ticketing company, we may not be able to sponsor your event, but can surely help you save a lot on your ticketing fees. In fact, if you’re a nonprofit organization, we offer you a flat 50% off on your ticketing fees as a small contribution towards your event. Check out our holiday season offers and save on your fees. Sign up now and use our promo code- HOLIDAY25 to avail a 25% off on your ticketing fee.

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They Give a Ray of Hope
As we come across social injustice and natural disasters, we all wish to do something. Nonprofits give a ray of hope to people suffering on the streets. They provide shelter to the homeless, save the dying children and give them basic necessities, so they can become a part of the community.

Serving Others is Their Prime Goal
In a world, where everyone puts themselves first, nonprofits put others first. Serving the cause is their prime goal. However, due to a lack of funds to promote their event, nonprofits tend to miss out on achieving their goals. As an event ticketing company, we love to help our nonprofit organizations. Every time you plan an event with Yapsody, we’ll promote your event on different social media platforms. With your target audience available online, you can easily have a great turn out and increase the online ticket sales for charity events. Do you want to raise money for your next nonprofit event? Read our blog on ‘8 Steps to Raise Money for your Next NonProfit Event’ to know more.

They Unite People Towards One Cause
Events bring communities closer, but when people know it’s for a cause, it tends to draw a larger crowd. Be it through charity concerts or a community yard sale, nonprofits unite people regardless of their age, race or gender to come forward in an initiative to support the cause as they entertain themselves. Are you planning a charity dinner or a concert? Find out why you should choose Yapsody for your next charity event.

Nonprofits Care
While no one may care about the dying children, damage plastic does to our planet or about our endangered species, but nonprofits do. They not only care about the earth, people and animals but also organize campaigns to raise funds for the same. If you’re a nonprofit organization looking for ways to raise funds, read our blog on ‘10 Unique Fundraising Ideas for Your Next Charity Event’. Nonprofits go beyond the capacity to support the cause, and that’s one reason we extend our support by giving them a benefit through a discount in their ticketing fees.

They Give People a Chance to Serve the Community
While you’re busy working, it may be difficult to take the initiative yourself and do something for the community. If you do have an opportunity, you can organize an event or talk to your organization so every employee can donate a small amount towards a cause. If you’re keen on organizing a fundraiser event, read our blog- ‘Checklist for Planning a Successful Fundraising Event’. You can also become a volunteer at one of the charity events or support their cause through generous donations.

At Yapsody, we empower our nonprofit event managers to create multiple events by offering them a special price on their event ticketing fees. If you’re a nonprofit entity, create your next fundraiser event and get a 50% rebate on your ticketing fees. While you save on your fees, you can sell more tickets online and increase the online ticket sales for nonprofit events. Additionally, you can pass on your fees to your attendees and you’ll end up retaining 50% of those fees as extra revenue. This extra revenue can be utilized to cover up your operational expenses. What are you waiting for? Sign up with Yapsody and make a difference today. 

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1. The Holiday Season
The holiday season is here! From Thanksgiving, Christmas to New Year, you have more than one reason to celebrate. What can be better than celebrating your holiday season through events that offer experience and help you raise funds?

How: This holiday season, line up events for your attendees. Plan them well in advance. Promote them online on social media and event listing websites. Did you know that with Yapsody, you can do more than just sell tickets online? To ensure you have a maximum turnout, we promote your events on our social media profiles and blogs. Additionally, you can use our premium event listing feature to post your events with us for free.

2. Season of Giving
While people love to donate during the holiday season, it becomes a prime time for all nonprofits to work on their goals and achieve their fundraising targets. It’s a great way to boost donations.

How: We at Yapsody offer an ‘Accept Donations’ feature to all our nonprofit event presenters. This feature is specially designed to help you collect donations directly from your online ticket store. Your attendees can donate once they’ve booked their tickets online and help you support your cause. 

3. More Attendees = More Revenue
A lot of travelers plan their travel during the holiday season to enjoy Christmas time with their family. If your events coincide during their stay, you can have more attendees at your event. Make sure you target the travelers in every country while promoting your event, so they can help you raise funds and support your cause. Also, during this time of the year, most businesses offer a Christmas holiday to all their employees. That simply means you can have more turnouts at your event. You can either create incredible events every day at different venues or keep one event and make it a grand. Now, are you looking for ways to raise funds or fundraising event ideas? Read our blog – “10 Unique Fundraising Ideas for Your Next Charity Event” to know more.

How: Since you’re planning multiple events, we recommend you to sell tickets online as it will save you time and increase your online ticket sales for charity events. With other ticketing systems, you’d be creating every event from scratch, but at Yapsody, you can copy your existing event and simply make changes to it.

4. NonProfit Offer
Because it’s raining offers! At Yapsody, we offer our nonprofit event presenters a special offer. When you choose our already low priced event ticketing system to sell tickets online, you get a flat 50% off on your event ticketing fees. However, if you’re not a nonprofit organization, don’t worry, we’ve got you covered too. You can use our holiday season offers and avail a flat 25% off on your ticketing fees. Since you save on your fees, you can sell your event tickets at a lower price and increase the online ticket sales for nonprofits.

How: Simply sign up and create an event with Yapsody. Visit our website to find out more. For the others, you can sign up and use our promo code HOLIDAY25 or CHRISTMAS25 to avail of the discount.  

5. More Earnings
While the holiday season fills the air with love, joy and celebration, it also helps to increase your earnings if you’ve planned your charity and fundraisers well in advance. Let your attendees know about your cause well in advance and use online and offline marketing strategies to promote your event. Offer live entertainment to your attendees. That way your attendees will look forward to attending every event you host and in turn help you to increase your earnings and support your cause.
With Yapsody as your ticketing partner, you already save 50% on your event ticketing fees, but when you club it with our ‘Pass on Fees’ feature, you make additional revenue. You want to know how? We’ll tell you.

How: Let’s say you collect $1 from your attendees. With our 50% rebate, you pay us only $0.5 and when you pass on the fees, the remaining $0.5 is borne by your attendees. This means by the end of the month, you only pay 50% of the collected ticketing fee (which is already paid by your attendees). The price that you would have paid us is the additional revenue that can be utilized to make your event profitable.

This holiday season spread the joy, create beautiful events and raise funds for your nonprofit organizations. Offer your attendees an experience of a lifetime and watch them return to you seeking for more. Choose Yapsody for your ticketing needs and use our incredible offers at an unbelievable price. Sign up with Yapsody now!

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Building a Relationship With your Donor: Nonprofits are about building relationships. Your donors choose to donate at your event because of a sentiment they feel towards your cause and community. Send regular emails to your donors about the highlights and status of your community and cause using Yapsody’s integrated tool – MailChimp. This will make them feel valued and want to continue being associated with you and definitely be part of your next event. You can also use email marketing to acquire new donors by sending them invites to your event.

Raise Funds with Unique Ideas: As an event presenter, discovering new ideas for every nonprofit event can be challenging. However, today there are different resources available for event presenters like blogs, that give them a guideline for quick and unique fundraising ideas. To make your nonprofit event successful, organize activities that will engage potential attendees to get involved in your event. Think of fun ideas to raise money that are sure to rally people for your nonprofit cause.

Volunteers: Volunteers are those individuals who work tirelessly to raise money for your charity event. Believe us, nothing can be better than having a group of volunteers totally focussed and passionate about your cause. Recruit and empower your event with the right set of volunteers. Choose volunteers with good public persona as they can better influence others to join your rally.

Crowdfunding: Use the crowdfunding process to raise small amounts from a large number of people. It has become a popular way of raising funds today. Multiple crowdfunding sites are available online that help you support your cause. These sites give you a space to host your campaign in exchange for a percentage of the money raised. Find the right crowdfunding site for your event and get started.

Create a Realistic Budget: Now comes the most important aspect of preparing yourself for the setting up of the event. Create a realistic budget that can cover everything, in case of an emergency. Nonprofit events cost money. Envision your nonprofit event and estimate how much you will need to cover the total cost of the event including structural and catering costs. Budget is the integral and initial part of every event. If you get the first step right, the rest will follow. Since organizing an event is a repetitive process, create a basic structure and edit it according to your event specifications.

Venue: Once you’re done setting up a realistic budget, the next step is choosing the right venue for your event. Your venue will depend on the type of event you plan to host. If the event date is decided, booking your venue in advance will help you focus on the other details of your event better. Few things to keep in mind while selecting your venue:

• The capacity of the venue in terms
• The cost of the venue (Look for venues where they offer discounts for nonprofits)
• If the venue offers catering, decor and seating solutions

Event Technology: Implementing the right software tool and the right online strategy can change the way you plan, promote and sell tickets. Tools like an effective online ticket store, virtual box office and mobile applications ease the organizing process for a nonprofit event. Using such tools save time and help event presenters to efficiently plan their event better. Opt for the reserved seating feature for your nonprofit events as it avoids chaos and helps you sell tickets in advance. When deciding an event ticketing platform for your next event, look for one that gives you a good deal in terms of fees. That way you can save more and sell more. For instance, at Yapsody we offer flat 50% rebate on monthly ticketing fees to nonprofit organizations which benefits them in their noble fundraising cause.

Event Promotion: Effective promotion of your nonprofit event is one of the key ways to drive more attendees to your event. Thanks to event marketing tools like social media sharing and Facebook ads, you can spread the word to your target audience in no time. Make your nonprofit event a great success with the right event promotion tools combined with the right marketing strategy.

By following these eight steps, we are sure that your next fundraising event will be a huge success. Create your next event with Yapsody and sell your first 50 tickets for free. Sell out your next nonprofit, fundraiser or charity event with Yapsody NOW!

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1. Get Attention: Did you know that emails are 40 times more effective at acquiring new customers than Facebook or Twitter? However, this works only when your emails stand out from the rest of the promotional emails your audience receive. Write an intriguing subject line; talk about the mission, not the money. The first impression is all it takes to make or break your campaign. While a great subject line is crucial, your preview text is the deal breaker. Make sure to keep every detail that your reader sees before opening the email interesting enough for them to want to open it.
2. Be Human: Want maximum attendees at your fundraiser event? Personalize your email to promote your event. Remember you are interacting with a human, not a computer. Most email marketing softwares allow you to include your reader’s first/full names. For a better response rate, use the reader’s name in the subject line to get their attention quicker.
3. Clear CTA (Call to Action): The main reason for your email campaign is lost, if you miss out on giving a clear CTA to your readers. Be it “Buy Tickets Now”, “Enroll NOW” or “Donate Now” for your next event, your CTA has to be absolutely clear so your recipients take the expected action on your emails. Avoid multiple CTAs as they can confuse your readers to click on multiple options. You can track this activity by looking at the Click Rate, Open Rate and other metrics provided by your email marketing software. You can use Yapsody’s MailChimp Integration and track these metrics in your linked MailChimp account.
4. Use Visuals: Plain text can be boring. Try using a combination of text and visuals related to your cause to make it interesting for your user. Readers generally skim through content when reading emails. You can either create a visual using tools like Canva, Adobe Photoshop or CorelDRAW or simply upload a creative image/GIF to make your content appealing.
5. Be Precise: Readers do not like to read long essays. Be precise and convey your message in bullet points as much as possible. Don’t miss out on the important details like the event date, time, venue and the artists performing at the event.
6. Be a Storyteller: Whether you’re raising funds for global warming or to save children dying of hunger, using a story helps to build emotional connect with the readers. Back it up with facts and statistics to support your story.
7. Share on Social Media: Events, when promoted on social media can get you to attract the relevant attendees to your event and help generating revenue. Add social media links in your email to promote your fundraising event, so your readers can check everything about you and your event on one page. Offer discounts to your readers on sharing the event with their friends and family on social media.

These email campaign tips will surely help you increase the open rate for your email campaign and drive more attendees to your next fundraiser event. Yapsody not only has an integration with MailChimp, one of the leading players for mass mailing but also is the most preferred ticketing system for Non-Profits because of its value proposition. At Yapsody, we recognize that non-profit entities exist for the betterment of the communities. We want to do our part to support them. Here’s an offer we’d like to share – If you’re a non-profit organization, you get a 50% rebate on your event ticketing fee. Additionally, you can sell your first 50 tickets for free. Sign up for free today and sell out your fundraiser event in minutes.

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Every presenter in the event industry today is looking for an easy, quick and organized online ticketing platform to create fundraiser events. Yapsody gives you just that! Besides providing an efficient and effective online ticketing system, we recognize that non-profit entities exist for the betterment of the communities they serve. To support non-profit organizations, we give you a 50% rebate on event ticketing fees, for both general admission and reserved seating events. For presenters who choose to “pass on fees” to their ticket purchasers, they retain 50% of those fees which can be used to cover up for your operational expenses. Additionally, you can sell your first 50 tickets for free. Great isn’t it?

Did We Mention The Accept Donation Feature
Donations play a very important role in raising funds for a Non-Profit Organization and we have developed a feature, “Accept Donations” to facilitate the same.
With one simple button, this feature lets you accept donation payments from both Online Ticket Store and the Box Office – in a few minutes. Wondering what’s box office? Well, it is your personalized ticketing interface that helps you create and set up your events as well as sell and scan tickets along with reporting.

Still Not Convinced? There’s More!
Using our online ticketing system, you can:

• Create an online ticket store and easily personalize it with creative content in a way that will lure attendees you purchase your event tickets
• Allow your customers to add tickets from multiple events to their online shopping carts so that they can purchase everything in a single transaction
• Sell tickets through your virtual box office interface, which is super professional yet intuitive and simple to use
• Use multiple payment gateways to process payments
• Use our event marketing tools like SEO and MailChimp Integration to easily promote your event to the target audience
• Use our mobile apps like YapStats to give you real-time sales statistics and
  YapScan to scan the event tickets respectively

There are many more great reasons to select Yapsody and help your non-profit organization achieve its fundraising goals. It’s time to sell tickets online and let your charity organizations reap maximum benefits. Yapsody is the ideal online ticketing system for presenters using events as a strategy to raise money for charity. Create your next charity event and sell tickets online with Yapsody Now!

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