by Marc A. Pitman | Apr 19, 2011 | Events, Guest Posts
This week, I’m pleased to introduce Sherry Truhlar. Sherry is an auction expert so I’ve asked her to come and share with us how to make our nonprofit’s next silent auction better. Be sure to check out her free guide of auction items — listing...
by Marc A. Pitman | Mar 4, 2011 | 4. Love (Stewardship), Events
I love going to Disney World in Florida. Disney has celebrations worked out to a science. Looking at this t-shirt today, I realized three things Disney’s taught me about celebrations and special events: Find excuses to celebrate Disney seems to celebrate...
by Marc A. Pitman | Sep 22, 2006 | Events
Cher Hersrud of the The Resource Center in Fargo, ND posted these ideas to the CharityChannel CharityTalk list. (Posted with her permission.) A couple of examples of the non-event from North Dakota: a theatre sold tickets for a Dark Night – people stayed home,...
by Marc A. Pitman | Aug 25, 2006 | Events
We’ve had an interesting discussion on the AHP email list on holding “non-events,” events that raise money but don’t have any real event. Rodger Wetzel from ND gave these great suggestions: One example: A Non-event Send out invitations that say...
