Scott Jones, MPA, CFRE, BAS, CAI Senior Partner Raising Paddles Walk into almost any successful gala today and you can feel it immediately—there’s a shift in energy, a buzz in the room, and a cluster of attention around one particular moment. Conversations get louder, phones and bid paddles are out, and bidding accelerates [...]
How to Prepare Donors for a Successful Fund-A-Need at Your Fundraising Gala How to Introduce (or Re-Introduce) a Mission-Driven Ask at Your Fundraising Event By Erin Williams, Professional Fundraising Auctioneer & Consultant If you are planning a fundraising gala and wondering how to run a successful paddle raise — also called a Fund-A-Need or [...]
Scott Jones, Senior Fundraising Auctioneer, MPA, CFRE, CAI, BAS In the nonprofit world, mission delivery often hinges on two distinct but interdependent forces: operational execution and fundraising strategy. While many organizations are staffed with passionate professionals focused on logistics, programming, and service delivery, the lifeblood of their impact—funding—requires a different kind of expertise: one [...]
