New Orleans is a party town, and many of those parties are philanthropic events. Keep your fundraising events fresh, exciting and increasingly successful. Analyze, tweak and refine every event annually.
Shake things up – add a patron party, add/change the theme, change the venue, add a professional auctioneer or online auction, add mission moments through testimonials and photos.
Ask for suggestions through post event surveys with questions like “what one thing would you change about this event?”
Special events convey your philanthropic mission with new and current donors, so be sure your event makes a great first impression year after year.
– Susan Mancuso, Susan Mancuso Consulting; 2009 President, AFP Greater New Orleans Chapter