Original Broadcast Date: Thursday, June 17, 2021
Summary: Amid the cancellations and rescheduling of events during COVID-19, fundraising teams were faced with the challenge of reimagining how nonprofits fundraise during a global pandemic. At this free webinar, we’ll present a case study that will demonstrate how creative minds and pie-in-the-sky ideas helped reimagine a long-standing gala into a virtual fundraising event that maintains, if not exceeds, expectations and fundraising targets. Looking beyond the ballroom, this session will give attendees an inside look at how to successfully pivot during a pandemic and create hybrid and virtual galas. Keep all the important traditions of a signature fundraising gala while shaking things up!
Resources from this webinar
Download the slide deck
Enroll in the CharityVillage online course Virtual Events, written by Sabrina Roy
Webinar Recording
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About the presenter
Sabrina Roy is a 20+ fundraising professional and a celebrated nonprofit and business thought leader. She has an extensive background working with nonprofits in helping revamp and reshape their annual signature events to ensure targets are exceeded. Since her career launched, Sabrina has dipped her toes throughout the industry, starting with a small grassroots organization, followed by the independent school sector as the Director of Development and then as a Director of Events for Children’s Aid Foundation of Canada.
Today, Sabrina is the Founder, CEO and the leading force behind Fluid, a company that has raised over $50M for local nonprofits since its inception. She strongly believes that annual fundraising events can be used to showcase the work of nonprofits, drive home their mission, and celebrate their incredible impact. Sabrina is also the author of CharityVillage’s Virtual Events eLearning course.
Learn how to plan your virtual event from start to finish with CharityVillage’s online course
Are you wondering what it takes to host a virtual event for your organization? Our eLearning course on Virtual Events will give you the information you need to plan and execute a virtual event. Learning objectives for the course include:
- Build your virtual event team
- Identify what type of virtual event works best for your organization
- Build a virtual event budget
- Understand the importance of planning and rehearsing for a virtual event
- Be able to create unique sponsorship opportunities for your virtual event
- Develop a post-event assessment plan
- Feel confident in your ability to execute a virtual event for your organization
Virtual Events comes with 5 downloadable resources and completion of the course is applicable to a variety of certification credits, including 1.5 points Category 1.B – Education of the CFRE International application for initial certification and/or recertification.
This course is on-demand and takes approximately 1-2 hours to complete from start to finish. However, with unlimited access for 3 months, you can choose to take the course in one sitting or in smaller bites.
Click here to learn more and enroll today.
“Thanks for all of the work that you are doing to bring us new and relevant learning opportunities and, more, to keep our nonprofit sector connected during these difficult times.“
– Past CharityVillage Webinar Participant
