Hi all, As part of an ongoing effort to improve our User Groups we'd like your input regarding breakout session topics, presentation topics, and general ideas around what would make these more meaningful to YOU. Please post a reply to the following questions. 1. What one aspect of a User Group is...

We have an upcoming event where certain individuals will be 'hosting'. They are not sponsors of the event per se (financially speaking), but they will be inviting their friends who have never experienced our museum to this opening. What suggestions does anyone have for how best to indicate this...

Just an idea I picked up either in Blackbaud training or at a conference from other users: If you have the Tribute module, you can create a tribute, of "sponsoring" to track gifts associated with a runner. Then as gifts/pledges are received add that tribute to it.

Margaret - If I'm understanding you correctly - you are asking about the difference of entering the company as a Sponsor for the Event - vs a Non-Participating Participant. I use a different practice depending on the event and what we are terming as "sponsorship". For example - for our...

Hi! I'm trying to figure out a way to track the benefits related to an event's sponsorship. For example: What was the benefits proposed in the initial proposal? What was negotiated? Which benefits promised could be achieved? Which couldn’t? What was the quantity printed, the reach or the attendance...

We just started using the event module. I was wondering how others setup the participants and gifts for these kind of events. Do you enter each sponsor/walker/runner as a separate constituent? Do you enter in-kind gifts (such as gift certificates for raffle items/awards) as a registration fee or a donation...

Melissa, Thanks for your reply. We have a verbal committment between the event director and the sponsor/patron. The event director complete a form, then I process it. I think I'll stick with the pledge record so I can use the reminder mail task. I'm currently linking the pledge record to the...

Hi all, I am fairly new to using RE so my apologies if these questions don’t make sense! We have recently hired a staff person who is in charge of fundraising events - a position we have not had before. I am now getting revenue for her first event in the form of corporate gifts-in-kind, donations, sponsorships...

I need help with Events. We have an event where a person fasts and is sponsored by individuals. Rather than tell you what I have done, can you share with me the best practice in how to enter this. In the end, I want to see each participating individual, with a list of their sponsors. I've checked...

We just purchased the Events module and although I attended the Event Essentials training, I am still confused about a few things (I must not have been paying attention in class). I am looking for whatever guidance you can provide particularly in understanding the difference between a registrant and...