Author: Ben Crook

We are excited to announce that we have integrated our fundraising events payment offering with Apple Pay, the fingerprint touch iPhone payment system.

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Social video content is being consumed more and more each day, as a result its essential that fundraisers incorporate this type of content into their strategy. Its reported that there are 650 million hours of videos watched each day on YouTube and a staggering 100 million hours of video content watched daily on Facebook. As a result, Facebook has once again revolutionised their platform and incorporated video as a key feature of their site, as social videos generate 1200% more shares than text and images combined. It is crucial for charities to implement a strategy for their fundraising video content in order to increase awareness of their cause, engage with the public and subsequently encourage people to support their campaign.

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Organising a silent auction can seem like a huge responsibility, especially in times where fundraising is crucial in supporting the work of charities during an event. Continue reading “How To Organise A Silent Auction To Fundraise”

As a stand-up comedian by trade, Ted Bisaillion of Tigerman Enterprises often finds himself MCing corporate events and tradeshows as well as award ceremonies and charity fundraisers. In July 2017, Ted and Givergy came together at the Shoppers Drug Mart fundraiser in Vancouver to raise funds to advance women’s health, in which Ted hosted.

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Charity event organisers generally depend on high-end donated auction items from committee members, major donors or corporate partners in order to raise as much as possible at their charity events. We all know relying on donated auction items comes with multiple risks and stress. However, once you get your hands on a few amazing items, the fundraising result can be outstanding! Not only are you raising more but the process of procuring donated items can help strengthen and maintain donor relationships.

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Givergy are thrilled to announce that we have been shortlisted for the Best Use of Technology Award.

Givergy is an award-winning fundraising technology company which offers a range of cutting edge platforms to help charities raise more at fundraising events and online. With offices in London, New York, San Francisco, Toronto, Calgary, Vancouver, Hong Kong and Sydney, Givergy’s ambition and purpose will always remain: to help charities raise as much money as possible for their incredible causes by encouraging giving through technology. As a result, since 2009 Givergy has raised over 50 million and the last 12 months have seen Givergy support over 1,200 causes globally.

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Small Charity Week, brought to you by The Foundation for Social Improvement (FSI), is taking place this week (June 19-24^th) to celebrate and raise awareness of the UKs small charity sector. Furthermore, its an action-packed agenda filled with fantastic opportunities for small charities to learn, collaborate and fundraise!

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