| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (279 pages) : illustrations. |
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text file |
| Series |
Conservation leadership series
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Conservation leadership series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-274) and index. |
| Contents |
Why hold an event? -- The secret to successful event fundraising in good times and bad -- Organizing for success -- Learning the basics -- Event business plan -- Programs, policies, and procedures -- Negotiating agreements with service providers -- Creating the perfect setting -- Site selection, rooms, and setup -- Food service -- Entertainment and the master of ceremonies -- The mission and strategic speech making -- Publicity -- Donation acquisition -- Conducting the fundraising -- Tickets and other advance "sales" -- The live auction -- The silent auction -- Raffles and other moneymakers -- Putting it all together -- The big event -- Applying the rules and covering all the angles -- Laws, risks, and liabilities -- Tax matters -- Ethics and security -- Honing to a fine edge -- After the event -- Advanced techniques -- Where to go from here -- Nonprofit resources for nonprofits. |
| Summary |
There has never been a greater need for raising the funds necessary to promote the causes that will help build a sustainable future. In Money for the Cause: A Complete Guide to Event Fundraising, veteran nonprofit executive director Rudolph A. Rosen lays out field-tested approaches that have been among those that helped him and the teams of volunteers and professionals he has worked with raise more than 3 billion for environmental conservation. As Rosen explains, fundraising events can range from elite, black-tie affairs in large cities to basement banquets a. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Fund raising -- United States -- Management.
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Fund raising. |
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United States. |
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Management. |
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Charities -- United States -- Finance -- Management.
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Charities. |
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Finance. |
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Nonprofit organizations -- United States -- Finance -- Management.
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Nonprofit organizations. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic book.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781603446938 1603446931 (DLC) 2012016411 |
| ISBN |
9781603446938 (book/hardcover (printed case) ; alkaline paper) |
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1603446931 (book/hardcover (printed case) ; alkaline paper) |
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9781603447522 (ebook) |
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1603447520 (ebook) |
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1283584336 |
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9781283584333 |
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9786613896780 |
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6613896780 |
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