Meet the Speakers moderator Victor Cho Lauren Antonelli James Citron Cassie Fowler Jacobi Wade CEO Director of Product CEO Director of Marketing Director Innovation-obsessed CEO with a history of reinventing the digital experience for a wide range of industries. Passionate about tapping broader online networks to drive social change. Director of Product at Evite, the leading digital invitation and social event planning service, kicking off 6 million parties and gatherings every year, with over 2 billion invitations sent in its history. Passionate about fighting childhood cancer. Serial mobile entrepreneur with a history of building industry-leading mobile innovations, technologies and companies. Passionate about utilizing mobile technology to tackle energy independence & homelessness. Built nonprofit fundraising & communications office for Nobel Peace Laureate, and produced television shows with 2 nd highest ratings for world s largest media networks. Passionate about conservation, human rights & storytelling to inspire action. Director of US-based nonprofit organization WIJABA, with international programs in Indonesia & Mexico, and dedicated yogi. Passionate about education & empowering grassroots advocacy. 1 Meet the Speakers
Agenda 1 Welcome 2 What is Evite Donations 3 How to Use Evite Donations for Your Organization 4 Best Practices & Tips 5 Nonprofit Case Study 2 Agenda
Leading digital service for bringing people together About 100MM+ users www.evite.com 30.5MM visitors per month 12 2B+ events to date 3 About Evite
Powering the Impact Economy as the trusted powered by donations partner About Mobile-First Technology and DaaS Software Services $3MM+ Donations Raised 10k+ Nonprofits Served 4 About Pledgeling
What is Evite Donations TM? Turns every face-to-face gathering into an opportunity to give back and add greater meaning Evite never takes a fee Hosts can choose their favorite nonprofit to add to their Evite invitations 5 What is Evite Donations?
How to Use Evite Donations to Raise Funds for your Nonprofit 6 How to Use Evite Donations for Your Organization
Step 1: Choose Your Evite Invitation There are thousands of Evite Invitation templates for every event 7 How to Use Evite Donations for Your Organization
Introducing Premium Evite Invitations & Design Your Own Gallery Step 1: Browse Template Options Step 2: Choose a Design Step 3: Upload Your Logo & Artwork 8 How to Use Evite Donations for Your Organization
Step 2: Add Your Nonprofit Step 1: Click the button Find Your Nonprofit Step 2: Begin typing & your nonprofit will auto-populate Step 3: Your nonprofit s logo will appear 9 How to Use Evite Donations for Your Organization
Step 3: Set a Fundraising Goal (Optional) That s it! Time to send your Evite Invitation 10 How to Use Evite Donations for Your Organization
How it Works: Guest Experience Donations Are Made Directly on Your Invitation 11 How to Use Evite Donations for Your Organization
How it Works: Guest Experience Thank You Message Includes a Direct Link to Your Nonprofit and Social Sharing Options 12 How to Use Evite Donations for Your Organization
How it Works: Guest Experience Real-time Tax Receipt Donation Receipts Sent to Donors (Automatically) Donations Re-granted All donations to your organization are aggregated each month and re-granted within ten days at the end of the month 13 How to Use Evite Donations for Your Organization
How it Works: Guest Experience Receive real-time donation updates Instant Email Notifications When Guests Donate 14 How to Use Evite Donations for Your Organization
Step 4: Send Free Thank You Notes! Add Event Pictures Customize Your Thank You Note Individualize the Messages Send it Out and Enjoy! 15 How to Use Evite Donations for Your Organization
Best Practices & Tips 16 Best Practices & Tips
Promote Evite as a New Fundraising Channel Encourage your staff, donors and volunteers to pledge their birthdays and upcoming events to your organizations. The Holidays 33% of all donations are made during these holiday months. Try giving up a gift or two and ask for donations instead! People are 3X more likely to give when asked by a Free Tool! friend or colleague Promotional Tips: Empower Your Champions to be Fundraisers Include Links to Evite on Site, in Email, etc. Feature Top Fundraisers in Campaigns Birthday Why not give up your gifts and ask for donations instead? Make this year special. Celebrate your birthday and a great cause at the same time. 17 Best Practices & Tips
Make it Personal Encourage your audience to share their personal stories of their affiliation with your cause. Studies show that people give more when there is an emotional connection. TIP: Remind guests in the body of your Evite invitation that in lieu of, or in addition to, traditional party gifts, you would like them to make a donation by clicking the Donate button. 18 Best Practices & Tips
Memorials: Include Evite Donations in Mention of Tribute Gifts Average Tribute Gift is ~$94 (~2x average donation) These gifts in memoriam tend to be higher than the average online donation and are a personal way to help promote & support someone s favorite organization. 19 Best Practices & Tips
6 Key Benefits of Using Evite Donations Unrestricted Funds Dollars raised for your cause can be used to best serve your needs Donor Data Nonprofits receive names & donation amounts and soon, contact info! Simple to Execute Fundraisers There s little work outside of awareness promote this channel & you will see donations Donation Amounts Are Meaningful With average gifts ranging from $50- $2,500, events can raise significant dollars New Donor Awareness & Cultivation Peer-to-Peer & Social Fundraising are two of the fastest growth trends in fundraising that reach younger, new donors 12 Timeline of Donations Donations are processed immediately, and re-granted within 10 days at month end 20 Best Practices & Tips
Join the Pledgeling Network Join the Network If you re a nonprofit and NOT part of the Pledgeling network, here s how to sign-up at no cost & benefit immediately from Evite Donations: To date, over 10,000 nonprofits have been served through the Pledgeling network and it s growing daily! http://bit.ly/223xmqk 21 Best Practices & Tips
Nonprofit Case Study 22 Nonprofit Case Study
To date: empowered the lives of 63,000 The World is Just a Book Away children by building 83 libraries, 2 mobile libraries & 28 parent libraries 5 high-impact educational programs include literacy, art & environmental International children s literacy nonprofit based education in partnership with Jane Goodall s Roots & Shoots in Santa Monica, CA Current reach: 283 schools in educationally underserved communities in Indonesia, Mexico & the US 23 Nonprofit Case Study
How WIJABA Uses Evite Donations Evite Donations for End-of-Year Events Holiday parties hosted by Board members Annual Gala hosted by Ambassadors 24 Nonprofit Case Study
TRY IT! Text WIJABA to 91065 How WIJABA Uses Text-to- Donate 91065 WIJABA to empower their board members, ambassadors Text-to-Donate Matching Gifts Campaign & donor network for end-of-year fundraising Launched Giving Tuesday, Nov 29th, through December 31st Dollar-for-dollar matched up to $25k Double your impact today! Dollar for dollar, your donation will be matched up to $25,000. Join us & donate here to empower children through access to books 25 Nonprofit Case Study
Q&A: Please Type Questions to be Shared by the Moderator Victor Cho CEO 26 Q&A Questions Lauren Antonelli James Citron Director of Product CEO Jacobi Wade Director www.evite.com www.evite.com www.wijaba.org @evite @evite @pledgeling @theworldisjustabookaway
Send your first Paid Premium Evite invitation on us! To receive your promo code, text EVITE to 91065. 27 Free Gift!
THANK YOU! Text WEBINAR to 91065 to receive this presentation on your phone www.evite.com 28 Pledgeling & Evite Donations Webinar