Blue Sky Collaborative's Viral Fundraising Blog

New a-thon ideas for nonprofit organizations

2009-11-16T11:36:09-05:00

Every year around this time we hear from more organizations that are looking for pledge fundraising software for their events. This year organizations are getting very creative. We're still getting our share of walk-a-thons, and bike rides. But this year...

Top 5 Things to Consider When Choosing Walkathon and Pledge Event Software

2009-11-09T10:29:14-05:00

We've had so much activity in the past few weeks from people looking for software for their pledge events. The bump in activity probably coincides with budgets being refreshed in the new fiscal year and the beginning of planning cycles...

Video: Bike for The Heart Raises $300,000 for For Women's Heart Health

2009-10-29T10:29:18-04:00

Sister to Sister, www.sistertosister.org, recently held a fantastic event called Bike for the Heart. I wrote about what made it awesome here - http://blueskycollaborative.typepad.com/blog/2009/10/charity-bike-ride-raises-over-300k-for-sister-to-sister.html Here's a nice vid from the event. Hopefully, those of you who are trying to organize...

The Most Important Factor in Having a Successful Pledge Event

2009-10-28T12:56:22-04:00

Give your fundraisers at least 3 months to raise money. This applies to walk-a-thons, bike-a-thons, marathons and any other type of athon or pledge event. Let's face it. The economy is a little scary and many nonprofits are scrambling to...

Habitat For Humanity Build-a-thon Raises $100,000

2009-10-22T10:59:32-04:00

Habitat for Humanity Chapters in East King County and Seattle/South King County collaborated on a Build-a-thon that raised nearly $100,000 to build homes in 8 different location in King County, WA Habitat’s goal was to raise $100,000 – enough to...

SBAWP Launches Viral Fundraising Campaign

2009-10-21T12:17:27-04:00

The Spina Bifida Association of Western Pennsylvania (SBAWP) recently launched "Light up a Life," a viral fundraising campaign. Participants in the campaign raise money online in order to meet their own fundraising goal. "Light Up A Life" can be found...

The Sad Story of Fundable.com

2009-10-19T16:07:31-04:00

Once touted as the next big thing, Fundable has crashed and burned on so many levels. Fundable is a service that gives individuals and orgs the ability to collect online pledges. Setup is free. Sounds good right? Oh, did i...

Tips on Choosing Walkathon or Pledge Event Software

2009-10-16T13:24:32-04:00

Beware of the do-it-yourself software vendors. Essentially you pay them yet you end up doing all the work. I can't tell you how many times people have called us to tell us about their awful experiences and countless hours spent...

Charity Bike Ride Raises over $300K for Sister to Sister

2009-10-13T23:57:37-04:00

Sister to Sister recently held their bike-a-thon, Bike for THE Heart and so far have raised over $300,000. www.bikefortheheart.org I can't stress enough what a great job their folks did to put on a world-class charity cycling event. We can...

Why one org chose SWEET fundraising software for their Walkathon

2009-10-08T13:02:45-04:00

"We chose you over two other providers because, in our opinion, you offer the most for our money. You're the only one of the three that will custom design our site (vs. working from a template), your price doesn't increase...