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How to use your corporate events budget for charity

Corporate team events participants

Think the limit of an away day is a paintballing trip or a strategic thinking session run by an overpaid expert who is too fond of ‘blue sky thinking’? Think again.

Interview with Kylee Ingram about events fundraising app TeamTap

Team Tap

Yesterday I met with Kylee Ingram who has developed Team Tap, a mobile app that lets spectators at sports and other events raise funds by competing to achieve the largest number of taps or bumps on

Charities wish good luck to their London Marathon runners

The London Marathon looms large in many charities' fundraising calendar, given that it is currently the largest single one-day fundraising event.

Marketing during your charity events, not just before and after~

We all know the importance of effective marketing in advance of our events; setting objectives, targeting our audiences, raising awareness of the event and whetting potential attendees’ appetites with sneak previews and relevant information.

But what about during the event itself?

I had the will to survive Cafe de Mort

Café de Mort - photo: Lucy Innovation

Last night I joined some other brave (read stupid) people in a pop-up restaurant in the crypt at St Andrews Church in Holborn for some unusual dining hosted by Gr

Maximising the value of events

Group of people having fun

In the current climate, and despite its often low ROI, community fundraising is still a great way to engage with donors and prospects, but to justify the time and effort you really need to ensure y

Notes on Howard Lake's presentation on using Twitter for fundraising events

Howard Lake spoke on "Using Twitter to increase event participation" at Classic Tours' one-day seminar on new technology and social media in London on 13 November 2012.

Slow-mo for Mo Bros - new app for Movember

This year's Movember campaign includes a mobile phone app that includes a facility to record your moustache's growth over

27,000 cyclists ride from London to Brighton for British Heart Foundation

I still remember the sense of achievement from cycling up the Ditchling Beacon towards the end of the London to Brighton cycle ride nearly 30 years ago.

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