December 2, 1999 | Read Time: 1 minute
How to Produce Fabulous Fundraising Events: Reap Remarkable Returns with Minimal Effort
By Betty Stallings and Donna McMillion
“Dinner with the Docs,” “Pasta with the Pastors,” and other fund-raising events that recruit local professionals can reap financial success and good will for non-profit organizations without breaking their budgets, write the authors.
Ms. Stallings and Ms. McMillion, fund-raising consultants, begin by extolling a fund-raising dinner that taps local celebrities to serve as waiters who compete to earn the most tips for charity. The sections that follow offer a guide for planning that event, and advice for staging other types of fund-raising activities.
The authors cover choosing what kind of event to stage, recruiting volunteers, budgeting and promoting the gala, and conducting an evaluation afterward.
They recommend keeping the committee for an event small in size and allowing one year for planning. Available with the book, at an additional cost, is a 3.5-inch disk for Windows or Macintosh that provides sample invitations, budget forms, guest lists, and evaluation sheets.
Publisher: Building Better Skills, c/o McMillion and Associates, 3785 Trenery Drive, Pleasanton, Cal. 94588; (925) 846-7442; fax (925) 846-7403; mcmillion1@aol.com; 168 pages; $30 with disk, $20 without; I.S.B.N. 0-9634560-2-4.
