FACEBOOK LIVE SERIES | VIRTUAL GALAS DEMYSTIFIED

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In this series, we'll interview experts about various aspects of successful virtual galas, including getting donors pre-committed, understanding the technology and it's capabilities, planning hybrid virtual events, and much more. Our first episode will be live on Tuesday, Jan. 12 at 2:30 pm MT. Dede Chism, Founder and Exec. Dir. at Bella Health + Wellness will share how she got more than $200,000 in pre-committed donations for her virtual gala and ended up raising more than $350,000 in total.

Dede Chism, Founder and Executive Director of Bella Health and Wellness got more than $200,000 in donations pre-committed prior to her virtual gala, and they ended up raising more than $350,000. How did she do it? Dede will share the conversations she had with her donors to lock in those commitments.

Virtual Galas have brought technology to the fore. In this episode of "Virtual Galas Demystified" we'll chat with Mike Reid and Bobby Davidson with Rollins Productions about how nonprofits are using technology to tell their stories, engage with their donors and create successful virtual galas.

Event Planner Kelli Kindel will share her thoughts about what hybrid events will look like as we approach the end of COVID-19. How many people will attend live? Where will the events be located? What will they look like? How will we engage a live audience and virtual audience at the same time? Join in to ask your questions!

Debbie Trujillo, KeyBank VP & Corporate Social Responsibility Officer will share insights about why corporations give to nonprofits, the best way for nonprofits to ask for support, and what corporations might want in sponsor packages for virtual galas.

Pursuant is a Dallas-based company that helps nonprofits leverage data to to supercharge their fundraising efforts. In this episode, we'll learn what fundraising data reveals about virtual gala participants, and what it says about the effectiveness and viability of virtual events in the future.

We're creeping up on 70 virtual galas completed, and we've identified a collection of super simple, but super impactful little things that you can do to improve your virtual gala. In this episode of Virtual Galas Demystified, Reggie Rivers, President of The {Virtual} Gala Team, will share these tips with you, plus answer any other virtual gala questions you may have.

The Nathan Yip Foundation was preparing for its first ever virtual gala, and Executive Director Tarika Cefkin knew that she had to find to effectively share information about this new-fangled virtual event to an old-school audience. The techniques Tarika used are a "Master Class" in communication, and she will graciously share her approach with all of us.

OneCause is a mobile bidding company that supports thousands of nonprofit fundraisers each year. We'll check in with Kendra Davis, Director of National Sales at OneCause, to learn the trends they're seeing in virtual galas.

The single most engaging question you can answer during your mission video is the "why" of the work you do. Join us at 2 pm MST on Wednesday March 10 as Kyle Dyer of Kyle Dyer Storytelling, explains how she listens closely until she hears the "why" and then makes it the centerpiece of her story and builds everything else around it. Join us to learn how to make your mission videos more more emotional, more engaging, and more effective.

From the start of the Virtual Gala Era, nonprofits have wondered, "where is the best place for our guests to watch the program? Is it Facebook Live? YouTube Live, A branded webpage? or somewhere else? Join us at 1 pm MST on Tuesday, March 16, as Rollins Productions explains the options, capabilities that makes a private webpage the preferred viewing platform.

As the end of COVID-19 approaches, nonprofits are increasingly looking at venues that will work for hybrid events. In this episode of Virtual Galas Demystified, we'll chat with Andrew Feinstein, CEO of EXDO Development, about his popular venue, the EXDO Event Center, the current social distancing rules for venues and how he anticipates venues like his will adapt to serve the hybrid event needs of nonprofits.