The New Normal: Virtual Event Recap

The New Normal: Virtual Event Recap

  Thank you again to everyone who joined us on The New Normal to talk about what happens when a crisis interferes with your spring event schedule. Huge thank you to our panelists for sharing their wisdom and lessons learned. Unfortunately, we had some technical...
3 Lessons from the Great Recession

3 Lessons from the Great Recession

By Josh Jacobson Hello Charlotte, how is everyone doing? No, I mean it. Are you doing okay? I hope you are. This post is meant to make you feel better, so I’m going to state that on the front end. All of us at Next Stage remain bullish on where our community is going...
A Formula for Fundraising Success During COVID-19

A Formula for Fundraising Success During COVID-19

By Josh Jacobson One upside to the coronavirus (did I really just type that?) is reconnecting with current and past clients. I’ve enjoyed the check-in calls with friends new and old over the last few days. Most have had a theme. Can you guess it? Yes, fundraising is...
So Your Event Was Cancelled, Now What? 

So Your Event Was Cancelled, Now What? 

By Janet Ervin Galas, walks, golf tournaments, luncheons – our email inboxes were filled last week with cancellation after cancellation. I’ve had to cancel or disrupt several events for weather and I once had to shut down a charity walk trail because deer jumped...