Planning Multi-Sport Events: Challenges and Rewards
Planning a Multi-Sport Event: How to Run More Than One Game at Once Multi-sport events, pairing a golf tournament with a pickleball tournament, a mini-golf event, or another activity, are one of the most exciting directions in fundraising and community events right now. They reach more people, attract more sponsors, and raise more money than […]
The Key to Seamless Events: The Importance of Staffing
How to Train Your Event Staff and Volunteers for the Big Day You can recruit the perfect team and still have a rough event if nobody knows what they’re doing when the gates open. Training is the step between having staff and having a team that runs the day smoothly, and it’s the one most […]
Why So Many Event Hosts Are Turning to Colorado Under Par
How to Market Your Event When You Don’t Have a Marketer If you’re organizing an event and quietly panicking about the promotion side, you’re not alone, it’s the single most common thing I hear from organizers. “We don’t have time to promote this.” “We’ve always done flyers, but it’s not working anymore.” “Our team is […]
Why Your Next Big Win Might Just Be One Email Away
Why One Email Can Land a $15K Sponsor (and Why Most Emails Don’t) I once watched a $15,000 sponsor sign on from a single email. One message. No long negotiation, no dozen follow-ups, just the right note at the right moment, and a yes. People hear that and assume it was luck. It wasn’t. That […]
Why Choosing the Right Marketing Partner is the First Step Toward a Successful Event
Why You Should Start Promoting Your Event Before It’s “Ready” Here’s the most common mistake I see organizers make: they wait. They want the logo finalized, the sponsors locked, the details perfect, then they’ll start promoting. By the time everything’s “ready,” they’ve lost weeks of runway they’ll never get back. As the founder of Colorado […]
Think Beyond Banners: Creative Sponsorship Ideas That Engage and Excite
Creative Sponsorship Activations: Going Beyond the Logo on a Banner Sponsorship has evolved. A logo on a banner still has its place, but it’s no longer what makes a sponsor feel like they got their money’s worth, and it’s not what gets them to come back. Today’s sponsors want to do something at your event: […]
The Power of Partnerships
Strategic Partnerships: How Collaboration Multiplies Your Fundraising Fundraising success rarely happens in isolation, it happens through partnerships. When a nonprofit teams up with the right business, community organization, or fellow group, something powerful happens: resources multiply, audiences combine, and the impact of an event grows well beyond what any one organization could achieve alone. This […]
Maximizing Impact Through Post-Event Follow-Up
Post-Event Follow-Up: Turning One Day Into Lasting Supporters A fundraising event doesn’t end when the last participant heads home, that’s actually where the most valuable work begins. The hours and days after an event are when you convert a one-time player or donor into someone who comes back, gives again, and brings others. Most organizers […]
Creating Sponsorship Packages That Resonate
Sponsorships for Charity Sporting Events: How to Fund Your Fundraiser Sponsorships are the backbone of nearly every successful charity sporting event. Whether you’re running a golf tournament, a pickleball event, a mini-golf fundraiser, or a 5K, sponsors are usually what turn a fun day into a serious fundraiser, they cover your costs so that more […]
The Power of Philanthropy in Sports
Philanthropy Through Sport: How Golf Builds Community and Drives Change Sports have a rare power: they bring people together around something bigger than the game itself. A round of golf, a shared cause, a community rallying for a day, that energy can be channeled into real, lasting good. At Colorado Under Par, that belief is […]
