At Cathexis Partners, we aim to keep up with the latest technology that can help our nonprofit clients raise funds and achieve their mission. As part of that goal, we recently teamed up with some of our friends in the nonprofit tech industry to present webinars that give you greater insight into some of the tech we think is worth considering for your nonprofit.

In case you’ve missed any of the webinars or would like to revisit them, here are links to the recorded sessions:

• Employee Matching Gifts: An Introduction with Tips and Tricks
• What Every Nonprofit Should Know About Cryptocurrency

If you want to learn more or would like help implementing any of this tech, contact us at Cathexis Partners.

As people participate in your campaigns, they’ll be comparing the experience with other online experiences, including those of Amazon, Facebook, and other familiar websites. It’s important to make sure your peer-to-peer software supports the experience your participants expect.

Consider the following capabilities as you evaluate peer-to-peer fundraising software platforms:

• Event registration - Can participants pay a registration fee, ask additional questions during registration, and electronically review and accept a waiver before completing registration?
• Ability to re-join campaign - Can you to make returning participants’ lives easier by giving them the ability to “reclaim” their team from last year, or allow individual participants to look at who they sent emails to and who supported them last year?
• Gamification - Does the platform provide visual ways, such as engagement badges, to show competition and achievements throughout a campaign?
• Multi-registration - Does the platform give participants the convenience of registering multiple people in a single transaction?
• Credit card guarantee - Can you securely capture credit card information to hold for later charging if a participant does not meet an agreed upon minimum fundraising goal?
• Offline gift recording - Does the platform allow participants to enter offline (cash or check) gifts that they can then send in to the organization or hand in on the day of the event?
• Transaction fee coverage - Does the donor and/or participant have the option to cover credit card fees within their transaction?
• Personal pages - Does the platform allow participants to have personal fundraising pages?
• Progress meters - Does the platform have campaign, personal, and/or team progress meters, and/or a top fundraisers / top donors list?

You can learn more about essential software capabilities (as well as which software platforms offer each capability) in The Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Technology Landscape.

If you need more help, check out our affordable service to help you find the right peer-to-peer fundraising tech platform for your nonprofit.

Congratulations to our clients on these recent launches:

• Hemophilia Foundation of Greater Florida - WordPress website deployment
• Phoenix Children’s Hospital Foundation - Custom website design and build-out for their DIY fundraiser
• The Ottawa Rotary Home Foundation - TeamRaiser "Golf-a-Thon" event deployment
• Susan G. Komen 3-Day - Collaboration with Event 360 and Lead Dogs on website re-design

• Services for The Raiser’s Edge - Get the help you need when you need it.
• Fundraising Enhancements for Luminate Online Marketing - Extend your fundraising reach.
• Design Services - Supercharge your online fundraising with affordable yet captivating designs.

Don’t see what you need? We also provide custom services to meet your specific needs — at a price you can afford!