Crimson Feature of the Month: Event Management

Feb 19

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Managing Events with Crimson

Events are one of the most powerful tools for reaching your political fundraising goals. Crimson gives you ability to maximize the fundraising yield for each of your events by tracking your:

event scheduling & timing,
host committee goals and progress towards their goals,
revenue (donations),
expenses,
invites,
RSVPs,

attendees,
declines,
payments/donations,
attendee requests ("chicken or fish"), and
much, much more.

Political event management in 3 simple steps.

1. Create

Create an event

Crimson's "Event Wizard" allows you to create an event in 3 simple steps.

Name your event and give it a tracking code.
Record where and when your event will take place.
Attach your invitation and event notes.

That's it. Crimson now has all it needs to know to help you manage your committee's events.

Attendee questions

What information do you need from your attendees? Chicken or fish? Will you need to rent golf clubs? Are you bringing a "plus one?" Here is your chance to make sure your event team is collecting the right information from your guests.

Add invitees to your event

Adding your invitee lists to your event is a snap. Simply take your spreadsheet of invitees and use the event import tool to either:

flag your contacts that they have been invited to your event, or
add new individuals to your contacts (with your event invite noted, of course).

You can also mark your contacts as invited or their RSVP status right in their contact records.

2. Promote

Send invites

Use Crimson to get the word out on your event.

CrimsonEmailer is a perfect way to deliver targeted invitations right to supporters inboxes. If you'd prefer a more formal approach, use Crimson to generate everything you need to deliver invites via direct mail.

Collect & record RSVPs

Make it easy for supporters to RSVP to your event. Create RSVP web forms with WidgetMakr regardless of how you delivered the invite. WidgetMakr can capture all the info you need from your attendees and record the information in your Crimson account.

You can also enter RSVP information directly into Crimson.

3. Manage

Manage your Invitees

The Invitees tab allows you to track and update the status of everyone who has been invited. Now you know in real-time who RSVP'd yes, and who should be receiving follow up calls. Focus on talking to your attendees, not tracking down lost RSVPs.

Manage your host committee

Is your host committee hitting their fundraising targets? Track their performance in real-time to assure the financial success of your event.

Make your every event a success with Crimson's event management functionality.If you need help using Crimson’s event management functionality, let us know. It would be our pleasure to demonstrate the best ways to utilize this powerful tool.

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