Learn how to set up a virtual challenge for your nonprofit on GiveSignup | RunSignup. We also go through quick hits on the best donations, fundraising, and website features that help your organization raise more and engage supporters.
2. Agenda
▷ Virtual Challenge Overview
▷ How to Create a Virtual Challenge on GiveSignup/RunSignup
○ How to Set Up Results for a Reading Challenge
▷ Quick Hits: Nonprofit Virtual Challenge Edition
○ Donations & Fundraising
○ Website Design
▷ Q & A
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5. Why do nonprofits like virtual
challenges?
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▷ Raise Money Now
○ Can charge higher registration fee for a challenge vs. virtual race
○ We typically see higher fundraising for challenges
▷ Engage Supporters
○ Engage supporters throughout challenge & educate them on your mission
▷ Grow Contact & Donor Database
○ Incentivize supporters to challenge their family & friends
6. Should my nonprofit do a virtual
race or virtual challenge?
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▷ Do you have a creative idea?
○ Make your you can connect your cause with your challenge.
▷ Does your nonprofit have bandwidth?
○ Challenges require more set up and management time than virtual races.
▷ Do you have an annual event that you have to cancel?
○ We recommend that you Go Virtual for a regular event.
▷ Can I do both?
○ Yes! Plus you can cross-promote and upsell with multi-race bundles.
7. Nonprofits + Timers/Event
Management Companies
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▷ Don’t have bandwidth but want to do a challenge? Timers and
event management companies can help!
○ Challenge Set Up
○ Website Set Up
○ Results Management
○ Swag Fulfillment & Shipping
13. Today’s Nonprofit Case Study: Indigenous
Education Foundation of Tanzania
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▷ Connect your cause to your
challenge
○ IEFT operates a secondary school
in a village in Tanzania. A reading
challenge connects to their cause:
providing high-quality education
to an underserved community.
47. Current and Upcoming Education
Opportunities & Resources
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▷ givesignup.org/challengehub
▷ Fall Cram Session: https://runsignup.com/FallCramSession
▷ Activity For Good
○ https://runsignup.blog/2020/08/04/creating-a-virtual-challenge-from-scratch-step-2-marketing-101/