Ashley, Beth and Kristina, panelists at the marathon fundraising meeting

In January 2009, Firstgiving hosted an expert panel discussion on how to help marathoners raise more money online. The panel consisted of:

• Ashley Bronson, Special Events Coordinator, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
• Beth Schultz, Director of Development, Samaritans
• Kristina Sym, Special Events Coordinator, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

While Firstgiving helped facilitate the get-together, our panelists shared their experiences on what has made their marathon fundraising programs successful, such as how they’ve helped supporters exceed their fundraising goals, rallied their team together, and many more tips and ideas.

From this meeting, we took away some valuable tips for making the most of your marathon teams and couldn’t wait to share it with you. Please click the follwoing links on our 4 part series.

Table of contents

Part 1

• Tap into your network of supporters
• Organize a kick-off meeting

Part 2

• How to put together a fundraising schedule
• Teach fundraisers how to reach their networks
• Ways to support your fundraisers

Part 3

• Help fundraisers ask for donations
• Harness the spirit of competition
• The importance of thank-yous

Part 4

• Treasure mapping your network