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As an approved Give Lively member, you have free and unlimited access to our entire platform. But first, you MUST complete the following three steps directly with Stripe, the independent business that processes payments made through our technology. Our Give Lively fundraising pages will not function if your nonprofit does not have a fully authorized Stripe account.

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Event Fundraising

Event Fundraising

Give Lively's free Event Fundraising solution consists of three powerful and practical products: Event Ticketing, Text-to-Donate, and Live Display. Used together or separately, as well as in conjunction with other Give Lively fundraising solutions, they are designed to help your nonprofit hit its event fundraising goals.

Full list of Give Lively features
All Event Fundraising Features
Campaign Pages
Donation Widget
Event Ticketing
Text-to-Donate
Live Display
Peer-to-Peer Fundraising
Team Fundraising
Leaderboard

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Wikipedia Event

Before

Build an Event Ticketing page

Event Ticketing pages let you host fundraising events and sell tickets and sponsorships for them. You can also use them for non-ticketed events. Learn how to set Event Ticketing up, including how to add basic event details, logos and images, information about tickets (categories and price tiers), additional donor information requests, and thank you messages.
Campaign Pages
Donation Widget
Text-to-Donate
Event Ticketing
Live Display
Peer-to-Peer Fundraising
Team Fundraising
Leaderboard

Set up Text-to-Donate

Text-to-Donate powers easy mobile giving through text codes. Learn how to set up a custom text code and start receiving donations via SMS (only on U.S phone carriers).
Campaign Pages
Donation Widget
Text-to-Donate
Event Ticketing
Live Display
Peer-to-Peer Fundraising
Team Fundraising
Leaderboard

Make the most of Text-to-Donate: our ultimate guide

In this guide, we review Text-to-Donate best practices, and examples of how it can be implemented as a vital part of a fundraising strategy.
Campaign Pages
Donation Widget
Text-to-Donate
Event Ticketing
Live Display
Peer-to-Peer Fundraising
Team Fundraising
Leaderboard

Learn about livestreaming virtual events

A primer about livestreaming virtual events. This is for any nonprofit organization not clear about what livestreaming is, how to do it, whether it can be a fundraising boost and how Give Lively products can be used in tandem with it.
Campaign Pages
Donation Widget
Text-to-Donate
Event Ticketing
Live Display
Peer-to-Peer Fundraising
Team Fundraising
Leaderboard

Host amazing virtual fundraising events: our ultimate guide

Give Lively products facilitate fundraising during virtual events, campaigns and appeals. We’ve pulled together a thorough list of useful tips and best practices about (1) using Give Lively products during virtual events and (2) livestreaming and virtual events in general.
Campaign Pages
Donation Widget
Text-to-Donate
Event Ticketing
Live Display
Peer-to-Peer Fundraising
Team Fundraising
Leaderboard

Understand which browsers work best with Give Lively fundraising pages

In the event that a fundraising page isn't working properly, first check the browser. Give Lively works best on the latest versions of most desktop/laptop computers and mobile devices, except Internet Explorer.
Campaign Pages
Donation Widget
Text-to-Donate
Event Ticketing
Live Display
Peer-to-Peer Fundraising
Team Fundraising
Leaderboard

During

Set up Live Display

Live Display is a progress meter that tracks incoming donations and exhibits them mere seconds (usually between 3 and 5) after being completed. It's a great centerpiece for any fundraising event. Learn how to access Live Display and display it prominently at your event.
Live Display

Create discounted or complimentary event tickets

Would you like offer discount or complimentary tickets to your event? Unfortunately, our Event Ticketing technology does not allow for this at present moment. But there is a way to work around it if you expect to comp a large number of attendees or receive a high volume of offline sales.
Event Ticketing

Understand what a Text-to-Donate short code is

A 'short code' is a five-digit number used to send and receive text messages (on U.S. phone carriers only). It is a critical part of how Text-to-Donate works. Learn what Give Lively's dedicated (not shared) short code is and how much it costs you (spoiler: nothing).
Text-to-Donate

Use Give Lively technology to fundraise during virtual events

Give Lively products facilitate fundraising during virtual events, campaigns and appeals. They can accommodate livestreaming, which is especially effective in conjunction with Donation Widgets, Live Display, Text-to-Donate and Peer-to-Peer Fundraising.
Campaign Pages
Donation Widget
Live Display
Peer-to-Peer Fundraising
Text-to-Donate

Link to any fundraising/event page from call-to-action button on website

Add a link to your fundraising page from a "Donate" or "Get tickets" button on your website, with instructions on how to do so from the most popular website-building services: WordPress, Wix, and SquareSpace.
Campaign Pages
Event Ticketing
Peer-to-Peer Fundraising


After

Access event attendee data

Once your event is over, you can download a file of your attendee data, such as names and answers to additional questions.
Campaign Pages
Donation Widget
Text-to-Donate
Event Ticketing
Live Display
Peer-to-Peer Fundraising
Teams Fundraising
Leaderboard

Close or cancel an Event Ticketing page

Did you set up a test event page that you no longer need? Has your event already passed? Whatever the case, here's what to do when you're done with an Event Ticketing page.
Campaign Pages
Donation Widget
Text-to-Donate
Event Ticketing
Live Display
Peer-to-Peer Fundraising
Teams Fundraising
Leaderboard


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