ETGD TRAININGS

Event Location:
W.T. Brookshire Conference Center
2000 W. Front St., Tyler, Texas 75702

Enjoy a day filled with immersive training designed to help you make the most of your giving day experience. Schedule at a glance:

10:00 am – opening remarks
10:10 – 11:00 am – Donor Stewardship
11:10 – 12:00 pm – Media Relations / Story Telling
12:10 – 1:00 pm – Lunch
1:10 – 2:00 pm – Social Media
2:10 – 3:00 pm – Board Development

Complementary Lunch will be provided.

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Event Location:
Meals on Wheels, 3001 Robertson Road, Tyler, Texas 75701

3:00 pm – 4:00 p.m.

Come network with area nonprofits while learning what is new for this year’s event and key dates to help you plan a successful Giving Day campaign. Join in the conversation as we discuss your past success and tips for engaging your donor base.

ETGD Yard signs will also be available to pick up.

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Event Location:
LeTourneau University, Anna Lee & Sidney Allen Family Student Center
2100 S. Mobberly Ave., Longview, Texas 75602

3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Come network with area nonprofits while learning what is new for this year’s event and key dates to help you plan a successful Giving Day campaign. Join in the conversation as we discuss your past success and tips for engaging your donor base

ETGD Yard signs will also be available to pick up.

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Event Location:
CitySquare, 2515 Bonham St., Paris, Texas 75460

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Come network with area nonprofits while learning what is new for this year’s event and key dates to help you plan a successful Giving Day campaign. Join in the conversation as we discuss your past success and tips for engaging your donor base

ETGD Yard signs will also be available to pick up.

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Event Location:
Lufkin Chamber of Commerce, 1615 S. Chestnut St., Lufkin, Texas 75901

10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

Come network with area nonprofits while learning what is new for this year’s event and key dates to help you plan a successful Giving Day campaign. Join in the conversation as we discuss your past success and tips for engaging your donor base.

ETGD Yard signs will also be available to pick up.

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Event Location:
Caddo Area Council Boy Scouts of America,
24 Lynnwood Dr., Texarkana, Texas 75503

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Come network with area nonprofits while learning what is new for this year’s event and key dates to help you plan a successful Giving Day campaign. Join in the conversation as we discuss your past success and tips for engaging your donor base. Lunch will be provided.

ETGD Yard signs will also be available to pick up.

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Event Location:
Hanson-Sewell Center, 237 College Street, Pittsburg, Texas 75686

10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

Come network with area nonprofits while learning what is new for this year’s event and key dates to help you plan a successful Giving Day campaign. Join in the conversation as we discuss your past success and tips for engaging your donor base.

ETGD Yard signs will also be available to pick up.

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2:00 pm

Prizes are a fun part of Giving Day and could help your nonprofit motivate donors to give on this special day. This webinar will reveal the complete prize list as well as share how other organizations have won them in the past.

Registration coming soon!

So you have seen the success of other nonprofits on East Texas Giving Day and you want to give it a try yourself… well welcome aboard! Join us virtually as we discuss how the site works and why being a part of this day can provide your nonprofit greater community awareness, development skills and if lucky, much-needed financial support. Click here to watch.

This session will explain how and why matching funds are important to your Giving Day campaign, how they will work within the system and share proven strategies for obtaining a matching gift.

You will also hear a success story or two from past participants on how matching funds helped their organization reach its fundraising goals. Click here to view.

Nonprofit Celebration Pages, previously known as Peer-to-Peer fundraising, have the potential to increase the awareness of your organization in the community by utilizing your fan’s circle of influence! Learn strategies and best practices for implementing this fun way to engage supporters as part of your Giving Day campaign. Click to watch.

East Texas Giving Day is only a success if the donors have a good experience.  Learn stewardship best practices to help convert giving day donors into lifelong supporters. Click to watch.