Fall Fundraising Success Starts Here: Key Tips to Prepare Your Restaurant for the Busy Season
Prepare your restaurant for a successful fall fundraising season with these essential tips. Learn how to strategize your availability, create effective marketing materials, engage potential partners, train your staff, and address common challenges. By optimizing your approach, you can boost sales and strengthen community connections. Discover how Force4Good makes fundraising easier and more efficient, helping your restaurant become the top choice for local fundraisers. Don’t miss out on the opportunity to make this fall your most profitable season yet!
Force4Good and Local Kitchens: Streamlining fundraising operations and strengthening community ties
Local Kitchens faced administrative challenges in their prior fundraising endeavors. Their partnership with Force4Good simplified their process, automating flyer creation, sales tallying, code generation, and reminders. This led to a 62.6% increase in average order value during fundraisers, and positive community feedback. Local Kitchens also exceeded their Q1 2024 fundraiser sales goal. The collaboration strengthened community ties and boosted business growth.
Guest blog: MEG Conference 2024 Recap: Marketing Insights, Innovations, and Best Practices
The 2024 MEG Conference in Chicago brought together top restaurant marketing minds to share insights and innovative strategies. Highlights included Greg Hoffman’s talk on creative leadership, panels on integrating marketing and technology, leveraging social media, AI applications, and successful loyalty programs. Discussions emphasized employee engagement, personalized customer experiences, and data-driven decision-making to enhance marketing efforts and drive growth.
Highlights from the 2024 Engage for Good Conference in Minneapolis
Steven Cook, Cofounder of Force4Good, recaps the Engage for Good Conference 2024 held in Minneapolis, emphasizing corporate partnerships’ role in social impact. The event featured over 600 attendees, including 200 newcomers, and showcased insights from panel discussions, award winners, and keynote speakers. Highlights include Google.org and charity: water’s transformative projects, tactics for effective partnerships, and innovative fundraising strategies. Keynotes by Loretta J. Ross and Gary Mendell offered profound perspectives on corporate social responsibility and substance use disorder support, while panels on DEI, women leadership, and engaging Gen Z underscored the importance of inclusivity and authentic engagement.
Highlights from the 2024 Restaurant Franchising & Innovation Summit: Embracing Authenticity and Hospitality
Explore RFIS 2024’s highlights: authenticity & hospitality reign supreme. Key speakers from top brands like Dave’s Hot Chicken, Blaze Pizza, and Dog Haus share insights on customer connections, labor challenges, and marketing strategies. Learn how to navigate industry complexities & drive success!
Giving thanks: Force4Giving celebrates $176k in donations this Giving Tuesday
This Giving Tuesday, we’re thankful for partnerships like the one we have with Force4Giving. Since August, 777 checks totaling $176,092.94 have been sent through Force4Giving to organizations like band booster clubs, PTAs/PTOs, youth sports teams, animal rescues, and many others. Join us in celebrating a successful year of giving, and stay tuned for our ambitious goals in 2024.
Embrace the “new normal”: My takeaways from 2023’s Restaurant Finance & Development Conference
If you couldn’t make the 2023 Restaurant Finance & Development Conference last week, fear not! Steven from Force4Good was in attendance and took copious notes. The Las Vegas conference proved to be an invaluable experience and laid out what’s happening and what’s ahead for the ever-changing restaurant industry.
Force4Good Survey Contest: And the winner is…
Force4Good recently held a contest to give our fundraiser organizers the chance to win a $200 donation to the winner’s non-profit organization. Over 10,000 fundraiser organizers were invited to participate in our fundraising survey – one winner was randomly selected. And the winner is…
Introducing the Community Marketing Consortium: A Hub for Cause Marketers!
The Community Marketing Consortium (CMC) is an organization dedicated to uniting cause marketers from diverse backgrounds and industries. The CMC is free for all to join and our meetings are informal. Whether you’re a seasoned marketer or just starting out, CMC provides the perfect space for collaboration and learning.
Force4Good or GroupRaise: Which fundraising platform is right for your restaurant?
Enhance your restaurant’s community impact with fundraisers! These events foster local connections and fuel restaurant growth. Managing successful fundraisers, however, can be overwhelming for busy restaurant owners. From screening organizations to marketing efforts, it’s a lot to handle. Thankfully, modern fundraising platforms like Force4Good and GroupRaise simplify the process. They offer white-labeling, automation, tax support, and more. Discover the ideal platform for your restaurant as we compare Force4Good and GroupRaise in various categories.
