Genius at Work
[The Synchronicity Blog]
2024 Highlights: Connections Matter Most
What was special about Synchronicity’s work in 2024? As the year winds to a close, the answer seems clear: it’s the connections between people.
Let’s GO BIG with Visual Design
We’ve had a lot of fun this year helping our clients find the pitch-perfect expression of their event theme and brand. Grand entryways, fun and memorable stage backdrops, stand-out table centerpieces ... Let’s go!
Beating the Budget Blues
Turn tight budgets into creative opportunities! Discover smart, practical hacks in our latest blog to stretch every dollar and make your event budget work for you.
Sponsorship in the Era of Community-Centric Fundraising
Oftentimes, confusion reigns when it’s time to bring CCF principles to a fundraising event! How can we balance the budget, while making the party inclusive and an authentic celebration of the community?
Case Study: Bites & Brews Block Party
What do you get when you combine 600 guests, 2 rockin’ bands, 2 city blocks, 17 local breweries, 15 local restaurants and food purveyors, and one amazing organization on a sunny August day? Pure event magic!
Winning the Game in Your Post-Event Season
The spring fundraising event season is over, time to collect feedback and clean up your documents … then, celebrate!
How to Fundraise With (or without) Booze!
Controversial opinion: serving more booze at your fundraising event will NOT make you more revenue.
Cultivate healthy and caring donor relationships by being mindful of how you serve alcohol at your fundraising event. How do we make our parties awesome for every guest (whether they choose to drink alcohol or not)? Easy – we use our event design superpowers!!
“Break Out of Boring”; Performances with Purpose
Let’s explore how you can bring deeper meaning to your event by incorporating artists into the program. At Synchronicity, we set ourselves apart in the industry by taking things one step deeper, working with artists with a truly meaningful connection to the event’s purpose.
How to Fundraise BEFORE Your Fundraising Event
We’re going to share a little event fundraising secret our most successful clients are already using, we even made you a pie chart!
Engaging Your Event Team
We love collaborating with our clients to build the dream event team. Wondering who should be on yours? Read on to find out who should be involved in your nonprofit fundraiser, and the ideal timing for each role.
Event Fresh - A fresh take on creativity and inclusivity!
We are so proud to share about our recent New Year’s celebration and collective small business showcase, Event Fresh!
2023 - That’s a Wrap!!
Looking back, it’s clear that the overall theme of our events this beautiful year was ENERGY!
Five Years of Synchronicity
Join us in marking our fifth anniversary as we reminisce about the incredible journey that has unfolded through the years.
How We Do It: Event Production
The Synchronicity Team is in the midst of an exciting fall event production season! You know life is good when we end up wearing ‘tape bracelets’ for the day
How We Do It: Event Planning
What’s the process that takes great ideas and turns them into magical event moments that actually happen? We call that PLANNING
How We Do It: Event Design
Thoughtful event design is your opportunity to create a great experience for the workers, volunteers, stage speakers, and organization staff during the event (not JUST a great event for the event guests)!
How We Do It: Event Strategy
This will be a mini-series of blog posts to reveal what we do when we work on events! We will also provide guidance and tips that will help you and your team to succeed. Let’s start with the first phase: Strategy.
Testing, Testing, 1,2,3
Your event deserves great sound! For live music, this is a must. For hybrid events, it’s beyond vital. And for even the simplest event with just one person on a microphone, this can make or break your engagement!
Event Hosts – Engage Your Audience, Enhance Your Event
Another important element in a successful and meaningful event is the onstage host. Whether they call themselves an emcee, fundraising host, or fundraising auctioneer, having a powerful presence onstage to start and end your program, introduce other speakers and program elements, and facilitate the logistics and engagement are more important than ever.