First 6 Months and 2 events later with Givesmart

We have three minimum large fundraising events a year and have used give smart for two. We use all of the bits and pieces for event registration, silent auction and raffle, individual fundraiser profiles, donations, text communication, etc. Like most event registration companies today, givesmart does not provide staff for event registration - but they do have recommendations for companies, one in particular I have enjoyed working with is GOAT (who is an event solutions company) as they really know the system well for event day. Another bummer we have found with givesmart is though the text ad email capabilities with patrons is amazing, their "sending templates" are limited and you cannot include images in the body of your email. These limitations force our company to use other sending platforms like mailchimp.

Very effectively. This is by far my favorite use of this platform - being able to customize the look and feel to match our events. Our boards love the looks as well. The only bummer - which this is just something in the programming, so it's understandable why this isn't offered, is that you don't get many options in fonts - which if you have tough brand guidelines that can make this difficult. I ended up creating separate artwork with my fonts and using a blank section in the home page layout so it would tie in more with the uploaded image.