As an individual fundraiser, you want to do everything you can to maximize your impact. Raising your fundraising goal is a proven fundraising best practice that is sure to maximize your total donations. This ensures that you and your network are always “pushing” for that near sited goal.

CEO Karsten Robbins’ Movember fundraising success

Our very own CEO, Karsten Robbins knows first hand the power of raising his fundraising goals throughout his Movember campaign last November. With his humorous, yet serious fundraising effort, urging his network of friends, family, and colleagues to donate, he was able to raise his fundraising goal three distinct times, starting at $500, then $750 and finally $1,000. He finished his Movember campaign with $1,032 raised for the Prostate Cancer Foundation, ultimately raising more than he initially planned on. It might have not been the most fashionable fundraising event, but it sure was effective. Why limit your success? See how high you can go and raise your goal once, twice, even three times.

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