Nonprofit · Fundraising
Foundation Charity Gala
A black-tie fundraiser where every minute of the program drove donations.
+32%
Paddle raise vs. prior year
800
Guests covered evenly
Live
On-screen donation totals
The challenge
The program mixed a live auction, a mission film, a live band and an emotional donor moment — with intelligibility at every table in a hard-surfaced ballroom, and an on-screen donation total that had to update in real time.
Our solution
We tuned a distributed audio system for even coverage instead of front-heavy volume, designed a warm uplighting palette that shifted to focus attention during the ask, and integrated the auction platform directly into the show graphics so the total climbed live on screen.
“The room felt intimate at 800 people. Our paddle raise beat last year by a third.”
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