Has anyone used Elevated Events without processing contributions?
We have an annual gala at the theatre that we would really like to use Elevated Events to help manage tables and guests, etc.
However, we have a Special Events designation in our Annual Fund campaign, so we wouldn't be processing any gifts through the Elevated Event.
Does anyone have tips or suggestions on how to do this?
Thanks in advance!
Hi Christopher,
You don't actually need to process a contribution in order to update a constituent's Event record. You can manually update it in the constituent record through the History tab, Events radio button or from the Attendees tab on the Event setup screen.
If you don't want to miss out on that groovy functionality of automatically marking folks as attending, having levels assigned based on their gift amount, etc. I suppose you could set up a dummy fund and payment method so you'd have something to process.
~Dan
We've just started using it for opening night events. No money involved, it's purely a meet, greet and eat then show event. First run was a bit of a mess, but that had more to do with staffing issues. Next one will be better. It is doable though.