A part of the Maxxus Group of companies, Your Great Event is the premier event planning company dedicated to the needs of nonprofit organizations—large and small.  For more than 20 years, Your Great Event has been serving the nonprofit sector—whether it is for an online fundraising auction or a large-scale gala dinner aimed at raising the profile of the organization amongst community leaders. 

For your next event of any nature or complexity, look to the professionals at Your Great Event to be guaranteed success.   

Our Services include:

• Fundraising Events

• Grand Affairs

• Auctions

• Golf Tournaments

• Corporate Events

• Virtual Events

• Strategic Planning & Consulting

• PR, Communications & Media Management

Fundraising Events

Fundraisers are the lifeblood of nonprofit organizations. The success in fundraising is, therefore, key to an organization’s survival and prosperity. Over the years, we have supported many organizations in their production of successful fundraisers. In the last decade alone, we have helped our clients collectively raise more than $65 million through strategic fundraising events. With in-depth knowledge of the logistics of event production, we help our clients roll out the most effective fundraisers—many of which have far exceeded their own donation projections.

Let Your Great Event apply its Formula of Success to your next fundraising event production. We unconditionally guarantee our services.

Grand Affairs

Some events are intended as celebrations of a milestone in the history of an organization and a subtle means of raising awareness about the organization’s cause and attracting viable and lasting donors. Your Great Event has carried out producing many celebratory events in support of our clients’ missions.

From black-tie affairs to celebrity fundraisers, from lively food and wine fetes to elegant dinner parties, whether you’re hosting 100 or 1,000 guests, Your Great Event can provide the artistry, ingenuity and expertise to make your affair truly grand.

Let us turn your event into a Grand Affair!

Auctions

If done effectively, auctions can be successful means of raising funds for a nonprofit. Auctions can take many forms including traditional silent, live, pledge and/or mobile bidding. Using our proprietary donor list, during the last two decades, our auctions have raised over $5 million for our clients and their respective causes.   

In-person or virtual, on their own or in combination with gala events or golf tournaments, auctions can help a nonprofit reach a valuable set of supporters.  Rolling out spectacularly successful auctions is in our DNA—an expertise we are very proud of.

We provide a comprehensive network of services, executed with hands-on, personalized attention to detail.
• Item Solicitation
• Responsive mailing lists
• Organized front-to-back auction systems
• Creative and engaging item display
• Seamless event day presentation and processing
• Live Auction presentation and Auctioneer preparation

With Your Great Event’s creative expertise the result is fundraising success.

Golf Tournaments

Golf tournaments are an effective and fun alternative to traditional fundraising events. Coupled with an auction, golf tournaments can be a very good source of raising needed funds for nonprofit organizations. To do it right, it is imperative to know how to run a golf tournament effectively from the beginning. During the last decade, Your Great Event clients have realized more than $10 million through golf tournaments. Having assisted numerous clients with their annual and/or periodic golf tournaments, Your Great Event has developed valuable skills in fundraising organizing golf tournaments often in association with silent and/or mobile auctions.

Successful golf tournaments must always start with proper planning including player and sponsor development ideas that then logically lead to the choice of an appropriate golf course.

Here are some of the key parameters we use in helping our clients organize effective and successful golf tournaments:

• Budgeting

• Research and identification of potential sponsors

• Selecting the right golf course

• Tee times and scoring formats

• Food & beverage considerations

• After-golf plans (e.g., gala, silent auction, entertainment, etc.)

• Wrap up.

Before initiating your next golf tournament, let our professionals help you plan a spectacular, financially-rewarding and fun event.

Corporate Events

Corporate events say a lot about an organization. In addition to specific goals set for an event, companies use their corporate events as an extension of their brand awareness carving an image for themselves through their various corporate events.

For over two decades, Your Great Event has organized a wide range of events for its clientele.

Our core competence lies in organizing:

• Incentive programs

• Meetings and conventions

• Corporate picnics and outings

• Product launches

• Corporate team building activities

• And other special events

Your Great Event has developed a reputation for organizing corporate events that are engaging, entertaining, education and elegant in support of our clients’ broader objectives. We are a trusted service provider for a wide range of blue-chip clients from around the world.

Your corporate event is too important. Leave it to professionals with decades of experience to organize it in the most effective and successful manner.

Virtual Fundraiser Events & Auctions

While virtual events have always been an option, the social distancing constraints that have emerged as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic have brought such event options to the forefront. We have the knowhow and experience to help you convert your traditional in-person galas and fundraisers into successful virtual events and online auctions.

Hosting a fundraiser and auction online requires a great deal of planning and preparation. The success of such events depends largely on creating engaging content and enjoyable experiences. With our vast and varied experience, we help our clients plan and execute highly-successful virtual events and auctions thus increasing their donations and fundraising opportunities.

Strategic Planning & Consulting

We take a great deal of pride in supporting our clients as they initiate planning for a fundraising event—large or small, in-person or virtual. The right advice at the planning stage can mean make or break when it comes to the success of a fundraising event and/or auction. Our clients consider us as their expert, trusted and impartial counsel in developing effective strategic plans and execution thereof.

Before undertaking a major fundraiser—whether or not you intend to use our event production services—consult one of our knowledgeable professionals in developing an impactful strategic plan that is sure to guarantee the success of your event.

PR, Communications & Media Management

Public relations, effective communications strategies and media outreach play vital roles in casting the limelight on worthy events. Your Great Event has developed unique skillsets in using public relations and media management as strategic communications processes to enable its clients build and maintain synergetic relationships with their publics. 

With over 20 years’ experience producing fundraising events, we leverage our relationships with key talent, vendors and the press to help elevate your event to the next level while raising your brand recognition. Through our media outreach programs, we identify both social and traditional media outlets for coverage of our clients’ events.  Our media insights help our clients achieve—and often exceed—their fundraising goals while enhancing the organization’s brand recognition and awareness.