The event was a great success and went off without a hitch. The slideshow of sponsor ads and commendation letters looked fantastic and we received such great feedback from alums for going green. Even the sponsors said they liked seeing their ads on the screens rather than having to page through a 50-page printed brochure.
We truly could not have pulled everything off without all of your help. Especially since we only contacted you in late December for an event in February. I was extremely pleased with your service. Your team was always timely in responding to requests and made themselves available even after east coast business hours. The website looked great and our Public Info Office was just thrilled to not have to worry about this portion of the event. Although, we had some hiccups in the beginning of the process with our payment gateway – it turned out great and I really appreciate your patience during that time. I think your product is a great service to other organizations like us and we will definitely use your services again in the future.
Joan Bautista
Director, Institutional Advancement
Southwestern Law School
Los Angeles, CA
Reflecting our commitment to environmental sustainability, this was our first experience in moving from a print to an online journal for the St. John’s University President’s Dinner, and our interactions with Event Journal made for a seamless transition. The knowledgeable and professional staff members were always available and responsive to our every need, making it quickly apparent that we had chosen the perfect group to work with us on what is the University’s premier fundraising event.
Jeanne M. Umland ’79C, ’82G, ’93PD
Associate Vice President
Division of Institutional Advancement
St. John’s University
We are so happy that we ran things through Event Journal. I know that we raised much more than we would have if we had done it the old fashioned way. Thanks!
Danielle Lumby
President
Hope Autism Foundation
"EVENTjournal.com has been the "go to" resource for Covenant House as its e-journal and event marketing partner for an increasing number of projects. Their team's in-depth knowledge of how to maximize results for fundraising events has proven invaluable. I am also aware of EVENTjournal.com's contributions to successful events at Iona College and The Actor's Chapel's "Voices United." I recommend EVENTjournal.com very highly!
Kevin R. Callahan
Development Vice President
Covenant House International
"The e-journal was the best decision we ever made. Thanks to you and your team for making it such an enjoyable transition."
Michelle Shaljian
Director, Fundraising & Communications
Primary Care Development Corporation (PCDC)
"We held our 2010 Gala in Texas, but we planned it from our New Jersey headquarters. We raised more money than ever before, and couldn't have done it without EVENTjournal.com!
Meryl I. Stone
Chief Operating Officer
CARES Foundation
"I recommend the e-journal to all my fundraising event clients... we've used the EVENTjournal.com system to raise more money by giving more recognition to sponsors. The sites beautifully promote our events and handle ticket and sponsorship sales seamlessly. Their stellar support team makes our job easier every time. I will continue to recommend EVENTjournal.com to my nonprofit clients...
Dawn Strain
President, DJS Events
Chairwoman, Long Island Elite Masquerade Ball
"The cost/benefit ratio of using the EVENTjournal.com system for our 5th Annual Gala exceeded our expectations. We look forward to working with Event Journal again next year."
Candace Morgan
The New York Stem Cell Foundation
"In our first year with EVENTjournal.com, we raised 50% more revenue from the journal than in previous years."
Eileen Solomon
Director of Special Events
Mount Sinai Medical Center
"I love our beautiful online journal! It saves me a LOT of time. Event Journal's customer service is like BUTTER!"
Lynne Azarchi
Executive Director
Kidsbridge Tolerance Museum
"We've utilized the services of Event Journal for many years now, for a variety of events. Our most recent project was an annual dinner dance gala. EVENTjournal.com created the event website for us, which featured an online journal and online registration. In addition, Event Journal produced an elegant multimedia slideshow. The Event Journal slideshow ran continuously throughout the dinner, displaying highly impactful sponsor ads. The slideshow seamlessly integrated itself into the evening's festivities, spurring great interest and conversations among our guests. Everyone loved it because they got to see—-up close and personal if you will—-who was supporting the cause."
Laura Abrams
Director of Development
School for Language & Communication Development
"The 'Friends of Mercy Medical Center' holds a major fundraiser Ball for the hospital every year. It's a great tradition, and this year marked our 72nd anniversary. It was becoming increasingly difficult to meet the demands of producing a paper journal, with Mercy's small staff spending a great deal of time typesetting ads- while also juggling all of the other arrangements. To raise more donations, we needed to keep the journal open longer. That's basically why we turned to the online journal from EVENTjournal.com.
Not only did the online journal generate a better response, but our sponsors got more for their money since they received more exposure. The staff at EVENTjournal.com was very responsive, and provided absolutely great production assistance. In addition, Event Journal produced a slideshow that was shown at the actual event, and our sponsors as well as guests loved seeing the ads on display all night long. EVENTjournal.com is a great idea, and a smart concept. Their system capabilities are exhaustive—and go way beyond both a paper journal and an online journal. In the future, I hope that The Friends will utilize EVENTjournal.com to attract large, corporate donors. I think they’ll be very receptive to the idea.”
Rob Bossart
The Friends of Mercy Medical Center
“As a public relations firm we are always looking for new concepts for our clients that help make their events unique. EVENTjournal.com is a great product that does just that. EVENTjournal.com allows our clients to offer visibility to their supporters 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, for one full year. EVENTjournal.com also provides a website for the event that can be used to buy sponsorships, reserve tickets, select tables, provide information on honorees, list auction items, download pictures of the event and lots more. That’s a tremendous benefit because these types of activities need to be done anyway, but are traditionally handled as separate labor-intensive expensive tasks. With EVENTjournal.com, these activities seamlessly become a part of the entire online journal experience while creating additional exposure for your supporters. Will we continue to recommend our clients to utilize EVENTjournal.com? Absolutely.”
Kristie L. Galvani
Senior Vice President
HJMT COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
“The reason I keep coming back to Event Journal is simple: They help make my events a financial success. The Event Journal is much more flexible than its paper counterpart, and this allows us to raise more money with less stress. Everyone at the Event Journal team treats us like Iona is their only client. Even though they have grown, they've never let us feel any less important. They are all very accessible and they always deliver! I continue to be very impressed with Event Journal. ”
Keeva Young-Wright
Director of Alumni Relations and Special Events
Iona College
“I have worked closely with Event Journal for about five years and I must say that this is a fantastic tool for fundraising. Not only is it state of the art, it decreases the administrative burden of creating a print journal which lets us focus on the real matter at hand, which is fundraising. In this day and age, you have to think out of the box and the Internet has become a platform to differentiate yourself as an organization. By using this tool, you can take your organization to the next level and see an increase in efficiency and revenue!”
Dennis Marco
Executive Vice President
Porzio Governmental Affairs, LLC