Boost My School

Awesome waking up this morning to Boost My School being featured alongside one of our NYC partner schools, Cardinal Hayes High School, on a Times Square billboard! We’re proud that together we could spotlight the meaningful work of the Hayes development team and the impact they’ve had on their students and community 💪 Shoutout as well to Erica Wenger 🏕️ and Brex for amplifying awareness of Boost's mission to empower K-12 schools across NYC #bigapplebuilders

🌟 Unlock Your K-12 School’s #GivingTuesday Superpower! 🦸♂️ Did you know that your greatest asset for #GivingTuesday is your donor relationships? Join our exclusive webinar to discover how to leverage these connections to achieve record-breaking donations—whether you’re just starting out or gearing up for your campaign. In this session, we’ll cover: • How to Create a Groundswell of Excitement • Strategies for Maximizing Donor Engagement • Tips for Standing Out on Giving Tuesday Ready to elevate your fundraising efforts? Click below to register! 👇 https://lnkd.in/e2r3jX2Y

Boost took Seattle, and what a week it was! 🐟 We kicked things off by hosting an incredible Advancement Leader Roundtable & Lunch with some of the brightest minds in the PNW’s K-12 advancement community. A big thank you to O'Dea High School for being our gracious hosts and leading the conversation. Next, we dove into #bbcon2024, soaking up insights, sharing ideas, and even embracing some Seattle culture (shoutout to our own Lily Shaw for catching a Pike Place Market Fish!). It was an energizing week, reinforcing our commitment to helping K-12 schools raise more, engage their communities, and achieve their goals with the only platform built exclusively for their giving, events, and auctions.

Our team is on the move! 📍 Last week, a member of the Boost team, Lily Shaw, visited some of our partner schools in Seattle. She had the pleasure of connecting with the incredible development teams at O'Dea High School (pictured), Charles Wright Academy, and The Lakeside School. It’s so exciting to see our community growing in the Pacific Northwest as we partner with more schools to help make their fundraising initiatives more appealing to donors and simpler to manage. A major thanks to our friends in Seattle: Michael Otter-Alvarado, MBA, De'Andre Jones, M.Ed., Michelle Verkooy, Richard Timmons, Lauren Andrews, Allie DeLong-Thomas, Ethan Greenberg, and Samantha Dale.

Last month, the Boost team got together for our annual retreat to brainstorm the best ways to help K-12 schools raise more, increase participation, and delight their donors. Additionally, we had the great opportunity to work one-on-one with two of our incredible partners, the Park Tudor School (pictured) and Cathedral High School. Their insights were invaluable, and we left more motivated than ever to continue helping K-12 development teams drive fundraising success. With FY25 already underway, we’re excited about the opportunities ahead and can’t wait to see what we can achieve together!

Students returning to school is one of the best times of the year to appeal to current parents, but timing and managing your outreach can be tricky. Thankfully, it doesn't have to be. Join our CEO Holman Gao and Hudson Flynn's 45-minute educational webinar, where he'll guide you through every step it takes to crush this fall and use it as a launching pad for the rest of the fiscal year. Ready to register? Click the link to learn more 👇 https://shorturl.at/sjlNP

The Partners in Mission Summer Institute was such a great way to wrap up an incredible FY24! It was great to be able to connect with many of our partner Catholic Schools and meet so many trailblazers and leaders in mission-driven fundraising. We'd like to give a major shoutout to our friend David Erwin from Central Catholic High School and the whole advancement team at O'Dea High School for helping with our presentation on Data-Driven fundraising for Catholic K-12s.

This past April, our CEO, Holman Gao, presented alongside Andrea Brechtelsbauer, Director of Annual Giving Programs, and Amy Swegan, Director of Leadership Gifts at Western Reserve Academy, at the CASE District V and VI Conference. In their presentation, they discussed Reserve's incredible '50 Brilliant Years of Women' campaign and the lessons they learned while raising more than $1M for an endowed scholarship specifically for future female students. Here are a few tips and topics that they presented on 👇 1. How to secure and leverage leadership buy-in for an outside-of-the-box initiative. 👏 2. The importance of collecting, highlighting, and leveraging your constituents' voices throughout your campaign. 🗣️ 3. Strategies to utilize preexisting events and initiatives to further promote your campaign. 📈 Want to check out the presentation for yourself? Click the link below! 📲 https://shorturl.at/sMP05

Last month, the Boost team took a trip to the Council for Advancement and Support of Education District I conference, in Boston, MA. There, our CEO Holman Gao presented alongside Tammy Stott and Jennifer Plouffe from Central Catholic High School in nearby, Lawrence, MA. In their presentation, they discussed the ways that Central Catholic leveraged the Boost My School platform to multiply their output as a small team for their Raider Day of Giving. With these strategies, their giving day was such a success that they beat their supporter goal by more than 60%, and received donations from more than 1,300 constituents. Want to see the presentation for yourself? Check it out with the link below! https://shorturl.at/INQV0

An incredible month continued with our trip to the NYSAIS (New York State Association of Independent Schools) Advancement and Communications conference! There, our CEO Holman Gao presented alongside Joanne DelCarpine and Nancy Palluti from The Albany Academies on building a high-impact advancement marketing strategy that works for small teams. Here are a few keys shared in the presentation 👇 1. Identify and target your marketing for 2-3 crucial segments of your constituent base, and ensure they feel represented by their alma mater. 2. Utilize text marketing as a high-upside, low-effort communication channel, especially for younger alumni. 3. Expand your staff with the help of volunteers, faculty members, and other key community voices to extend your reach and impact. Want to see the presentation for yourself? Check it out with the link below! https://shorturl.at/CFKN0