I am planning a Client Event for the end of August. My plan is to invite several of my best clients, several of my best prospects and several of my referral partners and centers of influence and ask them to bring guests and I believe about 30 people will come. I have contacts with several non-profits. Would you advise holding the event in support of one of them and ask for donations or not? Or would that sully the social nature of the event?

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Last updated: 20 Nov, 2019

You could go either way. If you handle it right it won't sully the social nature of the event. The possible risk is that the people who attend don't care about the charity and feel some social / public pressure to donate.

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