What people are saying ...
The auction turned out to be big, and the expedite checkout system was great!
Laurie Wagner , Event Manager, Greenway Connections 2010
Sand Creek Regional Greenway Partnership
Myra, That's "knock your socks off" service! Thank you! Sharon
Sharon Levinson
C-CAP Arizona
Hello Kenton, Everything with Black Tie was amazing. I truly appreciate your help and hope to use you again next year. My Best,
Corrine McMurray
R Baby Foundation
“We could not work to our core mission nearly as well as we do without Blacktie. They help us with just about everything on our events and fundraising and we could not have found a better partner to make an investment in”
Dr. Sally Spencer-Thomas
CARSON J SPENCER FOUNDATION
Hello Kenton, Everything with Black Tie was amazing. I truly appreciate your help and hope to use you again next year.
Corinne McMurray
R Baby Foundation
"The Western Fantasy photos turned out great! You captured so much of the fun that was happening. This is what makes folks want to attend these events. The gala raised one million dollars for VOA. One of the reasons Western Fantasy continues to raise so much money is directly attributable to our friends in the media. Your coverage of the many events makes this a high profile event that people want to be a part of year after year."
Joni Baird, U.S. BANK Lynne VALENCIA - 9NEWS - , TRACEY ULMER - DENVER NEWSPAPER AGENCY
VOLUNETEERS OF AMERICA
"Thank you so much for covering our Secret Chef Project PAVE dinner. We raised twice as much as last year. It was a lovely evening and your coverage and photos are wonderful."
Jill DiPasquale
EPICUREAN CATERING
“Why Blacktie? It evens the playing field. No matter how big or small your non-profit it is, the exposure Blacktie provides puts you out in front of the world!”
Chanda Hinton
THE CHANDA PLAN FOUNDATION
“We could not work to our core mission nearly as well as we do without Blacktie. They help us with just about everything on our events and fundraising and we could not have found a better partner to make an investment in”
Dr. Sally Spencer-Thomas
THE CARSON J SPENCER FOUNDATION
"Kind, caring, and dependable! We consider Ginny and Blacktie valued member of our family and will continue to work with and promote our relationship"
Karen Holmes
Children's Home Society of Florida
"We’ve already had several folks use your website to order tables and individual tickets and it’s been very easy to navigate!"
Judy Keane , Public Affairs Project Manager
Maricopa Integrated Health System
Hi Kurt! We just had our event last week and let me tell you...having our ticket sales on Black Tie made things sooooo much easier! Thanks! Jenny
Jenny Salimi
CultureHaus
"Thank you and your staff so very much for your responsiveness and support. Blacktie was a valuable tool in making our annual Wine, Women & Jazz event such a success. You are the non-profit community's best friend. All the best!"
Paula Cullison
Arizona Women's Partnership
"It is my genuine pleasure to thank you for all the wonderful work you have done for Hispanic Unity of Florida. Your success has created so much of our own success. I wanted to share with you how beneficial every single tool you have provided to us is and how Blacktie helped us raise more dollars for our community, especially during our last annual gala. On-line RSVP's, auctions, donations and table seating are certainly a valuable tool to make an event successful. Event coverage has leveraged a number of positive reactions to the event and generated more interest for our organization. Your work of expertise has improved Hispanic Unity's image, branding and public relations. I commend you and your team for the great effort and collaboration we have received from Blacktie."
Margaret Delmont-Sanchez
Hispanic Unity of Florida
"We are a small two person non-profit and were introduced to Blacktie early in our tenure last year. True, we had a donor database and a database for programs, but in facing our upcoming events we knew we had no resources to support all the elements for our gala event. Enter Blacktie! Here was the event resource support tool we needed! This system provided an on-line registration tool, an auction items database and an event check-out system that really worked for us. Our attendees complimented us on these elements that had been problems at previous events. We also appreciated the way Blacktie helped train us and our volunteers and worked with us as we made corrections and adjustments after the event. Thank you for having the resources we needed!"
Rae Thiede , Executive Director
Spare Key of Minnesota
“I am not much of a techie gal and was afraid that I wouldn’t be able to navigate the system. It is so easy – and the reports are great. The best thing about Blacktie is that everything is one place – tickets, tables, money, even a gift shop! I can then take that information and import it into my big data base! “
Lee Haugee
Clare Housing of Minnesota
"I use Blacktie because it simplifies the registration process for events. Guests are able to register online in a quick and simple manner. The simple newsletter feature is also a great way for a non-profit to get its message to constituents. Blacktie has certainly made my job easier!"
Moira Healy
Catholic Charities
“Many charitable organizations rely on volunteers to produce fundraising events because of limited staff. The website services of Blacktie provide staff and volunteers the professional framework necessary for a successful event. We have contracted with Blacktie for the last several years for our annual Gala and often recommend that our local charities do the same thing.”
Elizabeth McClure
Truman Heartland Community Foundation
"We are excited to be using Blacktie services for our upcoming Silent Auction. Not only will item entry be much easier, but we are also looking forward to the worksheets and reports we will be able to generate from the information we enter into the program. This will be a huge time saver for us!"
Angie Cooper , Education Consultant
Kansas School for the Deaf
"Blacktie has been a tremendous help to us. We would never be able to offer these services or get these rates without Blacktie. Thank you for being here."
Colleen Jarvis
LifeBanc of Cleveland
"Thank you for coming to the event. Your photographer took terrific pictures! I will send the link to the attendees tomorrow when I will receive the final list. I think it is such a great way to say thank-you to everyone in an e-mail and then surprise them with the link to the pictures! Great job!"
Pam Gaber , Founder/President
Gabriel's Angels, Arizona
"Myra is the ultimate in contacts and connections throughout the Valley, and we have greatly benefited from her ongoing matchmaking services, so to speak, in connecting us to exactly the kind of leadership and services we need. There are not enough superlatives in this world to describe either Myra or Blacktie!"
Marcia Horn
Int'l Cancer Advocacy Network of AZ
"The Blacktie photographer were so very gracious at the Dancing with the Stars Arizona event. Thank you so much for the photos you took and have posted to Blacktie!"
Jamie Craig Dove , Development Director
Arizona Kidney Foundation
"We would like to continue with the service. We have grown with Blacktie so much in the last year, and want to build on what we have begun, in terms of reaching out to donors through the e-blasts and through on-line giving. Thanks to your efforts in helping us with our marathon webpage, we've raised over $5,000."
Heath Blumstein , Development Director
Free Arts of Arizona
"I cannot thank you enough for helping me out with all my questions on the name tags. The name tags turned out just great. I knew that I would not have a chance to work on this during the day after a certain point. I cannot thank you enough for your prompt attention to my questions and I am in awe of your capabilities in solving the technical issues. You made my evening go so much more smoothly last night that I actually got to go to bed before midnight!" Once again, many, many thanks.
Karen Sugarman
IFDA of Arizona
“Becoming members at Blacktie has proven to be a great investment... the one that initially attracted CIHAD was the electronic seating chart for planning galas and dinners...It was great to have this invaluable tool at our disposal.”
Colorado I Have a Dream Foundation of Colorado
“Blacktie was a great service to Friendship Bridge. We were very happy with the story and photos taken by Blacktie for our special event and felt that the publicity generated from Blacktie helped our event succeed. Moreover, this as the first year we had a total sell-out and had to turn people away. We greatly appreciated the ease of the nametags printed for Friendship Bridge as they greatly facilitated the successful and streamlined registration process for our event as well as the on-line registration. The ability to have on-line payment services has definitely made it easier for our patrons to make reservations. Thank you Blacktie for your services.”
Nancy Heister
Friendship Bridge of Colorado
“Our investment in the services of Blacktie has allowed us to expand our fund-raising activities without drastically raising our costs. We utilize Blacktie's on-line ticket purchasing capability for our benefit concerts, added their on-line donation capability to our website, and we have used their on-line Bow-tique to sell a fund-raising item. We have found the Blacktie people extremely helpful and responsive even when we didn't know the right question to ask! They have given us great ideas and helpful tips on how we might best utilize their services even further.”
Bonnie Stahlin
The Women's Resource Center of Colorado
”Thank you so much for the very nice article and pictures about our 25th Anniversary Luncheon on Thursday. As Executive Director, I really appreciate the opportunity to get the word out about our organization in such a nice way. I am so glad we were able to register our event beforehand with you as well. Keep up the good work!”
Laurie Harvey
CWEE-CO
“Just spent the last half hour on the Blacktie site. It is wonderful! Browsed through many of the past parties and bought a few pictures. Thank you so much for continuing to make this such a wonderful addition to the community!”
Linda Goto
Colorado Member, Blacktie
“The Cherry Creek Arts Festival is extremely pleased with its first-time working with Blacktie! For our 15th Anniversary, we produced two new ticketed events and needed a means to not only convey large amounts of data but to capture and manage it as well. The services offered by Blacktie accomplished all goals and more. The entire staff of Blacktie was 100% committed to helping us ensure the excellence that people have come to expect from our event. The support and service of Blacktie greatly eased and enhanced the production of our new events.”
Tony Smith
Cherry Creek Arts Festival, Colorado
"Blacktie really does help non-profits and the people who support non-profits. You make it easy to post events, receive responses and make our supporters happy. Thank you for your terrific service and your great staff!"
Tammy Krause
The Gabby Krause Foundation of Colorado
“One of the important goals of the Design Council is to raise acquisition funds for The Department of Architecture, Design & Graphics at the Denver Art Museum. For a very nominal cost, Blacktie provides us with the capability of ticketing larger events than we could otherwise handle. The flexible data management is also very helpful and allows us to create reports at a keystroke that would take hours to create ourselves. Thank you Blacktie.”
Gayle Landis
Design Council, Denver Art Museum
“We at Court Appointed Special Advocates-CASA of the First Judicial District of Colorado have been successfully using Blacktie services for years. It is the only "membership" that we deem essential to our continued success with regard to non-profit fundraising. Over the course of our relationship with Blacktie we have employed not only the event listing and marketing services, but have enhanced our events with myriad of silent and live auction and on-line programs that are available to member non-profits. Our Board and Staff have engaged in the Blacktie sponsored programs and we have been very successful in utilizing Blacktie for both marketing, as well as, community networking. We strongly endorse Blacktie and routinely recommend it to other non-profit organizations without reservation. Blacktie has been, and continues to be, a tremendous asset to our program.”
Catherine Perea
Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA)
"We in the Denver mid-century modern neighborhood LOVE Blacktie! We have a Home Tour in Krisana Park every year to benefit the arts program at nearby Ellis Elementary, and Blacktie's online ticketing makes our event go smoothly and efficiently. We are very grateful that such an organization exists to support Colorado's non-profit community."
Dana Miller
Ellis Elementary, Denver, Colorado
“I just wanted to let you know how happy we have been with the services we have received from Blacktie. After years of "thinking about" becoming members, we finally joined last year. At the time, we signed up for only one year so we could give you guys a chance and see what we thought (there were many amongst us that thought for sure, it was a one time deal). .. .lo and behold, we are now renewing our membership for TWO YEARS! It has been so cool to have photographers at our major events - not only do our donors and event attendees love to see their pictures on the website, but National Jewish appreciates the exposure it gets, too! And working with the staff has been a wonderful experience - your response time to any inquiry is immediate, friendly, and helpful (not something you see a lot of these days . . .). I look forward to working with you over the next two years! Please feel free to share my email address and/or phone number to anyone who may be "on the fence" about joining!”
Kieran Nelson
National Jewish Medical and Research Center
“Blacktie has added a new dimension to our event by placing our photos on the Blacktie website and giving us new recognition to folks who might not know who we are. Woofers and purrs to a job well done!”
Nanci Suro
Maxfund Animal Adoption Center of Colorado
“In an effort to spread the word about Harrison Memorial’s upcoming events and fundraising efforts, we have found Blacktie’s email blast software to be extremely useful and effective. We love having the ability to designate categories for my email addresses so we can choose who we want to receive our blasts. Furthermore, it is helpful to see who has opened the emails and, even better, who has forwarded the emails! In fact, we received more RSVP responses for a recent event from the email blasts we sent that our hard copy invitations!! Thanks for providing this option for promoting our event!!!”
Judy Norman
Harrison Memorial Animal Hospital of Colorado
“I want to let you know how very helpful, efficient, and wonderful it is to be a part of Blacktie. Since joining we've ticketed events, held fundraising campaigns, and tracked donations online. The staff at Blacktie is remarkable, always calling back promptly, assisting with questions, finding answers, and making the process user friendly. Our non-profit has grown in awareness and in funds since joining Blacktie and we are grateful for your service. Thank you!”
Ryanne Haditsch
Shining Stars Foundation of Colorado
“Blacktie is an amazing service!!! We have had a membership in the past, but we never really utilized all Blacktie has to offer. Douglas and Robin from Blacktie came down to our office and met with us and made sure that we knew exactly what we were getting for our money and how they were going to work for us and support us. The process for getting started has been very easy. All of our questions are answered the same day, sometimes the same hour. We really feel as though we have a partner in the community. The back office of black tie is so easy to use and understand. We are utilizing Blacktie for our Silent Auction and Cocktail party for presale of tickets and items. We will be using Blacktie for other events throughout the year, whether it is to advertise, collect money or just use it to RSVP. Our volunteers love how easy it is to pay for a ticket, which is so important to us when carrying out an event.”
Andrea Viarrial
Colorado Youth at Risk
“Blacktie has added a new dimension to our event by placing our photos on the Blacktie website and giving us new recognition to folks who might not know who we are. Woofers and purrs to a job well done!”
Nanci Suro
Maxfund Animal Adoption Center -- Colorado
“In an effort to spread the word about Harrison Memorial’s upcoming events and fundraising efforts, we have found Blacktie’s email blast software to be extremely useful and effective. We love having the ability to designate categories for my email addresses so we can choose who we want to receive our blasts. Furthermore, it is helpful to see who has opened the emails and, even better, who has forwarded the emails! In fact, we received more RSVP responses for a recent event from the email blasts we sent that our hard copy invitations!! Thanks for providing this option for promoting our event!!!”
Judy Norman
Harrison Memorial Animal Hospital -- Colorado
“I am writing to let you know how very helpful, efficient, and wonderful it is to be apart of Blacktie. Since joining we've ticketed events, held fundraising campaigns, and tracked donations online. The staff at Blacktie is remarkable, always calling back promptly, assisting with questions, finding answers, and making the process user friendly. Our non-profit has grown in awareness and in funds since joining Blacktie and we are grateful for your service. Thank you!”
Ryanne Haditsch
Shining Stars Foundation -- Colorado
“Blacktie is an amazing service!!! We have had a membership in the past, but we never really utilized all Blacktie has to offer. Douglas and Robin from Blacktie came down to our office and met with us and made sure that we knew exactly what we were getting for our money and how they were going to work for us and support us. The process for getting started has been very easy. All of our questions are answered the same day, sometimes the same hour. We really feel as though we have a partner in the community. The back office of black tie is so easy to use and understand. We are utilizing Blacktie for our Silent Auction and Cocktail party for presale of tickets and items. We will be using Blacktie for other events throughout the year, whether it is to advertise, collect money or just use it to RSVP. Our volunteers love how easy it is to pay for a ticket, which is so important to us when carrying out an event.”
Andrea Viarrial
Colorado Youth at Risk -- Colorado
