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Group where people can post different ideas about raising money, share tips for success, find collaborators, and new team members. Fundraising is hard in this economy, planning, participating and learning together might help us do a stronger job.
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Thoughts About Projects to Raise Money
From Seth Godin's Blog:
I'm putting this up for those who do fund raising activities. It's an interesting perspective and worth thinking about.
Enormity
Enormity doesn't mean really enormous. It means incredibly horrible.
The problem with enormity in marketing is that it doesn't work. Enormity should pull at our heartstrings, but it usually shuts us down.
Show us too many sick kids, unfair imprisonments or burned bodies and you won't get a bigger donation, you'll just get averted eyes.
If you've got a small, fixable problem, people will rush to help, because people like to be on the winning side, take credit and do something that worked. If you've got a generational problem, something that is going to take herculean effort and even then probably won't pan out, we're going to move on in search of something smaller.
Not fair, but true.
I'm putting this up for those who do fund raising activities. It's an interesting perspective and worth thinking about.
Enormity
Enormity doesn't mean really enormous. It means incredibly horrible.
The problem with enormity in marketing is that it doesn't work. Enormity should pull at our heartstrings, but it usually shuts us down.
Show us too many sick kids, unfair imprisonments or burned bodies and you won't get a bigger donation, you'll just get averted eyes.
If you've got a small, fixable problem, people will rush to help, because people like to be on the winning side, take credit and do something that worked. If you've got a generational problem, something that is going to take herculean effort and even then probably won't pan out, we're going to move on in search of something smaller.
Not fair, but true.
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Comment by Andrea Schneider on September 6, 2009 at 11:57am - Reading Seth's Blog made me think there may be a need to think about a new paradigm for raising money. There are so many important and wonderful causes, I wonder if we are raising money in the most effective way possible?
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Comment by Barbara and Ruby the 'Silky' one on September 2, 2008 at 3:14pm -
I hope your client with the 4 dogs comes to the Riverfest so we all get a chance to meet this fabulous man.
See you all Saturday
Barbara and Ruby
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Comment by Rubi on July 12, 2008 at 10:09pm - I have a client who just recently paid for an entropion surgery out of his own pocket for another man's dog. The man is on disability and couldn't afford the needed surgery and my client found him on Craig's List and offered to meet with him and followed through with full payment for the surgery. These stories are so amazing and I love to hear about them! This client of mine also has four of his own dogs and is hoping to fund/foster other dogs in need. He's got such a huge heart!
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Comment by Marley, Sushi and their Mama on July 9, 2008 at 10:54pm - YAY!!! They are so close to their goal. CHECK OUT FIONA'S FUNDABLE PAGE... let your friends and family know and see if anyone can help them reach their goal.
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Comment by Sidney (and her mom Kim) on July 9, 2008 at 4:31pm - I just wanted to thank everyone who has checked out little Fiona's link!! She is almost at her goal on fundable! Poor little Fi is scheduled for surgery at NW Vet soon I hear :(
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Comment by Nina Sage on July 8, 2008 at 6:05am - when asked, I have been known to donate a small portrait package to some fundraisers, these often get raffeled off and can be quite profitable to the fundraiser, often netting 3 - 6x the face value ... contact me for details ... I can't do it daily, but I do try to accomodate everyone LOL
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Comment by Marley, Sushi and their Mama on July 6, 2008 at 12:16pm
- here's a link to a 'Fundable' page for a dear, sweet little dog named Fiona... Fiona's Fundable Page
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Comment by Sidney (and her mom Kim) on July 5, 2008 at 9:03pm
- We use www.fundable.com
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Comment by Andrea Schneider on July 5, 2008 at 3:23pm
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Hi Sidney & Kim,
This is a good idea. Maybe you can put up the website you use and I found another one called ChipIn.com. Let's see if this works as a way of alerting members about current campaigns and special needs for dogs.
pdxdog.com members are not in any way expected to use this or feel any pressure at all. It's is a way to help if you so choose.
Andrea
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