When you’re raising funds you need to really speak to your targeted donors. So, you’ll need to match the fundraising events to their lifestyle. For donations lower down on the giving scale a bingo event while dressed in tacky costumes is just that special ticket to fun. When you’re looking for $1,000,000 donations for a large nonprofit opera house, the $1000 per plate ultimate night of dinner and dancing is effective.
Get Their Attention with a Fresh Approach
The Black and White Ball, the vehicle Truman Capote used to reach the pinnacle of his writing career, was just that sort of special, attention-getting event that every celebrity desperately wanted to attend. While it was not a charity, aside from Capote being charitable to his own career, it easily could have been a fundraiser. Since his great success with it, the idea has been used for numerous charitable causes.
Think Outside of the Mundane and Overdone
Most fundraising ideas have been done to death that they are no longer as effective as they could be if a fresh, fun idea was used.
Rules That Make Fundraising Success
Make it fun for the attendees.
People will attend if they think they will be seen by community leaders or celebrities, get to eat delightful, delicious food and maybe get to browse expensive items.
Entertainment opens wallets.
Entertainment could be an off-Broadway production, a dog trick show, a well-known entertainer or musical group, or even a talent contest!
Make them participate.
Participation should be so much fun to watch that they’ll be eager to join in. If the local mayor jumped on stage to try to train a dog to do a trick to hilarious results, lots of people want to try it next.
Make it extravagant.
Everything from the location, decoration, the snacks and dinners to the photography needs to be top of the line. Luxury is fun and beautiful.
Ask for donations frequently.
All through the event ask for donations constantly with betting on a result, donate to get someone on stage, to have a dance with a top-name celebrity, etc. Never limit it to just a stagnant table of goods.
Call Villa Ragusa
Contact Villa Ragusa’s event coordinators at Villa Ragusa when you need a space for your fundraising event that is one of those gorgeous locations that impress your donors.
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