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ICAWC 2014, Istanbul - Stephen Pidgeon's workshop on charity fundraising.
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Why should I give you my money?
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Stephen Pidgeonwww.stephenpidgeon.co.uk
• Email: stephenpidgeon@gmail.com
• Website: www.stephenpidgeon.co.uk
My text slides…
• Please remember your basics, most charities
get it wrong
• A simple model for you to use to answer the
question
• And all that in just 60 minutes!!!
Today…
• Giving is emotional not rational
Six fundraising truths…
‘The essential difference between emotion and reason
is that emotion leads to action and reason leads to
conclusions’
Donald Calne, Professor of Neurology, University of British Columbia
‘Please send us a donation and we will…’
NO!
• Giving is emotional not rational
• People give to people (or people alternatives!)
Six fundraising truths…
• Giving is emotional not rational
• People give to people (or people alternatives!)
• Nobody is interested in what you do
Six fundraising truths…
• …you’re told:
‘Sell the benefits, not the features’
In commercial sales…
‘What you ACHIEVE (by doing it) can motivate
even the stoniest of hearts’
‘What you DO is of no interest to anyone…
…except you!
In the non-profit world…
Features
Benefits
• Giving is emotional not rational
• People give to people (or people alternatives!)
• Nobody is interested in what you do
• YOU is so much better than WE or I
Six fundraising truths…
…from Tom Ahearn
‘Corporate’ communications and ‘member’
communications are 180° different.
Source: Tom Ahern with a little adaptation
Corporate communications are about how great
the organisation is.
Favourite pronoun: WeSource: Tom Ahern with a little adaptation
You
Donor communications are about how great
the donor is.
Favourite pronoun
Source: Tom Ahern with a little adaptation
• Giving is emotional not rational
• People give to people (or people substitutes!)
• Nobody is interested in what you do
• YOU is so much better than WE or I
• People give to things that are close to them
Six fundraising truths…
• Giving is emotional not rational
• People give to people (or people substitutes!)
• Nobody is interested in what you do
• YOU is so much better than WE or I
• People give to things that are close to them
• Catch them first then ask
Six fundraising truths…
6 examples of brilliant emotional ‘engagement’
• Giving is emotional not rational
• People give to people (or people substitutes!)
• Nobody is interested in what you do
• YOU is so much better than WE or I
• People give to things that are close to them
• Catch them first then ask
Six fundraising truths…
• Please remember your basics, most charities
get it wrong
• A simple model for you to use to answer the
question
• And all that in just 60 minutes!!!
Today…
The answer to the question…
• ‘Why should I give you £200?’
• …is your Fundraising Proposition
£25£10pm
£1,000
A good proposition must have:NeedSolutionNowAnd, it will be unique
Must-haves…
• … a FEELING!!
A fundraising proposition is…
But how do you find it?
Royal National Lifeboat Institute
VISION ENEMY HERO RECIPIENT
No deaths at sea
The cruel sea That tough, bearded, volunteer crewman
Stupid, rich day-sailor
who fell off his boat
Example 2: Action for Blind People
VISION ENEMY HERO RECIPIENT
Every blind and partially
sighted person given support when needed
Red tape and lack of money
for simple, practical support
Passionate people fighting bureaucracy
and indifference to
provide
Thousands of people (every 15 minutes) losing their sight and picking up
shattered lives
Fundraising proposition
Every 15 minutes someone in the UK begins to
lose their sight. Today, with your help, we can
give them the practical support needed to
rebuild their shattered lives.
A good proposition must have:• Need• Solution• NowAnd, it should be unique
Must-haves…
‘Every 15 minutes someone in the UK begins to lose their sight. Today, with your help, we can give the practical support needed to rebuild their shattered lives’
Example 3: City Mission
VISION ENEMY HERO RECIPIENT
Everybody in my city living their life with
dignity
The hardship in life that is
sometimes too hard to carry
City Mission people who help them to
carry their load
The person fighting, with courage, to
turn their life around
When someone’s life has gone past breaking point, your NOK2,000 will ensure that someone from City Mission, who can see a way out, will help them start to live the life they would have chosen
Fundraising proposition…
Example 6: Brighton Pavilion
VISION ENEMY HERO RECIPIENT
An opulent celebration of eccentric and
rich treasures are cherished to
bring pleasure to everyone…
forever
The deadly hands of time, familiarity and
indifference
The imaginations of George IV and
others and today’s
craftspeople who cherish and
protect the treasures
Our Nation
For the small sum of £200 you can stop the deadly
hands of time crumbling the unique celebration of
opulence, eccentricity and rich treasures - imagined by
George IV, artists, explorers, obsessives, and
connoisseurs - for the pleasure of everyone today and
in the future.
Fundraising proposition…
What the exercise has achieved…
• Fundraising and Marketing now working together, ‘hand in
glove’
• New tag line ‘Experience the extraordinary’
• Everybody now uses words like ‘cherished’, ‘eccentric’,
‘treasured’
• …instead of ‘conserved’ and ghastly descriptions like: ‘rich
collections and exciting exhibits are dynamically displayed
in stimulating surroundings’
Rob Yates
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