this is the weird part.
we have to ask people for money.
The question is how do you ask people for money but make it worth it to people to want to part with their hard earned duckets? How do you tap into willing donors?
Of course there is the regular grant writing and the soliciting of corporations and corporate underwriting. . .that's not a problem. That doesn't scare me. In that sense I've got nothing to lose. But passing the hat around to peeeps like you and me. . .well that is a little bit more uncomfortable.
So what I am trying to think of now, in order to take the edge of the blantant requests for $$$ are fundraising ideas.
So far I have the ubiquitous silent auction, a hosted event with cheap good beer, music and raffles, me coming to your house and cooking you a turkey dinner, naked car wash, fortune telling & sooth saying, the ubiquitous silent prayer, drug dealing, and last but not least prostitution. I know Shaun is up for the last bit but I am really leaning toward things like the first two. My pimp hand is tired.
If anyone wants to chime in with ideas they have used to successfully raise funds for the arts in their past lives, speak ye now. It's an open forum!
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How about a tip/contribution jar here on your blog where people can contribute to the play? I'm with a not-for-profit and we going to try it. Google ads (about a penny a click, so not very gratifying - in 2 years we made about 15 bucks, hahaha)?.And check out the 20x200 site - your international auction house could be right here!
Hi Fiona,
we are totally planning on putting up the paypal tip jar thingy on the site.
The other thing I was thinking of this morning was trying to leverage what I do for a living. By day, I make the world safe for advertising, for an internet ad company. I may be able to secure a contract and serve banner ads on the site. From there I can seel flat rate advertising to some business owners I know in and around the city. They could get x amount of banner ads, the creative could be manufactured by myself, and they would also get space in the playbill. Now I must figure out rates since I don't really have a lot of traffic yet.
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