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March 2011 DonationCoder.com Fundraiser Celebration -- Pledges?
wraith808:
What do people *think* the pledging concept is?
-wraith808 (February 22, 2011, 09:58 AM)
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I see it as an incentive.
-40hz (February 22, 2011, 12:59 PM)
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That's not what *I* see it as, which is maybe why we have a disconnect.
If you walk for the united way, and get pledges towards your miles walked or completing a walk, who is getting anything from that? What's the incentive?
SpoilerNo one but the charity and none are the answers for the smart alecs out there.
So, that's the type of pledging that I'm talking about. Not incentives nor disincentives. Just a little effort on the DoCo members to maybe explain a bit about what they're doing and why, and does the person that they're pitching to want to sponsor them in completing this task.
That was my thought behind the idea.
nosh:
I'm with 40hz so far as finding anything gimmicky related to donating annoying. I would also respond unfavorably if I felt I was being pressured or coerced into donating even if the coercion was very subtle. The most effective way to get someone with my mindset to donate would be for the site to just present its case in plain terms as to why donations are required and leave the rest to me. I have seen a few sites that have a permanent thermometer displaying the state of their finances. This may not be optimal for DC, but it seems like a pretty good idea in general.
I don't claim any kind of wisdom when it comes to raising funds so the above is just my personal opinion.
Having said that, my contribution to DC is long overdue and I can't wait for the 1st of March. :D
mouser:
I have adapted a traditional card game to be played as a Cody-themed card game with a special deck of cards, and called it CodyCards.
In the game, Cody will try to steal your coins and you must bribe, defend, or attack him to convince him to steal from your opponents instead of you.
Donors will have a chance to win a custom deck of Cody Cards in the end-of-the-fundraiser drawing. Value for this one-of-a-kind game has been estimated at between $0 and $1 million dollars.
March 2011 DonationCoder.com Fundraiser Celebration -- Pledges?
Note: These cards were created with my Python Card Creation library, a small and simple set of functions to aid in rapid card game prototyping, that i hope to release soon.
Ath:
my contribution to DC is long overdue and I can't wait for the 1st of March
-nosh (February 22, 2011, 10:44 PM)
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Yep, here too, the day's are getting longer, and the nights shorter, on the western hemisphere, so it seems a little faster each day (been working on it during nights ;))
Donors will have a chance to win a custom deck of Cody Cards in the end-of-the-fundraiser drawing
-mouser (February 22, 2011, 11:12 PM)
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That's a good reason for a donation, collector items :up:
JoTo:
Hi Stephen,
How about if we had the fundraiser items (Reviews, Coding Snacks etc) all posted into a special area, that only those who have pledged (and submitted one pledge to mouser, or a Fundraiser admin for sumittion into the area) and those who have donated in the month of March; can access.
This area will be something like the area that is currently only available for anybody with the "Supporting Member" title, and will act as sort of a "Pre-Release Room". Once the fundraiser has finished, one whole month will pass before the posts go public (May 1st).
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Sorry, i think your idea is contra productive.
I understand the fundraiser idea in that way to convince people to visit our pages regularly as they are curious what we got new this day and the next day and the next ...
Following your idea is to burn the whole firework rockets in one bunch at the same time instead of enjoying the spectacle over a longer time.
People just think, ok, they release it at 1st, May, then i'll come back then and read them all at once.
I think to have people on our pages every day for whole march and see all the other new posts too (not only the fundraiser related) and the donation thermometer and seeing your new tattoo that you'll get every day (:) SCNR - hehehe) is the most important thing. So visiting DC site can become a kind of "tradition" for them and may last over the end of march too.
Just my 2ct.
Greetings
JoTo
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