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Discussion Overview

The thread primarily revolves around participants sharing their experiences and thoughts related to MySpace and fundraising ideas for local dance schools using Pampered Chef products. Some participants express their use of MySpace, while others discuss strategies for organizing successful fundraisers.

Discussion Character

  • Anecdotal
  • Opinion-based
  • Exploratory

Main Points Raised

  • Several participants mention their use of MySpace, with multiple users confirming they have accounts.
  • One participant shares a personal experience about a successful fundraiser for a dance studio that raised over $10,000.
  • Another participant expresses a desire to replicate a similar fundraiser and seeks advice on how to approach the local dance school.
  • One participant suggests contacting the consultant who organized the previous fundraiser for insights.
  • Another participant provides a detailed breakdown of how to calculate sales goals for the fundraiser and suggests offering incentives to encourage participation.
  • One user shares their experience of giving back a percentage of commission as a donation during a fundraiser.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

No clear consensus emerges regarding the best approach to fundraising, as participants share varied personal experiences and suggestions without a unified agreement.

Contextual Notes

The discussion reflects a mix of personal anecdotes and exploratory ideas related to social media engagement and fundraising strategies within the context of Pampered Chef.

Who May Find This Useful

Consultants looking for ideas on leveraging social media or organizing fundraisers may find the shared experiences and suggestions relevant.

JaimeQ
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MySpaceDoes anyone have myspace??
 
I do too!!

/kdahlstrom
 
i do. /thirteenfridays
 
me! me! /carissidy
 
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/partygurl1_99
 
Nope. Not me. This takes up enough of my time! LOL!
 
yup!/saffire_mjust to warn you... I have some odd friends. LOL...
 
Some of you are already my friend. But Friday I can't send you a request because I don't know your last name or email.
Send me a request: /kdahlstrom
 
My email addy is [email protected]

BUT don't send me email there. I never ever check it until it is over 500 then I just delete the whole mess. If you want to email me for anything- PM me and I will give you my home email.
 
questioning a fundraiserI was talking to a cousin of my DH at our family gathering. she runs a dance studio about 40 miles from here and her college roomate is a PC consultant...so they did a fundraiser for the dance school. She said it was over $10,000 as she got almost $2000 which she then applied toward her dance school customers accounts to pay for their kids costumes or even tuition.....

my question is how would you pitch this to a local dance school? my daughter dances locally and I would love to help the school defer some of their (and in turn mine!) costs. I am so not a numbers person, so help me figure out how best to tell the owner how beneficial this could be for them!

TIA!
 
Personally, I would call or email the PC consultant who did it and ask what s/he did!
 
You don't need to be much of a numbers person to figure this out. How much money does she want to raise? What would they use it for? The most important thing you can do for a successful funraiser is get everyone excited about it.

Find out from the owner how many families/kids are members of her dance studio. Lets say they want to raise $1000. To do percentages in reverse you divide instead of multiply. So if you take $1000 and divide it by 15% then you get $6,700; which is your sales goal. If there are 100 kids, then each kid would need to sell $67.

The dance studio would need to offer incentives to the families/kids to work for the sales. Some ideas: The kid with the most sales gets a studio t-shirt. The family with the most sales gets a gift card for pizza. You, as the consultant, would not pay for these incentives, the studio does. I would also round the goals up to $100. Each kid that sells $100 gets a free ice cream cone.

If the studio has one big meeting with all the families there to present the fundraiser, make it really exciting they will get a response.

Michelle
 
cmdtrgd said:
Personally, I would call or email the PC consultant who did it and ask what s/he did!

I really don't want to b/c she is friends with this cousin who is a person of questionable morals! My late MIL had serious issues with this girl, her own neice, and I would like to stay away from her as well...it's just the mention of a $10,000 fundraiser set me off in the incentive trip earning mode!

I think with the explaination Michelle gave (which I really already knew :blushing:) I can figure out a decent way to do this...I am just hoping that it is recieved well as another consultant's (an ED actually) daughter takes dance there as well and this is our first year there, but not hers! I have not heard any rumblings about fundraisers, so I am going to give it a shot! Ya never know unless you try!
 
It sounds like she offered 5% out of pocket on that fundraiser.
I did a fundraiser for my son's class and gave back a % of my commission as a donation. Then the school gave gift cards as an incentive too. I gave the highest seller movie tickets.
 
my mom won't let me....that's okay though...
 

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