This Wednesday: The big Fundraising Brainstorm
Posted by Franz Huber
on Jan 17, 2016
"Genius is one percent inspiration, and ninety-nine percent perspiration" said Thomas Edison. You are running (or have been running) a company. Over the years, you have incubated numerous ideas on how to present your goods and services in a better way, how to make it more attractive, easier to buy. You have motivated and convinced your fellow directors and staff. Yes! You have experience in stuff like this! This Wednesday, it is this very one percent we are looking for: the inspiration.But hey, isn't fundraising the job of the Fundraising Director? No! The job of the Fundraising Director is to coordinate the project. To come up with the project and to put it on the map is the job of every member. To then be involved is the job of every member. To see it through is the job of every member.
So what is your big idea for a Big Project for 2016? Sure, we'll have a few sausage sizzles, the traditional tin rattles for Polio Plus etc. But that won't cut the mustard. To support the projects and charities we want to help, we need a new major fundraiser that brings it in in the multiples of $10,000. The Rotarians of Surfers Sunrise have always been of the maverick kind. So, time to put on your thinking cap as you read this. Time to think outside of the square. Time to jot down a few notes to present it to your fellow members on Wednesday.
See you there!