Non-Traditional Donor Recognition Outlets
Monday I had the good fortune to participate in a session at the Association of Donor Relations Professionals annual conference in Baltimore. I sat on a panel discussing “tricks from the experts”. My portion of the presentation focused on ways to recognize donors beyond traditional plaques and printed lists. Specifically, we considered avenues available to those who either have no physical space for traditional donor recognition or are interested in exploring new methods for engaging donors and potential donors alike. Continue reading »
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I’ll soon have a 2nd opportunity to facilitate this roundtable with hospital fundraisers. The results of our first try at AHP meeting in Nashville last month pleasantly surprised us due to the turn it took. See our June blog, “Social Networking for Healthcare Philanthropy”.
We had thought the digital media subject would evolve related to donor recognition within an organization’s website, its facility’s interactive touchscreens or digital signing. Instead, attendees were actively engaged sharing experiences and gaining insight related social networking and its impact on giving and stewardship. Current social network options (Twitter, Facebook, Linked-in, etc) were all evaluated, yet more interestingly, the realization that traditional organizational techniques used for community engagement work well, with modification, on line, too. Most of the same rules apply, while new ones evolve. Cautionary tales were many.
This new healthcare roundtable is scheduled for Friday morning, July 24 at the gathering of the Georgia Association for Advancement Professionals in St. Simons Island, GA. I look forward to facilitating this discussion too. Together, we’ll ride their wave of interest where it leads. Will present a summary report following the meeting.
Written by Robin E. Williams
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During the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy Regional Conference in Nashville, June 7-9, 2009, we hosted a roundtable discussion on the pros and cons of new media in donor recognition. Our preparation had been focused on digital media – looping video, scrolling donor lists, interactive touchscreens and other content presented via electronic displays. However, the conversation quickly diverted to a digital media subject with much more urgency to the attendees: the implications of social networking for healthcare philanthropy.
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Yesterday we hosted a luncheon roundtable at the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy Conference in Nashville. The title we had chosen was intended to lead discussions toward the pros and cons of digital media as a means for donor recognition. We were pleasantly surprised by the direction those discussions took. Not one issue arose regarding the complexities involved with interactive displays or digital, donor-centric presentations.
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