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Re: Would you attend this?
By: Rose Red Date: October 13, 2018, 5:34 pm
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[quote author=wolfie link=topic=734.msg16064#msg16064
date=1539469167]
[quote author=Rose Red link=topic=734.msg16043#msg16043
date=1539438863]
If the author only managed to sell 20/25 tickets, I assume it's
not someone like Stephen King or George RR Martin. So I think
$250 is a bit steep. More people may buy if the price is less.
That is if the fundraiser *want* to sell more; they may want to
give the impression of exclusivity. :-\
[/quote]
When I saw Stephen king it was less then 50 a ticket.
[/quote]
At a meet and greet with personal time?
That makes me even less impressed with this "gala." Unless all
the profits go to charity?
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Re: Would you attend this?
By: TootsNYC Date: October 13, 2018, 6:31 pm
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"engaged a speaker who is beyond our level"
"this person works around the world. "
I would say that engaging a speaker who is AT your level is a
total waste of energy.
If people are going to pay to see a speaker, they want someone
sort of famous / well-known.
As for whether the price is too high--I don't know that I can
say. There's no way I'd spend that kind of money on almost
anyone. There's only one person I'd pay money to meet, but the
price for a fund-raiser with her would be much more expensive
than that.
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Re: Would you attend this?
By: wolfie Date: October 13, 2018, 6:58 pm
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[quote author=Rose Red link=topic=734.msg16065#msg16065
date=1539470055]
[quote author=wolfie link=topic=734.msg16064#msg16064
date=1539469167]
[quote author=Rose Red link=topic=734.msg16043#msg16043
date=1539438863]
If the author only managed to sell 20/25 tickets, I assume it's
not someone like Stephen King or George RR Martin. So I think
$250 is a bit steep. More people may buy if the price is less.
That is if the fundraiser *want* to sell more; they may want to
give the impression of exclusivity. :-\
[/quote]
When I saw Stephen king it was less then 50 a ticket.
[/quote]
At a meet and greet with personal time?
That makes me even less impressed with this "gala." Unless all
the profits go to charity?
[/quote]
You are right - not a personal meet and greet.
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Re: Would you attend this?
By: Rose Red Date: October 13, 2018, 7:10 pm
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[quote author=wolfie link=topic=734.msg16075#msg16075
date=1539475083]
[quote author=Rose Red link=topic=734.msg16065#msg16065
date=1539470055]
[quote author=wolfie link=topic=734.msg16064#msg16064
date=1539469167]
[quote author=Rose Red link=topic=734.msg16043#msg16043
date=1539438863]
If the author only managed to sell 20/25 tickets, I assume it's
not someone like Stephen King or George RR Martin. So I think
$250 is a bit steep. More people may buy if the price is less.
That is if the fundraiser *want* to sell more; they may want to
give the impression of exclusivity. :-\
[/quote]
When I saw Stephen king it was less then 50 a ticket.
[/quote]
At a meet and greet with personal time?
That makes me even less impressed with this "gala." Unless all
the profits go to charity?
[/quote]
You are right - not a personal meet and greet.
[/quote]
Sorry, I thought you meant it *was* a meet and greet, which was
why I was surprised by the price of the OP's event when Stephen
King only charge $50. I don't really know the price of these
things.
#Post#: 16077--------------------------------------------------
Re: Would you attend this?
By: gramma dishes Date: October 13, 2018, 7:13 pm
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Your organization needs to understand that many patrons may well
feel they've been the victims of a bait and switch scheme. The
very word 'gala' implies an abundance of food (and beverage) and
certainly a place to sit down! For goodness sake, it's
fanciness galore. You may get some takers this year who have no
idea what's really going on, but next year watch out. No one
will show up. It will be a massive failure. Ruined reputations
and all that ...
#Post#: 16101--------------------------------------------------
Re: Would you attend this?
By: Aleko Date: October 14, 2018, 1:27 am
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I know nothing at all about US charity events, but everything
about this event looks mean and sounds mean. Whatever people are
paying, to make them stand all evening (unless they shell out
extra for a chair) with a few bog-standard canapés to eat and
not even a free drink is paltry in the extreme. Calling this
cheapskate effort a gala just adds insult to injury. If the
organisers make clear to people what they are getting, a lot of
people will just not go (I would pay money to avoid it,
personally); and if they don't, by the time you start the
auction people will be feeling so bored, cheated and footsore
they will not feel any impulse to spend any more.
This event deserves to fail wretchedly. Don't get identified
with it, is my advice.
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Re: Would you attend this?
By: guest657 Date: October 14, 2018, 9:51 am
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[quote author=Aleko link=topic=734.msg16101#msg16101
date=1539498444]
I know nothing at all about US charity events, but everything
about this event looks mean and sounds mean. Whatever people are
paying, to make them stand all evening (unless they she'll out
extra for a chair) with a few bog-standard canapés to eat and
not even a free drink is paltry in the extreme. Calling this
cheapskate effort a gala just adds insult to injury. If the
organisers make clear to people what they are getting, a lot of
people will just not go (I would pay money to avoid it,
personally); and if they don't, by the time you start the
auction people will be feeling so bored, cheated and footsore
they will not feel any impulse to spend any more.
This event deserves to fail wretchedly. Don't get identified
with it, is my advice.
[/quote]
Agree.
I could see offering SRO tickets at a discount if the seats sell
out. Emphasis on *if*. But to present it that way up front looks
really chintzy. And in that case half-price would be more
appropriate, in my view.
If you nickel-and-dime your guests, they will nickel-and-dime
you. Especially a cash bar. The freer the wine flows, the freer
the money flows. A gala event should feel like a celebration,
not like flying coach on a budget airline.
If the organization is struggling with up-front costs, it's
better to simplify the event so you can do it up right instead
of stretching to do something big, badly.
I once helped plan a charity fundraiser with a wine & cheese
tasting and silent auction. No speaker, minimal cover charge.
Beautiful space, beautiful auction prizes including artwork,
vacations, luxury service packages like massages, etc.
The best investment we made was the wine. We made a killing.
#Post#: 16111--------------------------------------------------
Re: Would you attend this?
By: TeamBhakta Date: October 14, 2018, 9:58 am
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[quote author=TootsNYC link=topic=734.msg16072#msg16072
date=1539473471]
"engaged a speaker who is beyond our level"
"this person works around the world. "
I would say that engaging a speaker who is AT your level is a
total waste of energy.
If people are going to pay to see a speaker, they want someone
sort of famous / well-known.
[/quote]
I would guess - and the OP may want to correct this if I'm wrong
- that it means something like: "We're the unicorn herders of
Smallville. We'll wrangle your stray unicorn if you live within
x-mile. We have a trailer & a lasso of truth. That's all we do.
We could use an extra trailer or some better wrangling tips, but
we don't need an expert speaking to us about rescuing unicorns
from Tibetan mountain tops with helicopters & retraining them as
Olympic polo unicorns."
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Re: Would you attend this?
By: Rose Red Date: October 14, 2018, 10:59 am
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[quote author=Anon4Now link=topic=734.msg16109#msg16109
date=1539528677]
If the organization is struggling with up-front costs, it's
better to simplify the event so you can do it up right instead
of stretching to do something big, badly.
I once helped plan a charity fundraiser with a wine & cheese
tasting and silent auction. No speaker, minimal cover charge.
Beautiful space, beautiful auction prizes including artwork,
vacations, luxury service packages like massages, etc.
[/quote]
Exactly. There's nothing wrong with the menu in the OP, but it
doesn't match the ticket price or the fancy tables.
It's like those stories about having wedding receptions at some
fancy hotel, but didn't order enough food to serve all the
guests in order to save money. It has all the trappings of a
society gala, but they're not really thinking of the guests,
only how it looks from the outside.
#Post#: 16145--------------------------------------------------
Re: Would you attend this?
By: Lizzard Date: October 14, 2018, 10:35 pm
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I Googled charity galas for my city. Didn't drill down enough
to see about the chairs, but in general the price is not
outlandish. Some are less, some are more. Though they seemed
to offer either apps or cash bar, not both. I also know people
who have gone to concerts and paid extra to meet the singer.
That was about $250, but I believe included good tickets to the
show.
I would say the amount of tickets you sell will depend on how
much people want to see the writer or how much the can afford to
support your non-profit. One thing to consider is how far is
the other show with this writer? If it is only a few hours
away the people interested in spending that kind of money to see
him, may have already bought their tickets for that show.
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