5 Site Recommendations to Help With Development

Here are 5 sites that I've personally found in doing research for the development department. I kept in mind not only my position, but the overall scale of what our department is in control of. So here they are:

1. 7 Tips for Crowdfunding Your Event for _____ Film Festival
http://www.indiewire.com/article/7-tips-for-how-to-use-crowdfunding-to-raise-money-for-a-film-festival?page=1

Though this link specifically goes into detail for the Atlanta Film Festival, it still gives us an understanding of someone who has gone down the crowdfunding route. How this helps us is that it gives us a first hand account of what to think about when working with our Indiegogo. It has someone who specifically has been in the same position as us and works to give us ideas of what may and may not work.

2. 10 Steps to Getting Corporate Sponsorship for Your Festival
http://marcatofestival.com/festival-organizers-blog/10-steps-to-getting-corporate-sponsorship-for-your-festival-or-event-by-ron-strand/

This site more works through the corporate level of sponsorship but still gives clues as well as hints as to what will work at keeping sponsorship in mind. Even for our festival, we are able to take what they have to say in mind. It goes through the entry stages all the way through finding and obtaining sponsorship. All we have to do is work through it from a local to more moderate level in a way of translating.

3. 25 Quick Fundraising Ideas for Non-Profit Events
http://www.classy.org/blog/25-quick-fundraising-ideas-for-nonprofits-and-charity/

In considering the fact that most of our events begin with a budget of zero, its good to keep in mind fresh ideas for fundraising Though this sticks to basic non-profit, there can still be ideas that we can glean from this as members of the development department.

4. The 20 Steps to a Successful Fundraising Ideas
http://www.thefundraisingauthority.com/fundraising-basics/fundraising-event/

It is definitely good to keep in mind the basics. We are going to be throwing these events but its good at understanding that we may be fresh to these events. It would be a good idea to keep in mind the basics of what a successful event might be. In being inexperienced, the suggestions from others really comes in handy. So this site comes in handy for coming up a good checklist of what will make our events a positive success!

5. Budgeting and Staffing a Fundraising Event
http://www.aspcapro.org/resource/shelter-management-fundraising/budgeting-and-staffing-fundraising-event

Another big component of these events is budgeting as well as staffing the events we throw. These tips help us understand what exactly to keep in mind when formulating the money we have and need. It also keeps in mind the staffing issues that might come up when putting together the event. Overall, it keeps us well rounded and prepared for whatever might come up.