Re: About the Edu-Sprint and Sponsorship in Randa.

On Saturday 07 July 2012, 07.14:49 Cornelius Schumacher wrote:
> On Friday 06 July 2012 22:41:05 Mario Fux wrote:
> > kickstarter.com is another option.
> 
> It's only available for US projects, and it only pays money to the project,
> if the goal is reached. So I don't think this is an option for us.
> 
> > The brochure is on its way. But the translation is a huge amount of work.
> > Will prioritize the pages. And try to spread the work. Keep you updated.
> 
> Great.
> 
> > What about things like:
> > - Post card signed by people from Randa
> > - T-Shirt signed
> > - Lunch/dinner in Randa
> > - Big amount of money: We bring you to Randa
> 
> Good ideas. Is this something we do want to do, giving perks for different
> levels of donations? On one hand it gives some motivation to donate, on the
> other hand it is additional work to set up and maintain. What do you think?

With extrinsic motivation (you get a carrot if you donte) we are destroying 
intrinsic motivation (to donate to do good or to support a project wich is 
important for you).
More options make it more difficult to deside. A couple of weeks (or perhaps 
months) I donated for a project with about 100 possibilities, depending on 5 
or 10 USD stepps (ok, what feeled like 100 was more than 10 or 15 in reality.) 
A had an amount in mind when I entered the site and was so confused by the 
options that I left the site to deside. Luckily I came back an donated the 
amount I was planing. But am not sure until today if I should write an e-mail, 
that I don't need the carrot.

So I would be carefull with offering carrots for donations. But perhaps it is 
only me thinking this way and it is successful by these projekts.

But in general it is a good idea to have a donation option.

Thomas


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