Free eBook - 101: Low & No Cost Promotions for your Fundraiser...

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Fundraising Incentives Help School Fundraising Sales

Fundraising Incentives Help School Fundraising Sales!

If you've wondered if using incentives in your fundraiser to boost sales, the answer is yes!

A fundraising incentive could be a cumulative student prize program (meaning students earn more for higher sales), a drawing prize or a reward such as a pizza party.  Challenges are also available, such as hit this goal and the principal will do a polar bear plunge.  There's no bad reward.

Oh wait, that sounded bad.... Yes their are.

Something you don't want to offer is anything that will get your group into trouble.  Bringing in an extra sale for a better grade is bad.  Spending more on the reward than is earned through the fundraiser is also bad.  Not taking safety precautions is bad. 

I wrote about this before but it's worth repeating.  If you're going to do a duct tape the principal to the wall, cover private parts with cardboard before taping.  Don't get any kids in trouble for touching areas that you don't want touched!

Other than that, pretty much anything that engages students, teachers, parents or the community can only help!

I wrote a book on the subject.  101 Low & No Cost Promotions for your Fundraiser. It's available on the kindle ($2.99) or on slideshare as a presentation or PDF download:

101 Low & No Cost Promotions for your Fundraiser

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101 Low & No Cost Promotions for Your Fundraiser on Kindle.

I love technology and have just made a bit of a technological breakthrough myself.

Announcing the publication of 101 Low & No Cost Promotions for Your Fundraiser on Kindle.

This is, of course, my first attempt at publishing for Kindle, but it seems to have gone very well indeed.  This book, written for school fundraising sponsors, principals and leaders, summarizes 101 promotions that principals, teachers & administrators can use to encourage sales in their school fundraiser!

Although written primarily for the elementary school market, the ideas contained within are great for middle schools, private schools, daycares, sports teams and groups.  The idea of promoting a school fundraiser is a valuable one.  I hope you enjoy it!

CHOOSE FROM THE FOLLOWING:

1) PAID KINDLE VERSION - Purchase the Kindle version at amazon by following:

Kindle - 101 Low & No Cost Promotions for Your Fundraiser

2) FREE EBOOK VIEWING & DOWNLOAD:

Ebook - 101 Low & No Cost Promotions for Your Fundraiser

View and download the book for free using the link above through Slideshare.  If you would like to download and save to your computer, just select the download button that appears towards the top of the viewing area.

Feel free to keep the conversation going at twitter.com/believekids as well.

Ok, Until next time!

Teachers and Parents Relationship Important...

I just wrote a post on the educators PLN ning site.  I wrote it because I just released a book written by Hunter Thomson and myself entitled '101 Low and No-Cost Promotions for Your Fundraiser'.

The book outlines 101 low and no cost fundraising promotions that encourage fundraising participation, keep things exciting and reward sellers.

The point of the blog post was that the relationship between Teacher and Parent is critical and should be encouraged.  In order to give that relationship the chance to develop it requires, a few things have to be in place.  Minimizing distraction, adding responsibilities, disappointing parents, asking for too much too often and other factors all play into the dynamics that allow teachers and parents to have a trusting relationship.  The type of trusting relationship that encourages parents and teachers to work as a team to help children learn.

In order to create this trust, administrators, principals and parent groups need to be cautious what is introduced into that relationship and what demands are put on both teachers and parents.  Things like fundraising too often or not very effectively is a big concern.  Additionally, offering  products, services and events that do not offer value or are not professionally done can also be a disappointment that undermines a teacher's ability to include parents in their child's education.

Take a quick look at the post here:

http://edupln.ning.com/profiles/blogs/101-low-and-nocost-promotions

As always, let me know what you think.  If you would like more information on how to effectively host a high-dollar elementary school fundraiser, just let me know.  Otherwise, comment below or on twitter - twitter.com/believekids

Book download is available from Slideshare - just hit download button towards the top of this slideshare page.

Thanks!!