tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post1792685337401660608..comments2024-03-28T09:22:36.967+13:00Comments on Offsetting Behaviour: Showing you care: charity run editionEric Cramptonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15831696523324469713noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-29703142278743266332012-10-17T13:03:44.842+13:002012-10-17T13:03:44.842+13:00My experience of running such events for charity i...My experience of running such events for charity is that you have to meet the needs of the participants first and then the needs of the charity. Also, there's good repeatable money is in the registrants, ie, you now have a database of people interested in an event(s) who like to incidentally help out a charity, and you can spin off into other things using the database.<br /><br />JCJCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-32579968167099338332012-10-17T13:03:44.546+13:002012-10-17T13:03:44.546+13:00Ah, we're at cross purposes. The trick is not ...Ah, we're at cross purposes. The trick is not to take your money but to get the participant to pay for his own pleasure/obsession and if you can offer something to the dutiful spouse and kids, so much the better. <br /><br />When you talk sponsorship of the type in the above examples most people instinctively understand that the participant is indulging his own interest and so the donations are typically from family, friends and perhaps the company he works for.<br /><br />JCJCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-76490517700921981032012-06-28T08:32:31.160+12:002012-06-28T08:32:31.160+12:00I have found an interesting spin off of Relay for ...I have found an interesting spin off of Relay for Life: Relay for Life of Second Life [http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Relay_For_Life_of_Second_Life]. Second Life [<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Life ] is an on line MMO where one takes on the form of an avatar, (I only know this because Second Life was on 60 minutes one time; two people met and married on the game). Relay for Life Second Life works a lot like Relay for Life. You go out and try get sponsors for your team. Sponsors donate money to the cause, given that your team successfully completes the challenge. To complete the challenge at least one person from your team must be on the running track at all times. The challenge ends after two days and two nights. <br /><br /><br />Unlike Relay for Life, Relay for Life of Second Life requires no physical preparation, apart from online parties (for example Fashion for Life and the Home and Garden Expo). <br />The amount of USD raised per person from 2004 - 2011 follows: 20, 15, 26, 64, 96, 143, 144, and 175. It is obvious that the amount raised per person is increasing each year and hence the event is becoming more efficient. It would be interesting to compute and compare various charity runs to see if it is possible to get an efficient outcome relative to the cost of organizing such an event. That is, the cost of lost wages arising from participation and training for the event and overhead costs of organizing the event.Matt Thirkettlenoreply@blogger.com