Sponsorship Sales, Fundraising for Community Orgs
Hey all, I've learned a lot with sponsorship sales for PyCascades last year, and now with Eloisa Tran chairing our sponsorship sales this year. Wondering if there'd be interest in participating in training for groups around the Python community? For PyCascades, we were profitable as an org our first year. Eloisa joining as our leader of sponsorship sales, we doubled, we may triple our gross revenue. One example tactic I can share – 1. Eight days before the conference meets on February 23, I sent out reminder emails to past supporters of PuPPy, my group in Seattle 2. The email copy was targeted to remind past supporters of PuPPy, we are hosting PyCascades in Seattle this year 3. Please alert their staff that we are approaching sell out 4. Got 15 new registrations that totals in about $2000 in additional revenue 5. A silver level sponsor for $8000 My goal would be to include as many concrete examples like this in the training. Eloisa was trained by the Anita Borg Institute to lead sponsorship sales for Grace Hopper Conference. She donated $250k to numFOCUS running sponsorship sales for PyData Seattle 2017, with about 800 attendees. Let me know. I'll collaborate with Eloisa to create curriculum to share with everybody. What does everybody think? -- Don Sheu 312.880.9389 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - My Python user group convenes every month 2nd Wednesdays http://www.meetup.com/PSPPython/events/232708762/ *CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE*: *The information contained in this message may be protected trade secrets or protected by applicable intellectual property laws of the United States and International agreements. If you believe that it has been sent to you in error, do not read it. Please immediately reply to the sender that you have received the message in error. Then delete it. Thank you.* ᐧ
Hi Don, We're having a first regional Python Conference for the Rocky Mountains region this year [1] and would love to learn anything we can from the PyCascades experience, especially considering you guys seem to have knocked it out of the park. Consider us interested, and I'm happy to be the contact for now. Thanks! --Uche [1] http://pycolorado.org (redirects to interest sign-up for now; proper site imminent) On Mon, Feb 18, 2019 at 9:06 AM Don Sheu <dinaldo@gmail.com> wrote:
Hey all, I've learned a lot with sponsorship sales for PyCascades last year, and now with Eloisa Tran chairing our sponsorship sales this year.
Wondering if there'd be interest in participating in training for groups around the Python community?
For PyCascades, we were profitable as an org our first year. Eloisa joining as our leader of sponsorship sales, we doubled, we may triple our gross revenue.
One example tactic I can share –
1. Eight days before the conference meets on February 23, I sent out reminder emails to past supporters of PuPPy, my group in Seattle 2. The email copy was targeted to remind past supporters of PuPPy, we are hosting PyCascades in Seattle this year 3. Please alert their staff that we are approaching sell out 4. Got 15 new registrations that totals in about $2000 in additional revenue 5. A silver level sponsor for $8000
My goal would be to include as many concrete examples like this in the training. Eloisa was trained by the Anita Borg Institute to lead sponsorship sales for Grace Hopper Conference. She donated $250k to numFOCUS running sponsorship sales for PyData Seattle 2017, with about 800 attendees.
Let me know. I'll collaborate with Eloisa to create curriculum to share with everybody.
What does everybody think?
-- Don Sheu 312.880.9389 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
My Python user group convenes every month 2nd Wednesdays http://www.meetup.com/PSPPython/events/232708762/
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Awesome, love the PyColorado crew. Emily Morehouse-Valcarcel spoke for our first conference when we met in Vancouver, B.C. Frank brought up PyColorado. I said whatever I can do to help. Scott Vitale and I have participated in calls with the Capital One lead in their campaign to encourage conferences to go swagless. We want to figure out how conference sponsors can drive booth traffic by offering donations to the Python Software Foundation instead of handing out t-shirts. Eloisa and I will confer after PyCascades concludes and our PuPPy gift to Guido for BDFL retirement event takes place in Seattle on April 2nd. ᐧ On Mon, Feb 18, 2019 at 10:32 AM Uche Ogbuji <uche@ogbuji.net> wrote:
Hi Don,
We're having a first regional Python Conference for the Rocky Mountains region this year [1] and would love to learn anything we can from the PyCascades experience, especially considering you guys seem to have knocked it out of the park. Consider us interested, and I'm happy to be the contact for now.
Thanks!
--Uche
[1] http://pycolorado.org (redirects to interest sign-up for now; proper site imminent)
On Mon, Feb 18, 2019 at 9:06 AM Don Sheu <dinaldo@gmail.com> wrote:
Hey all, I've learned a lot with sponsorship sales for PyCascades last year, and now with Eloisa Tran chairing our sponsorship sales this year.
Wondering if there'd be interest in participating in training for groups around the Python community?
For PyCascades, we were profitable as an org our first year. Eloisa joining as our leader of sponsorship sales, we doubled, we may triple our gross revenue.
One example tactic I can share –
1. Eight days before the conference meets on February 23, I sent out reminder emails to past supporters of PuPPy, my group in Seattle 2. The email copy was targeted to remind past supporters of PuPPy, we are hosting PyCascades in Seattle this year 3. Please alert their staff that we are approaching sell out 4. Got 15 new registrations that totals in about $2000 in additional revenue 5. A silver level sponsor for $8000
My goal would be to include as many concrete examples like this in the training. Eloisa was trained by the Anita Borg Institute to lead sponsorship sales for Grace Hopper Conference. She donated $250k to numFOCUS running sponsorship sales for PyData Seattle 2017, with about 800 attendees.
Let me know. I'll collaborate with Eloisa to create curriculum to share with everybody.
What does everybody think?
-- Don Sheu 312.880.9389 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
My Python user group convenes every month 2nd Wednesdays http://www.meetup.com/PSPPython/events/232708762/
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-- Uche Ogbuji http://uche.ogbuji.net Founding Partner, Zepheira http://zepheira.com Author, _Ndewo, Colorado_ http://uche.ogbuji.net/ndewo/ Co-creator, co-host, Poetry Voice Podcast http://poetryvoice.tumblr.com/ http://uogbuji.tumblr.com/ http://www.linkedin.com/in/ucheogbuji http://twitter.com/uogbuji
-- Don Sheu 312.880.9389 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - My Python user group convenes every month 2nd Wednesdays http://www.meetup.com/PSPPython/events/232708762/ *CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE*: *The information contained in this message may be protected trade secrets or protected by applicable intellectual property laws of the United States and International agreements. If you believe that it has been sent to you in error, do not read it. Please immediately reply to the sender that you have received the message in error. Then delete it. Thank you.*
The PyCascades team is very diverse and this year we have more women and trans people as staff members. Eloisa's expertise and experience have such big impact to our event. It would be great to not refer to the PyCascades team as "you guys" in the future. Thank you. On Mon, Feb 18, 2019, 10:32 AM Uche Ogbuji <uche@ogbuji.net wrote:
Hi Don,
We're having a first regional Python Conference for the Rocky Mountains region this year [1] and would love to learn anything we can from the PyCascades experience, especially considering you guys seem to have knocked it out of the park. Consider us interested, and I'm happy to be the contact for now.
Thanks!
--Uche
[1] http://pycolorado.org (redirects to interest sign-up for now; proper site imminent)
On Mon, Feb 18, 2019 at 9:06 AM Don Sheu <dinaldo@gmail.com> wrote:
Hey all, I've learned a lot with sponsorship sales for PyCascades last year, and now with Eloisa Tran chairing our sponsorship sales this year.
Wondering if there'd be interest in participating in training for groups around the Python community?
For PyCascades, we were profitable as an org our first year. Eloisa joining as our leader of sponsorship sales, we doubled, we may triple our gross revenue.
One example tactic I can share –
1. Eight days before the conference meets on February 23, I sent out reminder emails to past supporters of PuPPy, my group in Seattle 2. The email copy was targeted to remind past supporters of PuPPy, we are hosting PyCascades in Seattle this year 3. Please alert their staff that we are approaching sell out 4. Got 15 new registrations that totals in about $2000 in additional revenue 5. A silver level sponsor for $8000
My goal would be to include as many concrete examples like this in the training. Eloisa was trained by the Anita Borg Institute to lead sponsorship sales for Grace Hopper Conference. She donated $250k to numFOCUS running sponsorship sales for PyData Seattle 2017, with about 800 attendees.
Let me know. I'll collaborate with Eloisa to create curriculum to share with everybody.
What does everybody think?
-- Don Sheu 312.880.9389 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
My Python user group convenes every month 2nd Wednesdays http://www.meetup.com/PSPPython/events/232708762/
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-- Uche Ogbuji http://uche.ogbuji.net Founding Partner, Zepheira http://zepheira.com Author, _Ndewo, Colorado_ http://uche.ogbuji.net/ndewo/ Co-creator, co-host, Poetry Voice Podcast http://poetryvoice.tumblr.com/ http://uogbuji.tumblr.com/ http://www.linkedin.com/in/ucheogbuji http://twitter.com/uogbuji _______________________________________________ PSF-Community mailing list PSF-Community@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/psf-community
Thank you Mariatta. Highlights of building a diverse team is the opportunity for all of us to learn from each other. On Mon, Feb 18, 2019, 12:12 PM Mariatta Wijaya <mariatta.wijaya@gmail.com> wrote:
The PyCascades team is very diverse and this year we have more women and trans people as staff members. Eloisa's expertise and experience have such big impact to our event.
It would be great to not refer to the PyCascades team as "you guys" in the future.
Thank you.
On Mon, Feb 18, 2019, 10:32 AM Uche Ogbuji <uche@ogbuji.net wrote:
Hi Don,
We're having a first regional Python Conference for the Rocky Mountains region this year [1] and would love to learn anything we can from the PyCascades experience, especially considering you guys seem to have knocked it out of the park. Consider us interested, and I'm happy to be the contact for now.
Thanks!
--Uche
[1] http://pycolorado.org (redirects to interest sign-up for now; proper site imminent)
On Mon, Feb 18, 2019 at 9:06 AM Don Sheu <dinaldo@gmail.com> wrote:
Hey all, I've learned a lot with sponsorship sales for PyCascades last year, and now with Eloisa Tran chairing our sponsorship sales this year.
Wondering if there'd be interest in participating in training for groups around the Python community?
For PyCascades, we were profitable as an org our first year. Eloisa joining as our leader of sponsorship sales, we doubled, we may triple our gross revenue.
One example tactic I can share –
1. Eight days before the conference meets on February 23, I sent out reminder emails to past supporters of PuPPy, my group in Seattle 2. The email copy was targeted to remind past supporters of PuPPy, we are hosting PyCascades in Seattle this year 3. Please alert their staff that we are approaching sell out 4. Got 15 new registrations that totals in about $2000 in additional revenue 5. A silver level sponsor for $8000
My goal would be to include as many concrete examples like this in the training. Eloisa was trained by the Anita Borg Institute to lead sponsorship sales for Grace Hopper Conference. She donated $250k to numFOCUS running sponsorship sales for PyData Seattle 2017, with about 800 attendees.
Let me know. I'll collaborate with Eloisa to create curriculum to share with everybody.
What does everybody think?
-- Don Sheu 312.880.9389 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
My Python user group convenes every month 2nd Wednesdays http://www.meetup.com/PSPPython/events/232708762/
*CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE*: *The information contained in this message may be protected trade secrets or protected by applicable intellectual property laws of the United States and International agreements. If you believe that it has been sent to you in error, do not read it. Please immediately reply to the sender that you have received the message in error. Then delete it. Thank you.* ᐧ _______________________________________________ PSF-Community mailing list PSF-Community@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/psf-community
-- Uche Ogbuji http://uche.ogbuji.net Founding Partner, Zepheira http://zepheira.com Author, _Ndewo, Colorado_ http://uche.ogbuji.net/ndewo/ Co-creator, co-host, Poetry Voice Podcast http://poetryvoice.tumblr.com/ http://uogbuji.tumblr.com/ http://www.linkedin.com/in/ucheogbuji http://twitter.com/uogbuji _______________________________________________ PSF-Community mailing list PSF-Community@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/psf-community
Sounds like an excellent resource. Talk to NumFocus - I'm sure a lot of PyData conferences would appreciate information on how to increase sponsorship locally. I've Bcc'd the admin there, so you may be approached or you can use your own connections, I'm sure. Kind regards Steve Holden On Mon, Feb 18, 2019 at 4:07 PM Don Sheu <dinaldo@gmail.com> wrote:
Hey all, I've learned a lot with sponsorship sales for PyCascades last year, and now with Eloisa Tran chairing our sponsorship sales this year.
Wondering if there'd be interest in participating in training for groups around the Python community?
For PyCascades, we were profitable as an org our first year. Eloisa joining as our leader of sponsorship sales, we doubled, we may triple our gross revenue.
One example tactic I can share –
1. Eight days before the conference meets on February 23, I sent out reminder emails to past supporters of PuPPy, my group in Seattle 2. The email copy was targeted to remind past supporters of PuPPy, we are hosting PyCascades in Seattle this year 3. Please alert their staff that we are approaching sell out 4. Got 15 new registrations that totals in about $2000 in additional revenue 5. A silver level sponsor for $8000
My goal would be to include as many concrete examples like this in the training. Eloisa was trained by the Anita Borg Institute to lead sponsorship sales for Grace Hopper Conference. She donated $250k to numFOCUS running sponsorship sales for PyData Seattle 2017, with about 800 attendees.
Let me know. I'll collaborate with Eloisa to create curriculum to share with everybody.
What does everybody think?
-- Don Sheu 312.880.9389 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
My Python user group convenes every month 2nd Wednesdays http://www.meetup.com/PSPPython/events/232708762/
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Absolutely. I learned from Eloisa how structured Grace Hopper Conference is about managing volunteers selling sponsorships. I was jealous for our PSF. I'd love to have a team of volunteers ready to help with fundraising for all the participants in the extended Python world. ᐧ On Mon, Feb 18, 2019 at 10:49 AM Steve Holden <steve@holdenweb.com> wrote:
Sounds like an excellent resource. Talk to NumFocus - I'm sure a lot of PyData conferences would appreciate information on how to increase sponsorship locally. I've Bcc'd the admin there, so you may be approached or you can use your own connections, I'm sure.
Kind regards Steve Holden
On Mon, Feb 18, 2019 at 4:07 PM Don Sheu <dinaldo@gmail.com> wrote:
Hey all, I've learned a lot with sponsorship sales for PyCascades last year, and now with Eloisa Tran chairing our sponsorship sales this year.
Wondering if there'd be interest in participating in training for groups around the Python community?
For PyCascades, we were profitable as an org our first year. Eloisa joining as our leader of sponsorship sales, we doubled, we may triple our gross revenue.
One example tactic I can share –
1. Eight days before the conference meets on February 23, I sent out reminder emails to past supporters of PuPPy, my group in Seattle 2. The email copy was targeted to remind past supporters of PuPPy, we are hosting PyCascades in Seattle this year 3. Please alert their staff that we are approaching sell out 4. Got 15 new registrations that totals in about $2000 in additional revenue 5. A silver level sponsor for $8000
My goal would be to include as many concrete examples like this in the training. Eloisa was trained by the Anita Borg Institute to lead sponsorship sales for Grace Hopper Conference. She donated $250k to numFOCUS running sponsorship sales for PyData Seattle 2017, with about 800 attendees.
Let me know. I'll collaborate with Eloisa to create curriculum to share with everybody.
What does everybody think?
-- Don Sheu 312.880.9389 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
My Python user group convenes every month 2nd Wednesdays http://www.meetup.com/PSPPython/events/232708762/
*CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE*: *The information contained in this message may be protected trade secrets or protected by applicable intellectual property laws of the United States and International agreements. If you believe that it has been sent to you in error, do not read it. Please immediately reply to the sender that you have received the message in error. Then delete it. Thank you.* ᐧ _______________________________________________ PSF-Community mailing list PSF-Community@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/psf-community
-- Don Sheu 312.880.9389 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - My Python user group convenes every month 2nd Wednesdays http://www.meetup.com/PSPPython/events/232708762/ *CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE*: *The information contained in this message may be protected trade secrets or protected by applicable intellectual property laws of the United States and International agreements. If you believe that it has been sent to you in error, do not read it. Please immediately reply to the sender that you have received the message in error. Then delete it. Thank you.*
Hi Don, Thanks for the information. Keep us in the loop and we'd be happy to pass along any information about sponsorship training to our organizing committees. Best, Jim -- Jim Weiss Events Manager, NumFOCUS jim@numfocus.org On Mon, 18 Feb at 12:50 PM , Steve Holden <steve@holdenweb.com> wrote: Sounds like an excellent resource. Talk to NumFocus - I'm sure a lot of PyData conferences would appreciate information on how to increase sponsorship locally. I've Bcc'd the admin there, so you may be approached or you can use your own connections, I'm sure. Kind regards Steve Holden On Mon, Feb 18, 2019 at 4:07 PM Don Sheu <dinaldo@gmail.com> wrote: Hey all, I've learned a lot with sponsorship sales for PyCascades last year, and now with Eloisa Tran chairing our sponsorship sales this year. Wondering if there'd be interest in participating in training for groups around the Python community? For PyCascades, we were profitable as an org our first year. Eloisa joining as our leader of sponsorship sales, we doubled, we may triple our gross revenue. One example tactic I can share – Eight days before the conference meets on February 23, I sent out reminder emails to past supporters of PuPPy, my group in Seattle The email copy was targeted to remind past supporters of PuPPy, we are hosting PyCascades in Seattle this year Please alert their staff that we are approaching sell out Got 15 new registrations that totals in about $2000 in additional revenue A silver level sponsor for $8000 My goal would be to include as many concrete examples like this in the training. Eloisa was trained by the Anita Borg Institute to lead sponsorship sales for Grace Hopper Conference. She donated $250k to numFOCUS running sponsorship sales for PyData Seattle 2017, with about 800 attendees. Let me know. I'll collaborate with Eloisa to create curriculum to share with everybody. What does everybody think? -- Don Sheu 312.880.9389 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - My Python user group convenes every month 2nd Wednesdays http://www.meetup.com/PSPPython/events/232708762/ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained in this message may be protected trade secrets or protected by applicable intellectual property laws of the United States and International agreements. If you believe that it has been sent to you in error, do not read it. Please immediately reply to the sender that you have received the message in error. Then delete it. Thank you. ᐧ _______________________________________________ PSF-Community mailing list PSF-Community@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/psf-community -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Admin" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to admin+unsubscribe@pydata.org.
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