Remember those Choose Your Own Adventure books? They are kid-fiction adventures told in the second person so it has an immediate feel to the reader
Every few pages, you come to a choice. It goes something like this:
- If you decide to explore the dark, ill-smelling cave, turn to page 52.
- If you decide to run away as fast as you can, turn to page 65.
Then you choose. Your choice leads to a different outcomes of the story. That's what makes them cool.
Fundraising should be a lot like that.
But way better, because it's real.
A fundraising message goes something like this:
Something is wrong in the world. It's wrong in a way that breaks your heart. It's very clearly wrong, and it urgently needs to be fixed, and the way to fix it is to send a donation.
- If you decide to send a donation, turn to page 52.
- If you decide not to send a donation, turn to page 65.
What happens if they give and turn to page 52? They get a warm glow as their brain confirms to them that helping others is the right thing to do. They quickly get a thank you message that specifically tells them what their money is on its way to do. Not much later, they get some indication that their gift really did make a difference!
What happens if they don't give and turn to page 65? Pretty much nothing. Story over. Of course, every donor always has the right to say no and to end the story right there.
But giving is about action, change, progress, and relationship.
Does your fundraising create clear choices like Choose Your Own Adventure books?
(This post first appeared on October 7, 2015.)
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