Tips on Dealing With Potential Corporate Partners Dealing With

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Tips on
Dealing With Potential
Corporate Partners
Dealing With Corporations
1. Keep your foundation’s identity
and dignity INTACT
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Take a posture of pride in your
advocacy
Your are not begging. You are asking
the corporation to invest in your
advocacy
Set guidelines for collaboration
Require minimum guaranteed
donations
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2. Respect the corporation’s
integrity and identity.
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Learn about the company and the
people you will talk to
Synergize your goals
Use data to support your messages
Use real life examples
Tell them who else is supporting you
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3.Make sure your messages are
communicated
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Explain your mission
Promote your messages via media
Promote your messages within the
fund raising event or program to
promote your messages (tarps, hang
tags, brochures, video walls, etc)
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4. Capitalize on Your Membership
Profile
Maritoni
Fernandez
Breast Cancer
Survivor
Bibeth Orteza
Melissa De
Leon
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Celebs for ICANSERVE
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young
ICANSERVE
volunteers
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5. Diversify your fund raising
events and programs
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Tickled Pink
A Bazaar of
Rare Finds
Pink Kitchen
A Food Festival
of Chefs
Without
Restaurants
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Collaboration with
SpongeBob Pink Pants
Collaboration of
Swatch and HSBC at
People’s Palace
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Collaboration
with Myra E
Silver Linings
A National Breast Cancer Forum
and Homecoming for breast
cancer survivors
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Breast Self Exam
Video
A Collaboration
With C Network
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6. A NO doesn’t mean NEVER.
• Never give up.
• Stay the course.
• Focus on your mission even
when the breaks don’t seem to
come.
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Ating Dibdibin
The barangay based breast cancer
screening program
Ating Dibdibin
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7. Find a win-win situation
New Balance gives ‘
I Can Serve
Volunteers
a 25% discount
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8. Say Thank You. Say Hello.
Thank You package:
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handwritten note
phone call
gift
documentation of events – photos,
videos, collaterals
thank you luncheons or dinners
stay in touch
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9. Put Everything in Writing
This assures accountability
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10. Faith
ICANSERVE Family
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Tips on Dealing with
Corporations
1. Keep your integrity & identity intact
2. Respect the corporation’s integrity
and identity
3. Make sure your messages are
communicated
4. Capitalize on your membership
profile
5. Diversify fund raising activities and
programs
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Tips on Dealing with
Corporations
6. A no doesn’t mean never
7. Try to find a win-win situation
8. Say Thank You. Say Hello.
9. Put Everything in Writing
10.Faith
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