Fundraising Day in New York Marriage Counseling: How
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Fundraising Day in New York Marriage Counseling: How
Fundraising Day in New York 6/27/14 Marriage Counseling: How Fundraising and Branding Can Live Happily Ever After Who is City Harvest? Marriage Counseling: How Fundraising and Branding Can Live Happily Ever After Speakers: Heather Wallace Gary Laermer Vice President Marketing, Senior Vice President & City Harvest Moderator: Chief Development Officer YMCA NYC Lisa Maska, CFRE Partner, Lautman Maska Neill & Company Marketing Department Structure A Strong Brand Is the Foundation for Fundraising Success Creates legitimacy Attracts new donors/partners Helps tell your story Helps break out of the clutter As the world’s first food rescue organization, City Harvest’s mission is to end hunger in communities throughout New York City. This year, City Harvest will rescue 46 million pounds of excess food from all segments of the food industry including restaurants, grocers, farms and manufacturers. City Harvest delivers rescued food free of charge to some 400 community food programs using a fleet of trucks and bikes. Nutrient-rich food including dairy, meats, fruits and vegetables now comprise more than 75 percent of deliveries. Through our Healthy Neighborhoods program, City Harvest is working to meet the immediate demand for food while also promoting long-term food security by increasing access to and demand for affordable, healthy food in the communities we serve. Marketing & Fundraising: Where They Fit at City Harvest Brand Should NOT Limit Creativity Key identity pieces should adhere strictly to guidelines – these pieces set the look/feel/ personality of your organization Fundraising materials need to resonate with donors – flexibility of design is necessary Good brand management is about a consistent look and feel – not a rigid design/style guide 1 Fundraising Day in New York 6/27/14 Marriage Counseling: How Fundraising and Branding Can Live Happily Ever After There is Room for Creativity! Direct mail Special Events Major donor fundraising Partner promotions Advertising Website/Social Media 2 Fundraising Day in New York 6/27/14 Marriage Counseling: How Fundraising and Branding Can Live Happily Ever After Branding: More Than Just the Visual Consistent messaging across functions is essential! ◦ Make it formal ◦ Make it collaborative ◦ Make it flexible ◦ Make it easily accessible ◦ Make sure it evolves ◦ Make sure it works! Process: How to Manage it All Earlier collaborative work on messaging minimizes edits/eliminates broader review process New creative reviewed within teams with ED final review/approval Marketing produces ‘designed’ materials for all areas of organization New language outside of core messaging developed by Communications team Marketing & Fundraising Strategy = Success 35000000 City Harvest Revenue 2004-2014 30000000 25000000 20000000 15000000 10000000 Participant Outcomes: • How branding and building brand equity support charitable messaging • When to relax brand guidelines to ensure the best fundraising results • How to balance the needs of branding and fundraising across channels 5000000 0 FY04 FY05 FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14 Marketing Dept. Fund Raising 3 Fundraising Day in New York 6/27/14 Marriage Counseling: How Fundraising and Branding Can Live Happily Ever After Marketing Dept. Fund Fund Raising Raising Marketing Market for awareness Reinforcing “the things you do” Can be transactional Speaks to everyone Reinforces brand equity Fund Raising Communicating Why “the things you do” is needed – case Emotional Drives to a desired response Less transactional – more relationship Educates Reinforces your impact The Y. So Much More • Find a creative middle ground • Use a third party • Establish a framework that works for multiple messages • Define your relationship roadmap • Pre-print pieces in advance for efficiency 4 Fundraising Day in New York 6/27/14 Marriage Counseling: How Fundraising and Branding Can Live Happily Ever After SAMPLE MESSAGE MATRIX SUMMER CAMP PROGRAM • Have an agreed upon message matrix. • Each program can also have an established set of message guidelines. PROOF POINTS Summer is the season of rapid learning loss, as unstructured time weakens all the progress that has been achieved during the school year. To keep kids engaged and active throughout the summer months, YMCA Summer Camp connects with 10,000 youth via fun, structured activities that encourage healthy growth in spirit, mind and body. All kids are welcome in our Summer Camp program, which incorporates swimming, arts and crafts, recreation and sports, field trips, literacy initiatives and character development to provide kids with positive and fun developmental experiences and to prevent learning loss during the summer months. Need • • Unequal opportunity to learn year-round. Two-thirds of ninth-grade reading achievement gap can be explained by unequal access to summer learning opportunities, contributing to fewer disadvantaged youth graduating from high school or entering college.* Achievement gap between rich and poor children is widening. In recent decades, class has outpaced race as the biggest determinant of academic achievement.** Impact • • Quantitative improvement: 10,000 youth are engaged throughout the summer months at YMCA summer camps Summer learning loss is minimized: helping to bolster educational outcomes. Sidestepping misbehavior: Each summer camp experience represents a potential unhealthy experience avoided. "What I worry about a lot is summer reading loss. You have kids who don't have a lot of books at home and aren't read to. You get kids to a certain point in June, and when they come back in September, they're further behind than when they left you three months ago. It's heartbreaking. I'm not saying we need to do more of the school day in the summer, but it's all the opportunities that middle class kids have, to develop a skill or interest, to get drama or athletics, to get tutoring or be read to.“ • What People Are Saying —Arne Duncan, Secretary of Education, March 25, 2009 Interview in Education Daily*** • The greatest challenge to brand consistency is high staff turnover. • When the marriage works, you build brand equity. • If you only communicate what you do, you’ll never be able to do anything else without seeming to be opportunistic, out of touch or not expert enough to begin a new venture. • The second is changing the message to fit the platform. Be consistent. • Use platforms that fit your message. Don’t chase messaging fads. • Make the platform work for you! Don’t do it just so you can say you did. Thank You! Heather Wallace [email protected] Gary Laermer [email protected] Lisa Maska [email protected] 5