What do you need to think about before you start fundraising?
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Preparation is the key to success…
Communicating your idea...
What is your project?
What makes it exciting or different?
Why is it important to you?
What do you want to achieve by doing it?
Who does your project benefit & who will be interested in it? (your stakeholders)
Communicating your idea...
Try explaining your idea to someone else
How clear is it?
What are they excited by?
What are they missing?
How can you improve your explanation?
Communicating your idea...
Write down the key points of your idea / project (bullet points)
What are the aims & the reasons for doing it? What will it achieve?
What are the outcomes? What form could your project take?
Working out what you need...
What exactly do you need to make your project happen?
What are all the things that you’ll need to do to make it happen?
Who is going to do each thing?
Write an activity plan
Working out what you need...
How much is everything going to cost?
Write a budget
How long is your project going to take?
How many people will it involve?
How will people get paid for their time?
Rachel Dobbs is one half of LOW PROFILE, an artist, educator and tinkerer based in Plymouth, UK. Rachel runs workshops for students, arts practitioners and communities on creative approaches to crowdfunding and DIY artist-led activity, and supports artists with access needs to apply for Arts Council England funding – contact me for more details on twitter - @RachelDobbs1
