~Department meeting: 1 hour (Thurs. Aug. 28th, Port City Java, 8pm)
Met and discussed what each department would be doing, focusing on for the fall and spring semesters. How
we will be working together with Hospitality and began thinking of how we want this year's Visions to be.
-Adrienne mentioned bringing in high schoolers to the event (idea up for thought)
~Department handbook: 1 1/2 hours (Fri Aug. 29th, Home, 7pm)
Spent time reading through the Development handbook to get a better idea of what to get prepared for. Familiarized
myself with the department responsibilities. Went through and highlighted important information regarding ways
to fundraise, keeping track of budget, awards information, and contacting potential sponsors. Keeping in mind any
questions I may have for next meeting. Began looking through various documents on Google drive as well.
Week 2:
~Film Festival Assignment (Tues. Sept. 2nd, in class)
Received interviewee and sent email to confirm date and time for interview. My interviewee
responded and gave me contact information of the Director of the Festival. So, I emailed the
director Tues. afternoon.
~Department Meeting: 1 hour (Thurs. Sept. 4th, Port City Java, 8 pm)
Talked over last years fundraisers and how we could incorporate the same events this year and/or add new fundraiser
ideas that the team may have. Also talked of what's to come-the budget. We discussed the importance of fundraising
and what it means to Visions. As a department, we decided what we wanted to do for the class's monthly shindigs.
(Each month a department will host a shindig as a class social) Development is in charge of the month of September,
so we decided to do a Scavenger Hunt downtown.
~Fundraising Ideas/Brainstorming: 2 1/2 hours (Friday, Sept. 5th, Home, 4 pm)
Researched and brainstormed ideas for fundraising.
-Bake Sales: easy to do, can raise a decent amount of money, cookies, brownies, etc.
-Party: discussed in the meeting a masquerade party
Researched different party ideas, those that are unique, not common like Tacky Christmas Party
-Scavenger Hunt: similar to the one we put together for the class social. But maybe have teams of 3-5 sign up
for a team fee of $10 to do a scavenger hunt (related to film and Visions). Winner gets a prize-maybe free
badge to Visions?
-Car Wash: can host our own or team up with a company that washes cars like the one located off of College
and New Centre.
-Movie Night: maybe team up with Lumina and get a highly praised movie to campus-help with concessions? Or
rent out Lumina for a night to invite and show students on campus of past Visions work, film studies students
work, or a highly praised movie.
-Restaurant fundraisers
-Sponsors
-Reaching out/Class pledge: I think this is a great way to raise money! If each student in class agrees to raise at
least $25 from family and friends.
-Raffles
-Wine and Design: (just an idea) Get together a group or groups to have classes for the Wine and Design team.
Paint something related to film (camera, film strip, etc). Maybe work together with Wine and Design and get
agreement to 5-10% of profit. (Looking more into this).
-Crowdsourcing: I have a list from this past summer of crowdsourcing websites that can help.
(Kickstarter, GoFundMe, CrowdRise )
~Group Projects-Assignment 1: 1 hour (Sun, Sept. 7th, Library, 5:30pm)
Met with group to discuss Lynda tutorials and begin working on Powerpoint project
~Blog/Assignment 2-Part 1: 1 hour (Sun, Sept. 7th, Library, 8pm)
Began going through festival's website and answering part 1 questions
Festival Assignment 2: Haven't confirmed time of interview because I am still waiting on a response from the film director. I sent a follow-up email on Friday, Sept. 5th, around 5pm.
“There are two ‘i’s’ in Fundraising – they should stand for inspiration and innovation, not imitation and irritation.”
"It always seems impossible, until it’s done." - Nelson Mandela.
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