{"id":234,"date":"2014-09-03T12:00:34","date_gmt":"2014-09-03T16:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/imnodummy.com\/blog\/?p=234"},"modified":"2014-09-03T12:00:34","modified_gmt":"2014-09-03T16:00:34","slug":"make-it-personal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/WorkShouldBeFun.com\/blog\/make-it-personal\/","title":{"rendered":"Make It Personal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fund raising campaigns at work come and go. The annual <a title=\"Central Ohio United Way\" href=\"http:\/\/liveunitedcentralohio.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">United Way<\/a> campaign at <a title=\"CompuServe home page\" href=\"http:\/\/compuserve.com\" target=\"_blank\">CompuServe<\/a> will always stick out in my mind as one of the best run activities I have ever witnessed.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what I learned from the United Way campaigns at CompuServe:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Make it fun<\/strong>. The annual campaign had several facets that made it fun. From the indoor paper airplane toss to the executive raffle, it always included a wide range of activities. A couple stand-out activities:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Challenge the president to a game of horse (a shot-matching basketball game).<\/li>\n<li>Challenge the VP to a game of Table Tennis. He was quite good.<\/li>\n<li>Executive breakfast &#8211; The executives donned aprons and chef hats as they cooked and served a pancake breakfast in the company cafeteria.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Make it personal.<\/strong> One of the best aspects of the campaign was the executive raffle. In this, you could buy raffle tickets to win a one-on-one experience with a company executive. These experiences allowed the executives to share their personal side. A couple examples:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<ul>\n<li>A flight around Columbus in the CTO&#8217;s private airplane &#8211; with him as the pilot.<\/li>\n<li>A gourmet dinner for two at the home of the VP of marketing &#8211; prepared and served by him.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Make it optional, but difficult to ignore<\/strong>.\u00a0 During United Way Week at CompuServe, it was virtually impossible to not be aware of the campaign. But, it was always respectful of each individual&#8217;s interest, willingness and ability to participate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Offer incentives<\/strong>. One of the most appreciated incentives was an extra paid day off for donations above a certain threshold.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Later in my career, I brought this sense of personal commitment and fun to a campaign at another company where I was an executive. As part of a competition among directors to raise the most money, I challenged my staff with a dollar-for-dollar match to incite their competition. The email challenge to my staff was titled, &#8220;Make your boss go broke&#8221;. Here&#8217;s a photo showing the evidence that they took me up on it. I was happy to write that check and proud of my staff for their participation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/workshouldbefun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/FoodBankDoor.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-235\" src=\"https:\/\/workshouldbefun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/FoodBankDoor-300x235.jpg\" alt=\"Food Bank Door\" width=\"300\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/WorkShouldBeFun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/FoodBankDoor-300x235.jpg 300w, https:\/\/WorkShouldBeFun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/FoodBankDoor-382x300.jpg 382w, https:\/\/WorkShouldBeFun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/FoodBankDoor.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What can you do to make your next campaign fun?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fund raising campaigns at work come and go. The annual United Way campaign at CompuServe will always stick out in my mind as one of the best run activities I have ever witnessed. Here&#8217;s what I learned from the United Way campaigns at CompuServe: Make it fun. 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