Hi,
This isn't so much a Tessitura question and it's more of an organizational question regarding program names. I'm wondering if anyone is willing to share their guidelines as to what gets "counted" in your program names. At Pacific Symphony, we're trying to come up with some strict guidelines as to what counts and I would love to see what other organizations are doing!
For example, for your annual fund donors, will you include money received for elevated events as part of annual giving? Do you count endowment and capital campaign money received or do you have a separate listing for these people? Do you count volunteer support group membership money?
I think it truly depends on the organization. The important thing would be to make a decision, document the rules and be consistent in the entry process. As someone said earlier, be sure to be concise in the description of the listings in the program book.
In one organization we created a program listing and entered the donor names for the elevated event itself as a special thank you in the program that was distributed directly following the event.
And there will almost always be exceptions. There will be those donors who the gift officers know will be sending in their contributions, but have not yet done so. They don’t want to upset them by having their names fall off the list.
Michelle Wohlers
Tessitura and Data Services Manager
2014/2015 International Season:
La bohème, Don Giovanni, Nixon in China,
50th Anniversary Celebration Concert
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San Diego Opera 233 A Street, Suite 500
San Diego, CA 92101
Phone: (619) 232-7636
Fax: (619) 231-6915
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From: Tessitura Development Forum [mailto:forums-development@tessituranetwork.com] On Behalf Of Marie Kocher Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2014 2:10 PM To: Michelle Wohlers Subject: RE: [Tessitura Development Forum] Program Names!
We include Annual Fund and Elevated Event contributions. As for space, we include donors at $250+ in the printed program, however, offer the entire donor listing online.
We have a separate listing for Capital Campaign donations. These are listed at ALL amounts to the campaign and listed online.
Marie
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Marie Kocher | Development Assistant
Kansas City Ballet | Todd Bolender Center for Dance & Creativity
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From: Tessitura Development Forum [mailto:forums-development@tessituranetwork.com] On Behalf Of Christopher Adriance Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2014 3:17 PM To: Marie Kocher Subject: [Tessitura Development Forum] Program Names!
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