Wondering if any other organizations list "producers" on different performances throughout your season, and if so - how do you track that? A benefit we offer our $10k + donors is to be recognized as a Producer on one show during the season. They get some special opportunities at that show, including special recognition in that show's program. Because of this, we need to track this show in an easily reportable field. Historically, we've always used Designation to note the show they're producing. However, starting in our next fiscal year we want to use the Designation field exclusively for financial restrictions and donor intent. This takes away the Designation field for producer show. Where do you track specific show recognitions? I want our gift officers to be able to easily see what show the donor is producing this year. Our Premiums radio button in the History tab is a little difficult to read quickly, so I'm hesitant to use that - very curious if anyone has any other ideas!
So we also previously used designations, but ended up switching for a few reasons. Now I've created a system for us to use the Philanthropy section of the Research Tab. I created a Philanthropy Type called Sponsorship, then we use the activity to track what level of sponsorship (Company Sponsor, Production Sponsor, etc.), Donated To is the show (or the Series or the Season, depending on giving level), I marked the date as the first date of the FY the sponsorship is for, and track their gift amount in the Amount Donated field. If I need to pull a list for anything I've got the criteria available in list builder. Here's a screenshot of what it looks like for us: