[Dixielandjazz] was JCJB back from russia/ Corporate funding, & Record label for OKOM

[tcashwigg at aol.com]

OK   next questions :))


Why did they not get what they asked for ?

Product not good enough ?

No proven marketability in sufficient numbers to warrant investing in 
it ?

Production of the music not up to industry standards   as in radio 
ready ?

Did they not convince or even make the right match up at the label to 
get past first base ?


Did they just take no for an answer and walk away?  or did they ask how 
they could work together to make it a reality ?


As for the corporate Sponsorship:

Did they approach the right company?   as in did the company indicate 
any interest in the supporting this area of the Arts ?

Was the company a proper match up for the product  ?    yes the music 
and events are considered a PRODUCT to a Corporation, and or a means of 
publicity and promotion to Sell their own image and products or 
services.


Did they have confidence in the Society's ability to deliver the 
numbers they wanted to see to put up their money and support ?

Did the Society enlist a Professional sponsorship person (s) to prepare 
the proposal and deliver it to the appropriate person at the 
Corporation to make the decisions?   Did they again accept No as the 
final answer?   Did they go back with a finer tuned proposal the next 
year and try again including the things they may have missed in the 
previous proposal?

These things take good professional negotiation skills and just being a 
  Non-Profit organization is not sufficient to get the big bucks, 
because these folks get hundreds and even thousands of proposals  every 
year and can't possibly fund all of them.

I never said it was easy, it is indeed a lot of very hard work, and 
usually something that volunteers get tired of very quickly and often 
give up and just say it can't be done.   It is not uncommon for a 
proposal to be turned down two or three times before getting it to the 
right person at the right company at the right time.

A wonderful tool to use in this game is the MATCHING FUNDS Grant 
programs, or also known as Challenge Grants,

For lessons in how to get it watch your local PBs radio and TV stations 
fundraising approaches, they are successful year after year, there are 
good reasons for that usually a good product,  good numbers from 
previous years to report as proof, persistence and good public image.



Just food for thought :

Tom Wiggins



-----Original Message-----
From: robert at ringwald.com
To: Tcashwigg at aol.com
Cc: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
Sent: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 11:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] JCJB Baxk from Russia

   Tom Wiggins writes: 
 
 (snip) 
  > Has any top professional level OKOM band offered a major or semi 
major 
 > label a Marketable Album in the past 40 years ? 
 (snip) 
 
 Yes. 
 
 (snip) 
  > Has any Jazz Society approached any major Big Corporate Sponsors and 
asked 
 > for sponsorship money ? 
 (snip) 
 
 Yes. 
 
 --Bob Ringwald 
 
  
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