BP MS 150 Awards Party

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Where we are now

Events: Houston, Austin, La Grange, Club 300 Kickoff

Great awards party with large budget and stagnate attendance

Takes a lot of time to organize

It is long, but doesn't recognize everyone that deserves recognition

So we asked for some feedback...

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Survey

1138 responses from team captains, committees, general riders and sponsors

28% attended an awards party

Website, Pin & Certificate and Prizes were the most motivating rewards

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People who attended:

Favorite parts of the party: camaraderie (66%), Awards (50%), food (34%)

38% said it was very important

50% said it was neither important or unimportant (10% said it was not important)

Best way to recognize me: prize (71%), website (68%), pin & certif. (59%),

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People who did not attend:

60% were too busy or not interested

50% were not interested in attending

Wanted to be recognized by: Pin & Certificate (53%), Prizes (51%), no thanks needed (47%)

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What people are saying

Too busy

I live out of town

If i was a major award winner i would attend

Happy to fundraise without recognition

I would rather the society saved the money

This is a charity ride, why would i get an award?

Did not know about it

Did not have anyone to go with me

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What did we learn?

People come for either camaraderie or recognition and the AP doesn't excel at either one

A large number of people identified with online recognition, even more than print

If we increase our online recognition, focus on more social events and create specific meaningful recognition events we can increase the social intereactions while recognizing our supporters.

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Who is Recognized?

Top Fundraisers

Veterans

Steering Committee

Volunteers

Sponsors

Teams

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Top Fundraisers

Online recognition after the fundraising deadline

Banner of club 300 to be hung at events

November club 300 welcome event

Superstar recognition, early registration and PPUS

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Veteran Riders

Recognize online and at kickoff

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Leadership Volunteers (committees, task

forces, etc...)

May celebration dinner with staff and volunteer appreciation

Nice dinner with awards presentation

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Sponsors & Teams

June recognition breakfast/luncheon with boss or business leader

Online recognition

Letter to CEO, Boss, HR of team company in recognition of team support and team captain leadership

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Fall Kickoff

Memorial Park or Discovery Green

Combine with registration launch

10-6pm with a rolling script to recognize high level award recipients and official ceremony at 6:30

Live music, sponsors, bike stores and other partners

Combine with team captain meeting "team captain open house" with team, safety and fundraising stations

Could incentivize sponsors to commit early for additional exposure

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Proposed Calendar

May - Leadership Volunteer Dinner & Recognition

June - Team /Sponsor breakfast, Austin Awards Party & La Grange Volunteer Appreciation

July/August - Post awards online

October - Kick-off (registration, recognition, build excitement and social opportunities)

November – Announce Club 300 & Top Fundraisers, New Team Captain meeting, Club 300 Social, 3500+ Social

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