Raise More Money With An After Dinner Speaker
Charity events and fundraising evenings have one major goal; to raise money and support. This support can be in the form of more volunteers, more financial contributors or networking contracts who can help with the charitable organisation in the long term.
An after dinner speaker can help in this endeavour in many ways. A speaker can help your event to gain publicity, more attendees and raise extra money through holding an auction, especially if they have celebrity value.
Publicity
An after dinner speaker who enjoys fame or at least notoriety with a large section of the general public are sure to bring more publicity to your event. more people will find out about the event if a person of notoriety speaks out about it in the media or on the internet.
Increase Attendance
If the speaker spreads the word about your cause and the event, more people will want to attend the function. Fans of the speaker, anyone that thinks they will be entertaining and people with a general interest will want to attend. You will also receive more attendees who have a genuine interest in your cause but who only came to know about the event through the publicity of the speaker.
Boost Donations
Some of the best after dinner speakers will bring an item to your event that can be auctioned off to raise even more money for your cause. If the speaker is a sports star then signed pieces of their uniform or signed balls are a popular auction prize as are signed photos or CDs/DVDs if they are in the entertainment industry. If the speaker is really enthusiastic they might offer tickets to a performance or a date with themselves.
Getting as many people as possible to your event and then having them donate their time and money is the sole reason why most charities put on events. Most events charge a set price for tickets or per plate if it is an event with dinner unless it is being held as a thank you to the organisation’s members. So if you are having a dinner and dance evening, you could charge £££s for a ticket or plate and most people will be willing to pay, seeing it as a donation towards the cause. If your after dinner is an A-List celebrity, you can charge a lot of money.