Increasing JAR Attendance/Engaging the Fans

[Zippy87]

49 minutes ago, zippy5 said:

Someone's prepping their resume it looks like 

 

Day of Giving is in two days. 

[kreed5120]

Day of giving has arrived.

 

https://fundraise.givesmart.com/vf/ATHDoG26

[AkronAlumnus]

3 minutes ago, kreed5120 said:

Day of giving has arrived.

 

https://fundraise.givesmart.com/vf/ATHDoG26

Thanks, just gave to hoops and FB!!

[AkronAlumnus]

$125,000 is the goal!!

[csims0917]

Somebody donated 10K to basketball. They've already hit their goal!

[Let'sGoZips94]

2 minutes ago, csims0917 said:

Somebody donated 10K to basketball. They've already hit their goal!

 

There's real momentum behind Ford/the program. 

[AkronAlumnus]

 

[72 Roo]

37 minutes ago, AkronAlumnus said:

$125,000 is the goal!!

This is a great campaign and I hope every Zip fan contributes what they can. It is interesting to note soccer has a goal of $60,000, which is nearly half of the goal for our 17 varsity sports. BTW, they will make it with a matching gift they have received. Soccer is truly elite at Akron. The commitment the university and Andrew Goodrich have made to it will allow us to compete at the highest level. Contributions to all sports will enable us to keep raising the profile of all programs. It's a good day to be a Zip!

[AkronAlumnus]

3 minutes ago, 72 Roo said:

This is a great campaign and I hope every Zip fan contributes what they can. It is interesting to note soccer has a goal of $60,000, which is nearly half of the goal for our 17 varsity sports. BTW, they will make it with a matching gift they have received. Soccer is truly elite at Akron. The commitment the university and Andrew Goodrich have made to it will allow us to compete at the highest level. Contributions to all sports will enable us to keep raising the profile of all programs. It's a good day to be a Zip!

Yes - I'm a little salty they announced the 'match' after I made a significant donation, oh well... 

[Let'sGoZips94]

1 minute ago, AkronAlumnus said:

Yes - I'm a little salty they announced the 'match' after I made a significant donation, oh well... 

 

Reach out privately and ask if they'll honor the match to make your donation go even further. 

[Zips1991]

7 minutes ago, 72 Roo said:

This is a great campaign and I hope every Zip fan contributes what they can. It is interesting to note soccer has a goal of $60,000, which is nearly half of the goal for our 17 varsity sports. BTW, they will make it with a matching gift they have received. Soccer is truly elite at Akron. The commitment the university and Andrew Goodrich have made to it will allow us to compete at the highest level. Contributions to all sports will enable us to keep raising the profile of all programs. It's a good day to be a Zip!

Soccer goal was $30k when I saw it earlier. They must've upped it because they were doing so well. 

[kreed5120]

11 minutes ago, AkronAlumnus said:

 

That's one way to fund a training table.

[kreed5120]

15 minutes ago, 72 Roo said:

This is a great campaign and I hope every Zip fan contributes what they can. It is interesting to note soccer has a goal of $60,000, which is nearly half of the goal for our 17 varsity sports. BTW, they will make it with a matching gift they have received. Soccer is truly elite at Akron. The commitment the university and Andrew Goodrich have made to it will allow us to compete at the highest level. Contributions to all sports will enable us to keep raising the profile of all programs. It's a good day to be a Zip!

 

I noticed it last year that soccer has done a great job of keeping former players engaged with the program. Them and the swimming and diving team seem to have great participation. The soccer donations just typically come in at a higher dollar amount. 

 

On the flipside it's disappointing that football doesn't do better. There are 3x-6x more former student athletes in football compared to the other sports, but the number of donors is relatively smaller. At least for day of giving. Not sure what's done differently that makes select sports former athletes stay involved and other not so much.

Edited 3 hours ago by kreed5120

[zippy5]

Just now, kreed5120 said:

 

I noticed it last year that soccer has done a great job of keeping former players engaged with the program. Them and the swimming and diving team seem to have great participation. The soccer donations just typically come in at a higher dollar amount. 

 

On the flipside it's disappointing that football doesn't do better. There are 3x-6x more former student athletes in football compared to the other sports, but the number of donors is relatively smaller. Not sure what's done differently that makes select sports former athletes stay involved and other not so much.

Hmm. How to say this in a tactful way. We aren't generating NFL players, and the rest, judging by recent APR scores, aren't exactly going on to great industry careers either 

[kreed5120]

1 minute ago, zippy5 said:

Hmm. How to say this in a tactful way. We aren't generating NFL players, and the rest, judging by recent APR scores, aren't exactly going on to great industry careers either 

 

Touché

[Zips1991]

2 minutes ago, zippy5 said:

Hmm. How to say this in a tactful way. We aren't generating NFL players, and the rest, judging by recent APR scores, aren't exactly going on to great industry careers either 

Also, men's soccer and women's swimming have had the same coach for a long time which keeps alumni more active. 

[kreed5120]

They really should better advertise any and all matching gifts by listing them on the home page. It might be a challenging concept for some to understand, but not everyone is on social media and even many who are aren't checking their feed regularly to notice.

[Zippy87]

Off topic, but every time I get a letter from UA asking for money I think of this John Mulaney bit. (NSFW)

 

Not exactly the same as Day of Giving, but hilarious. 

 

 

[WeRise225]

Football struggling with donations so far 

[Captain Kangaroo]

8 minutes ago, WeRise225 said:

Football struggling with donations so far 

By “so far” do you mean since 1893?

[AkronAlumnus]

8 minutes ago, WeRise225 said:

Football struggling with donations so far 

Wow - just looked again, even the band is out fundraising them 4 to 1...  

[Let'sGoZips94]

10 minutes ago, WeRise225 said:

Football struggling with donations so far 

 

Unlikeable coach, losing program, lost the Wagon Wheel to an interim/1st year HC... shouldn't be a surprise.

[kreed5120]

13 minutes ago, WeRise225 said:

Football struggling with donations so far 

 

Probably starts with leadership at the top. If you go to basketball (both mens and womens), soccer, and several other sports you will see coaches contributing. With Groce gone, I'm fairly certain Joe is the highest paid University employee. I don't see him nor his staff donating. Hard to tell others to donate if you aren't leading by example.

 

Edit: Also, props to Gensler for donating to the Rowdies.

Edited 48 minutes ago by kreed5120

[Captain Kangaroo]

Just now, AkronAlumnus said:

Wow - just looked again, even the band is out fundraising them 4 to 1...  

To be fair, Matt Kaulig isn’t donating via the Day of Giving. I think football gets a decent share of donations outside of today.

 

I donated to football today, and my 💵 increased the total football amount by 50%!

[clarkwgriswold]

4 minutes ago, Captain Kangaroo said:

By “so far” do you mean since 1893?

Heisman really got the donors out for the Day of Giving in 1894.

 

Oddly, I haven't received an email, text or call about this year's Day of Giving.