Transcript Fund Raising Ideas - Solar Car Challenge

Fund Raising Ideas
By Ryan Hughes
The Ideas Behind a Good Fund Raiser
Learn to draw the support of the community
How to find companies interested in supporting
technology and design ideas
How to draw those interested into help to
support your teams goals
How to Find Contacts
• Finding contacts can be just a simple as
looking to your own inner team.
• Learning to use those contacts to channel
support to your team ideas and goals.
Does Fund Raising Stop With Money
• No, The offer of materials or products
made by the company are great to have.
• Also, The offer of engineering ideas and
support to solve design problems you will
face when designing your solar car.
How to Approach a Company
• You must have information and goals ready to
show to the company, because you will only
have one chance to sell or lose you purposed
fund raising goals.
– Goals
– Budget
– Purposed method to reach goals
Example
Closing Thoughts and Questions
• Always be grateful for the time they gave
you
• Leave a door open to maybe approach the
company in the future.
• Offer to keep the company informed of
the progress of the project.