1. BP MS 150 Awards Party
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2. 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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3. 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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4. 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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5. 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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6. 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 me6

7. 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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8. Who is Recognized?
Top Fundraisers
Veterans
Steering Committee
Volunteers
Sponsors
Teams
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9. 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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10. Veteran Riders
Recognize online and at kickoff
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11. Leadership Volunteers
(committees, task forces,
etc...)
May celebration dinner with staff and volunteer
appreciation
Nice dinner with awards presentation
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12. 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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13. 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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14. 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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