Sponsorship training is a great idea. Will it be at PyCon? I may have to be in Michigan on May 4th.
On Thu, Feb 21, 2019, 12:01 AM Don Sheu <[email protected]> wrote: > Awesome everybody. Eloisa and I are getting ready for PyCascades. Looks > like we'll sell out our second year. First year we sold our goal of 390. > This year is 600. > > Soon as we're clear and the BDFL retirement gift event with Guido, Anders > Hejlsberg, Larry Wall, and James Gosling, Eloisa and I will plan the > curriculum. > > On Wed, Feb 20, 2019, 8:45 PM Aly Sivji <[email protected]> wrote: > > > +1 from Chicago Python > > > > On Wed, Feb 20, 2019 at 4:45 PM Bill Israel <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> I'd be interested in this as well. We've done well enough with PyTN the > >> past couple of years, but I'm sure there are we can do better. > >> > >> - Bill > >> > >> > >> On Sun, Feb 17, 2019 at 1:00 PM Don Sheu <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> > Hey all, I've learned a lot with sponsorship sales for PyCascades last > >> > year, and now with Eloisa Tran chairing our sponsorship sales this > year. > >> > > >> > Wondering if there'd be interest in participating in training for > groups > >> > around the Python community? > >> > > >> > For PyCascades, we were profitable as an org our first year. Eloisa > >> joining > >> > as our leader of sponsorship sales, we doubled, we may triple our > gross > >> > revenue. > >> > > >> > One example tactic I can share – > >> > > >> > 1. Eight days before the conference meets on February 23, I sent > out > >> > reminder emails to past supporters of PuPPy, my group in Seattle > >> > 2. The email copy was targeted to remind past supporters of PuPPy, > we > >> > are hosting PyCascades in Seattle this year > >> > 3. Please alert their staff that we are approaching sell out > >> > 4. Got 15 new registrations that totals in about $2000 in > additional > >> > revenue > >> > 5. A silver level sponsor for $8000 > >> > > >> > My goal would be to include as many concrete examples like this in the > >> > training. Eloisa was trained by the Anita Borg Institute to lead > >> > sponsorship sales for Grace Hopper Conference. She donated $250k to > >> > numFOCUS running sponsorship sales for PyData Seattle 2017, with about > >> 800 > >> > attendees. > >> > > >> > Let me know. I'll collaborate with Eloisa to create curriculum to > share > >> > with everybody. > >> > > >> > What does everybody think? > >> > > >> > -- > >> > Don Sheu > >> > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > >> > > >> > > >> > My Python user group convenes every month 2nd Wednesdays > >> > http://www.meetup.com/PSPPython/events/232708762/ > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/group-organizers/attachments/20190226/28a13ea3/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Group-Organizers mailing list [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/group-organizers
