Re: AUGD: Raffle Draw Software???
Re: AUGD: Raffle Draw Software???
- Subject: Re: AUGD: Raffle Draw Software???
- From: Chris Hart <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2010 18:55:05 -0400
- Thread-topic: AUGD: Raffle Draw Software???
The prizes add fun to the meeting. The higher value prizes add excitement.
Some members walk away with a nice surprise and the group gets the benefit
of more butts in the seats and more members staying to the end of the
evening.
Chris
___ Dave G at <email@hidden> wrote: ___
> I'm shocked groups *buy* door prizes. So let me get this straight.
>
> 1. You have members pay....
> 2. So they can enter a drawing...
> 3. To win the stuff they paid for
>
> Seems rather inefficient doesn't it? You can bypass step two by
> having members pay...for the things they want to buy
>
> And if you have to somehow bribe members with prizes...aren't you
> missing the value of the group?
>
> Getting donations and giving them a way, but *buying* stuff for
> drawings? That makes no sense to me.
>
> On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 2:18 AM, Nicholas Pyers <email@hidden>
> wrote:
>> Does anyone have any suggestions on software that can be used to excite up
>> Raffle Draws at User Group Meetings?
>>
>> Personally, I currently print out little paper slips (usually DL in size -
>> 1/3 an A4 page) that I place on seats before the meeting.
>> The slips have space for the entrants Name, Suburb and Email Address. There
>> is a 'pre-ticked' box stating that winners agree to have their Initial,
>> Surname and Suburb published on our website (and/or in our magazine) and if
>> relevant their email address may be passed onto our sponsors (in order for
>> them to supply some prizes direct to the winner). There is often a box to
>> tick to OPT-OUT of 'marketing' emails from us.
>>
>> Then just before our 'Coffee Break' I remind people to fill in the forms
>> during the break and place them in a box. Then at the end of the
>> presentation, bring the box forward and manually draw slips out... On the
>> back of the slips, I get an assistant to write the prize that was won.
>>
>> This works... but is so 19th Century :)
>>
>> Sometimes I duck in the 20th Century and have a Keynote slide that builds to
>> show the 'current prize' we are about draw out.
>>
>> Surely in the 21st Century there must be decent software packages out there
>> that can make this all happen???
>>
>> I'd love to see an iPad app that could conduct draws... Even a simple app
>> that has a cute animation during a random number (we'd still have paper
>> numbers to hand out) have it outputting the number to the projector. Have it
>> gather the results that can be emailed to a Committee member.
>>
>> More advanced features could include;
>> - the ability to include an image and short description of the current prize
>> (obviously would need to be pre-entered).
>> - the ability to enter the winners name as drawn (even better still have
>> someone with another iPad or iPhone been able to enter these details in
>> "remotely") and a summary of the winners is displayed at the end of the
>> draw.
>> - If we have 'remote' connections, then the ability for ticket buyers to
>> enter their details in via their own iPhone or iPad would be a cute idea
>> (with the ticket seller approving the purchase on the "main iPad" after the
>> money is paid of course :) )
>>
>>
>> Anyone interested in writing such an App, or know if one already exists?
>>
>>
>> --
>> Nicholas Pyers (email@hidden)
>> Founder & Publisher, AppleUsers.org
>>
>> http://www.appleusers.org/
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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