Make More Money With An After Dinner Speaker
Charity events and fundraising evenings have one major goal; to raise money and support. This support can be in the form of more volunteers, more financial contributors or networking contracts who can help with the charitable organisation in the long term.
An after dinner speaker can help in this endeavour in many ways. They attract more publicity for your event, especially if they have a celebrity factor, they can influence more people to attend your event, and they can help to raise funds through auctions.
Publicity
Your event will enjoy a higher level of publicity of your after dinner speaker is famous or a celebrity. They will be able to talk about your cause and the day/night itself which means more people will know about it.
Increase Attendance
When it becomes public knowledge that a person with celebrity value will be speaking at your event, the number of attendees will increase. Their fans will want to attend so they can see the speaker and people who have a general interest in current news stories will also sign up to attend. People who did not know about your organisation but support your cause will also have the opportunity to attend as well.
Boost Donations
To help you raise more money for your cause or charity that the event is supporting, some after dinner speakers will bring with them something personal to auction off. Signed photos, CDs and DVDs are always popular as are items of clothing and sporting equipment if the speaker is a sports star. If the speaker is really enthusiastic they might offer tickets to a performance or a date with themselves.
Receiving money and donations, recruiting more volunteers and gaining invaluable networking contacts is why fundraising events are organised. Unless they are organised as a thank you to members for their hard work, you can usually get away with charging a set price for every place at the event. The attendees at your event will be willing to pay money for their ticket or their plate if they are promised an entertaining evening. You can charge bigger amounts if your speaker is B or A-list.