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Originally Posted by DefiningDetails
Totally hear you D Tailor. While I do have some ulterior motives from a business perspective, I am quite excited to have my services be auctioned off to raise money for the hospital. But I wont lie;I picked this specific charity event based on the demographic of attendees...
Great to hear your experience. If you were to go back knowing what you know now, would you have done anything different at the event i.e. how you presented yourself and your company?
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First let me be clear...I think you have a good idea here. It's a great way to target your intended market and promote a positive company image as well.
As for us, we currently do quite a bit of philanthropy (5 separate programs) through our business and I have to say the most rewarding work is and has been that which has been approached with no expectations.
I don't think I would have done anything differently in the past, because I think it would be dishonest for anyone who participates in philanthropy to not think that somehow, someway, it will pay some dividends. I think if I would change anything it was that I only presented myself as a business and I focused on what we do for vehicles. Today I would be sure to tie my business in with my ideas of whatever the cause was. I think people's intentions are transparent (especially to people who have been involved with a cause for while) and (speaking on both the personal and business level) you're likely to generate more interest that will matriculate into business if you come across as authentic and authentically interested/involved.
I would just say the same thing as before if i was talking to myself in the past...make sure you are behind the cause first and put the business advantage behind it all. If you do that, I think you'll come out on top....even if the dividends are good Karma.