Creative Campaign Ideas

Make your campaign an exciting event not to be missed with fun and creative events, entertainment and prizes. Here are some ideas to get your planning started and kick-off your campaign. Professional Speakers and Performers the ArtsKC Fund Talent Ensemble A number of 2009 grant recipient organizations and artists are willing to come to your workplace for a performance or informance (speaking engagement). Many also have displays and giveaways available. For a complete list please visit the Join the ArtsKC Fund section of www.ArtsKC.org, click on Workplace Giving Campaigns and Talent Ensemble. Communication Use your companys intranet site to post fun facts, highlight arts groups, offer trivia, contests, raffle prizes, display goals, deadlines and activities. Use e-mail and voicemail as a way to send daily reminder messages. Invite crafty and creative coworkers to create posters or try to emulate famous artists, recreating their style for your campaign pieces. Themes Holidays/Events o February Valentines Day - "Give Your Heart to the Arts" - pass out valentines and candy and have Cupid distribute pledge forms; collect donations for candy grams to be sent to fellow employees; post employee names on heart cutouts as their contributions are received President's Day - recruit employees to dress as George Washington and Abe Lincoln and distribute ArtsKC Fund info Mardi Gras - organize a mask making/decorating activity; pass out beads along with pledge forms to all associates; organize a King Cake competition; serve a Cajun lunch The Oscars - hang movie posters; roll out the red carpet; show Best Picture movies over lunch/during break times; donors may complete Oscar ballots; serve sparkling grape juice o March St. Patricks Day - "Bring in the Green" - Encourage employees to dress in green; feature an Irish performer; organize a St. Patty's Day lunch for employees who complete their pledge forms on or before that date; conduct a drawing for an employee to get a free afternoon off to attend the Parade March Madness - "Dunk for the Arts" - serve donuts and coffee to all donors; allow donors to wear their favorite team jersey to the office; organize a bracket with all proceeds to be donated to the ArtsKC Fund

(winner could receive tickets or other incentives); host your own HORSE type basketball tournament in your office parking lot or at a local gym Spring Break - "Help the Arts Grow" - attach seed packets to pledge forms or distribute to those who donate to the Fund

o April Easter - "Bunny Hop for the Arts" - have an Easter Egg hunt for all donors; include tickets or other incentives inside some of the eggs Baseball Opening Day or Royal's First Home Game - "Go to Bat for the Arts" - allow donors to wear their favorite team's hat, jersey, etc.; conduct a drawing for Royal's tickets Food the ultimate enticer Host kick-off festivities with a pancake breakfast, donuts, coffee bar, etc. Invite employees to enter a culinary arts contest where everyone tries a sample, those who turn in pledge cards cast a vote for their favorites Create an employee cookbook to sell (proceeds to the ArtsKC Fund) and/or give to donors Hold a cake-decorating contest Plan a Put a Little Culture in Your Life breakfast serve yogurt Offer a Well give you our dough if you give us yours incentive give each person who makes a pledge a fresh baked cookie Create arts themed company cafeteria offerings TuTu Potatoes, Lettuce Entertain You salad, Tenor-ized Steak, AuPavarotti, Bach's Lunch, etc. Distribute Act II popcorn to ArtsKC Fund donors Schedule an All You Can Eat buffet for your donation of X dollars Sell Golden Ticket chocolate barsthink Willy Wonka "Sweet Charity" - bake sale Fun & Games - Challenge departments, floors, shifts, divisions, etc. to get involved Art@work employee art exhibitions contact Kelly Seward, program manager for the Kansas City BCA for details and information Do the 'write' thing" - attach a pen or pencil to the pledge form as an incentive Host a poetry or writing contest Star Search American Idol Game show-like quizzes Arts Scrabble, Trivial Pursuit, etc. Office door/cubicle decorating contest Sculpture contests using paperclips, bubblegum, recycling bin contents, tape, etc. Origami folding Employee photo show Baby match, Pet match, etc. collect pictures from employees and sell guesses as to who is who or who belongs to whom Spelling Bees Mr. Picassohead contest

Paint your own (insert item of choice here) session or organize your employees into to teams to paint (insert item of choice here) - display the items in the cafeteria, break room, etc. Hard hat (or other item relevant to your industry) decorating contest Finger painting contest Valentine card/box contest (donate to a worthy organization at completion) Auctions Book, CD, DVD sales Cubicle/office decorating contest Office treasure/scavenger hunt Coloring contest "Pop for the Arts" - donors "pop" a balloon filled with gift certificates, tickets and other incentives. Serve popcorn, soda pop, tootsie pops, popsicles, pop tarts and play Pop music at the event.

Entertainment Invite performers from local organizations or musicians/actors from your own office to perform during a staff meeting, lunch, etc. Employee talent show Karaoke Lip sync Sing-alongs Face painting Temporary tattoos Spoken word, poetry or storytelling hour "Art" and "Ed" distribute pledge forms along with information about local arts education programs Raffles Early bird gets the wormpledge forms turned in by a certain date are entered into a drawing for All employees participating in your events may be entered into drawings Prizes Prime parking Free vacation days Pass to sleep in Pass to leave early Extended lunch Roll of quarters for the vending machine Casual day Denim Friday Company logo wear Event tickets (ask your CEO, top management and board members for donations and view the ArtsKC Fund Talent Ensemble at www.ArtsKC.org) Contact your vendors for gift certificates and other donations

Past Metro Area ArtsKC Fund Campaign Events

Bank of Blue Valley Gene Pal, ECMs Provided information to their employees about a performance, an artist & an arts organization during their ArtsKC Fund Campaign Musical Performance by the Lyric Opera at the Nelson-Atkins Art Museum Artist for the Week Louis Copt (information provided to employees regarding this Kansas native) Arts Organization for the week American for the Arts Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City Kelly Cannon, ECM Distributed ArtsKC Pins to associates Rafflesarts tickets & caricature drawings Employee Art Booths Swing Dancer demonstration Performance by the American Jazz Museum BNIM Ruthie Harrison, ECM ArtsKC Fund Scavenger Hunt e-mail clues were sent to teams of associates regarding the location of 10 items. All 10 were located outside of the building but close enough that they could be found over the lunch hour. Teams e-mailed their answers. For each item found, the team received one raffle ticket. ArtsKC Fund Salad Bowl associates were invited to prepare their favorite homemade salad to share. All entries received 5 raffle tickets. Each winner (vegetarian, nonvegetarian, side) received 10 additional tickets. First Friday Art Crawl & drawing for winners. Fleishman-Hillard Jan Rasmussen, ECM Associates were invited to paint on a canvas together. The canvas now hangs with pride in their company conference room. Kansas City Star Candace Spurny, ECM Showcased their employee artists and performers at a First Friday exhibition on The Stars front lawn at 18th & Grand. Proceeds from the sale of burgers & hotdogs benefited the ArtsKC Fund. KCUMB Nancy Jones, ECM ThemeArt for the Senses Party Arty opening ceremony Medicine in Art tour at the Nelson for employees Books, Bits and the Arts used books and CD sales Art@Work Employee Art Exhibition I Scream for the Arts ice cream social featuring the Bell Road Barn Players Bachs Lunch & Spring Fling Creation Competition (wreaths, bonnets, baskets, etc.) Java & Jazz Caf featuring Kerry Strayer at sax

Sense and Sensations Closing Ceremony

ThemeRhythm of GivinSteppin into the Arts Raisin the Curtain Opening Celebration featured staff dressed as California Raisins and singing the I heard it through the Grape Vine song Scribblin in Color Art Canvas Exposin our Campus Web Contest Donatin, Buyin & Sellin Book Sale Biddin without Talkin Silent Auction Drawin, Carvin, Sculptin, and Paintin Art@Work Capturin the Moment Photography Class Now Playin Short Films Uptown Tourin Trolley Tour of Power & Light District Just Dreamin of Bein Caricatures Agrentinin 2-Step Tango Lessons Takin a Bow Closing Celebration ThemeShow Me Art Some Me Talent Opening Celebration The Kaleidoscope in YouPainting Miniatures, Fly Tying Demo, Calligraphy, Beading/Jewelry Making, Tile Painting The Buck Stops HereUsed Books, DVDs, CDs & Games Art/Work employee artist exhibition Show Me the MoneySilent Auction Show Me Where in Kansas City isweb game Show Me How to Puppeteer Saucy Songs BBQ & Blue Grass lunch Show Me How to Illustratedraw character illustrations Show Me How to Paintbasic painting techniques Jazzin Around tour of the Jazz District KPMG Cassie Meschke & Brandy Dietz, ECMs ThemeKPMG Celebrates the Arts with Kansas City Hosted an event for employees at the Lyric Theatre featuring performances by the Kansas City Rep and informances by local artist, Holly Swangstu, ArtsKC Fund staff, and others. Held raffle drawing for Arts tickets. ThemeKPMG Celebrates the Arts with Kansas City Hosted an event for employees at the Leedy-Voulkos Art Center featuring performances by Kevin Hiatt, Nallia School of Dance, Paul Cormaci, Rebecca Ashe, Sarah Burke, Kannice Ford, the Kansas City Symphony, and Horace Washington Held raffle drawings Obtained food sponsors from local vendors

McCown Gordon Construction Martha Martinez, ECM ThemeArt Madness Art Madness Bracket Informative Luncheon to review rules/sales/prizes Campaign Kick-off Luncheon ArtsKC Fund Staff speaker Heart of America Shakespeare Performance, Luncheon & Raffle Kansas City Ballet Informative Luncheon, Bracket Deadline, Luncheon & Raffle American Jazz Museum Performance, Luncheon, Raffle, Pledge Forms Due & Now Showing Event Game Day! $10 get out of work HOUR + lunch Round 1 of the NCAA Tournament (on projector) Parking lot HORSE contest Final Winners Announced prizes for top 3 Midwest Research Institute Linda Cook, ECM Monet money was given to associates in return for completed pledge forms. Monet money used to participate in campaign activities below. Caricatures were drawn of all 22 senior managers. They were matted and displayed with a donation jar in front and a contribution goal in order for managers to have their faces painted during lunch. MRI logo contest. Picasso Pizza lunch. Shakespeare to go. Hot Degas Dogs lunch. Jazz Museum infotainment. UMB Vanessa Vaughn West, ECM ThemeUMB Celebrates Art Week Art Card Decorating (art cards are about the size of a business card and started as small portraits of loved ones. They were the first wallet photos. Today art cards have evolved into miniature works of art. ) all UMB associates were given the opportunity to create their own unique art card. They cards were on display at the companys Art@work exhibit. Art@Work employee exhibit Piggy Bank Parade (each regional banking center received a ceramic piggy bank to decorate. All 41 were displayed at the downtown location and sold in a silent auction). Gary Denbow Quartet performance Craft Bazaar (showcasing employee creativity that was not included in the judging categories for the UMB Art@work exhibit). I Scream for the Arts Ice-cream Social and Chalk Art event One UMB Magnet Mania Jazz Lunch with guitarist Paul Cormaci Artist Reception and Announcement of Auction Winners & art@work Exhibit Awards