- Pick a date and time. <\/li>
- Choose the streaming platform<\/a> you\u2019d like to use (Zoom works great). <\/li>
- Decide if people will be playing in teams, as individuals, or if you\u2019ll assign them randomly to teams (this is truly diabolical). <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Then it\u2019s all about getting folks on board to play! You\u2019ll want to use all your marketing savvy<\/a> to get your audience + supporters signed up to participate in the trivia night. Here are some tips to get you started:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
- Start with loyal supporters: that might be your Board of Directors, super volunteers, or people who have benefited from your programs.<\/li>
- Make sure your current donors know that they can fundraise too.<\/li>
- Share on social media! Some supporters may not be able to donate, but could fundraise for you.<\/a><\/li>
- Share the word through email so that your whole community gets involved.<\/li>
- Make a few strategic phone calls to some of your top supporters. They\u2019ll be pleasantly surprised and you may get a few new fundraisers.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Trivia lends itself well to cute names, fun graphics, or sample questions on social media to get people interested. If you\u2019re feeling worn out by a long year, this is a great chance to have some fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2. Pick Your Trivia Night Questions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
This is one of the most fun parts. There are a few strategies to picking questions, and you can choose the one you like best. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Themed trivia can be great if you share in advance what the theme is (Harry Potter trivia is always popular). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But if you want to draw in people with a variety of interests you can make the questions completely random or have small rounds that are each themed (one of my favorite trivia companies<\/a> has themes for every five questions). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you know anything about the people who are playing, throw in a few questions that will really draw them in. If you\u2019re an autism organization and you\u2019ll be hosting families affected by autism, include a question about the diagnosis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nOak Hill School ran a trivia night back when we could host things in person, and raised over $70,000 their first year, and over $85,000 their second year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
3. Run The Game<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Ok, here\u2019s where people have the most questions, but it doesn\u2019t have to be super complicated. Zoom is the best option for trivia because you can put people into breakout rooms<\/a> (and you can even assign breakout rooms in advance if people are registering as teams). Once people enter the Zoom room, split them into breakout rooms with their teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now you can read out the questions from the first round and have each group send you their answers in the chat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Take the time to score everyone\u2019s answers and bring them back to the main room so you can announce scores and answers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Keep going until you\u2019ve finished all the rounds you want to play. You\u2019re done!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
How Do I Turn a Virtual Trivia Night Into A Fundraiser?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
So now you know how to make the trivia happen, but what part of this is a fundraiser? There are a few options to monetize a trivia night, so let\u2019s take a look.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1. Charge A Trivia Night Entry Fee<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
First, you can charge participants to sign up to participate and charge a fee for participation. This is the simplest way to monetize your trivia night fundraiser, but it also means that you\u2019re not going to be bringing in tons of revenue unless you get dozens and dozens of teams. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nYou can use CauseVox\u2019s registration system to take ticket fees (and set up multiple ticket levels). That brings us nicely to the next piece: asking your teams to be peer-to-peer fundraisers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\n2. Ask Trivia Night Participants To Fundraise As A Team + Incentivize Fundraising<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Ask participants to sign up with teams and create a fundraising page for the evening. This is where the real fundraising power is: activting your community to fundraise on your behalf. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Typically, organizations that use peer-to-peer fundraising <\/a>raise 2x as much as those that don’t, and you can bank on your community to reach networks of people you never would have reached otherwise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nYou can incentivize fundraising with advantages and prizes: maybe they get a free point for raising a certain amount, or receive an alcohol delivery the night of the event. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
CauseVox makes it so<\/em> easy for participants to sign up and create their fundraising page all at the same time, with almost no work at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
- Decide if people will be playing in teams, as individuals, or if you\u2019ll assign them randomly to teams (this is truly diabolical). <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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