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Methods and systems are provided for determining a financial expectation of an organization employing a product in association with a fundraising activity. In one embodiment the method includes receiving at least one product variable associated with the product; receiving at least one organization variable associated with the organization; and, generating at least one expected revenue formula related to the fundraising activity based on at least the product variable and the organization variable. In another aspect of the present methods and systems, at least one of the variables includes a predictor variable. In another aspect of the present methods and systems, the generating step further includes employing at least a predictor variable for performing a regression analysis to generate the expected revenue formula. Computer-readable media embodiments and system embodiments are also provided in association with various aspects of the present method embodiments.
1. A computer-implemented method for determining a financial expectation of an organization employing a product in association with a fundraising activity, said method comprising:
receiving at least one product variable associated with said product;
receiving at least one organization variable associated with said organization; and,
generating at least one expected revenue formula related to said fundraising activity based on at least said product variable and said organization variable.
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8. A computer-readable medium including instructions for directing a computer to perform a method for determining a financial expectation of an organization employing a product in association with a fundraising activity, said method comprising:
receiving at least one product variable associated with said product;
receiving at least one organization variable associated with said organization; and,
generating at least one expected revenue formula related to said fundraising activity based on at least said product variable and said organization variable.
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15. A system for determining a financial expectation of an organization employing a product in association with a fundraising activity, said system comprising:
means for receiving at least one product variable associated with said product;
means for receiving at least one organization variable associated with said organization; and,
means for generating at least one expected revenue formula related to said fundraising activity based on at least said product variable and said organization variable.
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[0001] This application claims priority of U.S. provisional patent application Serial No. 60/303,833, filed on Jul. 9, 2001.
[0002] The present invention generally relates to methods and systems for goal-setting and establishing predictive models of financial success.
[0003] Methods and systems are provided for determining a financial expectation of an organization employing a product in association with a fundraising activity. In one embodiment the method includes receiving at least one product variable associated with the product; receiving at least one organization variable associated with the organization; and, generating at least one expected revenue formula related to the fundraising activity based on at least the product variable and the organization variable. In another aspect of the present methods and systems, at least one of the variables includes a predictor variable. In another aspect of the present methods and systems, the generating step further includes employing at least a predictor variable for performing a regression analysis to generate the expected revenue formula.
[0004] Computer-readable media embodiments and system embodiments are also provided in association with various aspects of the present method embodiments.
[0005] FIGS. 1-A through 1-I include a flowchart illustrating operation of a method and system for predicting results and/or setting goals in association with fundraising;
[0006]FIG. 2 is a sample screen display provided in connection with an embodiment of a computer-implemented fundraising method and system;
[0007]FIG. 3 is a sample screen display provided in connection with an embodiment of a computer-implemented fundraising method and system;
[0008]FIG. 4 is a sample screen display provided in connection with an embodiment of a computer-implemented fundraising method and system;
[0009]FIG. 5 is a sample screen display provided in connection with an embodiment of a computer-implemented fundraising method and system;
[0010]FIG. 6 is a sample screen display provided in connection with an embodiment of a computer-implemented fundraising method and system; and,
[0011]FIG. 7 is a sample screen display provided in connection with an embodiment of a computer-implemented fundraising method and system.
[0012] Overview
[0013] Methods and systems are provided to guide an organization such as a non-profit organization, for example, through a process that addresses the organization's fundraising ability, among other factors, to identify and present a fundraising program to the organization. These methods and systems are typically practiced in connection with one or more relational databases containing information related to one or more products. In at least one embodiment, these products can be offered for sale and sold by the organization in association with various fundraising activities. As used herein, the terms �product� or �products� include at least one or more of a product, a service, or a reasonable combination of at least one product and at least one service.
[0014] The present methods and systems offer the ability to raise funds, with relatively enhanced speed, efficiency, control and manageability. The methods and systems can also reduce the work involved in fundraising and the commensurate need for volunteers, planning sessions, and organizational meetings. The methods and systems also provide an increase in fundraising product choices and associated revenues by centralizing information associated with fundraising activities.
[0015] In one system embodiment of the present methods and systems, an online relational database is provided that allows fundraising decision-makers to move interactively from their financial needs to a set of fundraising options. In one aspect, the system presents a user, who can be associated with an organization, with an online survey to identify and inventory the needs of the organization. As the user completes the survey, the system adjusts and adapts the database by adding, deleting, and/or manipulating information. When the user is finished entering relevant organization data, the system can analyze and consolidate the information into a fundraising program. Depending on the nature of the organization's needs as represented by the entered data, processing of the system provides one or more options to the organization in this fundraising program for addressing its needs.
[0016] In one aspect, in connection with one or more of the fundraising options, the user can access methods and systems that use text, graphics, audio/video, commercial online services, message boards, e-mail, chat rooms, and other similar functionality to present the user with a body of information related to each fundraising option. It can be appreciated that this aspect provides the user with, among other possible information, the following fundraising information:
[0017] 1. A text abstract of the option with overview, statistics, names and links to contact/interaction information;
[0018] 2. Graphics, pictures, audio, and video displays of the products and services associated with the option; and/or,
[0019] 3. A multimedia presentation explaining the desired fundraising program.
[0020] Another aspect of the present methods and systems provides goal-setter functionality. In summary, the goal-setter can set goals for a particular product based on non-specific prior performance associated with that product. Goal-setting can be performed for any product for which a user desires information. Goal-setter can provide estimates of the financial return on a fundraising effort, for example, based on predetermined information obtained from a source such as a product vendor, for example.
[0021] Once sufficient information on a product is gathered, the product may be made available for an organization/user to access with predictor functionality. In summary, predictor functionality predicts an organization's financial success based on one or more factors such as organization-specific past performance, for example, associated with a particular product. The predictor therefore draws upon information associated with actual performance of products and services in connection with predicting the success of fundraising activities.
[0022] The present methods and systems can apply, in some embodiments, predictor variables that can be considered common �truths� that have the proven ability to predict. Predictor variables are typically variables that have been statistically proven to have an ability to predict or forecast financial success and can be based on collected information related to actual fundraising efforts. Predictor variables are usually stored for use by the present methods and systems in a suitable electronic format. The collected data can undergo statistical analysis (e.g., regressions, correlations, plots, linear fits, and the like) to produce a formula that has the ability to predict outcomes when using a product/vendor for a given fundraising activity.
[0023] Director variables can also be used to enable organizations to reach goals through situational game planning. Director variables include organization-specific, product-specific and/or vendor-specific information. Director variables permit situational game planning while applying a specific �cookbook� approach to fundraising efforts. Director variables facilitate the organization reaching goals established through use of predictor variables.
[0024] In summary, it can be appreciated that there is a transformation from goal-setter functionality to predictor functionality. In predictor mode, the product/vendor receives a prediction and not merely an estimated result as provided in goal-setter mode. This prediction is based on �trials� associated with actual fundraising activity. The results of these trials are then entered into a database, or another suitable electronic storage means, of the method and system. According to the specific product/vendor and the specific user, the method and system generate an appropriate formula to predict the results of proposed future fundraising activity.
[0025] In generating the formula, a number of variables appropriate to the context of the fundraising activity and the organization are applied. A situation can be created wherein it is determined that certain variables have enhanced predicting value as compared to some of the other, remaining variables in the formula. The remaining variables can be classified as director variables that direct the user to one or more options for reaching the goal that the predictor formula has created.
[0026] It can be seen that the present methods and systems are dynamic and continuous. Data accuracy generally continues to improve with each trial and the collected data can be checked periodically for new variables with predicting ability and common truths. Prior trials can also be checked for relevance/validity as the present methods and systems build enhanced prediction models. As the method and systems continue to improve, some trial information can be purged if its application is inconsistent with current changes in results due to process efficiency.
[0027] In certain embodiments of the present methods and systems, predictor and director variables are typically classified as a result of system analysis. Regression and correlation type analyses can be employed to classify the variables. Data on one or more variables associated with a product are collected by the present methods and systems. A variable that has a statistically proven ability to predict within a significant degree or percentile, such as one that predicts results with at least approximately 90% accuracy, can be classified as a predictor variable. The variables that have comparatively lesser predicting ability typically are not incorporated into formulas for predicting results based on user and product information and can be designated as director variables. Director variables have the ability to develop the organization's/user's specific �cookbook� approach that aids in attaining the predicted outcome provided by the method and system has determined. Therefore, a predictor variable maintains the ability to predict fundraising results, within a certain degree of confidence, when used in formula construction. A director variable maintains the ability to support the predicted result of the method and system and can be used as a means to determine proper scripts, suggestions, safety tips, and the like.
[0028] With regard to construction of a formula for predicting results, correlation and regression type statistical analyses can be performed, in one embodiment of the present methods and systems, on products and user groups. As information is collected on variables, statistical research can be performed that analyzes each variable's relationship and/or impact on a predicted result. This analysis determines the classification of the variable into either the director category or the predictor category. Once the predictor status variables have achieved a significant number of trials with a satisfactory degree of accuracy, these predictor variables can provide the source data for formula creation. They have become �truths� for purposes of fundraising, for example, of certain products in various situations. For these formulas, the predictor variable values are determined by their fit in relationship to the product. It can be seen that, as part of the statistical analysis, the coefficients in the formulas are related to the information derived from a specific user/organization. The method and system can therefore create predicted results, through use of a formula, according to a chosen product and the organization's specific information. This formula and its results can then be executed in connection with the above-discussed director variables.
[0029] The present fundraising methods and systems can be embodied on a network, which can be an internal, networked computer system or a global networked communications medium such as the Internet, for example, operatively connected through a connection to a computer. The fundraising methods and systems can be embodied, for example, as a set of instructions included on a computer-readable medium executed by an operating system and stored in data storage of a computer. The computer-readable medium can include hard disk storage, diskette, CD-ROM, the data transfer medium between the network and the computer, or another functionally equivalent computer-readable medium.
[0030] In one aspect of the present methods and systems, a user can access at least a portion of the fundraising system by using the computer to obtain and execute a computer program from the network, and/or from the data storage, that performs the steps of the methods described herein. It can be appreciated that the computer can be replaced by a client-server arrangement, a wireless device such as a personal digital assistant (PDA), or another electronic device suitable for executing the fundraising system. In addition, it can be understood that instructions for performing the present methods and systems can be executed on a stand-alone basis without a network connection. The fundraising system can be implemented, for example, as a series of graphical user interfaces on a personal computer with conventional windows, drop-down menus, and/or similarly functionally equivalent features.
[0031] The following examples are intended to provide potential embodiments of the methods and systems discussed herein. It can be appreciated that these examples are provided for purposes of illustration and to demonstrate practice of the present methods and systems for those skilled in the art. No particular aspect or aspects of these examples are intended to limit the scope of the invention. Choice of a particular nomenclature, variable representation, or other illustrative aspect is intended merely for convenience of disclosure to illustrate a potential embodiment of the methods and systems discussed herein.
[0032] Referring now to the flowchart presented in FIGS. 1-A through 1-I, in connection with FIGS. 2 through 7, an illustrative embodiment of a fundraising method and system consistent with the above discussion is provided.
[0033] As shown in FIG. 1-A, the fundraising method can begin by providing a home page 2 in the form of an Internet site for a user to access. FIG. 2 provides an illustrative screen display in accordance with this home page. Basic information about a company offering the present methods and systems appears on this home page 2. It can also contain one or more of the following pieces of information:
[0034] 1. Company logo
[0035] 2. Introduction
[0036] 3. Predictor and Goal-setter explanations
[0037] 4. Marketing Opportunities
[0038] 5. Account Access
[0039] 6. Contact Information�phone number, e-mail address, etc.
[0040] Referring again to FIG. 1-A, a user profile can be entered in a first user profile page 4. This profile page 4 can be provided as a screen display as shown in FIG. 3.
[0041] As shown in section 6, the user profile page 4 begins to build a profile of the specific user and the associated organization, from pull down menus or another suitable functionality, with the following illustrative variables:
[0042] Dollar Amount:
[0043] $100-500
[0044] $501-$1,000
[0045] $1,001-$2,500
[0046] $2,501-$5,000
[0047] $5,001+
[0048] Group Type:
[0049] Schools
[0050] preschool
[0051] primary
[0052] secondary
[0053] post secondary
[0054] Youth Organizations
[0055] baseball
[0056] football
[0057] basketball
[0058] hockey
[0059] other sports
[0060] Y Teens
[0061] Young Miss
[0062] Jr. Achievement
[0063] Boy Scouts
[0064] Cub Scouts
[0065] Brownies
[0066] clubs
[0067] camps
[0068] other
[0069] Churches
[0070] adults group
[0071] youth group
[0072] bible camp
[0073] missions
[0074] other
[0075] Social Clubs
[0076] Elks
[0077] Lions
[0078] Wolves
[0079] Vets
[0080] Kiwainia's
[0081] Masons
[0082] Oddfellows
[0083] Cubs ASA
[0086] Young Women
[0087] Jaycees
[0088] military
[0089] other
[0090] Public Interest
[0091] Special Olympics
[0092] Big Brothers/Sisters
[0093] Association for Retarded Citizens
[0094] Association for the Blind
[0095] youth home
[0096] rescue mission
[0097] food bank
[0098] Meals on Wheels
[0099] shelter
[0100] Habitat for Humanity
[0101] Humane Society
[0102] environmental
[0105] other
[0106] Health
[0107] Cancer Society
[0108] Heart Association
[0109] Diabetes
[0110] Epilepsy Foundation
[0111] Aids Awareness
[0112] mental health
[0113] alcoholism
[0114] other
[0115] Public Safety
[0116] police
[0117] fire
[0118] paramedics
[0119] rescue
[0120] recovery
[0121] other
[0122] User Position:
[0123] Member
[0124] Parent
[0125] Student
[0126] Teacher
[0127] Sponsor
[0128] Zip Code of Organization
[0129] Referring now to FIG. 1-B and its associated FIG. 4, the user can continue to build a profile of the specific user and the associated organization, in component/step 8 as follows:
[0130] Consumer:
[0131] Within the group (Within School)
[0132] Family/Relatives
[0133] Door to Door (General Public)
[0134] Group Age:
[0135] Pre Teenager
[0136] Teenager
[0137] Adult
[0138] Number of Sellers:
[0139] 1-20
[0140] 21-50
[0141] 51+
[0142] Referring again to FIG. 1-B and FIG. 4, the additional information entered by the user as part of the user profile as shown in section 10 is stored in a database upon clicking a button or its functional equivalent.
[0143] Referring now to FIG. 1-C, the method and system can calculate profits for each of the vendors' products that are included in the method and system in step 12. Product profit calculations can be provided by the following calculation: (number of students�products per student calculation)+(number of adults�products per adult calculation).
[0144] This profit calculation is then forwarded to the first system query in step/component 14 which compares the calculated figure against the database. The first query 14 establishes a link to products in the system that match the specified number of sellers criterion. In the first system query 14, the system selects substantially all products in which the total number of sellers falls within the low and high seller limit associated with the organization. At least one month selected (start/finish) is in that product's month data. It can be appreciated that any product can potentially require a different calculation based on how many sellers will be selling that product. For each product stored in the database, the seller range (e.g., 1-20, 21-50, 50+) is stored for that specific calculation. Also, the present method and system can associate each product calculation with a month or months of the year for which the calculation is valid and/or can be optimally used.
[0145] It can be understood that some products frequently produce better results during some months than others. These seasonal fluctuations can be tracked and a new calculation can be stored, by month, to produce more accurate results for a predictive formula. The first system query 14 takes the �Number of Sellers� entry selected by the user and the time of the year (i.e., start time and finish time). The method and system then collect products from the database that include the seller range (low and high seller limit) and at least one of the months from the user's start/finish period selection.
[0146] Those matched products are then processed by a second system query in step/component 16. In this query, the products matching the first system query are referenced for desired time periods for sale of the products. These time periods can be embodied in terms of desired months as well as a general desired time frame. In the second system query 16, the result of the first system query that is selected for the duration of the selling period is applied by the method and system. This query 16 produces a subset of product records and another calculation is performed on each product record using the selections made by the user through the method and system.
[0147] The products matching the time period criterion are processed by a third system query in step/component 18. This determines the profit/month of each of the matching products. A list matching the user profile can be displayed that lists, among other items, the products, categories and profit information for a given fundraising option. In a third system query 18, the method and system use the results of the second system query 16, in which the like products in each product category are provided and each individual month's profit is added. All matching product records in each product category are grouped together. Next, the calculated profit for each month of the selected start/finish period for the organization/user is added to provide a total estimated profit for each product in a format ready for presentation to the user.
[0148] These results are then sorted in descending profit amount order, for example, or another sort order convenient for presentation to the user. Any product dollar amount equal to or greater than the user's entered dollar amount is compiled and prepared for display to the user. If the processing for a product stops here, the product is only of goal-setter status. The goal-setter functionality can provide realistic goals for the organization/user, while the information on each of the trials is collected and researched to take, if possible, the goal-setter product to the predictor level.
[0149] If sufficient data is available to continue, as discussed further hereinbelow, the product can also maintain predictor status. Sufficient data refers to the system having enough information to statistically analyze and classify product variables as predictor variables or director variables. The ability to do this is a direct result of building the number of user trials, so that there is enough information to provide a formula with a relatively high level of confidence and/or accuracy. When a predefined number of users have accessed/processed a product on the system, the formula for that product can evolve with each additional trial associated with actual fundraising experience. Once the variables of the predictor status have reached a significant number of trials and a satisfactory degree of accuracy, these predictor variables can create a predictive formula. They have become the �truths� for the products in various situations.
[0150] A display of products presented to the user is shown in FIG. 1-D. FIG. 1-D displays how the values determined by the system queries and calculations discussed above are used to match the organization/user with the products contained in the system. Through this process, the appropriate products (i.e., the products containing corresponding values to the multiple variable database information) can be selected.
[0151] Referring now to FIGS. 1-E and FIGS. 5 and 6, results of goal-setter and predictor status products are displayed in step/component 22, wherein the above method and system operations determine either matching goal-setter products or matching products/vendors. The user can make a selection among the goal-setter and/or predictor status products that are presented in step/component 22. In the case of a goal-setter product, the lack of sufficient data for predictor status results in the user being guided to a specific goal-setter product page 24 and the appropriate solutions are provided for that product/vendor in step/component 26. If the user selects a vendor/product with sufficient data to warrant predictor status, then the user can proceed to step/component 28.
[0152] With specific regard to step/component 22 and FIG. 5, the method and system provide results based on the organization's profile. The results may apply to products with goal-setter and/or predictor status. When the results apply to one or more predictor status products, such products can be noted as such (i.e., marked with an asterisk (�*�) in FIG. 5). The results page can also include a Top Ten List that offers non-profit groups the ten most common fundraising programs that are conducted by similar organizations. This Top Ten List can be generated based on the selections the user made during the above-discussed profiling activity.
[0153] An example of results associated with FIG. 5 is shown as follows:
[0154] The results generated by the above processing can be displayed on a web page to the user in a linked, hypertext fashion. This allows a specific product selection by the user from the results that have been provided.
[0155] If the user selects a product in goal-setter, such as pizza (as in the above example), the user is sent to the page in step/component 26 for further review of fundraising options. As discussed above, the goal-setter functionality relies on systems queries and average sales results for products (potentially obtained from a vendor or vendors for those products) to provide estimated results. When product selection occurs, the system routes the selection for appropriate processing. If a goal-setter product is chosen it prompts the specific goal-setter product page. If sufficient data needed to predict a result has not been established, the system treats the variables as director variables and queries information contained in component/step 24 to create the fundraising package to complement that specific product selection and user profile. When a product of predictor status is selected, the method and system proceed to obtain additional user profiling information. This information is then sent from the steps/components shown in FIG. 1-E to the steps/components shown in FIG. 1-F.
[0156] In comparison, as discussed above, as usage of a product for fundraising activities continues, the number of experimental trials for that product increases. These trials provide actual data to the method and system to achieve a data level sufficient for application of predictor status. Sufficient data may be considered to have been achieved upon a predetermined number of actual trials, such as 30 to 40 trials, for example, of specific products. It can be appreciated that the number of trials necessary for predictor status to apply may depend on a plurality of factors including detection of common truths, variable productivity, and other factors.
[0157] Referring again to step/components 24 and 26 in FIG. 1-E, these pages offer information on the product selected by the organization for fundraising activities. This information can include one or more of the following illustrative categories: time of year to sell product, required hours, the consumer difficulty rating, the safety rating, and/or the competition rating. Examples of ratings are described as follows:
[0158] Safety Ratings�Pre-determined in accordance to the product and the consumer.
[0159] Competition Ratings�Determined by the frequency the product is sold as a fundraiser. This may require account information on the fundraising activities of other organizations.
[0160] Consumer Difficulty�Determined by degree of access the organization possesses with the prospective consumer.
[0161] This page can also offer director variables, safety information, instructions, selling tips, and the like, as well as one or more links to one or more vendors offering the products in the method and system.
[0162] In step/component 26, the present method and system pull from both the director and predictor variables that have been submitted by the user for the specific product that has been chosen. The system then sends the information that corresponds to the needs of the user to step/component 26 and the screen display shown in FIG. 6.
[0163] A fundraising package or program is put together by the system, according to a variable/non-variable selection process, in conjunction with a linear fit of information. The database can also pull documentation including the following: goals, instructions, safety tips, selling tips, suggestions, incentive programs, facts, sample scripts, self-assessment sales ability forms, and the like. The fundraising package can include a checklist to assist the organization in every aspect of the fundraising scope, from time management to actual sales presentations, for example. The method and system also offer links to other Internet sites providing safety instructions. In addition, instructions within the system can be presented to the organization/user through paid sponsorships (e.g., MADD).
[0164] In one example of operation of the present fundraising method and system, based on 32 trials associated with actual fundraising performance of athletic programs, a fundraising analysis produced the following predictor formula:
Gross=intercept 54271.8+number of ads (65.7)+school size (15.8)+number weeks (53.3)+season spring included in the intercept
[0165] Or Winter=55211
[0166] Or Summer=54549
[0167] Or Fall =54784
[0168] Next, a formula is generated based on the following profile of an athletic program type of organization:
[0169] Profile:
[0170] School name: Aliquippa
[0171] Group name: Football
[0172] Zip code: 15001
[0173] Position of user: Booster
[0174] Dollar amount desired: $4,000
[0175] Number of sellers: 6
[0176] Number of ads: 60
[0177] School site: AA (Double A)
[0178] Selling season: summer
[0179] Weeks selling: 5
[0180] Actual Information from Trial:
[0181] Dollar amount: $4,383
[0182] Number of sellers: 7
[0183] Number of ads: 64
[0184] Weeks selling: 5
[0185] This actual trial information can then be fed back into the method and system for generation of a further prediction formula. In this example, now based on 33 trials, statistical analysis by the method and system produces a formula for a subsequent fundraising effort:
Gross=intercept−589+75(65.4)+3(15.9)+11 (50.7)+season
[0186] Spring included in intercept, or
[0187] Winter=−311, or
[0188] Summer=389, or
[0189] Fall=128
[0190] Next, the following organization applies the present methods and systems pursuant to the following profile:
[0191] Profile:
[0192] School name: Valley
[0193] Group type: Basketball
[0194] Zip code: 15068
[0195] Position of user: Coach
[0196] Dollar amount desired: 5-6 thousand
[0197] Number of sellers: 8
[0198] Number of ads: 75
[0199] School site: AAA (Triple A)
[0200] Selling season: Fall
[0201] Weeks selling: 11
Predicted=−589+75(65.4)+3(15.9)+11 (50.7)+128=$5,049.70
[0202] Actual Information from Trials:
[0203] Dollar amount: $5,059
[0204] Number of sellers:8
[0205] Number of ads: 71
[0206] Weeks selling: 10
[0207] The actual trial information is fed back into the method and system and suitable statistical analyses are executed. Now based on 34 trials, the method and system provide a statistical analysis that produces another formula for predicting subsequent fundraising activity:
Gross=intercept 21077+number of ads(65.1)+school site(22.9)+number of weeks selling(51.2)+season
[0208] Spring included in intercept, or
[0209] Or Winter=−21979, or
[0210] Or Summer=−21258, or
[0211] Or Fall=−21504
[0212] Referring again to FIG. 1-E, if the product selected by the user has predictor status, the user can select a product that applies to predictor, such as athletic programs, and the user is provided with step/component 28 of FIG. 1-E. The following is a trial example associated with an athletic program type organization as applied to predictor mode:
[0213] User/Organization Information:
[0214] Dollar amount�5-7 thousand
[0215] Position of user�booster
[0216] Group type�sports
[0217] Zip code�16066
[0218] Number of sellers�10
[0219] Group age�15-18
[0220] Consumer�businesses
[0221] Time frame�14 weeks
[0222] Sport�basketball
[0223] School size�3A (triple A)
[0224] Number of ads�100 approximately
[0225] The page associated with step/component 28 can ask the user organization-specific and/or product-specific questions that are dependent upon the products selected in step/component 22. As shown in FIGS. 1-F and 1-G, the method and system apply variables, listed as �Variablel� through �Variable4�, to generate a predictor formula. It can be seen how the database values from FIGS. 1-B through 1-D are processed through the method and system, so that the new variables from the user profile in step/component 28 can be added to the compilation. Upon the addition of information in FIG. 1-F, the system performs functions similar to that described for FIG. 1-D. The results sent to step/component 32 are results for which the system has the ability to calculate a prediction by way of a formula with a confidence level corresponding to a number of trials of each product.
[0226] Referring again to FIG. 1-G, the present method and system provide results based on the information specific to a product and/or organization in step/component 32. The page associated with FIG. 1-G can include a �winners� list that shows the most financially successful fundraising programs previously conducted by specific organizations and organization types. An example of results provided by step/component 32 in FIG. 1-G is shown as follows:
[0227] Once a product is selected in step/component 32, the method and system can continue processing as shown in FIGS. 1-H and 1-I. Selection of a particular product generates a specific predictor product page 42 that contains information analogous to step/component 24 discussed above. FIG. 1-H demonstrates that, upon the product selection, the system knows the product's predictor and director variables through the statistical research performed on the trials as listed. In the FIG. 1-H example, variables 1,2,3 and 5 are predictor variables that can be plugged into the formula along with the coefficients to determine a predictive result. The summary output seen in FIG. 1-H shows how the system uses regression statistics to determine the variables to be included in the formula for the trial. The system generates the predicted result and then sends the remaining variables to be processed/grouped with the existing director variables to the steps/components of FIGS. 1-I.
[0228] The page associated with the specific predictor product page 42 offers specific information on the product selected by the user/organization. A results page for the predictor functionality can be provided in step/component 44. This results page is consistent with the above discussion of presentation of results to the user/organization. In FIGS. 1-I, the present method and system perform functions substantially equivalent to those performed in step/component 24 of FIG. 1-E as previously discussed.
[0229] In addition, the screen display of FIG. 7 demonstrates an online tool for use by the user/organization to predict the results of a fundraising activity. With the values entered as shown, the user can click the �Predict� button, and the method and system perform calculations to display the predicted gross amount for the proposed fundraising activity.
[0230] It can be appreciated that certain conventional functionality can be added to one or more aspects of the present fundraising methods and/or systems. Common links, for example, that can be added to the web pages discussed herein, include the following: affiliates�non-profit organizations, vendors and support organizations partnered with the company providing the present method and system; seasonal/holiday products�fall, winter, spring, summer, Christmas, Easter, and the like; ideas bank�fundraising ideas and results from other organizations; company�corporate structure, investor relations, member biographies, and the like; Your Account�established organization and vendor point of entrance; registration�opportunity for organizations and vendors to register. Other possible links include the following: Employment Opportunities, Help, Subscribe to Company's Fundraising Newsletter, Phone Number, Policies (for site use), Promotions, Site Guide, and Webmaster.
[0231] Whereas particular embodiments of the invention have been described herein for the purpose of illustrating the invention and not for the purpose of limiting the same, it can be appreciated by those of ordinary skill in the art that numerous variations of the details, materials and arrangement of parts may be made within the principle and scope of the invention without departing from the invention as described in the appended claim.
[0232] It can be appreciated that the methods and systems disclosed herein are susceptible to continual upgrade with regard to usability and predictability arrangements and methods that help organizations, including non-profit organizations, achieve their goals and inevitably enhance the quality of the organization.
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WTF CALPERS and Private Equity?!
The mammoth public pension fund has raised the level of its allowed investments in private equity from 10% to 15%. (PEU Report)
So millions upon millions more of hard earned wage-worker dollars are - Voila - funneled to Blackstone, Carlyle and Apollo, mammoth players of the
Gargantuan Wage-Looting Scheme private equity (formerly more accurately known as "asset stripping"). Read below the fold...
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Citi Bike NYC (ALTA) Looting Customers Via "Late" Fees
NY Post. Since it began 2 years ago Citi-Bike, the privatized bike-sharing program given by Ex-Mayor-for-Life "Mike" Bloomberg to the Canadian Alta company, has racked up $4 Million (!) dollars in "late" fees.
Citi-Bike had early on proven itself to be an operational #FAIL in the classic manner of neo-liberal enterprise (We Deliver the Most Craptastic Services!) early on, with docks not working, bikes being broken or unavailable, etc. Read below the fold...
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Ferguson, Front Line of Anti-Constitution & Class Warfare
Ferguson, Missouri has been turned into a war zone.
The police use inappropriate force, such as tear gas and rubber bullets, to overwhelm and intimidate residents who are legitimately protesting a police murder of a fellow, unarmed resident.
There is also a "keep moving" rule constantly imposed on residents and journalists on the sidewalks of Ferguson. It is not a real law but nevertheless was and still is constantly spouted by the police. This "rule" is anti the First Amendment and now being challenged by the ACLU. Read below the fold...
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John Carley is a horrible human being (Hamptons edition)
Lackey to the Point-Oh-One Percenters attorney John Carley (his wife is ABC Anchor Pia Lindstrom, daughter of Ingrid Bergman) owns a summer house in Watermill, in South Hampton. Also in Watermill, and year-round, there is a Sisters of Mercy Convent. In July 2012 Sister of Mercy Jacqueline Walsh was killed in a hit and run while walking near the convent at the intersection of Rose Hill Road and Montauk Highway. Read below the fold...
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Meritocracy Neo Liberal Democrat Style: DeBlasio's Kids
Daddy's mayor now so, voila, we get unpaid internships at City Hall!
But it's just for a month! And unpaid, so the Conflicts of Interest Board grants a waiver ~ double voila! Because: "the teens are not getting paid, will not have decision-making power and will only work for a month." [Isn't this the definition of an unpaid summer internship?]
Also, no shame: Read below the fold...
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Obama Caved to Trumka on ObamaCare
No $63 'surcharge' per insured for "certain self insured plans" -- aka Taft Hartley union plans. (*)
As Lambert said, blackmail works, see e.g., Latinos, LGBT, and now Labor. It works like a charm. Except this time Obama had to pretend in public that he wasn't going to pay the blood money but "quietly" did so outside of public view. Read below the fold...
Big Banks Trying To Crush Credit Unions -- But, but OWS "just fizzled"?!
By Scott Martelle, via Truthdig -- http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/big_banks_trying_to_kill_off... (and via Jesse's Cafe's Matieres a Reflection).
Lobbying to strip Credit Unions of nonprofit status which gives CU's an "unfair advantage." I guess that's just too much competition for JPM, City, Goldman (a "bank" for purposes of Fed Window and AIG-Backdoor Bailouts), BoFA, Wells Fargo. Read below the fold...
Six Cops Arrest Woman at Home on Unpaid Parking Ticket
... that she had paid 6 months earlier (1 month after she got it). Somehow this went unnoticed, a warrant isseud and SIX (6) NYPD cops banged on her door at 8am. She was then held in a stinking hot cell for 15 hours until a judge, at 11:00 pm, dismissed the summons (without comment!). The woman is law-abiding, but an African American in Commissioner Kelly's thuggish police state.
Arresting demonstrably innocent people (on a parking citation summons, no less) is the new "policing" -- The Compliance State. Read below the fold...
Squalor Housing for the 99.9% - "Micro-Apartments"
This is a must read report on Third Way Squalor Policy that is very much upon and among us -- especially in cities (where I suppose impoverished suburban poors will have to flock eventually.) Read below the fold...
ObamaCare Clusterf**k: Skinny Plans in the News (FDL)
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The Betrayer Obama Goes Public With his War on Americans
Huffington Post Article has 16,135 comments as of now.
State Minimum Wage Suppression Laws -- ALEC's new one
It's wonderful to hear Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Obama and all those great "folks" using their respective bully pulpits to condemn this or (god forbid) to make sure it does not happen. Even sweeter is the roaring choir of the AFL-CIO, SEIU, ASFME, et al. in opposition to all this. Read below the fold...
CEO Group Catfood Manifesto
Business Roundtable CEOs announce their proposal to
impose Austerity "fix the debt." This is grotesque.
(1) push eligibility age to 70 (SSI and Medicare)
(2) chained CPI
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(4) a goody for private health insurers (not again!): they get to compete with Medicare. Read below the fold...
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Someone 'should' do this
Saw 'The Madwoman of Chailliot' 'The Madwoman of Chailliot' last night and wish I had the graphics skills to lift the 'trial' SOLILOQUY(2nd MerriWeb definition) performed by Danny Kaye as the 'ragpicker' from the film and then substitute Romney for Danny Kaye in the graphic.
It is truly a perfect riposte to the Repub's rant about 'success' and 'business' and the last summation by Kaye is 'on point'(legalistic term meaning "Directly applicable or dispositive of the matter under consideration")
And I don't think doing such would encounter any copyright hassles as such would be considered sarcastic commentary of a parody. Read below the fold...
(Cross posted at The Montana Maven )
Newt Gingrich suggested that perhaps a good idea for poor highschoolers would be to work as the janitors in their high school in their off hours which would "be a way to instill a work ethic while also saving money". A lot of liberals jumped on him for this screaming, "That's an awful idea. That is child labor and it's racist to boot."
Well, it sounds racist. But most of all it sounds stupid and way out of touch with the lives of regular Americans. So it's not only racist, but it's elitist. Read below the fold...
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Players/Officials: Marlon Samuels | Shane Warne
Series/Tournaments: Big Bash League
Teams: Australia
Shane Warne might have played his last game of this Big Bash League campaign after being suspended for one match following his ugly clash with Marlon Samuels on Sunday night. Warne, the Melbourne Stars captain, was also fined $4500 following the fracas in the derby against the Melbourne Renegades at the MCG, while Samuels is yet to face his hearing after also being charged over the incidents.
Warne was charged with four breaches of Cricket Australia's Code of Behaviour and found guilty of three; Samuels was charged with two offences. Warne's suspension means he will miss the Stars' last qualifying match at home to the Sydney Thunder on Tuesday and his chances of taking any further part in the tournament will hinge on whether his side, which is one of four sides locked together on four wins in the middle of the points table, reaches the finals.
Warne confronted Samuels physically and verbally during the Melbourne Renegades innings at the MCG, seemingly in retaliation for an incident that had occurred earlier during the Melbourne Stars innings. During that incident, the bowler Samuels grabbed David Hussey by the shirt and prevented him taking off for a second run, a strange act given that Hussey's path had not taken him into contact with Samuels.
Later while Samuels was batting, he took off for a run and turned back, after which Warne came down the pitch and said to Samuels: "You want to grab some more people? F*** you Marlon." Warne, who was wearing a Fox Sports microphone at the time, then grabbed Samuels' shirt, apparently to demonstrate what he felt Samuels had done wrong earlier, and pointed at him threateningly.
The clash continued in the next over when Warne collected the ball running in from the off side and under-armed it into the body of Samuels, who was in his crease not attempting a run. Samuels responded by tossing his bat down the pitch, vaguely in the direction of Warne.
On Monday morning, Cricket Australia confirmed a long list of charges from the incidents. Warne was found guilty of three: showing serious dissent at an umpire's decision; engaging in inappropriate and deliberate physical contact with another player; and using obscene, offensive or generally insulting language to another player. He was found not guilty of throwing the ball at or near a player in an inappropriate and/or dangerous manner.
After the hearing, Warne indicated that he would consider appealing the suspension, but later in the day he decided to accept his ban and hoped the Stars reached the finals. In a series of tweets, Warne also expressed disappointment at his own actions.
"I have always been passionate when I play cricket and had the game at heart along with its image..." he tweeted. "I'm disappointed at some of my actions last night as captain & as a player,but I'm also very disappointed at the severe penalty I received!"
Samuels has been charged with engaging in inappropriate and deliberate physical contact with another player; and unbecoming behaviour, namely that "players and officials must not at any time engage in behaviour unbecoming to a representative player or official that could (a) bring them or the game of cricket into disrepute or (b) be harmful to the interests of cricket".
However, Samuels ended the match with a potentially serious injury to his eye socket after he top-edged a Lasith Malinga delivery through the grille of his helmet, and any suspension may not affect his availability anyway. The Renegades coach Simon Helmot said Samuels was recovering at the team hotel and would be taking some time off to care for his injury, and a time for his hearing is yet to be confirmed by Cricket Australia.
"We're now waiting for the swelling around his eye to subside before determining the full extent of the blow," Helmot said. "We are also assessing what, if anything, this means in terms of squad composition for the remainder of the tournament and will take action to source an international replacement if necessary."
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Dhoni's absence a guide to India's future
He's past his use-by date as a Test captain and keeper. India now have a chance to test Kohli's leadership skills
Rohit's record, and captains' equal scores
Also, scoring a hundred and opening the bowling, the youngest Australian player, and scoreless in three Tests
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