Gee, am I the only one watching Oprah's latest adventure?
I love the concept of this show, but I'm not too sure about the execution. Giving people a small amount of cash and about 48 hours to turn it into more cash may make reasonably good TV, but it doesn't make for very effective fund raising...or at least not the kind where people get some bang for their buck. About all they have time to do is get on the phone and ask people and businesses for donations. They can't plan an event that gives people something back for their donation, like a games night, dance, dinner, or whatever. They tried a fashion show, but with no time to promote the event it bombed badly. The one at the restaurant went OK, but that was mostly because people who were going there to eat anyway filled the seats and the owner donated the profits.
The guy who gave the restaurant owner the car pulled a real bone-head move. The event didn't raise that much for his needy person, so that was the obvious choice. Some of the others who raised alot for their person or cause might have been better to give the vehicle to someone else who needed it more, but there just wasn't time to seek out worthy recipients.
So, my take is that the whole thing could be done better with a more realistic time line for challenges. Give them a few days to put something together and then just edit out all the boring foot work.
I love the concept of this show, but I'm not too sure about the execution. Giving people a small amount of cash and about 48 hours to turn it into more cash may make reasonably good TV, but it doesn't make for very effective fund raising...or at least not the kind where people get some bang for their buck. About all they have time to do is get on the phone and ask people and businesses for donations. They can't plan an event that gives people something back for their donation, like a games night, dance, dinner, or whatever. They tried a fashion show, but with no time to promote the event it bombed badly. The one at the restaurant went OK, but that was mostly because people who were going there to eat anyway filled the seats and the owner donated the profits.
The guy who gave the restaurant owner the car pulled a real bone-head move. The event didn't raise that much for his needy person, so that was the obvious choice. Some of the others who raised alot for their person or cause might have been better to give the vehicle to someone else who needed it more, but there just wasn't time to seek out worthy recipients.
So, my take is that the whole thing could be done better with a more realistic time line for challenges. Give them a few days to put something together and then just edit out all the boring foot work.
