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Today I met with a Portland visionary and got VERY excited about what a project she has been working on could mean for nonprofit organizations. I can’t stand not sharing it with you this minute…
Here’s the scoop I got from Ellen Bergstone Beer, Executive Director of Film Action Oregon:
Film Action Oregon and Box Office Tickets have teamed up to create the PDX Ticket Network, a new community ticketing and CRM (constituent management relationship) solution for Portland area organizations that’s FREE. Seriously. You sell a $10 ticket, you get $10. Who pays the cost of the service? The ticket buyer pays $1 per ticket plus 5% of the face value. So the service fee for the $10 ticket is $1.50. Compare that with the fees commercial ticketing companies charge!
I know there are alternative ticketing options available like Tickets Oregon and Brown Paper Tickets but PDX Ticket Network goes way above and beyond ticketing.
This program also provides nonprofit organizations with the ticket buyer’s contact information and preferences. It enables:
• Donation database tracking and management
• Membership/subscriptions
• Email/mailing lists
• eMarketing
It’s a 100% web based service that works on all computer operating systems. And it’s all integrated!
This project allows members and organizations to network and work together in ways that haven’t been possible before. Over the next couple of months, it will produce an online community calendar of events, something that everyone I know has needed and wanted forever or longer. A dream come true, you could say.
I love seeing solutions like this emerge from the community! My hat is off to Ellen and project partner George Domurot (President/CEO of Box Office Tickets). And I bet they aren’t done yet… if I were you, I would keep my eye on this website.
Marie Deatherage, Director of Learning & Communication
I'm so glad to see MMT jumping on the 'broadband' wagon (hehehee) with the PDX Ticket Network. BroadArts signed up with the Network a couple of months ago, and we're delighted to partner with PDX Ticket Network / BoxOfficeTickets, and with other n-ps in the community. The service is terrific, the staffers experienced and helpful, and there are a zillion reports to be had a the flick of a fingernail. And it's not just for ticket sales-we've already conducted three online fundraising performances for BroadArts. By setting up a laptop at the concession table it made it easy for donors to give right then!