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1.Introduction/Goal
SUNY Plattsburgh prides itself onprovidingstudentswiththebestexperiencepossibletoensure
that once students transition into their professional careers, theywillgivebacktotheirbeloved
institution. The Plattsburgh College Foundation is the channel in which giving back is made
possible.
After extensive research surrounding the SUNY Plattsburgh student body, we have found that
there is a huge lack of awareness of the foundation. Our student survey found that analarming
71 percent of students either strongly or somewhat disagreed with the statement, I know what
thePlattsburghCollegeFoundationdoes.
However, we have designed our campaign to use the lack of awareness to our advantage. We
will intertwine the clean slate theory and the cumulative effects theory to blast students with
informationaboutthefoundationthroughourGiveaBuckcampaign.
Our goal was to make a lasting impression on the groups we interacted with, so they will
remember the Give a Buck campaign and the importance of the Plattsburgh College
Foundation.Weaimedtoreach600students.
2.LiteratureReview:
College yearsaresupposedtobethebesttimeofyourlife.Inthoseyears,younotonlygrowasa
student but as a person, gaining many new experiences and interacting with many new people.
These impressions stay with you forever as you move on in life, making college a positive
lastingmemory.
Institutions look to those positive experiences as they send out donation letters to alumni after
they graduate. But why should students only be asked to donate after they graduate? Shouldnt
students have a chance to give back to their institution and to other students throughout their
collegecareer?
Universities receive fundingfromvariousavenues.Studenttuitionandstatefundingcoveronlya
portion of that funding. The remainder comes from various grants and most importantly gifts
made by former students. Development and alumni relations offices are in charge of
communicating, handling these gifts, as well as reaching out to alumni to create positive
relationships (Paradise). Alumni and their contributions to university funding can be very
impactful towards a college, yet most institutions have not placed enoughemphasisonreaching
outtocurrentstudentsandrecentgraduatestoencouragedonating(Skari).
Many individuals have studied how institutions can place more of this emphasis on
studentgiving. For example, CASE and Campbell & Company conducted a surveylastJanuary
at 211 colleges and universities. The survey was sent to development and alumni offices at
public, private, twoyear, fouryear, large and small institutions. Their goal was to find outhow
institutions were focusing on student philanthropy. One common thread linked every institution
together: The more you put into it, the more you get out of it. The survey indicated thatmore
than twothirds of the institutions, surveyed for the CASE Student Philanthropy Study, have a
staff working group or a campus organization dedicated to student philanthropy, but 24 percent
reported that efforts to engage students are sporadic. And nearly one in 10 institutions had no
activityinstudentphilanthropyatall.
TyingClassroomLearningandStudentGivingTogether
Student philanthropyisdefinedas,"anexperientiallearningapproachthatprovidesstudentswith
the opportunity to study social problems and nonprofit organizations, and then make decisions
about investing funds in them." (Olberding, 2009, p.463) Olberding reviewed the longterm
effects of student philanthropy through surveying alumni years after graduation. In her article,
she stated that such programs, influence (students) attitudes, interests, intentionsandbehaviors
related to civic engagement and social responsibilities as well as improving (students) critical
thinking,communication,leadership,andotherworklifeskills.
Over the past decade, teaching student philanthropy has been incorporated into at least 40
colleges or universities in the United States(Olberding,72).Withintheclassroom,therearetwo
models of how student philanthropy is taught. First being the direct model approach. This
approach allocates actual funds to classes, students then take thosefunds,decideonanonprofit
to work with, then write up small grants to donate to the campaign that is decided upon.
(Olberding, 72) This method empowers students by showing them they can make a change
(Paradise). The second model is the indirect giving approach. This approach allows the
opportunity for students to partner with an organization, have input and add suggestions to a
legitimate grant making process. (Olberding, 73) The difference between the two is that the
direct model gives students fundstodivvyupthemselveswhereastheindirectmodelstudentsdo
nothavefundstodirectlyinvest.
Both of the student philanthropy modelswithintheclassroom setthegroundworkforstudentsto
push their efforts to their peers. Surveys show that havingstudentsmakethecaseforsupporting
a philanthropic cause totheirpeers,joiningforceswithstudentleadershipandcollaboratingwith
marketing/communicationscanhelpplanttheseedsforfurtherengagement.(Paradise)
The selfdetermination theorystatesthattherearetwodifferenttypesofmotivation,intrinsicand
extrinsic. Intrinsic motivation is doing something because it's enjoyable or interesting on an
individual basis. Extrinsic motivation is doing something based onthenotionthattheindividual
will gain something out of it. (Sampath Kumar Ranganathan, 66) Once students develop and
altruistic interest intheirphilanthropicendeavor,theirmotivationtopayitforward ismuchmore
likely. Once the groundwork is set for student giving campaigns, the social exchange theory
(Homans)providesanincentivefor continuedstudentinvolvement.Thesocialexchangetheorys
successpropositionstateswhenonefindstheyarerewardedfortheiractions,theytendtorepeat
theaction.
In order to create a culture of internal student giving, the kinks with external student
philanthropy must be worked out. For philanthropy ingeneral,integratingmoreeducationinthe
classrooms as well as additional funding will engage students, which will allow for widespread
fundraisingsuccess.
3.ResearchQuestions:
HowcanwegetstudentstobeawareofPlattsburghCollegeFoundation?
Howcanwegetstudentstonotonlybeaware,butunderstandwhatthePlattsburghCollege
Foundationis?
HowcanwegetstudentstocareaboutthePlattsburghCollegeFoundation,andcareaboutgiving
backtotheschool?(Whatwillmotivatethem?)
Shouldweuseadirectoranindirectapproachwithinourcampaigninordertoteachstudent
philanthropy?
Willourcampaignbemosteffectiveusingintrinsicorextrinsicmotivation?
4.Method
The participants in our research consisted of the general student body at SUNY Plattsburgh.
Before we executed our campaign, we conducted primary research to see how many students
wereawareofthePlattsburghCollegeFoundation.
ImportantResearch:
We began our research effortsbyconductingarandomstudentsurvey.Resultsthatwe feltcould
beusedtoourbenefitinclude:
71 percent ofstudentseitherstronglyorsomewhatdisagreedwiththestatement,Iknow
whatthePlattsburghCollegeFoundationdoes.
We saw this lack of awareness as an opportunity to make a positive impression on the student
body. Our goal for this semester was for 600 students at SUNY Plattsburgh to know what the
PlattsburghCollegeFoundationdoes.
As our research indicates, the majority of students do not know what the foundation does. To
make this campaign as successful as we believe it can be, we must first educate and create
awareness about the foundation. Due to the fact that most students havelittletonoinformation
on the foundation, we hope they will be easily persuaded to support our Give a Buck
Campaign.
We began to educate and raise awareness by inviting various groups to take a photo with
Burghy. We went to a locationoftheirchoice, allowingthegroupstoshowuswhotheyareand
whattheystandfor.
This wasa chancetoinformthestudentgroupsabouttheGiveaBuckcampaign.Additionally,
we provided them with meaningful information about the foundation andhowithascontributed
totheirtimehereatSUNYPlattsburgh.
We chose to hone in on student groups because we feel that if the general student body sees
groupsgettinginvolvedwithourcampaign,theywillfollowsuit.
Through our Burghy Buck email, we began with contacting Residence life because they have a
large followingofstudentsthatmay notbeinvolvedin extracurricularactivities.Simultaneously,
wecontactedstudentathletes,membersofGreeklife,andvariousotherclubs/organizations.
Beyond emailing, our guerilla marketing team set up tables in the Angell College Center to
further interact with various students facetoface. As measurement for our efforts, we had our
website
www.burghybuck.com
, which had a count of all Burghy Bucks collected.
Additionally, our website uploaded photos of all organizational groups that participated in our
challenge.
*SeeAppendixforMediaCoverage
5.Results/TrendReports
*SeeAppendixforResults/TrendReports
6.Discussion(SignificantResults,Limitations/FlawsintheStudy):
At the start of our campaign, a goal was set to reach 600 students with Burghy Bucks. By the
end, we far exceeded this amount, collecting 1,621 Bucks almost triple the number we aimed
for. Although we believed this campaign was a success, a followup survey was conducted to
back up our claim. What we concluded wasthatstillnotmanypeopleknewwhatthefoundation
is. We believe that this is not accurate representation of our efforts. With only 31 students who
filled out the followup survey, compared to 100 students who completed the presurvey,itwas
hardtogagetheawarenesslevelofthestudentbodyaccurately.
Going into this campaign, we anticipated certainissuesgettinginthewayofstudentspreviously
supporting the foundation. Thankfully,manyoftheseissuesdidnotemerge.Oneexpectedissue
that did arise, however, was that studentsweredispleasedwiththefoundationafterbeingdenied
a scholarship. This caused many to be reluctant about the campaign at first. We attempted to
combat this by explaining all the other things the foundation pays for. Another problemthatwe
anticipated was that students might not realize that Give a Buck and the Plattsburgh College
Foundation were working together opposed to being two separate entities.Whenwebeganeach
presentation, wemade suretoletgroupsknowthatwewereworkingonbehalfofthefoundation,
and then proceededtoexplainwhatthefoundationdoes.Itwasalsomadeclearthatthewinnings
weremadepossiblebyanalumnus.
7.Conclusion:
We believe that our efforts throughout the year planning and executing the Give A Buck
campaign were very successful. As the guerilla marketers, we completed nearly 400 hours
organizing and implementing strategies. With an original goal of reaching 600 students, we are
proud to announce we almost tripled that number with 1,621 impressions by our Burghy Buck
challenge. We arehonoredtohavehadtheopportunitytoworkonsomethingasrewardingasthe
Give ABuckcampaign,andareveryconfidentthatthiscampaignwillonlybemoresuccessful
inthefuture.
8.RecommendationsforFutureResearch:
Despite our successes, there are a few things we would change before conducting any future
research. One of the top things we would change would be the execution of our follow up
survey. During the fall semester we sent out a random student survey to gage the level of
knowledge students had about the Plattsburgh College Foundation. Our initial survey gave us a
great starting point, however, our follow up survey did not give us a proper evaluation of our
efforts. Many factors played into the minimal responses we received, such as timing and
incentives.
During the time our follow up survey was sent out, students had been bombarded with other
school related surveys.WhiletheGiveABucksurveywasshortandeasilyaccessible,students
had already developed a negative connotation due to the previous and overwhelming amountof
surveys sent tothem.Duetotheamountofsurveysbeing sentoutatthistime,manystudentsdid
not respond to ours. Although numerous surveys were sent to students we also believe that our
incentives many have affected the results as well. Last semester students who took the survey
had their choice of a 75 dollarschoolstoregiftcard,ora10dollargift cardto RegalCinemasor
Starbucks. This semesterhowever,ourincentivewastocompleteoursurveyandenteradrawing
towinPlattsburghgear.
Another recommendation we have for any future research, is to design a better way of relating
the Give A Buck campaign and the Plattsburgh College Foundation together. Throughout our
campaignhavingstudentsassociatethesetwogroupstogetherwasasmallobstacle.Studentssaw
the Give A Buck campaign as a separate entity from the foundation. After further explanation
students understood the concept, but we would like them to understand just by looking at the
informationontheirown.
Engagingalumnimoreisalsosomethingwewouldsuggestforfurtherresearch.Findingnewand
innovative ways to involve alumni is important because we not only want students to Give A
Buck, we want alumni too aswell.Just aswe createdacompetitionbetween groupsoncampus,
wewanttocreatethesameatmosphereforalumni.
By continuing this campaign we are creating an opportunity of civic engagement for students.
With records of previous research and quantifiable data, this is an amazing chance for SUNY
Plattsburgh to show how their students are working to make a difference in the life of other
students.
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10.Appendix
Table1.BUDGET:
Table2.GIVEABUCKLOGO:
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Table3.BILLABLEHOURS:
A1Research
A2Telephone/Email/Textetc.
A3FacetoFacemeetingsorTravel
A4Eventmanagement
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Table3.GIVEABUCKPROMOTIONALFLYER
Dear__________________,
WerecognizeyouasanupstandingbusinessinthePlattsburghcommunity.
HelpusraiseawarenessofthePlattsburghCollegeFoundationthroughourGiveABuckcampaign!
ThepurposeofourcampaignistoeducateandencouragetheSUNYPlattsburghstudentbodyofthe
importanceingivingback.
AsawellknownestablishmentamongstthestudentsofSUNYPlattsburgh,wewouldbehonoredifyou
wouldjoinus.
Howyoucanhelp:
AllowustofeatureyourbusinessonourGiveABuckpromotionalflyerswithadiscountonyour
services.
Businessname:____________________________
Email:___________________________________
Discountamount:___________________________
Yourpartnershipwouldbealeadingexampleofwhatourcampaignstandsfor,givingback.
TheGiveABuckcampaignemphasizestheimportanceofstudentgivingontheSUNYPlattsburghcampus.After
extensiveresearchconcerningstudentgiving,wefoundthatmoststudentsvaluetheactofgivingback,however,
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manyareunawareofhowtheycoulddoso.WehavelaunchedthiscampaigninpartnershipwiththePlattsburgh
CollegeFoundationtoraiseawarenessforstudentgivingandwithyourhelpwecanmakeapositiveimpact.
Table4.CouponQuarterSheets:
(Front)
(Back)
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Table5.BLANKETEMAILFORPHOTOSHOOTS
Dear______________,
Joinmeandotherstudentsinourefforttohelpourstudentbodywin$5,000!
Isthereacollegeprogramoracademicdepartmentthathasenhancedyourcollegeexperience?If
so,thePlattsburghCollegeFoundationwantsyoutoGiveABuck.
Givingbackiseasyanditwontcostyoudime!
HowcanyouGiveABuck?
Emailuswithtimesthat(insertnameofclub,organizationorathleticteam)meetsandwell
cometoyouwithBurghyforafunphotoshoot.There,wewillbrieflydiscusswhatthePCF
does,howyoucanenterourBurghyBuckchallengeandhelpspreadtheword.
RSVPtothisemailwithatimeandplacethatsbestforyou!
Sincerely,
_______________
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PublicRelationsTeam
GiveABuckCampaign
SUNYPlattsburgh
Forfurtherinformation,visit
www.burghybuck.com
Table6.BURGHYBUCK:
(Front)
15
(Back)
Table7.SURVEYEMAIL
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Table8.SURVEY:
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GiveABuck
Whatyearareyou?
Freshman
Sophomore
Junior
Senior
Nonmatriculated
Whatclub/organization/departmentdoyoumostidentifywith?
____________________
Wheredoyoulivewhencollegeisinsession?
Oncampus
Offcampus
Ibelieveinphilanthropy(givingbacktosociety).
StronglyAgree
Agree
SomewhatAgree
NeitherAgreenorDisagree
SomewhatDisagree
HaveyouheardofthePlattsburghCollegeFoundation?
Yes
No
IknowwhatthePlattsburghCollegeFoundationdoesforstudents.
StronglyAgree
Agree
SomewhatAgree
NeitherAgreenorDisagree
SomewhatDisagree
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Thissemester,haveyouheardofthe'GiveABuck'campaign?
Yes
No
Ifso,howdidyouhearaboutthe'GiveABuck'campaign?
Pleaseselectallthatapply
Myclub/organization/departmentattendedaBurghyBuckphotoshoot
TablingintheACC
Neverheardofthe'GiveABuck'campaign
Other:
DidyoufilloutaBurghyBuck?
Yes
No
Afteryougraduate,howlikelydoyouthinkyouaretogivebacktoSUNYPlattsburgh?
VeryLikely
Likely
SomewhatLikely
Undecided
SomewhatUnlikely
Table9.SURVEYRESULTS:
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Whatyearareyou?
Freshman
19.4
%
Sophomore
12.9
%
Junior
12
38.7
%
Senior
29%
Non
matriculated
0%
Whatclub/organization/departmentdoyoumostidentifywith?
PremedAssociation
ThetaPhiAlpha
Nursing
GEO
PublicRelationsDepartment
TrackandField
ThetaAlphaLambdaSorority
Biology
ThetaPhiAlpha
Nursing
ACBCommittee.
WQKE
Ecology
Hillel
GreekLife
SA
Wheredoyoulivewhencollegeisinsession?
20
Oncampus
20
64.5
%
Offcampus
11
35.5
%
Ibelieveinphilanthropy(givingbacktosociety).
StronglyAgree
19
63.3
%
Agree
30%
SomewhatAgree
3.3%
NeitherAgreenor
Disagree
0%
SomewhatDisagree
3.3%
HaveyouheardofthePlattsburghCollegeFoundation?
21
Yes
18
58.1
%
No
13
41.9
%
IknowwhatthePlattsburghCollegeFoundationdoesforstudents.
StronglyAgree
11
35.5
%
Agree
3.2%
SomewhatAgree
25.8
%
NeitherAgreenor
Disagree
12.9
%
SomewhatDisagree
22.6
%
22
Thissemester,haveyouheardofthe'GiveABuck'campaign?
Yes
19
61.3
%
No
12
38.7
%
Ifso,howdidyouhearaboutthe'GiveABuck'campaign?
Myclub/organization/departmentattendedaBurghyBuck
photoshoot
14.8
%
10
37%
Neverheardofthe'GiveABuck'campaign
25.9
%
Other
22.2
%
TablingintheACC
23
DidyoufilloutaBurghyBuck?
Yes
13
41.9
%
No
18
58.1
%
Afteryougraduate,howlikelydoyouthinkyouaretogivebacktoSUNY
Plattsburgh?
VeryLikely
10
32.3
%
Likely
29%
SomewhatLikely
22.6
%
Undecided
16.1
%
24
Somewhat
Unlikely
0%
Table10.INVITETOSPRINGCARNIVALFORTHETOPTEN
Dear_________,
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Congratulations,your/the[club/department/team]isintheTop10!
YourteamiscordiallyinvitedtojointheActivitiesCoordinationBoardSpecialEvents
CommitteeandthePlattsburghCollegeFoundationatthe
SpringCarnival
Wednesday,May6,2015
BehindClintonDiningHall
48p.m.
ComeandcelebratetheGiveABuckcampaignfinaleandtheunveilingoftheBurghyBuck
challengewinner!
Itcouldbeyou!
Forfurtherinformation,visitwww.burghybuck.com
Table11.BURGHYBUCKBREAKDOWN:
Designation
5/4/15
5/6/15
26
AthleticTeam:T&F
286
301
FitnessCenter
198
222
Scholarship
105
111
LearningCenter
103
106
GreekAffairs
102
104
StudyAbroad
98
104
LibrarySupport
97
99
StudentSupportServices
92
96
StudentAssociation
79
82
EOP
75
82
Mistakes
52
55
CenterforDiversity
45
45
ResLife
42
43
ProjectHELP
20
24
AcademicDept:Marketing
16
16
AcademicDept:Nursing
15
15
CareerDev.Center
14
15
AcademicDept:PR
12
12
AthleticTeam:Baseball
AcademicDept:Communications
AthleticTeam:Lacrosse
AcademicDept:Education
AcademicDept:Music
AthleticTeam:Hockey
AcademicDept:Theater
ArtMuseum
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AthleticTeam:Men'sBasketball
AcademicDept:Psychology
AcademicDept:Nutrition
AthleticTeam:Women'sVolleyball
AcademicDept:HRTM
AthleticTeam:CC
AcademicDept:Business
AcademicDept:History
AcademicDept:Biology
AcademicDepartment:English
AthleticTeam:Tennis
AthleticTeam:Men'sSoccer
AcademicDept:CommunicationDisorder
AcademicDept:Physics
AcademicDept:Spanish
AcademicDept:AfricanStudies
AcademicDepartment:LatinStudies
AcademicDepartment:Journalism
TOTALCOUNT:
1538
1621
Table12.GROUPSWHOPARTICIPATEDINBURGYPHOTOSHOOT
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Name of Group
Number of People
Adirondack Hall
Baseball Team
16
Cardinal Callers
23
18
Dance Corps
33
Hood Hall
Kent Hall
Kinks
Macdonough Hall
Minor Adjustments
18
Phi Mu Delta
23
PRSSA
Rugby (Men's)
20
Rugby (Women's)
41
Whiteface Hall
16
29
Wilson Hall
16
WQKE Radio
28
Total
365
TABLE13.MEDIACOVERAGE
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
11.OurCampaignPlan
TargetAudience:
InfluentialstudentgroupsatSUNYPlattsburgh.
Goal:
TomakealastingimpressiononthegroupsweinteractwithsotheywillremembertheGivea
BuckcampaignaswellasthePlattsburghCollegeFoundation.
Objective:
ByMay2015,seea10percentincreaseinthenumberofstudentswhoindicatebysurveythat
theyknowwhatthePlattsburghCollegeFoundationdoes.
Strategy:
Wewilluseincentivestogetinfluentialstudentgroupstoparticipateinourcampaign.Thiswill
createabandwagoneffect,causingotherstowanttojoinin.
Tactics:
Havingstudentclubs,organizationsandsportsteamsposeforaphotowithBurghy.Beforethe
photoistaken,wewillinformtheparticipantsofourGiveaBuckcampaignaswellas
presentinganoverviewofwhatthePlattsburghCollegeFoundationdoesandhowtheyimpactthe
SUNYPlattsburghexperience.
Afterthephotoistaken,eachparticipantwillbeawardedaBurghyBuckwheretheywillbe
abletoselectaprograminwhichtheywouldliketoseeadditionalfundsallocatedto.
PostingthephotosonourWebsiteaswellintheAngellCollegeCentertoshowcasethegroups
thatparticipated.
PlacingaBurghybuckcountintheAngellCollegeCentertoshowparticipantshowmuch
moneyisgoingtowardstheirprogramofchoiceandenticeotherstogetinvolved.
Evaluation:
Wewillkeeprecordofall2,000BurghyBucks.
o Howmanywerehandedout.
o Whatprogramisthemostpopulartobedonatedto.
o WhoreceivedBurghyBucks(names,groups,etc).
Monitorthewebsitetoseehowmanypeoplevisitedit.
ThesurveythatwillbeconductedinMay2015willindicatewhetherornotoureffortsaffected
theawarenessofthePlattsburghCollegeFoundation.