{"id":29698,"date":"2021-02-15T00:00:56","date_gmt":"2021-02-14T23:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/u52zrabkulw.preview.infomaniak.website\/?post_type=project&p=29698"},"modified":"2025-02-13T10:15:58","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T09:15:58","slug":"eine-crowdfunding-geschichte","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/dubbedperceptions.com\/de\/projekt\/eine-crowdfunding-geschichte\/","title":{"rendered":"Eine Crowdfunding-Geschichte"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In Feb 2020 dubbed perception found a new base. The ‘<\/span>Bahnstrasse 44<\/a>‘ project in Bern creates around 2500 m\u00b2 of living, working and action space for creatives from a wide range of sectors and disciplines,\u00a0from art and music to text, architecture, hacking, design, coding, film and photography, to graphics, illustration, publications and events. A perfect home for us who love to be inspired by and collaborate with other creative people!<\/span><\/p>\n

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While the working spaces were quickly filled, there was still a \u201cproblem room\u201d left: a 168m2 and 4.4 m high space of possibilities. My friend Christian Krebs who in the past has created the very successful music venue\u00a0<\/span>bee-flat<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>invited me to join the association of dreamers and start envision what this place could become:\u00a0a unique\u00a0place\u00a0at the interface between art and society.\u00a0A venue where cultural projects can arise without pressure, where artists can deepen, develop and perform their work and interact with the audience. A new meeting point at the outskirts of Bern.<\/p>\n

Brimming with ideas we founded an association and named our baby\u00a0\u201cPROZESS<\/a>\u201d.\u00a0Then we had to face the cold facts.\u00a0How is lighting done without electricity?\u00a0Where does the audience sit without chairs?\u00a0Where is beer served without a bar?\u00a0The list of necessary purchases soon got bigger than our vigor. We needed money. To be precise: 150\u2019000 CHF. What now?<\/p>\n

We asked for contribution from the city of Bern and the Burgergemeinde, a key organization for the cultural landscape of Bern. But we needed still more funds. And we wanted to prove that our idea was financially viable beyond the support of public funds. Thus, came the idea to start a crowdfunding campaign and raise 35\u2019000 CHF. Crowdfunding is a method of raising capital through the collective effort of\u00a0a large\u00a0pool of individuals, typically via\u00a0social media.\u00a0The great side benefit of crowdfunding is that you also expand your network and generate future audiences.<\/p>\n

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The ideal platform<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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There are many different crowdfunding platforms. Which one to use? Because PROZESS is a very local and cultural project we decided to go with\u00a0WeMakeIt<\/a>\u00a0– the well-known crowdfunding platform for cultural projects in Switzerland.<\/p>\n

Remark:\u00a0While every crowdfunding site has its own unique features, platform fee and overall fee structure, the core concept is the same: you submit your project to the platform with a fundraising goal and a deadline and then campaign for support online.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The video<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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Whether you\u2019re raising money for\u00a0a new aquarium or solving the pollution of the seas, if you can\u2019t explain what it is or why people should support your campaign, it\u2019ll fall flat on its face and you\u2019ll likely lose money. Bare information and calls to action is rarely enough to get people to contribute. It requires empathy. And only a good story and the faces behind the project will appeal to your donors\u2019 emotional side. Nothing is more suitable for this than a short video. No worry, there is no need to be too professional about it. Be as personal as possible, and at some wit to it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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It is important to provide your backers with a clear understanding of what your project is, what problem it solves and why they should care. Try to be simple, specific, and memorable.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The communication channels<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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At PROZESS I am in charge of the communication and thus for the crowdfunding campaign. But I was very glad that Anna B\u00fcrgi volunteered to help me with the campaign. She is an expert on public fundraising and works for the Krebsliga Switzerland. Her insights were invaluable.<\/p>\n

Together we planned our communication strategy. Be prepared to expose yourself more than you would like to. Mailing and social media is the biotope of your campaign. Facebook was our social media channel. Email newsletters and personal SMS were sent to our family and friends to reach those outside Facebook. Finally we distributed flyers in the city. The flyers had a QR code that took the reader directly to our crowdfunding page. It\u2019s important to focus your communication on one action to be taken by the public: give us money! Every message needs to end with a direct link to the donation option. Be prepared to feel intrusive and ridiculous.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Planning and structure, or: How long can you stand this?<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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You will find out that the campaign is not done with registering your project on the platform and uploading a video. Now the real work starts. (And never could I have imagined how exhausting it would be!) Be prepared to spend more hours than you planned. On WeMakeIt you\u00a0\u00a0decide on how many weeks you want to run your campaign: longer campaigns mean you spent more days working on it. Shorter ones mean you will work every day more intensively. We decided on a rather short period: 6 weeks \u2013 and structured this period like a three-act-play. (life is a movie, isn\u2019t it?)<\/p>\n

Act I (week 1&2):\u00a0\u00a0Introducing the campaign with a BAAANG and posing on social media every 2 days. Writing a mail to all friends and family (making sure that even grandma gets it!)<\/p>\n

Act 2: (week 3&4): Calming down and communicate every 3-4 days. We planned some events for people to see the place and let them know that we mean it. Placing flyers in the city, keeping flyers in our bags to hand out when going out for a beer.<\/p>\n

Act 3 (week 5\/6):\u00a0Tighten the tension. Throwing at it all you have. Communicating every day. Organizing more events for people to see the place. Writing messages to your friends again and again and again till they hate you. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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The goodies<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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Your supporters should be thanked for their contributions. Let there be a gift for every budget. Be creative. Thinking of incentives can be a lot of fun. To make our contributors smile when choosing their goodie, our list included some daring ideas for daring contributions:<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The balloon excess:\u00a0We fill the whole room with balloons. Armed with a needle, you can then pierce your way through the sea of balloons.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Black out:\u00a0For a large contribution you have the right to pull the electricity plug at an event of your choice in the middle of the performance. Your commitment – after the lights are back on – will be acknowledged with your name, stage appearance and applause.<\/em><\/p>\n

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More is more – Enlarge your audience<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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To multiply our outreach, we asked prominent people to cross post our posts on their social media channels. This way you reach people you would have never reached. We asked the artists that came to our place for a short gig or performance during the campaign to let their audience know about our campaign.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The roller coaster ride<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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Be prepared to believe you will never make it. After the first act we raised 8000 CHF, in just the first 5 days. Amazing!But then nothing moved. Midway through we have not even collected half of our financial goal.\u00a0Did I already mention that many crowdfunding platforms apply the \u201call or nothing\u201d principle?\u00a0Your project must reach at least 100% of the funding target, otherwise the money will go back to the supporters.<\/p>\n

At the end of week 4 we passed the 50%. Two weeks left to get 17\u2019000!!! The first thing I did every morning was to look at the level of contributions we have received during the night. (Is this me who spends minimal time on Facebook?) Most mornings nothing has changed to the previous day. We were posting like crazy, writing mails to anybody we know.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

At one week before the end we were at 25\u2019000 CHF.<\/p>\n

Three days to go\u2026 That morning I checked and we were still missing 5\u2019000 CHF.\u00a0<\/p>\n

On my bike to my office I was mulling over what could be done\u2026 I was nervous\u2026 Are we to fail? I arrived to my bureau nervously checking the contributions again\u2026 We\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2026made it?<\/p>\n

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We made it!!!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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I couldn\u2019t believe it! The stress of the past weeks fell from me. That day I just couldn\u2019t concentrate on anything. I felt like celebrating. And though we had 3 more days to go, we decided to throw a celebration party and invite everyone to our future cultural space.<\/p>\n

Would I do another crowdfunding campaign ever again? Go through such an emotional roller coaster again? Never! But today looking back, I don\u2019t know. Sometimes ideas come to you that just want to be realized. You can\u2019t fight that feeling, you just need to go ahead and throw everything at it. If you find yourself in this position and would like to know more how to go about it, feel free to ask me for advice and moral support.<\/p>\n

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