GET ANSWERS TO COMMON QUESTIONS
Recent letter from a prominent businessman who attended the event:
We've initiated programs to raise Strategic Partners - Level 1 from the national average of $115 up to $300. We implemented mid-range program for those who would give $1,200 or more. In previous years, banquets averaged from 2 to 15 givers of $1,200. With the Strategic Partners - Level 2 "Thank You" gift, centers are averaging from 50 to 150 people giving $1000 or more! And this is in over 50 centers.
Strategic Partner - Level 1 (those who give $300 to $1,199) will receive a special Thank You gift box complete with Dr. Wilkinson's newest breakout book The God Pocket (hard cover), one personal God Pocket, You Were Born For This book (paper back), and the Why Pro-Life book (paper back).
Strategic Partner - Level 2 - Year One (those who give $1,200 to $11,999) will receive a Mini-Library of 8 of Dr. Wilkinson's "Breakthrough Series" books (3 New York Times best-sellers), plus Andrew Murray's Book Living In His Presence.
Strategic Partner - Level 2 - Year Two (those who give $1,200 to $11,999) will receive five of Dr. Wilkinson's 8-part DVD Curriculum Series (Prayer of Jabez, Secrets of the Vine, A Life God Rewards, Dream Giver, Vision of a Leader), Workbooks, and a mini portable DVD player.
Strategic Partner - Level 3 (those who give $12,000 and above) will receive a special Thank You gift box (Level 1) complete with Dr. Wilkinson's newest breakout book The God Pocket (hard cover), a packet of 5 personal God Pockets, You Were Born For This book (paper back), and the Why Pro-Life book (paper back)
They will also receive (Level 2 - Year One) a Mini-Library of 8 of Dr. Wilkinson's "Breakthrough Series" books (3 New York Times best-sellers), plus Andrew Murray's Book Living In His Presence.
And finally, they will enjoy (Level 2 - Year Two) five of Dr. Wilkinson's 8-part DVD Curriculum Series (Prayer of Jabez, Secrets of the Vine, A Life God Rewards, Dream Giver, Vision of a Leader), Workbooks, and a mini portable DVD player.
Although we share the cost with you, if we did not have access to products that were readily available and less than wholesale cost, this program would not be financially feasible for either of us within our partnership. The result would be considerably less money raised at your event (See Donor Appreciation Program Impact).
Q&A WITH DR BRUCE WILKINSON
The Great Turnaround organization became more effective in serving Centers with its creation of a new interactive website, its newly formed Faculty of National Speakers, an informative Newsletter highlighting Center successes and answers to ongoing questions, new innovative tools, program videos and promotional tools to help Centers raise more money than ever before.
God blessed our partner Pregnancy Center's in so many ways. First, financially, with over $24 million dollars collectively raised with 121 Centers! Secondly, the Centers had a renewed focus on their primary purpose - saving more babies, which will be impacting their communities even more in 2013. Their Donors had a greater biblical understanding and motivation to help their Center's pro-life goals.
Space does not really afford me the chance to share all that 2012 held so to get the bigger picture I suggest you visit the various pages on our website - there's so much that happened and is happening!
For Center Directors, as they seek to easily inform their Board about The Great Turnaround. For Board Members, as they want to know the answers to fundamental questions about GTA in order to make an informed decision when it comes to possibly partnering with us.
The Board Packet covers 4 major questions that are most asked by Board Members around the country. We know Directors will want to use it in their decision process as they direct their Board toward their Fundraising Event solutions.
Center Directors or Board Members who are considering partnering with The Great Turnaround simply can enter a few facts about their last year's Fundraising Event (without GTA) and the Calculator will quickly show them what would have occurred at their Event had they been partnered with The Great Turnaround!
It really is amazing to see those figures right before your eyes! It makes one think about the implications to what their past produced and what their future Event could be like - if they partnered with us.
The Calculator is found on our Financial Track Record page on our website: http://www.thegreatturnaround.com/track-record/#calculator
The second tip is to recognize that the primary purpose of the event is to raise the funds for your annual budget—and to have everything carefully prepared to further that single goal. Too many centers try to jam a whole range of activities into the evening and "tack-on" the fund-raising at the end as almost a necessary evil. The banquet is a fund-raising banquet—and centers to realize that are the ones most successful—the most successful raise their entire annual budget for the year at that night!
Joel is the personal Service Coordinator for all Centers who are inviting one of our National Speakers as their guest presenter. He will be contacting each of the Centers personally and has provided a Center Login Page on our website, exclusively for the Centers he services. Be sure to see Joel's photo and personal welcome message at that location! On his page he's provided Q&A's, media tools and downloads of documents needed Before, During and After a Center's Event! Call or email Joel anytime with your questions.
Take a moment and consider what you are reading. Every person averages over $500 all Spring long. If the attendance at the banquet was 300, they raised an average of over $150,000. If they brought another 100 people to the banquet, they would have raised an additional $50,000. With the compelling Great Turnaround message delivered by one of the many GTA presenters, attendance makes all the difference! Obviously, however, if you can attract more individuals from the higher income bracket, then you can even increase over the $500 per person average as a number of centers averaged $600, $700, $800, $900, and over $1,000 this Spring.
Whenever any of us focuses on "What does God want done in this situation" and then pursues doing that very thing for God in a way that pleases Him, you can anticipate God's blessings on your efforts: God strongly desires that His unborn are rescued from abortion—so we know that we are right in the center of His will by doing so. The Bible reveals that "wisdom cries out" from the marketplace—regarding how to conduct our work so that we enjoy maximum results from "His Hand." By applying that wisdom and by partnering with speakers who have a heart for God and His unborn—and who desire to serve pregnancy centers by raising funds for them—the blessings of God have been richly enjoyed banquet after banquet!
Time after time the directors responded, "Your approach to extend your input and influence beyond just the speaking portion of the Event is quite unique and highly welcomed!"
If you have ever had a Great Turnaround event—you know firsthand that we truly partner with you and your team before, during, and after the events. Our success depends on whether or not we have raised more money than you ever have before. And, to this point, that's what is occurring, banquet after banquet (see below).
Just minutes ago, I received an email from the GTA Executive Director, Jill Milligan with the summary chart of the Great Turnaround events from February-April 2012. In looking down the scores of events—I could't help but thank the Lord for His abundant blessings on the Great Turnaround.
Board Presidents and Center Directors inevitably shake their head in near unbelief at what occurred at their banquets. Over and over again we hear, "You know, we studied all the results of what happened in other centers on your website and through conversations with directors who already had the Great Turnaround event—but we just couldn't believe it happened to us!"
As you may know, we purposefully innovated a dramatic new approach to fund-raising with the Great Turnaround: Instead of a "speaker" we developed a powerful "message" and then selected key leaders and trained them in the Exponential Fund-Raising System.
The only way to really know if something is truly working isn't by the stories and anecdotes but by the hard facts—the numbers. So let's take a look at some numbers—6 specifics and then the Spring totals:
Here are the six different dates, different centers, different states, different sizes of centers, and different GTA speakers. Read for yourself what happened when you compare last year's banquet total donations to the the GTA banquet total donations, and the percentage increase:
| Date: | Location: | Speaker: | Previous Year: | With Us: | Increase: |
| 3/01 | Women's Care Center | Steven Lester | $75,886 | $130,859 | 172% more donations |
| 3/12 | Life Services of Spokane | Bridgett Van Means | $52,763 | $544,198 | 1031% more donations |
| 3/23 | Care Net PC | Hudson Ann Gainey | $61,849 | $100,935 | 163% more donations |
| 4/17 | Women's Choice | Dave Everett | $66,000 | $100,160 | 152% more donations |
| 4/19 | Care Net of Borger | Susan Baldwin | $38,350 | $78,955 | 206% more donations |
| 4/24 | Pregnancy Care Center | Becky Turner | $49,100 | $175,932 | 358% more donations |
So, what's the total for all the February-April Spring Great Turnaround events?
- All the centers combined averaged $75,976 the banquet the year before the GTA event
- All the centers combined (with 10 different presenters) who partnered with GTA averaged $215,786!
- That's an incredible average of almost $150,000 more funds available for ministry!
- All the centers combined had an average per person donation the previous year of $204 (approximately $400 per giving unit)
- All the centers combined (with 10 different presenters) who partnered with GTA averaged $523 (approximately $1040 per giving unit)
- That's an average of over $600 more per giving unit when centers partner with the Great Turnaround!
If a pregnancy center in America is serious about reaching more women and rescuing more unborn children and need more funds to do so, then the Great Turnaround may be for you! By the way, 25% of the centers experienced the joy of having their entire annual budget raised at the Great Turnaround event—none had ever experienced anything like that in their history.
INFORMATION FOR ...
CENTER FUNDRAISING
Previous Year:
$68,000
With Us:
$129,175
Previous Year:
$103,295
With Us:
$322,632
Previous Year:
$66,985
With Us:
$141,072
Previous Year:
$34,259
With Us:
$166,903
Previous Year:
$65,000
With Us:
$135,558
Previous Year:
$75,000
With Us:
$162,000
Previous Year:
$26,106
With Us:
$108,738
Previous Year:
$67,745
With Us:
$199,259
Previous Year:
$0
With Us:
$156,161
Previous Year:
$81,129
With Us:
$160,424
see all of the figures >>
PER PERSON GIVING
| Event Location | Last Year | With Us |
| Lynchburg, VA | $272 | $424 |
| Gainesville, GA | $188 | $393 |
| Grass Valley, CA | $249 | $519 |
| Las Vegas, NV | $190 | $399 |
2012 UPDATE
