Bytemarks

Every 6 months, 10 days in April and 10 days in October, Hawaii Public Radio will augment their normal programing with the all-important fundraising Pledge Drive called Celebration 2009. It’s an intense effort to raise $763K and that number keeps going up, back in April the goal was $741K. This is my third pledge drive [...]

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The semi-annual pledge drive is an interesting phenomenon. It’s Hawaii Public Radio’s major money making effort and occurs in April and October of each year. On one hand it is viewed as a necessary evil, something that needs to be done but not everyone likes it. Listeners want regular programming and staff feels apprehension going [...]

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