[Foundation-l] Figures, and what made the fundraiser take off?

Sun Jan 22 23:30:20 UTC 2006

Thank you for the information Jeremy. I was curious about  how this 
drive compared with previous.
Sydney

Jeremy Tobacman wrote:

>To see in more detail how the recent fund drive went, I started looking at
>the raw data and put some figures together here:
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Tobacman/Stats/Fundraising
>.  Comparing this most recent fundraiser to the two earlier fundraisers in
>2005, it seems very clear that *something* happened to make the week
>following 12/28/2005 a very good one for the Foundation.  More specifically,
>previous fundraisers had tended to fizzle, and this one seemed to be taking
>a similar path until its New Year's fireworks.
>
>   How can we figure out what made this fundraiser take off?
>
>Maybe additional data, tests, or experiments could help in future planning--
>It would be great if we could have the techniques in place for such
>remarkable success from the very beginning of the next fundraiser.
>
>Jeremy
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