{"id":4172,"date":"2009-10-16T11:07:43","date_gmt":"2009-10-16T11:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/principles\/2009\/10\/16\/donorschoose-poll-big-incentiv\/"},"modified":"2009-10-16T11:07:43","modified_gmt":"2009-10-16T11:07:43","slug":"donorschoose-poll-big-incentiv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/2009\/10\/16\/donorschoose-poll-big-incentiv\/","title":{"rendered":"DonorsChoose Poll: Big Incentives"},"content":{"rendered":"

This year’s DonorsChoose challenge<\/a> has brought in a respectable $1,929 thus far, helping reach almost 1000 school kids. Thanks to all those who have donated thus far.<\/p>\n

We’ve been stuck at that level for a little while now, though, so it doesn’t look like we’re going to match last year’s total of more than $6,000. Of course, last year’s gaudy number came about in large part because I agreed to dance like a monkey<\/a> if the Challenge total broke $6,000. So, I suppose I really ought to sweeten the pot– a chance at winning books<\/a> isn’t going to put us over the top.<\/p>\n

I asked for suggestions a while back, and the one I liked best was Dr. Free-Ride’s suggestion of a physics puppet show<\/a>. That may not feature enough humiliation to attract donors, though, so I have two other options to offer:<\/p>\n

1) Dancing. The Monkey Dance thing was inexplicably popular, so one option would be to do some other sort of dance. I’m not sure what, exactly, but I’m sure somebody would have a good suggestion.<\/p>\n

2) Singing. This is the usual complement to dancing, and is also not something I frequently do in public. So I could record myself singing something– most likely a relatively clean (“relatively” covers a lot of off-color ground) rugby song, because I can do those a capella– and post video of that.<\/p>\n

And, of course, there’s the puppet show thing. I’m not really committed to any of these, so I’ll throw it open to a poll:<\/p>\n