<p>Hi Shane,&nbsp;</p>

<p>Thanks for the great question.</p>

<p>Of course&nbsp;there are more social skate projects&nbsp;than ever and&nbsp;naturally these projects will be competing over a pool of money consisting of a similar donor base. It will always be better to diversify your funding away from crowdsourcing campaigns and start building your own donor lists, newsletter databases and monthly giving programs etc. That said, I still think crowdsourcing has an important&nbsp;role to play&nbsp;for new social skate projects if they are able&nbsp;to effectively track and store donor info and gain exposure for their project.&nbsp;</p>

<p>I see too many crowdsourcing pages&nbsp;focus on the specifics of the proposed skatepark&nbsp;e.g 'we want to raise 20k so we can build a 300m2 Skatepark in Honduras....'&nbsp; Whereas I think the best way to reduce donor fatigue is to switch to a narrative that offers a clear solution to an prevalent&nbsp;societal issue and how this facility will benefit the ones who use it <strong>as well as</strong> the wider community. This could be as simple as shifting from a focus on the costs/timeline or construction details of a skatepark to talking about a specific problem in that geographical space and the&nbsp;how having a Skatepark can help e.g. this space can be used to hold skate and language classes for the increasing refugee populations in the area who currently&nbsp;have no recreational and social opportunities.&nbsp;</p>
