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Making Your Sites Event Ready (in a few simple steps!) Jenna Hague- Illinois

Tools for Today’s Session

Where do you “Make Strides”? Illinois Alton Belleville Bolingbrook Champaign Chicago DuPage Effingham Fox Valley Joliet Kankakee Lake North Shore Northwest Suburban Quad Cities Rockford South Suburban Southern Springfield Indiana Bloomington Crawfordsville Evansville Fort Wayne Hamilton County Harrison County Hendricks County Indianapolis Lafayette Merrillville South Bend Valparaiso Michigan Ann Arbor Calhoun County Detroit Flint Holland Howell Jackson Kalamazoo Lansing Lapeer County Macomb County Midland Muskegon Oakland County Saginaw Shiawassee County St. Clair County Traverse City

Agenda Sponsor Recognition Sponsor Line 1 Event Details Page SMS Texting Next steps Resources Questions & Answers

Sponsor Recognition Scrolling logo on Greeting Page/Dashboard Local Sponsors page NEW- Can use same scroll on both!

Creating Scrolling Logos- Greeting Page Quickanimation.com Size of scrolling logo: –Greeting Page: 100 px Insert on website: –Greeting Page: Event Center  Event Options  Edit Advanced Options  Sponsor Image Relative Path

Creating Scrolling Logos- Sponsor Page Quickanimation.com Size of scrolling logo: –Sponsor Page: 300 px Insert on website: –Sponsor Page: Event Website  Local Sponsors Page

Sponsor Recognition- Final Tips The scrolling logo will need to be recreated every time you have a new logo to add. Keep a folder of website logos on your computer so it is easy to add in the upload! No Photoshop (.eps) files- must be.gif,.jpg,.png,.bmp. Smaller than 1 MB- can compress file

Sponsor Line 1

How can we make the most of Sponsor Name 1? Recognition and friendly competition – announce the first teams or participants who hit certain milestones Announce fundraising workshops Surround sound communication – reinforce engagement and fundraising content from coaching s UPDATE IT REGULARLY!

Sponsor Line 1 Examples

Event Details Page One-stop shop for information Visible in Logged In and Logged Out views Updated Regularly

Event Details Updates Upcoming Fundraising Workshops Other pre-event activities Day of Event Details: –Route information –Parking –Oval activities –Helpful information

SMS Texting Participants Text Code to to opt in Texts from event delivered to all those opted in

Getting Subscribers Can only communicate to those opted in Promote, promote, promote –Flyer- customizable for your event –Sponsor Line 1 –Social Media –Meetings- demonstration –Contest/Promotion

Using HipCricket Really simple process –Can be pre-scheduled –Includes the mandatory opt out info –Automatic confirmation text Nationwide trainings the 4 th Friday of the month at 2 p.m. EST/1 p.m. CST. LakeshoreOnlineStrides.org.

Next Steps Keep Sponsor Scroll updated on Greeting Page and Local Sponsors Page. Update Sponsor Line 1 regularly. Add additional details to Event Details Page. Start promoting SMS texting and add subscribers.

Continued Support – Contacts How to Submit Questions/Requests: eSupport Portals: MI/IN – LSeSupport.org IL – ILeSupport.com Strides Online Resources Page: LakeshoreStridesOnline.org Illinois – Jenna Hague Michigan & Indiana – Kerry Roberts

Q&A Time Questions?

Upcoming Trainings August 27 th or 28 th –Use Facebook to Fundraise September 10 th or 12 th –HELP! Learn Customer Service

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