Competition within Relay Online

What is Competition? 1 : the act or process of competing : rivalry: as a : the effort of two or more parties acting independently to secure the business of a third party by offering the most favorable terms b : active demand by two or more organisms or kinds of organisms for some environmental resource in short supply 2 : a contest between rivals; also : one's competitors Definition from webster.com

Why Incorporate Competition? Relayers love a little friendly competition that offers prizes and bragging rights Competition offers a chance to make a greater impact in a set period of time on the fight against cancer and the opportunity to make your Relay event a success!

Different Types of Competition Fundraising s Sent Team Members Recruited

Setting up a Successful Competition Set competition parameters Announce the competition Provide incentive/s Get your data together

Promoting Competition Get buy-in from the committee and team captains Send out an announcing the competition Provide updates during the competition time period Post the competition online

Examples Thousand Oaks: challenged Relayers to send out as many s as possible within one week. The participant or team who sends the most messages via the Participant Center during the time period wins a "Fast Pass” to all the waiting lines at Relay. Cal State University Northridge: challenging participants to raise $48 each in 48 hours. The individual who raised the most in the time period received the 2 tickets to Disneyland. UCLA and USC: challenged the whole Relay to see who could outdo the other – in teams registered online and total fundraising California Division: California challenged all Relayers in April to up their fundraising efforts. Everyone took to the challenge and we raised $750,862 online! The top online fundraisers for the week won a portable hard-drive.

Competition Year Round Competition before the event takes place can generate excitement for the big day Fundraising and team building doesn’t have to stop after the Relay

Have You Used Competition? Please share you best practices and your successes

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