1. Walk with Compassion CITY NAME
Instructions:
Add your city name into this slide.
Give introduction on what this meeting is about, why we are here, what you will cover, and individual/group introductions.
Then, go into presentation and following slides.
Walk with Compassion CITY NAME

2. Date: ENTER INFO Location: Goal:
Our Walk
Date: ENTER INFO Location: Goal:
Instructions:
Add in the date (example: October 1, 2016) or season (Spring 2017) into the Date area.
Add in the location or ideas of locations into the Location area.
Add in a revenue goal or approximate goal (example: $30,000).
Notes:
Present the Date, Location and Goal to the committee.
(If these are not determined yet they cold be discussed).

3. What is Walk with Compassion?
Notes:
Walk with Compassion is Compassion International’s new fundraising walk series designed to address the challenges of vulnerable children that go beyond what monthly sponsorship covers. The money we raise together helps to fund important projects like clean water, mosquito nets, disaster relief, and so much more.  
On the day of the event, we will come together to celebrate the difference we have made, and to learn more about how the dollars we have raised are helping us reach our goal of ending child poverty. An interactive set of stations guided by an online video experience will add to the feeling of accomplishment fundraisers will feel on the day of the walk.

4. Peer to Peer Fundraising Examples
Notes:
These are all examples of peer to peer fundraising walks that take place all over the nation with proven success. Walk with Compassion has been designed with a similar fundraising approach, with the walk being the culmination and celebration of the funds raised.
How many people in this group have participated in a fundraising walk or similar event before? Can they share their fundraising experiences?

5. TAKE A LOOK Instructions: Click on video image.
Website will open to display video.
Press play.

6. The Committee Opportunity
Joining the committee for the Walk with Compassion does not mean you’re on your own. Rather, by agreeing to take on one of the committee responsibilities, you are agreeing to serve as the local liaison for Compassion International, leveraging the resources and experience of the larger organization to help your local walk be as successful as possible.
Key practical areas for Committee involvement include:
Planning and Logistics
Engaging Local Churches
Engaging the Local Community
Engaging Local Businesses/Organizations
Notes:
Joining the committee for the Walk with Compassion does not mean you’re on your own. Rather, by agreeing to take on one of the committee responsibilities, you are agreeing to serve as the local liaison for Compassion International, leveraging the resources and experience of the larger organization to help your local walk be as successful as possible.
Key practical areas for Committee involvement include:
Planning and Logistics
Engaging Local Churches
Engaging the Local Community
Engaging Local Businesses/Organizations

7. How are these walks planned?
Notes:
Each walk is sponsored and organized at the local level. The success of each local walk depends on local committee volunteers like us to plan, sponsor, organize, and promote the community-wide event.
Here is a breakdown of the structure of the committee. Now let’s talk more about what these roles are.

8. Subcommittee Chairs
Subcommittee Chairs work closely with the Walk Chair to make key decisions and guide the event toward success. As the core leadership for the event, the chairs assume primary responsibility for mobilizing partners and volunteers. Chairs will also work with Compassion International to leverage and adapt existing organizational resources and prior experience to enhance their local event. Depending on the size of the event, the Walk Chair and Subcommittee Chairs may comprise the entire Walk Committee. Larger walks or multi-church events may benefit from engaging multiple members for each subcommittee.
Notes:
Each subcommittee has a chair or chairs.
Subcommittee Chairs work closely with the Walk Chair to make key decisions and guide the event toward success. As the core leadership for the event, the chairs assume primary responsibility for mobilizing partners and volunteers.
Chairs will also work with Compassion International to leverage and adapt existing organizational resources and prior experience to enhance their local event.
Depending on the size of the event, the Walk Chair and Subcommittee Chairs may comprise the entire Walk Committee. Larger walks or multi-church events may benefit from engaging multiple members for each subcommittee.

9. Logistics Subcommittee
Whether as Logistics Chair or Logistics Committee Member, this sub-committee will oversee and coordinate all day-of-event considerations.
Core tasks include:
Work with the Walk with Compassion Logistics/Production team
Coordinate all needed supplies that are not provided by Compassion
Determine walk location and route (if not already completed)
Identify someone to serve as “Volunteer Lead” that will train and prepare day-of-event volunteers
Organize and oversee walk set up, including signage, booths, experience stations, etc.
Compassion International will supply a guiding timeline and budget to assist the Logistics Subcommittee in its planning process.
Whether as Logistics Chair or Logistics Committee Member, this sub-committee will oversee and coordinate all day-of-event considerations.
Core tasks include:
Work with the Walk with Compassion Logistics/Production team
Coordinate all needed supplies that are not provided by Compassion
Determine walk location and route (if not already completed)
Identify someone to serve as “Volunteer Lead” that will train and prepare day-of-event volunteers
Organize and oversee walk set up, including signage, booths, experience stations, etc.
Compassion International will supply a guiding timeline and budget to assist the Logistics Subcommittee in its planning process.

10. Church Recruitment Subcommittee
Whether as Church Recruitment Chair or Committee Member, this sub-committee will work to engage local churches and church leaders.
Core tasks include:
Be knowledgeable about the various opportunities for churches to partner with the event
Building relationships and recruiting local churches to promote the walk;
Churches that committee members attend or have connections to
Compassion International’s church recommendations
Churches that are not currently involved with Compassion
Responsible for the recruitment of local church involvement outside of churches already in contact with their Compassion International Relationship Owners.
Available for opportunities to promote walk within congregations or church groups
Motivating church teams, encouraging in fundraising process to reach goals
Notes:
Whether as Church Recruitment Chair or Committee Member, this sub-committee will work to engage local churches and church leaders.
Core tasks include:
Be knowledgeable about the various opportunities for churches to partner with the event
Building relationships and recruiting local churches to promote the walk;
Churches that committee members attend or have connections to
Compassion International’s church recommendations
Churches that are not currently involved with Compassion
Responsible for the recruitment of local church involvement outside of churches already in contact with their Compassion International Relationship Owners.
Available for opportunities to promote walk within congregations or church groups
Motivating church teams, encouraging in fundraising process to reach goals

11. Community Recruitment Subcommittee
Whether as Community Recruitment Chair or Committee Member, this sub-committee will work to engage local citizens with the walk.
Core tasks include:
Oversee the distribution of marketing materials in your local community
Listing event details on local calendars and websites, and leveraging your local Facebook event page
Building relationships with local media contacts, seeking coverage and promotion of the event (TV,Newspaper, radio, etc.) by utilizing the Press Kit offered by Compassion International, working with Business Recruitment Subcommittee for potential media sponsors, understanding and communicating benefits offered to media outlets
Creating and implementing strategy for recruiting, coaching, and retaining local walk team captains
Compassion International will also be marketing to your local community and existing Compassion sponsors. Compassion provides resources to help make the process of completing these tasks straight forward.
Notes:
Whether as Community Recruitment Chair or Committee Member, this sub-committee will work to engage local citizens with the walk.
Core tasks include:
Oversee the distribution of marketing materials in your local community
Listing event details on local calendars and websites, and leveraging your local Facebook event page
Building relationships with local media contacts, seeking coverage and promotion of the event (TV,Newspaper, radio, etc.) by utilizing the Press Kit offered by Compassion International, working with Business Recruitment Subcommittee for potential media sponsors, understanding and communicating benefits offered to media outlets
Creating and implementing strategy for recruiting, coaching, and retaining local walk team captains
Compassion International will also be marketing to your local community and existing Compassion sponsors. Compassion provides resources to help make the process of completing these tasks very easy.

12. Business Recruitment Subcommittee
Whether as Business Recruitment Chair or Committee Member, this sub-committee will work to engage local businesses and organizations with the cause.
Core tasks include:
Utilize the local Corporate Sponsorship Kit, provided by Compassion, to secure Corporate Sponsorships that cover the cost of event expenses
Secure in-kind support from local businesses and organizations as a secondary way to cover event expenses
Build relationships with local business leaders
Deliver on promised sponsor benefits through meaningful event-day sponsor appreciation
Business Recruitment Subcommittee members will leverage their own network and connections to bring the cause in front of potential sponsors; this may include ones employer, clients, association peers, or others. Compassion may also be able to support the Business Recruitment Subcommittee with possible connections to local businesses and sponsors.
Notes:
Whether as Business Recruitment Chair or Committee Member, this sub-committee will work to engage local businesses and organizations with the cause.
Core tasks include:
Utilize the local Corporate Sponsorship Kit, provided by Compassion, to secure Corporate Sponsorships that cover the cost of event expenses
Secure in-kind support from local businesses and organizations as a secondary way to cover event expenses
Build relationships with local business leaders
Deliver on promised sponsor benefits through meaningful event-day sponsor appreciation
Business Recruitment Subcommittee members will leverage their own network and connections to bring the cause in front of potential sponsors; this may include ones employer, clients, association peers, or others. Compassion may also be able to support the Business Recruitment Subcommittee with possible connections to local businesses and sponsors.

13. Additional responsibilities for all committee members
Attend committee meetings
Communicate with other subcommittees, updating on progress and partnerships
Forms his/her own walk team, recruiting at least 5 people to join team, and starting fundraising early to build momentum
Be in attendance at the walk and discuss your role the day of the event with the committee
Maintain communication with past/present teams to encourage involvement in future events
Attend the post-event debrief meeting
Notes:
These are additional responsibilities for all committee members.
Attend committee meetings
Communicate with other subcommittees, updating on progress and partnerships
Forms his/her own walk team, recruiting at least 5 people to join team, and starting fundraising early to build momentum
Be in attendance at the walk and discuss your role the day of the event with the committee
Maintain communication with past/present teams to encourage involvement in future events
Attend the post-event debrief meeting

14. Committee Resources Committee Resource Page:
Notes:
Compassion provides numerous resources to help make this event a huge success. I want to show you some of those so you can be rest assured that success in your role on the committee should some easy with these things.
Committee Resource Page – this is a password protected website that we will use as a committee and it is broken down per subcommittee with numerous resources that you can use.
Walk Manual – this is out go-to guide for all things Walk with Compassion and tells us everything we need to know
Committee Resource Page:
Password: walk

15. Committee Resources Notes:
Compassion has set up a Committee Facebook Group. This is a private group for all committee members that are planning other Walk with Compassion events all across the US. This page is meant to be a place that we can learn from other committee members, share stories and things we learned, as well as learn from things the Walk with Compassion team might share. If we want our own local committee facebook group to use to communicate with one another, Compassion staff can set one up for us as well.

16. Committee Resources Notes: Another resource we have is a timeline.
We can get this from the Committee Resource Page as well.
We simply plug in our date and it populates our deadlines, which are broken down by subcommittee.

17. Committee Resources – Community Marketing
Notes:
Compassion will be marketing and communication with all Compassion supporters in our community. This is just an example of what an looks like that they send to encourage people to register and fundraise.

18. Committee Resources – Community Marketing
Notes:
Marketing materials – Compassion will send us printed marketing materials like flyers, posters, and brochures
We also have digital copies of these on the Committee Resource Page
Compassion sets up a Facebook event for our local walk where we can invite all of our family, friends, colleagues, etc.
This is a key resource for us to use as a local committee. We should all select “going” and invite all of our Facebook friends as well as share the event.
We can also use this event to share fun updates, exciting news, etc. by posting on the event wall.

19. Committee Resources – Community Marketing
Notes:
Compassion will also run Facebook and other ads in our community to promote registering and fundraising. We can interact and share these ads when we see them and help increase their impact!

20. Webinars and Trainings
Walk with Compassion Staff periodically creates new online trainings and/or webinars focusing on frequently asked questions and best practices. Any new trainings or webinar announcements will be shared on the committees facebook page.

21. Committee Resources Notes: Walk Kits shipped to venue
This is what the shipment looks like that Compassion will send directly to our event venue with tons of supplies. Most of the signage, banners, and other supplies for the day of celebration will be sent in this so we can focus on getting people registered and fundraising.

22. How do people fundraise?
Notes:
Our event will be set up on the Walk with Compassion website. This is where we and all members of our community will register and fundraising for our Walk with Compassion.
Yes, this is a fundraising event where we get to make a huge difference in ending child poverty.
As the committee we get to lead the way and set an example for our community by registering early, starting a team, and fundraising ourselves!
I now wanted to share more of how the fundraising works and all the resources to make it easy for us and others!

23. How do people fundraise?
Notes:
Once someone is registered they will have a login for the website to access their Dashboard and Personal fundraising page
The dashboard is the central areas to get started and share your page (example on the left)
Each walker gets a personal fundraising page that they can edit with pictures, stories, videos, etc. This is the page that their family and friends will go to in order to donate to their fundraising goal! (example on the right)
Once registered you will also receive a series of automated s leading up to the event that thank you for registering, encourage you to take steps to hit your fundraising goal, and share inspiring stories of Compassion sponsor children that motivate fundraising. These s will also share all our events details when our Walk gets closer.

24. How do people fundraise?
Notes:
Once you are registered you also have access to the Message Center. This is where Compassion has pre-written s that you can send out. All you have to do is copy and paste your addressed and press send.
You can even track and see who responded to your and gave a donation.

25. How do people fundraise?
Notes:
You can click on the Donations tab at the top to see your donations and see how you are doing with your goal.
There is also a Resources tab where you can download great resources
Including the cash and check donations if you have cash or check donations to mail in or bring to the event.

26. How do people fundraise?
Notes:
You can post on Social Media right from the Walk with Compassion website like here on the left.
You just have to be sure you are connected to your Social Networks and this is found under your settings!

27. This is our chance to be a part of ending child poverty!
Notes: (share your excitement)
We get to bring the mission field to our city! This is a tangible way to be the hands and feet of Jesus for the least of these!
This is our chance to be a part of ending child poverty!

28. NEXT STEPS Committee Roles Monthly Committee Meetings
Subcommittee Meetings
Notes:
I wanted to share what our next steps are going to be as a committee.
Committee Roles - I have some printed copies of the responsibilities included for each subcommittee that you can review. For committed members, we have a commitment form that you can sign now or bring with you to our next meeting, that shows your commitment and excitement for bringing this event to our community!
Monthly Committee Meetings – we will meet each month either in person or via conference call to pray together, share updates, and more.
IF POSSIBLE - Establish meeting schedule
Subcommittee Meetings – the subcommittee you serve on will also have periodic meetings/phone calls/ongoing communication.

29. QUESTIONS? Notes: Any questions Instructions:
If there are questions that you do not know the answer to, please take note and ask your Regional Walk Field Manager to answer those and report back.

30. walkwithcompassion.com