McKinney Texas - Relay For Life

01 Aug 2008

McKinney Relay For Life Event - Online Registration

Related Links •  Online Registration   •  American Cancer Society Home Page

Online Registrations | Set Up | Emails | Reports | Tools  | Help

Online Registration

First Sign Up Your Team

1. Select "Online Registration"
2. Select  “Sign up Here” 
3. Agree to the standard participant waiver
4. Select one of the following:  “Start a Team of your own” 
5. Complete the registration form.  Note:  If you registered online last year, you can “autofill” the form if you remember your username and password.
   • Enter a Username and Password
6. If you have already registered offline input your code here else put any number to proceed.
7. Select a "Start a Team"
8. Select  T-shirt size
9. Optional Selections
   • You can get started on the way to your fundraising goal by making a donation to yourself
   • If your company participates in “gift matching” you can enter that information next
10. Input your personal fundraising goal (you can change this later)
11. Select Continue
12. You will see a confirmation page, and will automatically be sent to My HQ to set up your personal online donation page.

Set Up

Once you have registered, you will automatically be sent into your Personal Headquarters to build your web page.  (You can also build a team page here.)

1. Start by selecting a picture for your Personal Donation page.  You can either select one from the image Library or load one of your own pictures. 
2. You also have the option to add a background theme to your page.
3. Customize your web page text.  Tell everyone why you are choosing to participate in Relay For Life, and ask them to join you. 
4. If you are a cancer survivor or are participating in honor or memory of a loved one, share your story of hope.
5. Remember you can always go back and add/change your photo and text at any time.  In fact, you may want to change your page frequently to keep it fresh.

E-Mails

Send out e-mails to your friends and family welcoming them to your web page and inviting them to get involved in Relay For Life.  Ask them to join your team or start one of their own.  If they can’t join, ask them to click on the “Make a Donation” link to make an online donation.

1. From your Personal HQ, click on the E-Mail tab.  Here, you will be able to list as many as 50 e-mail address at one time, personalize a greeting to each person, customize your message, and send all of the e-mails at once with the tough of a button.
2. Recipients will receive an e-mail with your name on it, a personalized greeting (Hi John), your customized message, and a direct hyperlink back to your personal donation page.   It’s that easy to begin raising money online.
3. There are templates online that you can use if you are stuck for words.
4. You can even draft e-mails to be sent some time in the future.
5. Be careful with the verbiage in the subject line of the emails.  A lot of computer programs will kick out e-mails that they perceive as spam “spam.”  So, don’t use terms like “free” or  “offer” or “exciting”
6. Remember, the more e-mails you send, the more chances you have to bring visitors and potential contributors to your donation page.
7. Click on e-mail history log to see how many e-mails you have sent and how many people have read your e-mails. 
8. If you need more help getting started, contact your event manager or the Kintera customer service at 1-866-KINTERA.  Their hours are 8am-6pm, PST and their staff is very helpful.

Reports

Track your progress and the progress of your team using the Reports tab.  You can pull a donation report, a team donation report, and a team participant report. 

 Tools

The Tools tab has many functions.

1. If you receive an “offline” donations (i.e., someone gives you a check for $100) you can enter that amount by using “Pledge entry” and your offline amounts will be tracked with your online totals. 
2. You can print a donation report for someone send a donation through mail for you.
3. Register team members using “Team Registration”
4. You can also edit your login and password, and assign a co-captain.

 Help

1. Detailed Online Registration "Help" provided by Kintera "Click Here"
2. Training Material: Online Registration PowerPoint Training Material