Recording: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqdVQVsr-MU Get your supporters to fundraise for your charity in a really simple and easy way. Learn more about CanadaHelps GivingPages, the new features we've just launched, and some great tips that will attract more awareness about your cause, more money for your mission, more donors for your database, and result in less work for you!

1. June 23, 2010
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3. Today’s Presenter
• Mike Henry
– Charity Services Coordinator
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4. What is CanadaHelps?
A public charitable foundation that provides accessible and
affordable online technology to both donors and charities.
For Charities
A cost-effective means of raising funds online.
For Donors
A one-stop-shop for giving.
CanadaHelps is a charity helping charities.
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5. Webinar Agenda
1. What are GivingPages?
2. How Can They Be Used?
3. GivingPage Features
• Customizable
• Personalized fundraising
• Uses the power of social networks
• Track donations
4. Creating and Managing GivingPages
5. Frequently Asked Questions
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6. WHAT ARE GIVINGPAGES?
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7. • Peer-to-peer fundraising pages
• Allows individuals to raise funds for their charity or
charities of choice
• Allows charities to create a unique space to highlight
specific initiatives/campaigns
• Free to set up!
• Safe and secure
• Easy to create, manage, personalize, and share!
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8. The Anatomy of a GivingPage
Title
Description
Add to Any Button
Image
Fundraising Goal &
Progress
Donations Received List
Charity List
Donate Now Button
Expiration Date
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9. HOW CAN THEY BE USED?
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10. Great ways to use GivingPages!
1. Pledge pages: walkathons, marathons, etc.
2. Highlight specific projects and campaigns
3. Turns donors & supporters into fundraisers:
wedding registry, birthdays, host/hostess gifts,
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11. Pledge Events
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14. Fundraising Campaign
• Set up by the charity
themselves to create
unique donation page for
their specific campaign
• People were asked to
donate $100 to purchase a
“virtual” brick as part of a
glass tower to be featured
in Ireland Park
• Sold over 500 bricks!
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16. Wedding Registry
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17. Baby Shower
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18. Birthday
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19. 1. Customizable
2. Personalized fundraising
3. Uses the power of social networks
4. Track donations
GIVINGPAGES FEATURES
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20. FEATURE #1
CUSTOMIZABLE
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21. Customizable Images and Messaging
• Choose from our stock of photos, or add your
very own for a personal touch
• Include a compelling message about the
fundraising initiative
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22. FEATURE #2
PERSONALIZED FUNDRAISING
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23. Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Tool
• Greater emotional appeal (people give to
people)
• Turns supporters into fundraisers
• Draws upon idea of microphilanthropy – power
of the small donation
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24. FEATURE #3
USES THE POWER OF SOCIAL NETWORKS
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25. Spread the word and Promote
• Easily share the unique GivingPage link with
the Add to Any feature
• Quickly post to social networking websites like
Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc. to expand reach
and increase donations!
• Include it in your email signature
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26. Sharing with Add to Any
Add to Any Button
Social Networking
Websites
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27. GivingPages on a Facebook Profile
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28. FEATURE #4
TRACK DONATIONS
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29. Fundraising Progress
• Set a goal
• Thermometer shows fundraising progress
• Track donors and their donations
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30. SETTING UP AND MANAGING A
GIVINGPAGE
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31. Creating a GivingPage
• Easy, quick and FREE!
• Visit www.canadahelps.org and click GivingPages
Click here!
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32. My GivingPages: Homepage
Create a GivingPage
Management buttons
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33. Manage My GivingPage: Details
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34. My GivingPage: Donations Received
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35. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
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36. Does it cost anything to use?
• It’s FREE
• Set up a GivingPage for any initiative or
occasion
• Encourage donors to create their own in
support of your organization
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37. How do I share my GivingPage?
• GivingPages each have a unique link
• Can be shared with others electronically
• Share using Add to Any button
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38. Who gets the tax receipt?
How does it get sent?
• Donors get the tax receipt
• CanadaHelps emails receipts to donors
automatically
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39. How will I know which donations
came through which pages?
• In your MyCharity account, look for “GivingPages”
in the Donation Source field of the donation
• The name of the person who set up the
GivingPage is in the Honouree field
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40. How do we get the money?
• The funds are disbursed along with your
regular CanadaHelps donations
• Details will be in your MyCharity account
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41. Do I set up the pages or do my donors?
• You should set up a GivingPage account for your
own fundraising initiatives
• Encourage donors to set up their own pages
• For pledge events, give your donors instructions
on how to set up the page and images if they
need them
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42. How do I get my donors to
set up GivingPages?
• Promote GivingPages in your communications
with donors (e-newsletters, blogs and
website)
• Give them ideas for occasions to set up pages
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43. Give your donors ideas for setting up
GivingPages
• Birthdays
• Weddings & Anniversaries
• Office collections
• In memoriam gifts
• Graduation
• Baby showers
• Fundraising competitions
• …Turn your donors and supporters into fabulous
fundraisers!
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44. www.mycharityconnects.org
• Free online resources UPCOMING WEBINARS
• Information about “Planning for the Holidays…It’s
technology Not Too Early!”
• Demos July 21
2PM – 3PM (ET)
• More webinars!
• Event listings “Orientation for Charities Newly
Registered with CanadaHelps”
August 18
2PM – 3PM (ET)

45. Question and Answer
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46. Thank you for attending!
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