Walk MS Online

Fundraising Guide

walk MS: Step by Step Guide

How To:

Access your Participant CenterPersonalize your Personal PageCreate an Address BookUpload Your Address BookSend Recruiting & Fundraising E-mailsUse Facebook to FundraiseCreate a BlogView Follow-ups/Check your ProgressContact the Walk MS Staff

Access your Participant Center

Step 1: Go to www.walkMSnyc.org and log into My Participant Center.Step 2: Choose your Walk MS site: Manhattan, Orange County, Putnam County, Rockland County, Staten Island, Sullivan County, or Westchester County.Step 3: Once taken to the log-in page, enter your username and password.

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Participant Center Page

From your Participant Center you can:

Edit your Personal Page Change your fundraising goal Create your Address Book Send e-mails to recruit donations or team members Follow up on your e-mails and donations made to you Check your fundraising progress

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Step 1: You can update your fundraising goalStep 2: You can create your own personal URL (your personal link to your page)Step 3: You can make your donations private – if someone searches for your name to donate to you, your name will not be visible on the website (not recommended)

Personalize your Personal Page

Click on 1. Design the look of this page for color and layout optionsClick on 2. Edit the content of this page:

You can edit the suggested paragraphs and headers by clicking into any of the three headers and boxes and personalize your webpage with your own message. You can also add your own photo by browsing your own photo files and uploading your picture. Be sure to save your changes often (The system will time out after 15 minutes)!

How you can edit your Personal Page

You can change the title on your fundraising thermometer and fundraising Honor Roll.

You can choose if you want to display names and/or dollar amounts on your page.

You can upload your own photo; maximum file size is 200 kb

You can edit the headers and text of three paragraphs with your own message.

Be sure to always save your work often (The system will time out after 15 minutes)!

How to Fundraise with Facebook

Step 1: From your Participant Center, click on the “fundraise with facebook” icon. You will be redirected to facebook.com where you will be asked to enter your Facebook username and password.Step 2: You will then receive a series of access prompts that will activate the application to your Facebook profile. Click “continue” and/or “allow publishing”.Step 3: Once at the WalkMS application screen, click “Add to Profile” to add the application to your Facebook profile and allow those who visit to see your fundraising progress, register for Walk MS, or Donate to your fundraising efforts!

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How to Create a Blog on your Personal Page

Step 1: Scroll down to the bottom of your Personal Page

Step 2: Click on I’d like to add a blog and create your title

Step 3: Enter a title for your blog

Address Book

To create and maintain your personal Convio address book, you can:

•Add contacts manually by typing in each contact name and email address.

•Import contacts from another e-mail application you use (such as Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express, AOL, or Yahoo!Mail) by following step by step instructions

•Import Contacts Online using the Address Book Access Widget from Plaxo, Inc., which consolidates all contact information from several popular e-mail applications (such as MSN Hotmail, GMail, Yahoo!, AOL, Microsoft Outlook, and Outlook Express)

Importing Contacts from E-mail

•After using the “Import Contacts” link, follow the instructions listed in the pop-up box after clicking on your e-mail format below.

•If you are uploading a Generic CSV file from Excel, all spaces and commas must be deleted before you will be allowed to import.

•Example: Contact name must be listed as SharonBillRichards rather than Sharon and Bill Richards.

How to send recruitment and solicitation e-mails from your Participant Center

Click on one of the suggested messages – you will be able to edit any of the scripts with your own personalized message.

•Add your name & e-mail address

•Click on names from your Address Book

•Click Add Recipients Button

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You can edit with your own message by customizing the:

•Subject Line

•Body

NOTE: If you Save your e-mail, you can send it out again later to prospective donors. If you send without Save, the original unedited message will remain.

Save your work often (The system will time out after 15 minutes)!

Follow-Up Messages

From the Follow-ups icon you can:

•See who you have e-mailed

•See who has viewed your e-mail

•See who has donated to your Walk MS account that you still haven’t thanked

Check Your Progress

You can check to see the amount you have fundraised and your gift history.

NOTE: If you are on a team, you can view the progress of all your team members, by using the My Team icon!

Contact Walk MS Staff

Still have questions?

Contact us and we can help you.

walkMS@msnyc.org or 212-463-9791