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Set Up a Crowdfunding and Peer to Peer Activity
Crowdfunding and Peer to Peer Fundraising empowers your supporters and staff to efficiently collect donations on your behalf from their social networks. Individuals can easily set up their own fundraising pages in minutes from any device. All donati...
Adding a Description to Sign Up on the Donation Form
In Crowdfunding and Peer to Peer Fundraising campaigns, when a donor goes to the donation form, you can provide an option for them to sign up themselves, so they can also join and be a volunteer fundraiser. You may think the signup checkb...
Confirmation Page
When a supporter completes your form, whether it is a donation form, a survey, or anything else, they are then taken to a Confirmation Page. This page thanks them for their contribution and can give them action items. It is fully customizable with...
Create Crowdfunding and Peer to Peer Teams
Crowdfunding and Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Teams are a great way to bring a new level of interactivity and engagement to your peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns. Teams add another level of participation and potential competition between the general c...
Crowdfunding and Peer to Peer Campaign Quick Setup Video
This video provides a quick set up overview of the entire Peer to Peer and Crowdfunding campaign set up. ...
Crowdfunding and Peer-to-Peer Fundraising - Keyword (Activity) Setup
When you You will be taken to the Activity creation page known as the Setup Keyword page. Either type in a new Keyword , or select an existing one to reset and start from scratch. For more information about reusing, moving or reassigning a ke...
Crowdfunding and Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Sign Up Form Design
The Sign Up Form is where your volunteer fundraisers in your Crowdfunding and Peer-to-Peer Fundraising activity will sign up to receive their own fundraising page so they can raise money on your organization's behalf. To become a fundraiser, all...
Crowdfunding Form Submit Section
The last section to personalize your form that is visible on the form is the Form Submit section. The main function of the Form Submit section is to show the total donation and the SUBMIT button on the donation form. Section Heading You can cha...
Donor Experience with Crowdfunding and Peer-to-Peer Fundraising
Your donors can reach your Crowdfunding and Peer-to-Peer Fundraising activity in a variety of ways: From your organization, so they will start on your Fundraising Page where they can browse through teams and individual fundraisers From a fri...
Fundraiser Dashboard
The Fundraiser Dashboard is where you can see the progress of all your Volunteer Fundraisers in your Crowdfunding and Peer-to-Peer Fundraising activity. This is the page you start on when your Crowdfunding and Peer-to-Peer Fundraising is created...
Fundraiser Signup Walkthrough
This video will showcase the process for volunteers to sign up to become fundraisers for a Crowdfunding and Peer-to-Peer Fundraising campaign. If you wish to share this video with your fundraisers you can use this link: https://vimeo.com/691...
Fundraising Page - Banner
The Banner section of the Crowdfunding and Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Fundraising Page controls the look of the banner along the top of the Fundraising Page. Here you can change the logo, the options for a donation button in the banner, the text and...
Fundraising Page Design
The Fundraising Page is where you will customize the look and feel of the main fundraising page for your Crowdfunding and Peer-to-Peer Fundraising activity . This is your organization's main page that your supporters will see before they donate ...
Fundraising Page - Media Carousel
The Media Carousel is one of the most prominent elements on the Crowdfunding and Peer-to-Peer Fundraising activity's Fundraising Page. It consist of only two components: The text above the Carousel and the Carousel itself consisting of any number of...
How can a fundraiser edit their personal fundraising page? Updated
Often, your fundraisers may want to make changes to their Personal Fundraising Page . Maybe they want to change their profile picture, message to their supporters, or join a team. There are three ways they can access their personal fundraising pa...
How do I edit the Social Media Settings for a Crowdfunding and Peer to Peer Activity? Updated
The Social Media Settings for a Crowdfunding and Peer to Peer Fundraising activity allow you to customize a default post message when a constituent clicks on one of the four available social network buttons. You will be able to personalize the s...
How does an individual fundraiser set up, edit and promote a crowdfunding page? Updated
Crowdfunding for nonprofits makes it easier than ever for your donors, volunteers, board members and staff to setup personal fundraising pages from the convenience of any device in just a few minutes. Watch the video and/or read the process below. ...
How to Use Crowdfunding for a Paid Registration Event
Especially during summer months when weather is great, non-profits will often host a run/walk, bike event, dance-off, etc. where participants are encouraged to fundraise. Often, a paid registration may be required before a participant can fundraise....
Leaderboards
Do you want an easily identifiable way to see who is in the lead during your Crowdfunding and Peer-to-Peer Fundraising campaign? Use a leaderboard! For Crowdfunding and Peer-to-Peer Fundraising pages created before this feature was implemented t...
Logo & Branding (Crowdfunding Fundraising Page, Theme 1)
Designing the general look and feel of your Crowdfunding and Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Page starts with the Logo and Branding section. It will inherit the settings and images from Shared Settings or the Campaign Settings if they are different, but ...
Managing Offline Donations
The Enter Offline Donation page allows you to record cash, check, or other donations acquired outside of GiveSmart Fundraise in order to update campaign totals and record donor contact information. Where will Offline Donations appear? Any do...
Mobile Experience
Once donors open a new text message on their phone and text the keyword to the appropriate shortcode (for Fundraising keywords, 41444 or 91999), they immediately receive an automated response with a link to complete the donation. When they click th...
Reports for your Crowdfunding and Peer-to-Peer Fundraising
The main reporting knowledge article can be found here . That document will take you through the process to download reports. This article expands on the main document for some of the specific extras you may want for your Crowdfunding and Peer-to...
Setting Up and Editing Fundraisers
When you first go into an existing Crowdfunding and Peer-to-Peer Fundraising activity or right after you complete the initial setup, you will be taken to the Fundraiser Dashboard page. This is where you can quickly see the amount raised, the number ...
Sign Up Form - Logo and Branding
Designing any form in an activity starts with the Logo and Branding section. This section allows you to personalize the overall look of your forms at the form level. It will inherit the settings and images from Shared Settings and/or the Campaign Se...
Units Based Goals
You have a goal for something other than dollars. The goal can be some kind of unit. e.g. the number of backpacks, blankets, books, or brownies. With the Crowdfunding and Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Activity, you can choose to count items (units) inste...