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Once the program is off and running, Program Mangers (PMs) and managers shift their focus to pair relationship development and program engagement. During program delivery, this means ensuring that pairs are: Developing a strong personal relations...
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As each school year kicks off, the focus of Program Mangers' (PMs) weekly check-ins with their manager should be successfully launching the program. During program launch, this means ensuring that: Mentees are... Oriented to iMentor Enrolled in...
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Along with in-person announcements, it's important to alert all your mentors (and other community stakeholders) to the launch of your Crowdrise campaign over email. In addition to a launch email, sending reminder emails periodically can help keep t...
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One way to connect with the mentor community to increase fundraising is to do phone banking. There's more information about the procedure for successful phone banking in the article about Building a Crowdrise Campaign .
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Taking appropriate follow up action is an important part of any crowdfunding campaign. While certainly not the only way to express appreciation, email follow up to your mentor community members who participated in your campaign is a simple and easy ...
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Asking friends, family and others within a personal network to donate money for a cause is a new experience for many people and can be uncomfortable. In an effort to aid your mentor community in taking this step and supporting your organization, you...
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Use this fully-editable template to create a flyer to help publicize your crowdfunding campaign and to support mentors and other community stakeholders in becoming CrowdRise pagemakers.
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Setting up a Crowdrise Campaign
iMentor has utilized the services of crowdfunding company Crowdrise for the past few years to increase our mentor community fundraising capacity as well as simultaneously sharing the great work that our mentors d...
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Applying for programs, internships and jobs familiarizes mentees with application processes, provides good motivation for pairs to develop resumes for mentees, and is a good goal for pairs to work toward together. If possible, PMs can devote entire ...
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Mentor Progress Reports can be an informative and useful way to share pair engagement data and ongoing feedback with mentors. These reports can be sent to mentors at the end of each month, each trimester, etc., and should include a reminder of th...
