No time to do an end of year appeal? Well, we made a bunch of templates so you can plug & play. 

• Sample ask for backpay make your need known to your entire team (anyone who has ever given + prayer partners), then pick 20-40 to engage 1:1
• Sample follow-ups (scripts, emails, 
• Contest: Whoever gets their year-end appeal out first? Send us a copy of it to be entered into a drawing? 
• link to Chalkline store 
• thanksgiving card *Do we care about a Reliant-branded one or can we use these? 
• magnet *Amber is working on these
• ask letter + magnet - EOYA bundle
• Hey Market is Reliant's text service - we can text our people
• Jenni Saniuk do we do an opt-in for reminder texts? Or opt-out? 
• Find or write Solomon pg: How to find special gifts in Toolbox. *See screenshots from chat. 
• Here it is: How to find special gift history with Toolbox. Can you approve/ publish? 

cohort workshop

• Why we do this: Appeals to a diff type of giver
• Determine how much do you need to raise. $mo shortfall (support goal - promises) X15 + backpay  OR $10K, whichever you feel better about setting as your goal.
• Keva draft template and send to Heather by Thurs
• Method: 1:1 ask and follow up + spaghetti on the wall (i.e. letter to everyone). Hybrid = both
• Search toolbox for one-time givers who gave $200< in a single gift in the last 3 yrs
• if you have supporters who gave multiple times in 3 yrs, just count them 1x
• lets say all those ppl give what they gave last time. How much does that add up to? Is that close to meeting your year-end ask amount?
• 1:1 Ask, then send Thanksgiving card = good if you want to get ahead of the pack
• Thanksgiving card then 1:1 ask = good if you want a relational primer before inviting them to give. 
• Elements: *arrange in any order you wish
  • 1:1 invitation to give (phone, video call, in person, etc)
  • card - no ask, just relational/ im thankful for you. Doesnt have to include a pic, but if it does, dont feel like it has to be perfect. Selfie & move on
  • 1:1 follow up (phone or text)
  • mass letter "spaghetti against the wall" - sometimes will produce new irregular givers with which you can engage later
  • mass follow up
  • after-xmas reminder
  • Bonus points
    • Magnet or small gift (key, bookmark, bracelet, etc
    • an extra follow up