Form a team—Your role as a team captain

A great team needs a great captain!

Serving as a team captain and rallying your team members around the cause of ending domestic violence is an important job and a great leadership experience.

As a team captain, your job is to manage your team's fundraising campaign. You are responsible for recruiting and motivating your team. Let your determination and enthusiasm show and challenge your team to do their part.

Using Story by Story^® online tools, you can actively track the team's fundraising progress and communicate clearly and often. Let your team know exactly what you need them to do to reach the team's goal and that you will only be successful if the whole teams works towards your fundraising goal together!

Your to-do list

• Recruit as many members as possible to participate on the team (minimum required is 5 members per team).

• Set goals for the number of people you need on the team and the amount you plan to raise together.

• Select one or more co-captains to help you.

• Galvanize the team and create team spirit by holding a team kickoff (e.g., host a pizza lunch at the office or invite friends over for drinks after work).

• Share sample emails or letters with team members and encourage them to cast a broad net to recruit team members and raise funds.

• Communicate often—keeping the entire team updated makes for a more successful team overall.

• Motivate your team members by calling or emailing with updates and good news ("Tricia just got a $500 donation!").

• Create friendly competition among team members by calling out achievements—most emails sent, highest amount raised in a day, highest number of donors enlisted in a week.

• Celebrate your team's success at the climb—participate as a group in the opening ceremony, climb together and have fun at the finish line party.

Tools for success

• 5 easy steps to form a team

• Utilize our 9-day fundrasing program

• Use our sample letter and email messages

• Use social networking tools to raise awareness about your campaign

• Download our Team Captain Handbook
  

Don't hesitate to contact inMotion for ideas, direction or support.