2011-12 Employee Campaign Managers' Guide

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2011/2012

Employee Campaign Managers’ Guide Campaign Best Practices, Tools, and Checklists Designed to Make Your 2011/12 LIVE UNITED Workplace Campaign a http://bit.ly/OCUWtoolkit Success

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Contents

Making It Easy Employee Campaign Managers: The Critical Link

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Employee Campaign Managers Resources

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The Orange County United Way Partnership

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Year-Round Engagement Opportunities

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Together We Are Changing A Life

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The Staggering Facts

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An Innovative Approach

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Solutions That Work

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Go Green. Consider Running an Eway Campaign.

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Fund-Raising Best Practices

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Investors in Change: Our Corporate Partners

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Campaign Steps to Success

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Making the Ask

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Sample Presentation Outline

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For decades, United Ways across the country have been running Workplace Campaigns.

Through the years, we have learned what works and what doesn’t. We know how to make it easy for companies, coordinators, and employees.

We understand that being an Employee Campaign Manager can seem overwhelming at first.

With a little support, however, most Employee Campaign Managers, even those who were initially concerned about running a campaign, have gone on to easily meet and often exceed their goals.

To that end, we put together this guide, filled with best practices, timelines, and practical advice to assist you.

Visit http://bit.ly/OCUWtoolkit for more tips and tools, including our 2011/12 Campaign Brochure, sample emails, thank-you letters, and success stories.

Remember, we are here to help. Call your Orange County United Way Campaign Manager/ Loaned Executive to help you plan your campaign, set goals, coordinate events, and get advice. Don’t know who your representative is? Contact Lesley King at 949.263.2123.

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Letter from Workplace Campaign Chairman Restore HOPE with Your Actions. LIVE UNITED. Dear Employee Campaign Manager, Thank you for taking on such a critical and important role in our community. You are a voice for the more than 229,000* households in our community that can’t meet their most basic needs—OUR neighbors, OUR friends, OUR coworkers.

We live in a beautiful community known for great prosperity, but there is an Orange County that many of us have never seen. It’s the Orange County where our coworkers, neighbors, and friends struggle to put food on the table, have a home to call their own, or find the means to take care of basic medical concerns. It’s the Orange County where one in six residents are uninsured; where 890,000 people are at risk of hunger every single month; where 35,000 people are homeless on any given day. What’s more, the economic environment has changed the face of poverty, placing many—people like you and me—in a position they never expected: needing a hand UP so they can get back on a path to selfsufficiency.

This is the Orange County that we’re all working to strengthen by supporting the Community Impact Fund of Orange County United Way. TOGETHER, we are restoring hope with our actions and creating lasting, positive change in OUR community. Because of your support and commitment to LIVING UNITED, Orange County United Way can continue to provide hope, help, and a pathway to a better future for OUR neighbors in need.

Lives are being improved, and it’s all because of the work you do.

As this year’s LIVE UNITED Campaign Chair, I am proud to lead the workplace movement to change lives and make a difference in Orange County. By GIVING what you can, ADVOCATING by championing our cause, and VOLUNTEERING to share your time and talent, we can improve even more lives. Let’s outdo ourselves for our neighbors in need and help a student graduate from high school and go to college, offer a single mother the job training needed to support her family and gain financial independence, or provide a senior with a good meal and access to critical medication. Let’s invest in change and help people help themselves by giving them access to the Building Blocks for a self-sufficient life: Education, Income, and Health.

TOGETHER, we can create an Orange County where every neighborhood from Santa Ana to San Clemente thrives and every person has access to a successful and self-sufficient future.

Thank you for restoring hope with your actions and joining our movement to improve lives. Thank you for LIVING UNITED. With gratitude, Jerry Mattes Chairman Orange County United Way LIVE UNITED Campaign President/West Region, UPS

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Employee Campaign Managers: The Critical Link

As an Employee Campaign Manager, you play a critical role in OUR community. You are the internal point person, cheerleader, organizer, and ambassador for the Orange County United Way LIVE UNITED Workplace Campaign. Your leadership helps your company achieve its philanthropic goals, helps your colleagues make a difference in OUR community, and improves the lives of your neighbors in need.

As an Employee Campaign Manager, you have an opportunity to:

Network with colleagues at various levels of your organization Gain new skills including project management, creative thinking, problem solving, communication, and leadership

Be a leader both within your company and within OUR community Have a real impact in the lives of Orange County families

Employee Campaign Manager Resources We want to help you have a successful and fun campaign. Be sure to check out the tools and resources on our online Campaign Toolkit at http://bit.ly/OCUWtoolkit. And remember, your Orange County United Way representative is only a phone call or email away. He or she can help answer any questions or concerns you may have. If you are unsure who your representative is, call Lesley King at 949.263.2123.

We also encourage you to be part of our movement.

Sign up for our newsletter at http://bit.ly/JoinOCUWEmailList, friend us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/UnitedWayOC, follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/#!/UNITEDWAYOC, or sign up for our blog at www.ocuw.wordpress.com.

Find out how you and your company can change the odds for more than 229,000 households in Orange County struggling to make ends meet.

Western Digital supports the communities where our employees live and work through our partnership with United Way. Corporate philanthropy, both in the U.S. and around the world, is top down and part of our culture. Giving back, whether time, talent or treasure, is part of our culture that resonates throughout our organization.

Rose Krupp Director Western Digital Foundation

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The Orange County United Way Partnership

Year-Round Engagement Opportunities Orange County United Way provides year-round engagement opportunities to connect companies and employees with their community and like-minded philanthropists.

Running an Orange County United Way Workplace Campaign within your company boosts morale and encourages team building. We make it easy for employees to support the community, and we help make philanthropy a part of a robust corporate culture.

We make it easy for you and your company by offering:

Convenient giving options, such as payroll deduction and electronic pledging

Expert consulting on employee volunteerism, corporate gifts, and matching programs Education about top-performing Orange County nonprofit programs and services

Simple ways to learn about and advocate for issues and causes important to our community

Year-round volunteer events for individuals and employee groups, including Corporate Play Dates and customized opportunities

Kickoff Event Orange County United Way’s Campaign Kickoff is a pep rally for Employee Campaign Managers and corporate partners, as well as an advanced introduction of the 2011-12 LIVE UNITED Campaign. This year’s Kickoff will be held on September 14, 2011, at the Marconi Automotive Museum.

Corporate Play Dates For companies that are interested in offering volunteer engagement opportunities to their employees, Corporate Play Dates match nonprofit needs with corporate volunteer support.

WALK UNITED WALK UNITED is the perfect team-building morale boost for Workplace Campaign Partners, large and small. It also offers employees who may not have been able to commit to payroll deductions the opportunity to engage in a family-friendly event that serves double duty in providing the needed funds to help overcome poverty in Orange County. Held in early summer at Angel Stadium of Anaheim in conjunction with the Angels Baseball Foundation, WALK UNITED is an event not to be missed.

Ready to Get Started?

To learn more about how you or your company can engage in any of these opportunities, contact your Campaign Manager at Orange County United Way.

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Together we are changing a life.

Together we are strengthening OUR community.

Across Orange County, more than 229,000* households in our community can’t meet their most basic needs. These are OUR neighbors. OUR coworkers. OUR friends. These families are forced to choose between paying bills, paying rent, or putting food on the table. These are OUR youth who are striving for a better future, OUR families who are trying to gain financial independence. We believe this is unacceptable. So we’re changing things.

How We Meet the Need

We invest in Orange County children, families, and individuals by mobilizing our community to meet their most basic human needs—food, shelter, and medical care—while creating pathways to self-sufficient futures through education and training.

In short, we help people help themselves.

To do this, we focus on the Building Blocks for a self-sufficient life: Education—helping children and youth reach their potential: Readiness to succeed in school Academic achievement Productive and engaged youth

The Staggering Facts Orange County’s four-year dropout rate rose from 9.5% to 14.3% in the past year alone.1 More than 318,000 of OUR neighbors, coworkers, and friends live below the federal poverty level in OUR community.2 One in six Orange County residents are uninsured.3 There are 890,000 people at risk of hunger every month in OUR community.4

Income—promoting financial stability and independence: Develop job skills Increase income Build savings Gain and sustain assets

There are 35,000 homeless people in OUR community.5

Health—supporting healthy lives: Essential food and proper nutrition Safe shelter and secure housing Basic health care How You Can Help: LIVE UNITED Give: Donate to Orange County United Way’s Community Impact Fund.

Advocate: Champion OUR cause.

Volunteer: Share your time and talent.

To make these numbers take on even greater meaning, attach the faces of your friends, neighbors, children, coworkers— people who look like you—to these numbers. Staggering, aren’t they? We believe these figures are unacceptable, and we need you to help us turn things around by giving to Orange County United Way’s Community Impact Fund.

Source: 2011 Conditions of Children Report Source: U.S. Census Bureau Source: Community Indicator Report 4 CAPOC 2008-2009 Community Action Plan 5 OC 2005-2010 Consolidated Plan 1 2 3

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An Innovative Approach Families who are struggling to make ends meet face multiple issues. Unfortunately, there is no single solution. Enabling families to stand on their own requires bringing the best ideas together to combat the root causes rather than the symptoms.

Our approach is simple: Increase Access to Services Our region is home to some of the most innovative programs.

Unfortunately, accessing that help is not always easy.

In addition, just accessing one service or program alone may help a family or individual survive, but it is not enough to ensure long-term financial success.

Link Programs Orange County United Way brings together the best programs and services to provide struggling individuals and families with solutions, addressing their multiple needs through our Community Impact Fund.

Empower Families Struggling Orange County individuals and families are working hard to build better lives for themselves and their children. They are not looking for a hand out. Orange County United Way partner agencies support them in their quest, working with each individual or family to build a unique roadmap to financial stability and independence.

WHO WE FUND In 2011, Orange County United Way was proud to award more than $4.5 million to our Community Impact Partners. Representing 97 programs that excel in 25 standards of accountability, these agencies are on the forefront of health and human care services in Orange County and are making the greatest impact on people’s lives.

SELECTION PROCESS Before funds are distributed, our Community Impact Partners go through a rigorous six-month selection process to ensure their programs are showing positive impact on people’s lives. Led by a group of volunteer community experts and Orange County United Way staff, the Community Impact Competitive Grant Process allows Orange County United Way to create the best return on investment for contributions entrusted to our Community Impact Fund.

Once agencies are selected, we provide training and leadership to build long-term partnerships designed to help maximize their programs to their fullest potential.

Solutions That Work 2-1-1

2-1-1 connects people in need to thousands of services across Orange County such as child care, housing, career training, and health care.

Last year, 2-1-1 answered more than 75,000 calls for help, of which 47% were for basic needs such as food and housing. Learn more at www.211oc.org.

SparkPoint OC

Coming January 2012, SparkPoint OC will offer a one-stop location for a full range of services including personalized financial coaching, as well as programs that help families and individuals move up the career ladder, build assets, and manage their credit.

EITC Program

Last year, United Way’s 150 free tax days assisted more than 7,215 Orange County residents to claim more than $3.2 million in earned income tax credit refunds and $6.4 million in federal refunds, putting those dollars into the hands of hard-working low- and moderate-income families and individuals.

Bank On Orange County

In the last year, we’ve opened 2,870 bank accounts through Bank On Orange County, a joint initiative among United Way, the governor’s office, financial institutions, and community-based organizations. Connecting these families to the mainstream financial systems ensures they are less likely to fall victim to check-cashing fees and predatory lending, as well as more likely to build savings and assets, which leads to a more financially stable future.

Destination Graduation

In September 2010, Orange County United Way launched Destination Graduation in 10 Orange County schools. Destination Graduation is designed to help 100% of at-risk Orange County students graduate from high school and continue to a four-year college with a clear career path.

A complete list of our partner agencies can be found on Orange County United Way’s website at www.unitedwayoc.org.

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Go Green. Consider Running an Eway Campaign.

United Eway United Eway is an online pledge system that offers a safe, quick, and easy way to give to your company’s Workplace Campaign. This customizable website offers secure transactions and real-time reporting.

United Eway Makes Giving Easy Personalized Donor Experience Kickoff email to all employees Endorsement message on your website from your CEO Thermometer graphic to track campaign goals Confirmation and acknowledgment email upon pledge Reporting and Monitoring Delivers real-time reports to track contributions Compares activity across offices, departments, or teams Follow-up communication as needed Reporting and exporting features Electronic report of campaign results

Highly Secure Giving United Eway’s secure, bonded, and insured systems are tested and audited to meet the security standards of Fortune 500 companies. Its encryption technology protects sensitive data, and all servers are secured electronically and physically. United Eway is PCI-compliant.

System Features Unique username and password for each employee Ability to upload company-specific pay periods and department structure Cost-Effective & Green No website setup fee Per-transaction charges only No distribution, collection, or manual entry of paper pledge forms Final electronic employee payroll file for accounting Participating Eway Companies Allergan Irvine Companies County of Orange Paul, Hastings, Janofsky, Walker, LLP Edwards Lifesciences PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLC Ernst & Young The Word and Brown Companies Ingram Micro Western Digital Corporation For more information about United Eway, please contact your Campaign Relations Manager or call 949.660.7600.

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Fund-Raising Best Practices Involve Your CEO or Senior Manager Ask your CEO or executive team to provide consistent and visible support for the campaign.

Emails, Intranet videos, or voicemails from your CEO or executive team help set the tone for the campaign.

Invite them to speak at major campaign events such as the kickoff, Leadership Giving events, and your closing thank-you event.

Sample emails, letters, and talking points are available at http://bit.ly/OCUWtoolkit.

Encourage Your Company to Make a Financial Commitment By “walking the talk,” your company can demonstrate its commitment to OUR community.

A corporate gift to Orange County United Way is an excellent way to make a large impact in OUR community and help the 229,000 households that are struggling to make ends meet.

Inspire your employees by establishing a program that matches employee giving.

Build a Strong, Diverse Campaign Team The more hands, the better, not only to generate excitement but also to spark the most innovative ideas.

Form a campaign team with representatives from throughout your organization (by department, location, or other structure).

Train your team. The role of the campaign team includes answering questions, educating coworkers, and planning events.

We’re here to help. Your United Way representative can assist with training.

Set Clear Goals, Track, and Report Results The best campaigns have measurable goals to focus the efforts of the campaign team.

Look at last year’s results, then set new goals based on areas where you can make the greatest improvement, such as increased participation (number of employees giving), average gift, and number of Leadership contributors (gifts of $1,000 or more).

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Fund-Raising Best Practices Things to Look at When Analyzing Your Campaign Analyze your campaign using the following criteria, keeping in mind that yearend recognition will focus on dollars directed to Orange County United Way’s Community Impact Fund.

Calculate what percentage of employee and corporate gifts are invested in Orange County United Way’s Community Impact Fund.

Compare the percentage change in number of employees with the percentage change in number of givers.

Compare the percentage change in number of employees with the percentage change in total employee dollars.

How does the average gift compare with the employee per capita?

Analyze the number of Leadership Givers and Leadership Giving dollars for the past three campaigns.

What % of total employee dollars is made up of Leadership Giving dollars?

What percentage of total givers are Leadership Givers?

How are your Leadership Giving results impacting your average gift and per capita?

Analyze the number of Tocqueville Givers and Tocqueville Giving dollars for the past three campaigns.

What percentage of total employee dollars is made up of Tocqueville Giving dollars?

What percentage of total givers are Tocqueville Givers?

How are your Tocqueville Giving results impacting your average gift and per capita?

If you could increase the number of givers to ________ while keeping the average gift the same, you would raise $ ________ in new dollars.

If you could increase the average gift to $ ________ while keeping the participation percentage the same, you would raise $ ________ in new dollars.

Calculating Formulas 1. Percent of Employee Participation =

Number of Givers Number of Employees

Note: Employee participation represents the amount of individual involvement in the campaign.

Total Dollars Invested in Community Impact Work 2. Percent Contributed to United Way’s Community Impact Work = Total Dollars Raised

3. Employee Average Gift =

Total Employee Dollars Number of Givers

Note: Employee average gift represents the average amount given by all contributors to your campaign.

4. Corporate Average Gift =

Total Corporate Dollars Number of Givers

5. Employee per Capita =

Total Employee Dollars Number of Employees

6. Corporate per Capita =

Total Corporate Dollars Number of Employees

7. Percent Change Between Two Numbers =

New Number - Old Number Old Number

Note: Percent change tells you what percentage your numbers have increased or decreased— usually from one year to the next.

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Fund-Raising Best Practices Other goals to consider: 100% Education.

Ensure everyone learns about how your company is partnering with Orange County United Way to improve lives and strengthen OUR community.

100% Opportunity.

Ensure everyone is asked to participate in the campaign.

100% Fun. Your United Way representative can help you structure a corporate matching program and your corporate gift.

Target Orange County United Way Donors Circle Givers For many campaigns, Donors Circle givers account for the bulk of the campaign dollars, even though they make up a small percentage of total donors.

❏ Leaders’ Society: $1,000-$9,999 Women Looking Forward (Leaders’ Society) If you are a woman and donate $1,000 or more with 25% of your donation going to Orange County United Way’s Community Impact Fund, you will automatically be recognized as a Women Looking Forward member, unless you choose to remain anonymous.

❏ Tocqueville Society: $10,000 or more Tocqueville Society donors can also join the donor circles below.

Check if interested:

❏ Women’s Philanthropy Fund ❏ Bench & Bar ❏ Real Estate Community Builders Plan special, targeted events for current and prospective Donors Circle givers. For example, a pacesetter event prior to kickoff helps recognize an important group while setting the tone for the rest of your campaign.

Promote membership in Orange County United Way’s newly formed Emerging Tocqueville Leaders, for young professionals who give $5,000 or more annually. Learn more at www.unitedwayoc.org/DonorCircles.

Provide exposure to your organization and your largest givers at the national level. Gifts of $10,000 or more qualify for membership into Orange County United Way and United Way Worldwide’s Tocqueville Society. Learn more at www.unitedwayoc.org/DonorCircles/.

“Orange County United Way funds a variety of proven health and human service programs in our community.

Your leadership gift is an investment that makes a difference in the daily struggle of thousands of Orange County residents who need a helping hand. Thank you for helping to improve people’s lives!”

Rob Kent Leaders’ Society Chair

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Inspire, Educate, and Engage Your Employees Connect your employees directly with the families who need their support through Orange County United Way speakers, agency tours, and volunteer events.

Sign up for Orange County United Way’s Corporate Play Dates, which offer an easy way for your company to get involved. Each year, we match thousands of volunteers with projects benefiting more than 92 local nonprofits. For more information, please contact Kim Frodsham at 949.263.6142 or kimf@unitedwayoc.org.

Be sure to pass out campaign materials and encourage employees to learn more about Orange County United Way’s commitment to improving lives and strengthening OUR community.

Make the Ask and Collect Contribution Forms/ePledges Ensure everyone has an opportunity to contribute and is asked to give.

Have your campaign team ensure all employees receive information about how to give, such as a pledge form and ePledge link.

The best asks are personal. Try to set up events or one-on-one

Investors in Change: Our Corporate Partners Encouraging Employee Giving and Good Corporate Citizenship Dimensions in Giving Partner

Orange County United Way recognizes and thanks our 2011 Dimensions in Giving Partner, Western Digital. This award is given to the corporate partner that truly impacts our community through dollars raised for United Way’s Community Impact Fund, active community service, and an overall commitment to helping people through contributions of time, leadership, resources, and a spirit of giving.

Spirit of Orange County Partners

meetings with your colleagues, especially current or prospective Leadership givers.

Say Thank You and Provide Opportunities for Year-Round Engagement Be sure to thank people for their contribution and give them an opportunity to make a difference year-round.

Send a message that includes campaign results from you and your CEO to every employee.

Send personal thank-you emails or letters to everyone who gave, and ensure Orange County United Way is able to thank donors as well.

Orange County United Way thanks our Spirit of Orange County Partners for demonstrating their commitment to impacting people’s lives in Orange County through annual corporate investments of $100,000 or more in United Way’s Community Impact Fund. All of these companies also enjoy the distinction of being recognized as Orange County United Way Golden Key Partners.

Golden Key Partners

Plan a Thank-You Wrap-Up event to celebrate those who are helping to provide a hand up to their neighbors in need and creating a stronger Orange County.

Start a WALK UNITED team as another way to engage with Orange County United Way. This is a great way for those who weren’t able to give through payroll deductions to do their part to overcome poverty in Orange County. To stay up-to-date on WALK UNITED and other ways to engage year-round, sign up for Orange County United Way’s newsletter at http://bit.ly/JoinOCUWEmailList.

Orange County United Way thanks our Golden Key Partners for demonstrating their commitment to impacting people’s lives in our community by raising the most dollars during their annual campaigns for United Way’s Community Impact Fund.

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Campaign Steps to Success Plan

Meet with your Orange County United Way representative and begin planning your campaign.

Attend Orange County United Way’s Employee Campaign Manager Training.

Secure CEO or senior management support.

Establish campaign goals. These could be dollar, participation, and education/awareness.

Gear Up

Recruit and train your campaign team.

Establish dates and timelines of campaign activities.

Begin campaign promotion.

Send letter from management to employees (examples are available online at

http://bit.ly/OCUWtoolkit).

Order campaign supplies.

Run

Conduct a pacesetter campaign. Leadership Giving campaigns provide a great boost to your overall campaign efforts.

Hand out pledge forms, or email information about Eway giving.

Send follow-up emails to keep up enthusiasm. Include community facts and success stories.

Find examples at http://bit.ly/OCUWtoolkit.

Hold special fund-raising events and meetings (e.g., bake sale, raffle, mini golf tournament, etc.).

A list of fun activities is available at http://bit.ly/OCUWtoolkit.

Give employees opportunities to learn more through United Way speakers or volunteer activities.

Close

Send a reminder email that your campaign is concluding and pledge forms need to be submitted.

Collect pledge forms.

Submit contribution forms and final reports/data to your payroll department and to Orange County

United Way, using our pledge envelope process.

Announce campaign results to your employees.

Thank employees with a celebration event, letter, email, etc.

Thank your campaign team, Leadership contributors, and other special groups.

Gather feedback and notes for next year’s campaign.

Choose an Employee Campaign Manager and set a kickoff date for next year. Provide this information to your Orange County United Way representative.

Choose a WALK UNITED Team Captain to lead your WALK UNITED company team. Provide this information to your Orange County United Way representative.

Ongoing

Host year-round volunteer events that are meaningful to your employees.

Go to www.unitedwayoc.org to learn more.

Stay up-to-date on our progress and be a year-round champion for our community. Sign up for our

newsletter at http://bit.ly/JoinOCUWEmailList, friend us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ UnitedWayOC, follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/#!/UNITEDWAYOC, or sign up for our blog at www.ocuw.wordpress.com. Find out how you and your company can change the odds for the more than 229,000 households in Orange County struggling to make ends meet.

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Making the Ask Fund-raising can seem challenging, but keep in mind that most people want to give back to their communities. And the primary reason they don’t give is that they were never asked. As an Employee Campaign Manager, you have the privilege of providing your coworkers the opportunity to make a difference in an easy way. To make your job easier, we have provided you with a sample presentation template that you can use in groups as well as one-on-one conversations.

Sample Presentation Outline

At campaign presentations and in conversations, the goal is to thank, inspire, and engage your audience.

We recommend your presentations and events follow a similar structure:

Introduction

Hello, my name is (Name) of (Company Name). I’m here to talk with you today about how you can improve lives and strengthen OUR community.

Thank Your Audience

Thank you for your 2010-11 Campaign giving and for making a difference in the lives of OUR friends, neighbors, and coworkers in need.

Set Up Community Need

229,000 households in OUR community cannot make ends meet. These are OUR neighbors, coworkers, and friends. (Company Name) is proud to partner with Orange County United Way to provide hope, help, and access to a better future for those in need in OUR community.

Connect the Need to the Heart

Most of us know someone who is struggling or has struggled to make ends meet, especially with unemployment still hovering over 8% in Orange County. (Add a personal or success story from Orange County United Way. Find stories at http://bit.ly/OCUWtoolkit.)

Describe How They Can Make a Difference

By working together, we can help families such as (Name from story above). To create hope and opportunities for everyone we must bring together the region’s best minds and attack problems at their source. We need someone who can see the big picture. That is the role Orange County United Way is playing in our community. And Orange County United Way needs our help. They need thousands of people LIVING UNITED—giving, advocating, and volunteering to restore hope to OUR neighbors in need.

Make the Ask

I’m asking you today to stand up for OUR neighbors. Please give a donation to Orange County United Way’s Community Impact Fund to help create pathways to self-sufficient futures for hard-working families and individuals who cannot make ends meet. Sign up for Orange County United Way’s newsletter at http://bit.ly/ JoinOCUWEmailList to stay up-to-date on how they are putting our dollars to work.

Thank You

Thank you from all of the thousands of people who receive help because of your donation to Orange County United Way’s Community Impact Fund. Your donations go a long way toward making Orange County a better place to live and work.

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