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Walk MS
Online Fundraising Guide
walk MS: Step by Step Guide
How To:
Access your Participant Center
Personalize your Personal Page
Create an Address Book
Upload Your Address Book
Send Recruiting & Fundraising E-mails
Use Facebook to Fundraise
Create a Blog
View Follow-ups/Check your Progress
Contact the Walk MS Staff
Access your Participant Center
Step 1: Go to www.walkMSnyc.org and log into My Participant Center.
Step 2: Choose your Walk MS site: Manhattan, Orange County, Putnam County, Rockland County,
Staten Island, Sullivan County, or Westchester County.
Step 3: Once taken to the log-in page, enter your username and password.
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Participant Center Page
From your Participant Center you can:
Edit your Personal Page
Change your fundraising
goal
Create your Address
Book
Send e-mails to recruit
donations or team
members
Follow up on your e-mails
and donations made to
you
Check your fundraising
progress
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Step 1: You can update your fundraising goal
Step 2: You can create your own personal URL (your personal link to your page)
Step 3: You can make your donations private – if someone searches for your name to
donate to you, your name will not be visible on the website (not recommended)
Personalize your Personal Page
Click on 1. Design the look of this page for color and layout options
Click on 2. Edit the content of this page:
You can edit the suggested paragraphs and headers by clicking into any of the three headers and boxes and personalize your webpage with your own
message.
You can also add your own photo by browsing your own photo files and uploading your picture. Be sure to save your changes often (The system will time
out after 15 minutes)!
How you can edit your Personal Page
You can change the title on your
fundraising thermometer and
fundraising Honor Roll.
You can choose if you want to display
names and/or dollar amounts on your
page.
You can upload your own photo;
maximum file size is 200 kb
You can edit the headers and text of
three paragraphs with your own
message.
Be sure to always save your work often
(The system will time out after 15
minutes)!
How to Fundraise with Facebook
Step 1: From your Participant Center, click on the “fundraise with facebook” icon. You will be redirected to
facebook.com where you will be asked to enter your Facebook username and password.
Step 2: You will then receive a series of access prompts that will activate the application to your Facebook profile.
Click “continue” and/or “allow publishing”.
Step 3: Once at the WalkMS application screen, click “Add to Profile” to add the application to your Facebook
profile and allow those who visit to see your fundraising progress, register for Walk MS, or Donate to your
fundraising efforts!
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How to Create a Blog on your Personal Page
Step 1: Scroll down to the bottom of your Personal Page
Step 2: Click on I’d like to add a blog and create your title
Step 3: Enter a title for your blog
Address Book
To create and maintain your personal Convio address book, you can:
•Add contacts manually by typing in each contact name and email address.
•Import contacts from another e-mail application you use (such as Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express, AOL, or Yahoo!Mail) by following step by step instructions
•Import Contacts Online using the Address Book Access Widget from Plaxo, Inc., which consolidates all contact information from several popular e-mail applications
(such as MSN Hotmail, GMail, Yahoo!, AOL, Microsoft Outlook, and Outlook Express)
Importing Contacts from E-mail
•After using the “Import Contacts” link, follow the instructions listed in the pop-up box after clicking on your e-mail format below.
•If you are uploading a Generic CSV file from Excel, all spaces and commas must be deleted before you will be allowed to import.
•Example: Contact name must be listed as SharonBillRichards rather than Sharon and Bill Richards.
How to send recruitment and solicitation e-mails from your Participant
Center
Click on one of the suggested messages – you will be
able to edit any of the scripts with your own
personalized message.
•Add your name & e-mail address
•Click on names from your Address Book
•Click Add Recipients Button
How to send recruitment and solicitation emails from your Participant
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You can edit with your own
message by customizing the:
•Subject Line
•Body
NOTE: If you Save your e-mail,
you can send it out again later to
prospective donors. If you send
without Save, the original unedited
message will remain.
Save your work often (The system
will time out after 15 minutes)!
Follow-Up Messages
From the Follow-ups icon you can:
•See who you have e-mailed
•See who has viewed your e-mail
•See who has donated to your Walk MS account that you still haven’t thanked
Check Your Progress
You can check to see the amount
you have fundraised and your gift
history.
NOTE: If you are on a team, you
can view the progress of all your
team members, by using the My
Team icon!
Contact Walk MS Staff
Still have questions?
Contact us and we can help you.
[email protected] or 212-463-9791