Teamspace - your very own web page
All teams will receive their very own web page (called Teamspace) to help them fundraise online. The web address for your team's page will be www.oxfam.org.au/trailwalker/melbourne/team/[team number]
Your Teamspace can be the best fundraising tool you have. Use your Teamspace to send email updates, upload team photos and communicate your team's inspirational message. You may want to feature an article about your sponsors including their logo and/or write a thank you message. This is also the place to keep track of your fundraising progress and the progress of other teams and see who is moving up the Fundraising Leaderboard in your industry category. Every online donor can choose to have their name, their donation amount and a message published in the Thank You section of your Teamspace.
Building your Teamspace is easy and takes little time and effort. If you need help getting started, check out our instructional videos on YouTube or read the written instructions.
Ensuring Your Team's Online Fundraising Success
Your sponsors donate because you have asked them to. The more people you ask, the more money you are likely to raise. In 2010 we found that the average participant told over 100 people about their involvement in this event - mainly communicating via group emails. With a target set on your Teamspace site, your supporters can see you getting close to your fundraising goal. When you achieve your goal - lift your target again (just ask us to do it for you) and you'll be amazed at how many friends, family and colleagues keep on giving.
Please contact the TRAILWALKER team when you're ready to lift your team's fundraising target.
Personalise your page - upload a team training photo and write a personal message detailing the amazing Oxfam TRAILWALKER challenge you are undertaking and why you are asking for support. Tell your sponsors what has inspired you to take on this challenge and help make a difference to disadvantaged communities in 27 countries around the world. The same will inspire them! If you need help, check out the instructional videos on YouTube.
Send a newsletter to your contacts from your Teamspace. This feature is part of your Teamspace and the link is on the right hand side of your team admin page. The newsletter is customised to your team and includes information on Oxfam Australia's work as well as a link to your Teamspace.
In previous years, teams that sent out regular newsletters to their supporters/contacts were amazed at how many donations came in after they had been sent! They included amusing stories of how their team was going in training and the various walks they had done, and news of any fundraising events the team was organising.
If you need help, check out the instructional videos on YouTube.
Send an email - make sure you send the link to your Teamspace to all your friends, family and work colleagues, asking for support. Just copy and paste the link from the address field on your Teamspace into your email - this is more effective than telling them how to find your team from the Oxfam TRAILWALKER home page and takes your supporters straight to your Teamspace.
Send an ecard - which automatically adds the link to your Teamspace to an already prepared message which you can change to suit your audience - tell your friends/contacts what you are doing, why you are doing it, your team's goals, trials and tribulations and let them know how they can support you. If you need help, check out the instructional videos on YouTube.
Thank your donors - don't forget to thank your donors! You can get a full list of team donors by clicking on the "Thank You" section on your Teamspace. Only your online donors can choose to appear on the website so it's a good idea to recognise your other donors by writing about them in your Teamspace.
