Kick off Lesson Plan and Videos
Thank you for trusting me with your upcoming InstaRaise campaign.
Follow the Soft Launch lesson plan 1-2 days before your scheduled kickoff.
**Remember to dare / double-dare your students to raise $100 by the start of the kickoff.
Who knows? You might have $3,000 - $4,000 raised by the kickoff??!!!
Follow the Soft Launch lesson plan 1-2 days before your scheduled kickoff.
**Remember to dare / double-dare your students to raise $100 by the start of the kickoff.
Who knows? You might have $3,000 - $4,000 raised by the kickoff??!!!
Teacher supplies needed for the kickoff / team meeting
Student Password Support
If prompted to login, the returning students should try their last name as the password. A password can be reset on the teacher Dashboard.
In class texting approach
Depending on your school's phone policies, allow the students to participate in an in-class texting campaign.
Students can send text messages from their InstaRaise dashboard.
- Copies of the Supporters List & Parent Letter (1 per student)
- Laptop or tablet to show the Supporters List and Kickoff Video to students
- Kickoff day incentives (raffle tickets, small prizes such as lifesavers, collectible keychains or Nerds Gummy Clusters, etc.
- The completed supporters list (10+ contacts with email and phone numbers)
- Personal smart device (phone or tablet) or a laptop
- Rally the troops with a strong intro and discuss the problem the funds will solve.
- Have students take out their supporters list.
- Distribute extra supporters lists to students who were absent or don't have their copy.
- Play the narrated kickoff video or use the slides w/out narration (see below)
- Students register on InstaRaise:
- Scan the QR code to go to www.instaraise.com
- Enter your campaign ID where website says “Register”
- Guide students through registration prompts.
- Add a selfie, adjust the goal and skip personalizing the message.
- Spend 4-5 minutes entering contacts (consider playing 1 4-minute song)
- Recognize students who enter 10+ quality contacts.
- View the student dashboard.
- Hold a 4-5 minute texting campaign. Students can send text messages from their dashboard.
- Show the InstaRaise Leaderboard and celebrate ANYONE who has raised $1 or more. Show the leaderboard EVERYDAY during the bell-ringer time or as students are setting up.
- Password is the student’s last name (lowercase).
Student Password Support
If prompted to login, the returning students should try their last name as the password. A password can be reset on the teacher Dashboard.
In class texting approach
Depending on your school's phone policies, allow the students to participate in an in-class texting campaign.
Students can send text messages from their InstaRaise dashboard.
Narrated InstaRaise Kickoff Video or Kickoff Slide Show
How to register slides w/out the voice over.
InstaRaise.com Student Presentation by Charlie Rankin
Create small teams and raise more funds!
It's likely that 1/3 of your students will have no issue with participating and supporting this campaign; it's also likely that 2/3 of your students won’t feel like doing this fundraiser or sending text messages. All the research I've read says that when students work together, they have more will power and motivation to do things that they don't automatically feel like doing. If you can get these “on the fence” students working together, you will be surprised at what they will accomplish when they work as a part of a group. Use the team goal charts to create a "2 pizza team". That's a team small enough that you could feed them with two pizzas. Have these students work together to send 100 - 125 text messages to adults who might support their campaign.
THIS IS IMPORTANT: Tell them they can go ahead and shade in 2 squares to give everyone a little head start to their goal of 20 – 25 text messages.
THIS IS IMPORTANT: Tell them they can go ahead and shade in 2 squares to give everyone a little head start to their goal of 20 – 25 text messages.
