An Eight Week Masterclass to Maximize Your Amplify Austin Day Campaign
Does the thought of Amplify Austin Day make you break out in a cold sweat? You're not alone. The pressure to create a winning campaign, rally your supporters, and reach your fundraising goals can be overwhelming.
What if you could approach Amplify Austin Day with a clear strategy, a dedicated support system, and the confidence that your campaign will not only meet but exceed your expectations?
Our Amplify Austin Crash Course is designed to transform your fundraising experience. In just eight weeks, you'll go from feeling overwhelmed to feeling empowered, equipped with the tools, knowledge, and network to make this your most successful Amplify Austin Day yet.
Don't let another Amplify Austin Day pass you by. Join us, and let's make this your year to shine.
The Crash Course
Giant Squid Group's Amplify Austin Crash Course is an intensive, "do-it-together" coaching program for nonprofits of all sizes. This eight-week course is designed to support fundraisers in creating effective, strategic, and replicable Peer to Peer fundraising campaigns - particularly Amplify Austin Day! The course can be taken as a follow-up to the End of Year Giving Crash Course or as a standalone course.
Course Features
Weekly Workshops that cover the blueprint of a successful campaign; creating successful fundraising messaging; writing solicitation letters and emails; segmenting data; leveraging social media; post-campaign stewardship; and case studies from successful campaigns.
Weekly Coworking Sessions and Office Hours so participants can check in, share ideas, and receive guidance from the Giant Squid Group team.
Homework & Accountability Check-Ins to help everyone stay on track with weekly assignments and receive personalized feedback from the leadership team.
The Amplify Austin crash course builds off Giant Squid Group’s End of Year Crash Course, but can be taken alone as well. The eight-week course follows a similar format. Weekly workshops will cover key points tailored for Amplify Austin, including:
Creating a Successful Campaign Blueprint: What are you doing, and how will you get there? End of Year Crash Course participants will audit what worked and what didn’t, to make adjustments. New participants will start at the beginning.
Recruitment and Engagement: How do we identify and recruit supporters and P2P fundraisers, and what training, knowledge, and resources do they need?
Goal Setting and Tracking: How can we look at past fundraising efforts to set realistic, achievable, and trackable goals?
Meaningful Storytelling: We’ll learn to create a compelling Amplify Austin landing page and solicitation emails, and create a toolkit of storytelling basics to share with P2P fundraisers.
Recognition and Incentives: We’ll plan on how to keep our P2P fundraisers engaged, and how to create meaningful recognition opportunities for everyone who supports you, whether as a fundraiser, donor, or cheerleader.
In addition to the weekly workshops, office hours, and accountability check-ins, we’ll host day-long office hours on Amplify Austin Day so that participating nonprofits can co-work, get feedback, troubleshoot together, and have a sense of camaraderie and support.
The Crash Course meets Mondays at 11:00am CST January 13th through March 10, 2025.
Pricing
$128 - No one turned away!
At Giant Squid Group, no one is turned away for lack of funds. $128 ($16 per workshop) is the minimum amount required for us to run this series. This price is prioritized for organizations involved in social justice work, particularly those led by and for communities that have not been prioritized in the past and who continue to face systemic barriers in accessing funding.
$255 - Full Cost Rate
We need the majority of cohort members to pay $255 ($32 per workshop) or higher. Thank you for enabling us to offer this program at an accessible rate.
$385 Redistribution Rate
If you have a well-resourced budget and/or access to professional development funds and are in a position to “pay it forward” please pay $385 or more ($48/workshop). This allows us to offer our pay-what-you-should pricing to all organizations.
What our nonprofit partners say about Giant Squid Group’s Work
“This year I’ve continued working with Catherine as a nonprofit coach and my team has attended nearly all of her many free Nonprofit Lunch ‘n Learns which have been invaluable to the growth of a variety of aspects in our organization.
Throughout her coaching, free nonprofit programming, and work with our Board, Catherine demonstrates a gentle leadership that inspires and holds us accountable as well as her deep appreciation for the work of her clients which helps me grow as a leader and nonprofit professional myself. With Catherine, you get not only her a wealth of information, but the heart behind it.”
- Stephanie Powell, H.E.L.P.
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“I was stalled out and frustrated with my nonprofit that I had once been overwhelmingly passionate about. Catherine not only pulled me out of my slump but re-energized me on my mission with income increasing ideas, resources for pinch points in my nonprofit, and helpful brainstorming sessions that helped take my creativity to a higher level while still being focused on my unique audience.
Catherine has a special way of coaching that isn't a set system but rather guiding your ideas to more successful paths and more lucrative outcomes. Catherine's guidance has put my nonprofit on a path from disorganized hobby cause to quickly scaling, mission-driven business to help those in need.”
-Lauren Lovejoy, Lyme Warrior
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“Working with Catherine has been an absolute dream! Not only has she has helped me feel comfortable with the idea of fundraising, but she helped to improve my overall confidence within the nonprofit world! After each of our meetings I am fired up and ready to get work done. Catherine has been a mentor and a catalyst towards my organizations growth! Her expertise, dedication and passion is unmatched!”
-Taryn Zweygardt, The Village