team crowdfunding – The Chuffed Academy

January 17, 2018January 22, 2018

Join the Crowd

Click here to join the Chuffed Crowd. Don’t forget to say hello!

Our mission at Chuffed is to do everything we can to help people make a difference in the world. There’s a lot more to making a difference than just raising funds. While we’ll always be there to help with that, we want to do more.

We’ve created a community of Changemakers, just like you. Here’s 5 reason’s why you should join:

Learn from the best

Many of our campaigners have gone on to build amazing organisations. Like Rob from TwoGood and Kyle from Edgars Mission. You can talk to experts right now and not just about running your campaign, our experts know how to help you achieve the greatest impact with the funds you raise.

Surround yourself with people who believe in change

Sometimes it can feel like you’re the only one who sees how important it is to just do something. This is a great way to meet others who believe in making a difference.

Meet people just like you

We have an international crowd with campaigners making a difference on almost every continent even Antarctica. We work with people involved in every cause imaginable, from building schools to saving animals, and everything in between.

Build connections to help you find more donors

We are surrounded by incredible people who are willing to donate to make a difference. Build connections with those who have run campaigns in the past and get their help to link you up with the donors that helped them.

Help others make a difference.

Running a successful campaign is an art form, and it takes great skill to use the funds raised wisely and effectively. The more support we can give each other, the bigger the changes we can make in the world.

We need your help to make our community grow. Whether you’re brand new to this world, or a seasoned veteran we’d like your help to create a movement around making a difference.

Click here to join today!

Above: Members of our community from the Hummingbird Project. They raised 15,000 to help people in Calais. Click the link to find out more.

November 9, 2017January 19, 2018

Power to the People: Give your Team Members a Role

Thanks to our latest Team Crowdfunding features, it’s now easier than ever for individuals and organisations to build an online team.

Here are the three ways you can now build your online team on Chuffed.org:

1. The Advocate Team

In lots of situations, one person gets the responsibility to make sure their crowdfunding page looks perfect and their main job is to put all the content up and then give the rest of the team a link to the campaign page. Everyone else needs to be acknowledged on the page, but they don’t need to edit it.

We’ve made it super simple to add team members names and profile photos directly in the campaign editor and then like magic, they’ll appear on your page.

2. The Collaborative Team
What about if more than one person needs to edit the campaign? Then it becomes a collaborative effort.

All you need to do in this case, is to add the person’s name and email and invite them to become an Editor. They’ll then get sent an email invitation with login details to edit the campaign.

This is great for the situation when you’re co-founders or a campaign team or someone has the bank account details and you need to share the campaign with them.

3. The Fundraiser Team

The deepest level of team is when people agree to fundraise for you. They need their own Individual page that’s connected to the main campaign.

All you need to do is to add in the person’s name and then switch on their individual fundraiser page. If they need to edit the page too, just invite them to edit it. Note that they’ll only be able to edit their individual fundraiser page unless you give them “Editor” access to the main page.

This is great for: when you’ve got team members with their own networks; or if you’re running a fundraising challenge event; or if you want to create a bit of competition amongst the team.

Build your team today!

Head to chuffed.org/start and begin your campaigning (for free!)
Navigate to the Team section
Create Team Members (all you need is their name)
Choose their Role in the Campaign!
Optimise Editors & Fundraisers

For more, check out our Five Examples of Team Crowdfunding Done Well.

October 16, 2017November 23, 2017

Welcome to Chuffed.org Teams

So you’ve got a social cause you’d like to take action on.

You’ve followed our tips on the Crowdfunding Academy, you’ve gathered your crowd of supporters, and now you’re ready to take action!

How can you make your campaign even more successful?

Create a Team!

To help your crowdfunding campaign reach its full potential, building a team is the single most effective thing you can do.

We analysed over 5,000 campaigns on Chuffed.org and found that the standout factor that determined whether you were likely to be successful or not was whether you had more than one team member.

So today, we’re introducing the new, upgraded Chuffed Team Tools.

Think about the group of supporters you already have behind you. You might have:

Close family members, friends, partners or colleagues who are personally motivated to see you succeed
A public figure, celebrity or well-known individual in the field who supports you
Key volunteers who are helping you with the campaign
Organisational / Group / Board Members that back you

Now instead of all sharing an account, or having them hidden behind the campaign, you can make them visible on your campaign page and give them specific roles to help you edit your campaign.

For the super committed, you can now give each team member their own fundraising page and fundraising target

This way, you can enable people who support your campaign to also raise their own funds! They can then share a unique, personal page with their networks and make better use of their social connections. This will give them a higher sense of accountability for helping your campaign reach its target.

If a team member has little time to spare, you can simply set up their page for them and give them a link to share on social media.

The new leaderboard feature helps you keep track of who’s doing well and who needs some help:

Having a team is a great way to show the faces behind your story and personalise your message, and donors will be more likely to trust your project when they see you’ve got support behind you to help you roll it out!

Want to know more about specific team roles. Read the Three ways you can now build your online team on Chuffed.org.

Where to from here? Take these steps to build your team today!

Head to chuffed.org/start and begin your campaigning (for free!)
Navigate to the Team section
Create Team Members (all you need is their name)
Choose their Role in the Campaign!
Optimise Editors & Fundraisers