PARTICIPANT GUIDE

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO?Login... 2

Explore the Participant Centre... 2Personalize your pages... 3

Record & pay offline donations... 5Get help... 8

LOGIN & EXPLORE

LOGIN & EXPLORE THE PARTICIPANT CENTRE

1. Login to the system with your username and password.

2. Click on the buttons from the menu bar to explore the different pages available.

At any time you can access the "Online Support Centre" by clicking on Help from the menu bar.

The Participant Centre gives you access to different and valuable tools: you can manage your fundraising page, your address book, your email incentives, your donation history, as well as your offline pledges.

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PERSONALIZE YOUR PAGES

PERSONALIZE YOUR PERSONAL PAGE

1. From the Participant Centre, click on Personal Page from the menu bar.

Personalizing your page is easy with these two simple steps. Our results show that if you take the time to make your content more personal, you will more easily achieve your goal!

Photos UploadPhotos must be less than 2MB. Reducing the size of your files can be done on your computer or camera’s photo editor, or using an online service like TinyJPG.

Videos UploadVideos must first be uploaded to YouTube.

Before editing your page, make sure

that your photos and videos are ready to be

published.

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1. From the Participant Centre, click on Team Page in the menu bar.

PERSONALIZE YOUR TEAM PAGE

Team Captains will also have access to their team page, which can be edited as well. You can follow the same steps as for the personal page.

2. Click on Edit Text or Edit Images/Videos icons to edit the various parts on your page.

The text editor works just like the word processing software on your computer – just click on Update when you’re finished.

... PERSONALIZE YOUR PAGES

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RECORD OFFLINE DONATIONS

RECORD OFFLINE DONATIONS (CASH & CHEQUES)

Our walk website system includes a feature which helps you keep track of the offline donations that you have received. Advantages to entering your offline pledges online include:

Earning top individual or top team bragging rights;Pledges are reflected immediately in your personal and team fundraising totals;Donor automatically receives an electronic tax receipt, if he provided his credit card details or if you chose to pay this offline pledge using your personal credit card;Faster processing of offline pledges post-walk.

1. From the Participant Centre, click on Offline Pledges from the menu bar.

Don't forget! Even if you recorded your offline donations in your profile, you still need to bring a copy of your paper pledge forms completed, along with your cash/cheque donations, on walk day.

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2. From the "Add/Edit Donors" section, complete donor contact information, donation amount, payment type and select an honour roll option.

3. Click on Add Donor.

The offline gift has now been added to your personal and team fundraising totals as "Pledged".

... RECORD OFFLINE DONATIONS

Full donor address information is required for tax receipting purposes according to Canada Revenue Agency guidelines.

Please ensure that the gifts recorded online are equal to the amount collected on your pledge form and the actual cash and cheques that you will turn in on walk day.

Electronic tax receipts for cash and cheques donation will be sent post-walk once the funds have been verified.

Good to know...

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RECORD AND PAY FOR OFFLINE DONATIONS

1. Follow instructions given for recording offline donations.

After recording a donation, it will appear in a table under the "Add/Edit Donor" section.

2. From this table, select the donations you want to pay by checking the appropriate box(es) in the "Select" column.

3. Click Pay By Credit Card.

4. Review you donor list, complete payment information and click Process Payment Now.

These offline gifts have now been added to your personal and team fundraising totals as “Confirmed”. An e-tax receipt will be sent immediately to your donor.

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GET HELP

FROM THE "ONLINE SUPPORT CENTRE"

FROM US!

This online support centre provides detailed procedures that will help you to manage your online account and your fundraising activities.

If you haven't found what you are looking for in the online support centre, call or email us! You will find our contact details in the "Contact Us" page from the Kidney Walk website.

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1. From the Participant Centre, click on Help from the menu bar.