How to use Advocate Tools on UNI's Giving Campaigns
Make an impact at UNI by encouraging your network, family, and friends to support UNI! Follow the video or the steps below to maximize your impact at UNI!
Step 1. ✔️ Create a GiveCampus user account (or if you already have one, log in)
We can only celebrate your hard work if we're able to tell it's you! And we can see that when you're logged in to our giving forms. Your impact on the campaign will show up in real time with the number of clicks, gifts and dollars you're generating!
Head to give.uni.edu/login or the campaign you're supporting below and click "SIGN UP" at the top of the page.
Create an account from your email or through Facebook on the campaign you're supporting.
Make sure to select the University of Northern Iowa as your college.
Once you have your account, visit your page and click "Advocates" or scroll to the bottom of the page and review your advocacy options.
Step 2. ⭐ Consider your own gift
Lead by example and make your own gift early. It's much easier to ask your friends and family to join you in making a gift when you’ve already done it yourself!
✌️ Offer a match or challenge
Leverage your gift and encourage others to give via a match or challenge.
Consider making your match or challenge specific to your class year, affiliation, designation or to a list of your friends (by email address) to raise the stakes.
Challenge gifts
Challenges are simple and can be met when a threshold is met (Rob will give $250 if five donors from the class of 2013 give).
Matching gifts
Matches are similar but can be more specific and are generally dollar related. (Anna is matching $1 per $1 up to $1,000).
Step 3. ✉️ Share the campaign using the built-in sharing options
The built-in sharing buttons on the campaign page generate a link that is unique to you. If you share the link while you're logged in, we can see and celebrate your impact!
Share via Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, text message, email, phone call, carrier pigeon… The sky’s the limit!
Step 4. ✍️ Tell your story by uploading a personal plea
Creating a personal plea on GiveCampus gives you a chance to add your own UNI story. A personal plea is a short video in which you explain why you love UNI and why others should join you in your efforts to support the university.
To upload your personal plea, click on the "Advocates" tab on any giving page. Your video will be live as soon as it’s approved by the UNI Annual Giving team.
3 Tips for Creating Your Personal Plea
- Your video does not need to be fancy. In fact, the more genuine your video is, the more likely people will take action. Cell phone videos are great! Just be sure to record the video horizontally.
- Get creative. Bring in kids, pets or wear your Panther gear for the video.
- Be silly. Fun videos are engaging and will spread far (and, of course, create opportunities for Panthers), so let your personality shine in your video.
Sample personal plea
Hi! Happy Live Purple Give Gold! I'm excited to support UNI today because I know the opportunities I had were made possible by Panthers that came before me. I hope you can join me today by making a gift. We're trying to hit 1,876 donors today in honor of UNI's founding year, and I hope you'll be one of them. You can easily make a gift through the button below or at dayofgiving.uni.edu. Thanks and Go Panthers!
Step 5. ❤️ Join the Panther Promoters
If you haven’t already, join the Panther Promoters, UNI’s most loyal supporters.
Help tell UNI's story! Participate in or share major events on social media such as Homecoming, Panther Push Day, UNI Day at the Capitol, new UNI Magazine content, our annual Day of Giving (#LivePurpleGiveGold) and more! Visit alumni.uni.edu/promoter to sign up.
