TOP TIPS STRAIGHT FROM A TEAM CAPTAIN
 

Who better to give you advice than one of our very best Team Captains that have supported Make-A-Wish for many years. Last year Zaheed’s team had 10 team members, they raised over $26,000 from just over 200 unique donors!

Check out Zaheed’s top tips for how to recruit and retain a team and how to be a successful team captain.
 

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OUR HELPFUL TIPS TO RECRUIT & RETAIN YOUR TEAM

There are many ways to get your team growing. Take a look at our handy tips to give you some ideas. 

Recruiting

  • Reach out to your network
  • Share your "Why"
  • Social 101
     

Retaining

  • Pick a fun team name
  • Set fun team challenges
  • Ramp up the excitement with themes, regular meetings, prizes

 

 

   

 

 

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LOOKING TO ENGAGE YOUR EMPLOYEES OR COWORKERS?​

Wanting to engage your employees and promote a healthy lifestyle? We have a solution! We have created a document to help you outreach to your employees. This document includes your next steps and easy ideas to get your team outdoors!

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Benefits of employee engagement:

  • Increased productivity and motivation
  • Employee satisfaction and well-being
  • More efficient
     

Ideas for participating with your company:

  • Organize an employee day and all go on a hike together
  • Set specific milestones or fun incentives to accomplish together, and why not have prizes
  • Create a virtual team on All Trails, Apple Watch, Zwift or Strava and share your kilometer tracking - virtually​
  • Working remotely? Suggest to your team that they go for a walk at lunch time to get some fresh air and track their KMs
  • Get creative! Create a distance tracker between your local, regional and national offices, and set a company KM goal


Fundraising with your employer:

  • Many employers offer matching gift programs and commit to matching their employees' charitable contributions. Please contact your human resources department to see if your donation can be matched. This would instantly double the funds you raise!
  • Why not ask your employer to pledge a certain amount of $ per KM that your colleagues accumulate! Check out our guide on how to pledge per kilometer.
     

NEED TOOLS TO HELP PROMOTE THE EVENT OR YOUR TEAMS?​

Share these posters internally or on your social platforms to help recruit to your corporate teams. Sharing through email, notice boards or staff intranet, are the best ways to start!  Click the images to download the PDF, editable, posters. 

To promote registration - for all employees
 
To promote registration - for a team
 
     

               

 

 

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