Dance Marathon Webinar Series Schedule

Throughout the 2019-2020 academic year, Miracle Network Dance Marathon will be hosting a monthly educational webinar series for Dance Marathon student leaders, participants, and advisors.

Each month, a webinar will be hosted by CMN Hospitals staff members on topics related to peer-to-peer fundraising, Dance Marathon operations and execution, and best practices to help Dance Marathon programs in their fundraising and awareness efforts. The webinars are hosted live, allowing participants to interact, ask questions, and share ideas, and are then uploaded to the Miracle Network Dance Marathon YouTube channel for others to reference throughout the year.

See below a schedule of upcoming webinars and links to past webinars.

Upcoming Webinars:

Data and Decision Making

Year over year tracking should be an ongoing part of conversations for any Dance Marathon program and is the backbone of strategic organization decisions. Learn what critical data points you should be aware of for your DM program, how to collect and track data, and how to analyze data to inform decisions. Review the Total Tracking document and discover how your team can utilize data to reach new heights as an organization!

Previous Webinars:

Leveraging Dance Marathon Experience Post-Grad

Stewardship for Retention

On average, returning participants raise 2.5 times more than new participants, become enthusiastic and knowledgeable team captains that fuel the Dance Marathon movement, some transition to be all star leadership team members, some continue fundraising as passionate alumni – but they don’t have the opportunity to do any of that if they don’t return past year one of participating in your event. Learn about turnkey strategies for retention, how it can positively impact your event and organization, and walk away with tangible next steps for keeping your participants engaged and coming back year after year!

Focus on In-Event Fundraising

In-Event Fundraising can help you make the greatest possible impact on your local children’s hospital, connect your participants to the cause, and help everyone at your event feel like they are a part of something bigger than themselves…and done right, it can be really fun too!

More about the information shared in the webinar can be found here. To watch the full webinar you can visit the Miracle Network Dance Marathon YouTube channel. The webinar PDF can also be found here to use as a future resource.

Become a Campus Tradition by Preparing for Transition

Transition is vital to longterm organization success. If you want sustain support for your local children’s hospital and return to a thriving program as an alumni, you can’t forget about transition.

Learn how to prepare and execute a transition process that engages your current team to share their experience and expertise, contributes to positive organizational culture, and sets your incoming team up for success.

Emphasis on Event Experience

A high-quality event experience is vital to establishing Dance Marathon as a campus tradition, to help reach fundraising goals, and because…it’s fun! As many Dance Marathon events approach, get a refresh on the foundational elements to help your event go smoothly and learn new ideas to elevate it to the next level.

Managing a Team and Retreats

Engaging, inspiring, and managing a team of your peers is no small feat. This responsibility and privilege is a central aspect of the Dance Marathon student leader experience. Discover resources to help guide meaningful and productive retreats and learn how to engage your team every step of the way. This webinar includes an additional focus on engaging supporters virtually – recruiting committee members, connecting teams, and collaborating remotely.

Children’s Hospitals Week Activation: Virtual Events, Digital Campaigns and Stewardship

We ask that you join us that week to engage in a digital campaign, to host a virtual event, to steward your participants, to recognize the hard-earned impact of your fundraising, and more! There are a wide variety of activation opportunities, so you can choose what is best for your program and have some flexibility in choosing the best day or days to engage. These activation opportunities include:

• Stewarding participants, partners, committees, team captains, miracle families, donors
• Celebrating the impact you and your campus community have made on your local CMN Hospital
• Fundraising to continue efforts to support your local CMN Hospital
• Joining the movement to register participants for Fall 2020 programs or to recruit committee members for the upcoming year

Resources are available for you to activate during this week and to celebrate Change Makers of Children’s Health. From social and e-mail templates, to graphics and virtual event schedules, access the recap blog and resources here.