MPD Made Simple – September: Send an email update or postcard. Log your completed action here.

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5 Months of Christmas

Enjoy the holidays knowing you’re fully funded for ministry in 2024!

The 5 Months of Christmas is a simple program for successful year-end funding. Follow the weekly MPD Made Simple emails September through January to ensure your funding is where it needs to be when 2024 arrives. 

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Download the 5MoC Funding Letter Toolkit for the resources to help you mail and follow-up a year-end funding letter…and fund your ministry for 2024!

Overview

September

  • Mail a ministry update (newsletter or postcard)

October

  • Update your online giving page photo and bio in Workday (if it’s been nine months or longer)
  • Order current commitment cards and envelopes from navigatorstore.com (if you send your letter through prayerletters.com, request commitment cards through them)
  • Upload your funding letter draft to the MPD Team via navs.me/mpdmadesimple 

November

  • Mail your physical year-end funding packet (funding letter, commitment card, and response envelope) to your entire mailing list, and mail one to the MPD Team (MPD, P.O. Box 6000, Colorado Springs, CO 80934) 

December

  • Email a funding letter reminder that includes your giving link to all who received your letter
  • Call 10 ministry partners to follow-up on a giving decision (the intent is to have conversations with partners, not to leave voice mail messages) 

January

  • Mail thank-you notes for year-end gifts 

Prizes

You’ll be eligible for prizes when you complete monthly challenges and log them at navs.me/mpdm adesimple. The more monthly challenges you complete the more prizes you can win! 

Postage Assistance

If postage costs could keep you from mailing a year-end funding letter, up to $100 in postage assistance is available. Contact mpd@navigators.org.

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MPD On Demand: Fundraising 101

This is a virtual fundraising course in LearnUpon designed for new staff. This is usually applicable for staff as a portion of their on-boarding process, but if you think it’s the right fit for you, please email us and we’ll get you enrolled. 

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If you’re current staff looking for an overview of fundraising, check out MPD On Demand: Fundraising Refresher. 

MPD On Demand: Fundraising Refresher

If you’re looking for a refresh on your MPD training, this is the way to go! This course is an overview of the entire fundraising process from the set-up call through following up. The link below will take you to a virtual self-enrolled course in LearnUpon. You won’t be assigned a coach or trainer and there’s no required homework, just potential action steps for you to take as you jump back into fundraising! 

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MPD 10K

This program is right for you if...

you are a current staff needing to raise $500+ in new monthly support and can dedicate 10 hours per week for 10 weeks to raising support. 

  • 2 weeks preparing for MPD activity (warm-up), 10 weeks expanding your ministry partner team and raising new monthly support, and 1 week to bring follow-up calls to a close (cool-down)
  • Coaching, resources, accountability, and encouragement from trained MPD coaches
  • Motivation and camaraderie as you raise support with fellow Navigator staff
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MPD 5K

This program is right for you if...

you are a current staff needing to raise $500+ in new monthly support and can dedicate 20 hours per week for 5 weeks to raising support. 

  • 2 weeks preparing for MPD activity (warm-up), 5 weeks expanding your ministry partner team and raising new monthly support, and 2 weeks to bring follow-up calls to a close (cool-down)
  • Coaching, resources, accountability, and encouragement from trained MPD coaches
  • Motivation and camaraderie as you raise support with fellow Navigator staff
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