Event Management Center Guide
Dashboards
Learn how to access and manage team and participant dashboards.
My Dashboard Guide
Customize your personal fundraising page, manage communications, and access tools to help you reach your fundraising goals.
1. Connect Your Fundraising
Create a Facebook Fundraiser
Link your dashboard to a Facebook Fundraiser so friends and family can support your efforts directly through Facebook.
2. Add Your Company Affiliation
If your company or organization participates in a national or local program, add your affiliation from the dashboard to receive appropriate credit and support.
3. Create a Short URL
Generate a custom short link for your fundraising page. Copy and share it with friends, family, and supporters.
4. Personalize Your Page
Add a Profile Photo
Upload a clear, friendly profile photo to help donors feel connected to your story.
Add a Custom Page Title & Description
Enhance your page’s storytelling impact with a personalized title and description—on top of your main personal story.
Set Your Fundraising Goal
Update your personal fundraising goal anytime to reflect your progress or increase motivation.
5. Customize Your Personal Page
Add photos and include a YouTube video link to make your fundraising space more dynamic and compelling.
6. Share Your Story
Update your personal story to let supporters know why you’re participating and why you support the American Cancer Society.
7. Manage Your Communications
View and Thank Your Donors
See a complete list of donors and send thank-you messages directly through your dashboard.
Email Your Contacts
Import or add contacts and send personalized fundraising or thank-you emails.
8. Track Your Progress with Badges
Access all available activity and status badges to celebrate milestones and stay motivated.
Team Dashboard Guide
1. Invite & Communicate With Your Team
Invite friends and family to join your team, email team members, and promote your team using pre-written messages you can share via email, Facebook, or Twitter.
2. Create a Team Page URL
Build a custom, easy-to-share link for your team fundraising page.
3. Add Photos & Video to Your Team Page
Make your team page more compelling by uploading photos or adding a YouTube video link.
4. Edit Your Team Name
Update your team name whenever you need to reflect your group’s theme or identity.
5. Update Your Team Fundraising Goal
Set or adjust your team’s goal to stay motivated and track your progress.
6. Update Your Team Story
Share why your team participates and inspire donors with your team’s mission and passion.
7. View & Thank Your Team Donors
See a full list of team donors, send thank-you messages, and download the donor list for tracking or recognition.
8. View Team Fundraising Badges
Explore all available team fundraising badges, including the ones your team has already earned.
9. Access Additional Team Fundraising Resources
Find more tools, tips, and resources to help your team raise even more.
Compose A Message
Compose a New Message
1. Log into your Dashboard.
2. Choose your message type:
– Ask for donations
– Share your page
– Invite friends
Then select the Email icon.
3. The email tool will open.
4. Add recipients:
– Begin typing names into the To: field.
– If contacts are saved in your Address Book, they will auto-populate.
– Click Select Contact(s) or Select Group(s) to browse more options.
5. Choose a message template (optional):
– Open the Select a template dropdown (ex: Thank a Donor).
– The selected template will appear for you to personalize or send as-is.
6. Once your email is ready, choose one of the following:
– Save As New Template – reuse this message later
– Save As Draft – finish and send it later
– Preview – see how it will look to recipients
– Send – deliver the message to all selected recipients
A confirmation will appear after sending.
Thank Your Donors
Thank Your Donors
1. Log into your Dashboard.
2. Scroll to the My Communications section to see your donor list.
3. Choose how to thank donors:
– Click Thank All to send one message to everyone
– Or click Thank next to individual donor names
4. Select a template or write your own message, then click Send.
5. After sending, the “Thank” option will disappear for that donor.
Manage Contacts
Manage Your Contacts
Note: Your address book is private. The American Cancer Society does not send spam or share this information.
Manage Your Address Book
1. Log into your Dashboard.
2. Scroll to the My Communications section and click Manage Contacts.
3. Your Address Book will appear, containing:
– Contacts you have added
– Anyone you have emailed
– All contacts from past years (if you are a returning participant)
4. From this section, you can:
– Add new contacts
– Delete contacts
– Edit existing contact details
– Update email/phone/address info
– Add or remove contacts from groups
Create an Email Group
Creating groups helps you organize contacts and send targeted messages.
1. Log into your Dashboard.
2. Scroll to the My Communications section and click Manage Contacts.
3. Select the contacts you want to group, then click Add to Group.
4. Choose to:
– Add contacts to an existing group
– OR create a new group
Click Save, then click Save Changes when finished.