2021 FALL PRODUCT PROGRAM TRAINING - GIRL SCOUTS HEART OF THE HUDSON - Girl Scouts Heart of the ...
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WE APPRECIATE YOU! WE MADE IT THROUGH 2020…TOGETHER! THANK YOU FOR KEEPING THE PRODUCT PROGRAM STORY RELEVANT AND HELPING TO MOTIVATE GIRLS AND TROOPS
The Program itself is a learning experience Why should troops participate in product programs? Troops use money earned from the program to go on fun Why should girls and caregivers adventures like travel and camp participate? Troops use money earned to give What is the value of this program to back to their community the girls -Troop money earning -Fun activities The program helps fund the entire Girl Scout Experience -Entire Girl Scout Experience -Giving back
What’s the Story? What is the product program story and how do we tell it? FUNDING FOR COUNCIL IN HER OWN PROGRAMS OPPORTUNITIES WORDS • Volunteer Support • Participation allows girls to • Taking the “why” to the next level work as a team and build life • Interview troops and girls in your • Camps skills SU asking them about what • Girl Program • Provides opportunities for participating in product programs troops to give back to the means to them community and creates girl experiences
RISE UP BY SUPPORTING TROOPS AND GIRLS • You are directly impacting the future of girls by… • Facilitating this girl-led entrepreneurial program in the fall • Assisting girls in earning funds to support their amazing girl-led adventures and service opportunities locally, nationally and globally • Providing girls with the opportunity to share their skills to make the world a better place • You are providing girls with life- changing experiences by helping spread the product program story
• There are approximately 595,000 adult Emperor penguins in Antarctica • It’s the only animal to inhabit the open ice of Antarctica during the winter • They face wind chills as cold as -76oF and blizzards of 124mph • Four layers of scale-like feather protect them from icy winds and provide a waterproof coat • Colonies of adults and chicks work together to huddle for warmth. 5,000 or more tightly packed adults and chicks shuffle around, so each takes a turn - but not too long - on the outside of the huddle where it’s cold • The tallest and heaviest of all living penguin species, reaching an average 39 inches in length and can weigh up to 88 pounds • Diet consists primarily of fish, krill, and squid • Their aerodynamic bodies and strong flippers make them excellent swimmers, reaching speeds of 7.6 mph Emperor • They can dive deeper than any other bird – as deep as 565 m 1850 ft - and they can stay under for more than 20 minutes • A social animal, they will walk up to 75 miles each year to reach their colonial nesting areas • Once an egg is laid, the male will care for the egg until hatched while Penguins the mother returns to the sea to hunt for food. This can last up to 2 months! • As the young penguins grow, adults leave them in groups of chicks Theme: • called crèches while they leave to fish. Considered a “near threatened” species due to disease, habitat Rise Up destruction, and disturbance of breeding colonies by humans • They can live 15-20 years in the wild
Personalized Patch • Girl chooses name, nickname or initials for her patch • Girl makes selection between two patch backgrounds • Opportunity to provide mailing address after login • Personalized patches ship directly to girls as earned throughout the program • Earned by: • Sending 15+ Emails & selling 5 Magazines & 20+ Nut/Chocolate items during fall program
Getting Started • Girls offer a variety of items to family and friends in two ways • In-person using a nut order card • Online sending emails and sharing link on social media to purchase magazines and nuts/chocolates
In-person Nut & Chocolate Items Delicious selection of items NEW Peanut butter penguins & Everything Cashews
Tins Perfect for Gifts and Treats! GIRL SCOUT SNOW SCAPE TIN PENGUIN TIN TIN Milk Chocolate Mint Trefoils Peppermint Bark Rounds Chocolate Covered Pretzels 12
• Donation of candy/nut items to the military • Customers make $6 donation • Enter in Care to Share column on paper order card and M2 System • Troops receive $1 Care to Share in troop proceeds Customers make and sales count purchases to support towards girl rewards the Military 13
Girl Online Experience CREATE A VIRTUAL LIKENESS Creating avatars makes participating fun and get results with PATENTED Girl Scout platform
LaunchYour Campaign Girls log in as a first-time participant or as a returning user from last year Spanish experience available
Registering an Account • Zip code • Participant • Troop number selection or “I don’t know/see my validation information and Troop#/Group#” ensuring girl in secure password • Participant can edit correct council setup nickname • Answer questions about girl goals and what Girl Scouting means to her
Personalize Her Campaign Girl designs her own virtual likeness choosing from over Earned by sending15 e-mails and sell 4+ 3 billion avatar feature magazines and 20+ nut/chocolate items combinations Upload a photo or video to share on your storefront
Promoting Her Campaign • Girls share their online storefront link with family and friends by sending emails or “share my site” • Email is most popular option • 27% of online sales come from social media • Girls' business cards preprinted with their storefront code • NEW! – Share your store with family and friends using your smartphone • Easier for returning girls with customer email addresses saved year over year • Option to include last name so friends and family know who is sending the email • Simplicity of one click renewals for customers previously purchasing magazines
Girl’s Campaign HQ Navigation tools for all aspects of the program • E-mails/Social Media/Texting • Printable business cards with girl’s online store code • Manage paper orders (nut card sales entry) • Rewards earned and actions need to receive rewards • Door hangers with QR code and girl’s personal storefront code • Reports • Avatar’s room with troop photo 19
2021-22 Fall & Girl Scout Cookie Crossover Patch • As a Girl Scout member, girls work to create change and to spread kindness in the world around them • To earn this crossover patch, girls must: • Participate in the 2021 Fall Product Program by creating an avatar and sending 15+ emails • Sell 125+ packages of cookies during the 2022 Cookie Program
Customer Emails Family and friends receive emails with links to shop for magazines and nuts/chocolates and can hear the special message recorded by their favorite Girl Scout 21
Online Storefronts Customers can choose to shop for magazines and/or nuts 22
Purchasing Online Nuts/Chocolates • Customers have the option to choose girl delivered or direct ship • Customers pay for all products online at the time of checkout
Entering Order Card Items Parents/girls enter the total of each item using the nut order card into the M2OS system prior to the end of the program Nut order card totals will be tabulated and added to all online sales totals in reports All in-person nut orders must be entered into M2OS system to be processed 24
Reports Reports Broken Out By Sales Categories View All Girl Delivered Items Sold Online By Customer To See Which Products To Deliver Report Emailed To Parents At End Of Program
Volunteer Level Access Helping Troops and Girls Do Great Things
Welcome toYour Campaign o Prior to Fall Product Program start, volunteers receive email invitation to M2OS o Click link embedded in email to setup password o After login, volunteers can return to council’s M2OS landing page 27
Getting Started • Watch troop training video • Create your troop leader avatar • Within M2OS, launch parent/guardian email blasts (PGEB) announcing troop participation in the fall product program • Manage nut card orders (after girl entry for any girls who didn’t enter their own paper orders) • View reports
Parent and Guardian Email Blast
Troop Dashboard • Headquarters for managing a troop campaign • All program management tools on one site • Enter nut order card items • Click on girl name to enter order card items • If girl is missing, contact council to have her added to M2OS • Message the girls in your troop • Assist girls with reward choices
Girl Rewards • Rewards are automatically calculated for girls • To view rewards, choose the Rewards link from the Troop Dashboard • If girls didn’t make choices, troop volunteers can make reward selections for them • Detailed reports of earned rewards available under Reports link or through the Delivery Tickets link
Troop Banking & Payments • View troop financial information including: • Troop sales summary • Gross sales • Total paid online by customers • Total proceeds earned • Balance due council • Girl payments (if entered by troop)
Reports Click the reports link from the troop dashboard to view total sales or sales by product category Click a girl name to view the specific details of individual girls Link on dashboard troop summary/amount due report
Service Unit Dashboard • Send messages to troops • Manage troop admin users • Manage/edit girl and troop products • View troop financials and payments made to council • Troop sales summaries • Delivery tickets 34
Delivery Tickets • Print delivery tickets by SU, troop or girl • Available for products and rewards for easier picking and packing • Option to include financials
Volunteer Patch Troop Fall Service Unit Product Chairs Product Chairs Earned by Earned for $1 achieving in total $1,200 in total Troop sales & Service Unit sending the sales PGEB
Last day for troops Program begins to enter orders in SU Nut Deliveries M2OS for girls Important 27 Sep. 30 Oct. 29 Nov. Dates 29 Oct. 3 Nov. 13 Dec. In-person girl Last day for SU to Online orders for order taking ends. edit orders in Direct Ship Nuts Last day for M2OS. and Magazines parents to enter Online girl ends paper orders in delivered order M2OS taking ends. 37
Early Renewal Cookie Bonus Earn an additional $.05 per package! Earning Criteria (Girls Earn Individually): o Registered during “Early Bird” last spring o During Fall Product Program: ü Participate in 2021 Nuts+Mags Program ü Sell 5 Items o During Cookie Program: ü Sell during Initial Order, earn bonus on these cookies
What’s Next? 1. Remind troops to login to M2OS, watch training video and create their avatar 2. Encourage troops to send the Parent/Guardian launch email to participants • Girls setup their own campaign on M2OS, so troop leaders don’t need to 3. Emphasize the simplicity of online girl delivered items • Money collected online and items automatically added for the girls • Girl simply deliver the items 39
Fall Product Program Customer Care M2’s Customer Care team is cross-trained to handle tech support, volunteer/participant and customer inquiries 100% customer satisfaction guarantee
THANK YOU! For your continued support of Girl Scouting and the Fall Product Program. We look forward to a successful 2021 Fall Product Program! 41
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