Thursday, August 30, 2012

Presenter Highlight: Julie DeAzevedo Hanks


WEEKLY BUSINESS
The countdown continues....
21 DAYS until Pre-Registration ends!!!!

We have a lot of ground to cover in the next 21 days to make our goal, so please shout, post, email, share, give, talk.talk.talk. about TOFW!!

Follow Up: Thanks to those of you who reported on your brochures.  We still haven't heard from most of the team...is everyone just busy with the end of summer, start of school???  Don't forget to check in on the blog and comment that you've read it even if it's just signing your name.  AND be sure to share ideas with each other on your Facebook group so you can give out ALL of your brochures in the next 2 weeks.
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WEEKLY FOCUS
PRESENTER HIGHLIGHT: JULIE DE AZEVEDO HANKS
You might remember Julie's voice from her long and successful career as a singer/songwriter.  But did you know that she's also a celebrated therapist, life coach and advocate for women's mental health and well being?  Julie will bring the intimacy of a chat session with a wise girl friend to the Springfield TOFW event as she dishes about how to find your own voice in the wild world of being a follower of Christ.

Presenter Bio & Product Page: http://deseretbook.com/timeout/presenter/1566
Stories & Posts on TOFW.com: http://tofw.com/author/51
Julie's Website: http://www.juliehanks.com/
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SHARE CHALLENGE
Share this videos or a TOFW.com story from Julie.  Your friends will FOR SURE want more!

{Share Link: http://youtu.be/v96zPjXQr-g}
COMMENT CORNER: Julie reminds us that our feelings are information.  Tell us how you're feeling about TOFW in Springfield!  If you don't have extra time, just sign your name...I think Julie would agree that that's OKAY!
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Thursday, August 23, 2012

Brochures EVERYWHERE!

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WEEKLY BUSINESS
Comment Follow Up: Thank you for sharing the good you saw in yourself this week...I know it lifted my heart and I hope it helped lift yours.  You're going to need strong cheerful hearts as we head into the final stretch of pre-registration...because:

There are ONLY 28 DAYS left of pre-registration!!!  We've reached about 18% of our registration goal, but there's still more to do!!!  and now it's time to get those brochures out and start registering the groups we've been helping to cultivate.  You're awesome and you do awesome things! Keep doing them!
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WEEKLY FOCUS
BROCHURES EVERYWHERE!
Have you had fun sharing your brochures? Do you still have some left? We mailed several thousand brochures to all of our customers in your area this week, and so it's time to follow-up and make sure everyone knows they can come to YOU for questions or to get in a group.  Brochures might seem obsolete in this wild world of SOCIAL MEDIA...but don't let progress fool you into thinking we don't need to hand out brochures!  The life span of a brochure is a lasting reminder of TOFW.   Think about this:  You give it to a friend (1 look) and she puts in her bag.  It comes out of the  bag (2 looks!).  It goes on the counter (3,4,5 looks unless she's much more organized than me).  Facebook posts get buried so quickly, but your brochure lasts forever (or at least until you buy your tickets and then recycle it :))

Maybe this is also a good time for a refresher on where and when and how you CAN  (and can't) distribute your brochures so that you're meeting the guidelines.  There's been a little confusion about this, so please read this part carefully.

YOU CAN SHARE YOUR BROCHURES AT CHURCH 
Bring them to church with you and as you see friends, hand them out!  Be sure to let them know what TOFW is, where and when it is and that you are proudly on the TOFW team! 

The guidelines do say that we can't use church resources to mass distribute our information.  We want to avoid making it look like TOFW is a church sponsored event.  Specifically that means YOU CAN'T do the following: 
  1. Leave them on a table for people to pick up with no explanation of what TOFW is.
  2. Stand at a door and give one to everyone that enters a room.
  3. Post one on the bulletin boards in the church halls.
  4. Put them on cars in church parking lots.
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SHARE CHALLENGE
BROCHURES:  Please make an effort to follow-up with your friends & family to see if they received a brochure. Then ask them if they have a group to join yet...if not...you now know who to help. Let's make sure all of our brochures are distributed in the next week or so.

Here are a few easy, fun ideas for distributing your brochures:
  1. Give a friend some brochures and have her help you by giving them to her friends
  2. If you know a local business with lots of LDS customers, ask the owner if you can post a brochure.  Just make sure it is in a place where customers will recognize that it is primarily Mormon messages because it is presented by Deseret Book.
  3. Write a message on the back of the brochure telling your friend why they would enjoy TOFW.  Give your name and phone number and deadline of when you are getting your group together so they can join you.
  4. Make sure to point out the tear out cards, so the person receiving the brochure can form a GROUP.  
  5. GET CREATIVE and share your ideas on the team FACEBOOK page!
TOFW EMAIL: Earlier this month we sent an email to all of our Deseret Book customers in the area reminding them that Time Out for Women  pre-registration is in full swing!  Please share the email with everyone just in case they didn't get it from us. 
{TOFW SHARE LINK: http://tinyurl.com/10wkSPR }

COMMENT CORNER: How many brochures do you have left?  Share a great idea with the team about how you are distributing them.
Posted by at 11 comments

Thursday, August 16, 2012

Presenter Highlights: DeAnne Flynn & S. Michael Wilcox

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WEEKLY BUSINESS
FOLLOW UP:  I have one word to describe the way you serve the women of New England: AMAZINGLY.  It was fun to read your creative ways to serve and I hope the exercise got you excited to participate in and publicize our GOOD MEAL project to the ladies in your area...
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WEEKLY FOCUS
 PRESENTER HIGHLIGHT: DEANNE FLYNN
DeAnne’s energy and enthusiasm for life, motherhood, and TOFW is contagious!  A mother to seven children, you will love her dynamic personality and energetic approach to  life, kids and service.

Presenter Bio & Product Page: http://deseretbook.com/timeout/presenter/19525
Seek the Good Snippet: http://deseretbook.com/timeout/presenters
Author Page on TOFW.com: http://tofw.com/author/3
Story on LDSLiving.com: http://ldsliving.com/story/64386-why-dont-moms-like-mothers-day
DeAnne’s Mother’s Mite Website: http://mothersmite.com/
YouTube Video Link: http://youtu.be/KAn-UjofvwA

PRESENTER HIGHLIGHT: S. MICHAEL WILCOX
His unmatched gospel knowledge will interest you and his gentle, storytelling method of teaching will inspire you.  A TOFW favorite for sure!

Presenter Bio & Product Page: http://deseretbook.com/timeout/presenter/310
Seek the Good Snippet: http://deseretbook.com/timeout/presenters
Author Page on TOFW.com: http://tofw.com/author/13
Stories on LDSLiving.com: http://ldsliving.com/search?x=0&y=0&q=S.+Michael+Wilcox
YouTube Video Link: http://youtu.be/vtEV_-JP92c

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SHARE CHALLENGE!
Share DeAnne’s website with someone so they can learn about The Mother’s Mite Initiative.  Share this video with your friends so they can be reminded to allow themselves to celebrate they GOOD they do!
Share this video of S. Michael Wilcox with your friends so they can have some insight into understanding the “Great Goodness of God”.
COMMENT CORNER: In the spirit of DeAnne’s challenge, let’s celebrate the good you did today!  Tell us ONE good thing you did or accomplished today.  Or, you could take Michael's advice and share something you've experienced the "Great Goodness of God."
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Thursday, August 9, 2012

Giving Back at TOFW (Scholarship & Service Project)

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WEEKLY UPDATE
Follow Up:  Only 12 comments last week :(  Maybe this is the FIRST year of TOFW for some of you so you weren't sure what to do?  If you don't have a TOFW memory or a comment at all, you can just sign your name and let us know you were on the blog!  We sure like you ladies!
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WEEKLY FOCUS
Giving Back, TOFW- Style

#1 GOOD MEAL PROJECT~ Our 2012 Service Project is called THE GOOD MEAL PROJECT.  We will be creating bagged meals at the event that will be donated to the Food Bank in each city that is part of the 2012 Tour.  The process will be much like our Possibility Packs and Hope Kits from prior years.

 ~Attendees will be asked to bring the following items as donations when they come to the event (letter corresponding to the first letter in their last name):

A - F Chili (TWO - 15 oz. cans)
G – K Biscuit Mix ( TWO 8 oz. "just add water" mixes)
L - R Green beans (TWO - 14.5 oz. cans)
S - Z Teddy Grahams (ONE 10 oz. box)

~Team members will collect and sort donations Friday evening and Saturday morning.

~During lunch on Saturday we will have 2 assembly shifts where attendees can assemble meals into bags that will be donated to the food bank.

I've attached a PDF information sheet about the project to your email today so you can share it with everyone you know coming! 

#2 SCHOLARSHIP~Please take some time to think of a few ways you can find women and girls to participate in the scholarship program (click here if you need a reminder about how the program works). Our Scholarship program is ONLY RUN THROUGH THE TEAM and so you are the only ones out there to tell the women about it. For a reminder of what the scholarship program is click here. Please take note at the right the scholarship coordinator's contact information and scholarship submission deadline. 
   
IDEAS FOR SHARING the Scholarship:
     
1. Send an email to all your friends and family and ask them if they know of anyone that wants to go, but cannot afford it. You might say something like this: “Have you talked to someone who would love to go to TOFW, but can’t afford the full-price? As a team member, I have the opportunity to offer a few women scholarship registrations. Please send anyone you know that is in this situation to me and I will help to get them registered. We don’t want ANYONE to miss this!”
     
2. Ward leaders: Although we do not advertise this event to the members of your ward through church channels, you might want to contact your ward Relief Society President and let her know that you are a team member and have access to the “scholarship program.” Tell her that if she becomes aware of a woman who is in this situation, to have them contact you and you will take care of them. The woman needs to come to you personally, rather than having the leader submit their name to you, just so we can make sure she is fully aware of how the program works and is committed to it. We also want to make sure that she never confuses this with being something the Church donated for her. PLEASE UNDERSTAND that we do not want any church leader to be in a position where they feel like they are informing a woman about TOFW. And please do not contact leaders outside your natural friendship circles.   
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SHARE CHALLENGE
Of course, the share challenge this week is all about service! 

Share the Service Project video and Donation list with women you know are coming to TOFW and those you think would like to be a part of this exciting project!   

  {Share this link: http://youtu.be/WEIKqzMESqg}
****Also, find one scholarship recipient this week! ***
COMMENT CORNER:  Using ONLY ONE word, describe your favorite way to serve (get creative!)
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Thursday, August 2, 2012

Presenter Highlight: Chris Williams

{Please be sure to check out the REG BY CITY tab to see how it's looking in your area}

WEEKLY BUSINESS
Blog Follow Up:  Glad to hear about your email campaigns.  If email isn't your thing, there are so many other creative ways to share TOFW.  Don't forget to use the facebook page as a resource for sharing more of those creative ideas.  
TOFW on PINTEREST:  Great news!  TOFW now has a pinterest page with fun boards full of ideas, quotes and even recipes that you can repin and share with your pinning friends.  If you are on pinterest, go check it out, follow us and pin away! http://pinterest.com/tofw
LOCAL LDS BOOKSTORE: Latter-Day Harvest bookstore has joined us in publicizing TOFW!
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WEEKLY FOCUS
Chris Williams, a new TOFW presenter for 2012, has a lot of important things to share with us about Seeking the Good.  After his wife and three of his children were killed by a drunk driver, Chris found the strength to forgive and let go.  His faith in God’s ability to make tragedy change us for good has lead him to move forward on a path that has added joy to his life equal to his pain.  He’s now remarried and his rapidly growing family has just welcomed darling baby girl number two! Chris may be one of few male presenters at Time Out, but we promise, he’ll  fit in perfectly with the TOFW crowd in Springfield!     

Read more about Chris and his TOFW SEEK THE GOOD message “Let It Go”:
Presenter Bio & Product Page : http://deseretbook.com/timeout/presenter/21917
Chris Williams’ Mormon Message: http://youtu.be/E7zwQ_7q-fU

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SHARE CHALLENGE
Please take a few minutes and SHARE CHRIS with others (your blog, facebook, emails, etc.!)
{SHARE this link: http://youtu.be/0pb5IHMQCys}
COMMENT CORNER: This is Chris’ first year as a TOFW presenter.  What was your first year at TOFW and what do you remember most?
Posted by at 13 comments
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