Crowdfunding for Social Good Workbook

by Devin D. Thorpe

Paired with Crowdfunding for Social Good this workbook will help you plan your next crowdfunding campaign, to raise more money for doing good!You will •Three different types of crowdfunding•How to plan and prepare to raise more money•To assess your cause's potential for funding•Step by step plans for your campaign•Social media strategy•How to raise 30 percent of your goal on the first day•How to make a compelling video•To write compelling fundraising emails•How to have a party that launches the campaign's success•To use investment crowdfundingThis workbook paired with Crowdfunding for Social Good will help you raise money via crowdfunding. Remember, even though crowdfunding is not a complete development plan, no development plan is complete without it.Champion of Social GoodAuthor, Devin Thorpe was a finance guy until he realized life wasn’t all about the money. As a new-media journalist and founder of the Your Mark on the World Center, Devin has been recognized internationally as a crowdfunding thought leader. As a Forbes contributor, with 400 bylines and over one million unique visitors, he has become a recognized name in the social impact arena. His YouTube show, Your Mark on the World, featuring over 800 celebrities, CEOs, billionaires, entrepreneurs and others who are out to change the world, features frequent crowdfunding guests.Praise for Devin’s training."Personally, I appreciated your expertise, humor, down-to-earth approach, focus on helping participants understand the basic concepts, and giving attendees the tools to be successful with their own crowdfunding efforts." ~Chris Bray, CEO of Utah Nonprofits Association"Devin’s speech, followed by his panel discussion on Crowdfunding for Social Good was one of the absolute highlights of the Crowd Invest Summit West 2016 and was praised by attendees and sponsors alike. Devin knows how to work a room and deliver high-quality content." ~Josef Holm"Great to be here!! You were awesome as usual!!" ~Joy Case"@devindthorpe THANK YOU! You are a big part of #CIS16 success & LOVED your presentation! I WILL CHANGE THE WORLD!" ~Alon Goren

108 pages, Paperback

Published April 17, 2017

About the author

Devin Thorpe thinks he is the luckiest person alive. After being “let go” from the best job he’d ever had—as the Chief Financial Officer of the multinational food and beverage company MonaVie—he and his wife ended up living in China for a year where he wrote Your Mark On The World and embarked on the career he’d always wanted and hadn’t dared dream.
Now, as an author and blogger for Forbes Devin writes about the things that inspire him, mostly stories of people who are making a positive difference in the world and how we can all be more like them. His current life isn’t much like his past. As an entrepreneur, Devin ran—at separate times—a boutique investment banking firm and a small mortgage company. He served as the Treasurer for the multinational vitamin manufacturer USANA Health Sciences years before becoming CFO for MonaVie.
Devin squeezed in two brief stints in government, including two years working for Jake Garn on the U.S. Senate Banking Committee Staff and another year working for an independent state agency called USTAR, where he helped foster technology entrepreneurship during Governor Jon Huntsman’s administration.
Devin is proud to be a Ute, having graduated from the University of Utah David Eccles School of Business, which recognized him as a Distinguished Alum in 2006. He also earned an MBA at Cornell University where he ran the student newspaper, Cornell Business.
Today, Devin channels the idealism of his youth, championing social good, with the loving support of his wife, Gail. Their son Dayton is a PhD candidate in Physics at UC Berkeley (and Devin rarely misses an opportunity to mention that).