Giving Day Timeline & Important Dates

  • Secure major gifts and leadership gifts for challenges and lead gifts
  • Meetings with stakeholders
  • Create content and plans

  • Toolkit review session
  • Save the Date email
  • Direct mail appeal to secure early gifts
  • Secure major gifts and leadership gifts for challenges and lead gifts

  • Email series launches on February 14
  • Giving Day site goes live on February 14 at noon Tucson time

  • Thank donors on social media and by email
  • Meet with annual giving, other teams involved to talk about successes, areas of improvement, lessons for next year

Pre-Giving Day

Email 1: 1/14, 9 a.m.
Message: Save the Date – Feb. 14
Audience:

  • Alumni
  • Parents
  • UArizona employees/staff

Giving Day

Email 1: 2/14, 12 p.m.
Message: Giving Day Begins!

Audience:

  • Alumni
  • Parents
  • Friends
  • Non-grads
  • UArizona employees/staff

Email 2: 2/14, 4 p.m.
Message: Support Your College on Giving Day!
 

Audience:

  • College/Unit Segments

Email 3: 2/14, 8 p.m.
Message: Halfway Through!
 

Audience:

  • Alumni
  • Parents
  • UArizona faculty/staf

Email 4: 2/15, 6 a.m. (two versions)
Message: Highlighting College Priorities OR Central Giving Priorities

Audience:

  • College/Unit segments
  • Central audience who doesn’t relate to a College/Unit

Email 5: 2/15, 11 a.m.
Message: Final Push for Giving Day

Audience:

  • Alumni
  • Parents
  • Friends
  • Non-grads
  • UArizona faculty/staff
 

 Post-Giving Day

Email 1: 2/19, 11 a.m.
Message: Thank You, There’s Still Time to Give

Audience:

  • FY24 Giving Day Donors
  • FY24 Giving Day Non-Donors