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Fall Product Training

What is the Fall Product Program?

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New Products: Honey Vanilla Almonds!

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Made with Madagascar Vanilla for superior aroma and flavor!

New Products: Pecan Supremes 2 ways!

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…or in a box for $8! Available in a collectible keepsake tin for $10…

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New Products: Peppermint Rounds!

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White milk chocolate with crushed peppermint candy,

• n top of dark chocolate,

individually wrapped.

Discontinued:

• Double Dipped

Chocolate Peanuts

• Dark Chocolate Sea

Salt Almonds

Najin and Fatu – Northern White Rhinos

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How do Customers Place an Order?

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• Paper Order Card
• Online Webstore
• Direct Shipping
• Girl Delivery

All online orders are paid for online. Girls will not collect payment for any online orders.

• Order card or online webstore
• Each donation is $7
• Donated product will be vendor overstock
• Donations received from Sept. 27 – Oct.13

will be distributed to troops

• Donations received from Oct.14 – Oct. 30

will be distributed by council

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Care to Share Donations

Customer donations will help support local community organizations

Getting Started - Fall Product Social Rally

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Getting Started: Troops

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• Get REGISTERED www.girlscoutcsa.org My GS
• Submit required TROOP AGREEMENT FORM by

September 23

www.girlscoutcsa.org Cookies+ > Fall Product Program

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Fall Product Program website

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Fall Product Program Website

Click on the arrow beside each topic to

• pen a menu of

available resources.

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The following forms are due by SEPTEMBER 23:

Forms Online

Troop forms Parent forms Troop Agreement form Parent Agreement form** ACH & Troop Banking form* *ACH form only needs to be done if you have a new bank account or a new signer on the bank account **Parent Agreement forms are found in the back of the Family Guide.

Protect yourself and your troop from financial responsibility for parents who don’t pay for product!!!

Where does money for Fall Product go?

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Cost of Product (45%) Programming for Girls (30%) Troop/SU Proceeds & Girl Rewards (25%)

$110,126

Troop Proceeds and Bonus

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Troop Proceeds – automatically earn Girl Delivered (Online & Order Card): $1 per item Direct Shipped (Online): 15% of Retail Price Troop Bonus - additional $0.20 per item if you:

• Submit Troop Agreement Form by Sept. 23
• Troop PGA 30+ items

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Patches

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Personalized Patch

• Sell $250 worth of Product
• Create Me2 Avatar
• Send 12 emails through
• nline store

Rewards

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Rewards

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Volunteer Reward Product Champion Club!

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Girl Rewards

Send 12+ emails

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Sell 240+ cookies Sell 8+ product

• AND-

Sell 450+ cookies Fall Product PGA 30+

• AND-

Cookie IO PGA 220+

• OR-

Cookie Final PGA 255+

Top Entrepreneur Rhino Plush

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The Top Entrepreneur in the council will earn this larger-than-life, Rhino plush! Stayed tuned to council email and social media for a naming contest for Najin and Fatu’s friend!

Webstore (M2) Registration

• Girl may register as a first time

participant or indicate that she participated last year

• Bi-lingual experience available
• Volunteers can access the webstore

from the same landing page as participants – click the volunteer button!

Set Up Basics

• Girls choose troop number

from a drop down menu or select “I don’t know/see my troop/group #”

• Girls are unable to edit

name, but can enter a nickname

• Answer questions about her

goals and what Girl Scouting means to her

Create Your Me2 and Record Your Message

Girls have the opportunity to design their very own likeness with enough features to create

• ver four billion avatars!

Send 15 emails and sell

Personalize Your Campaign

Girls who uploaded photos and/or videos sold more

Girls can earn a personalized patch for reaching $250 in total sales and sending 12 emails.

Share Your Campaign

Share the news of your Fall Product Program with family and friends by sending emails

• r sharing on social media.

27% of online sales came from social media shares

Upload your address book or enter 12 emails to earn a patch

Girl Dashboard

Navigation tools for all aspects of the program are found here:

• Manage paper orders
• Reports
• Emails
• Printable business cards
• Rewards

Entering Order Card Sales

• Parents have until Oct. 13 to

enter the total of each item sold

• n the order card into the

webstore

• If the parent did not submit an
• rder, troops can input orders for

girls from October 14 – 16.

• Online Girl Delivered items are

already included in the troop product order.

Online Storefronts

Magazine selections include all Time, Inc. titles and subscription kits for kids

Customer View

Remember: Customers pay for girl delivered items at the time the order is placed online. Girls will not collect money for these items from customers at time of delivery

Volunteer Level Access

Troop and service unit functions online

Email Invitation Granting Access

• You will receive a volunteer invitation

email around September 25, 2019.

• Follow link to set a password.
• After initial set up, you can sign back in

using the same link as a girl participant www.gsnutsandmags.com/gscsa and clicking on the “Volunteer” button

Instructions for Getting Started

• Create your avatar
• Optional: upload a troop video

Dashboard – Your Campaign Headquarters

The Dashboard homepage helps you manage your troop:

• View girls
• View rewards
• Manage paper order entry
• View reports
• Print delivery tickets

Emailing Through Webstore

Entering Order Card Orders

• Find directions on how to

enter paper orders in your Volunteer Guide.

• If a girl is missing from your

troop, contact council before

• Oct. 14, or use the option to

+Add Girl Scout found here from Oct. 14 – 16.

Reports

• View reports by total

sales or by product.

• Click a girl name to

view the specific details of individual girls.

M2 Webstore Help

Hours of

• peration for

M2’s customer service are 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., EST.

Please refer customers with questions about their orders or fulfillment

• f their orders, to M2’s

customer service team. Issues or concerns are more quickly resolved when representatives are able to speak directly with customers.

Troop Product Pick-Up & Distribution

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• Print Delivery Tickets from the online dashboard.
• Pickup product, count and verify order.
• Transport and store product properly to protect from melting.
• Distribute product to girls - Always get a signed receipt from

parents!

NOVEMBER 4 - 8

Financial Guidelines

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FORMS

The Parent Agreement form protects the troop from financial

• liability. Do not give sales materials or product to a parent

who has not given you a signed form!

RECEIPTS

Always get a receipt when distributing product or accepting

• money. This tracks financial responsibility.

DEADLINES

Troops are responsible for reporting any parents with Product Theft to the council by December 4.

Reporting Product Theft

Go to www.girlscoutcsa.org > Cookies+ > Fall Product Program > Forms > Product Theft Form by December 4 Product Theft Form requires:

• Signed Parent Agreement form
• All signed receipts for product the parent received
• All signed receipts for money the parent paid
• Copies of any communications with the parent (email, texts, social

media, time/date of phone calls or voicemails)

• Amount of money still due

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Important Deadlines

• All forms are due: September 23
• Order card and Online Girl Delivery: September 27–October 13
• Troops must verify that all orders have been input: October 14–16
• Online Direct Ship and Magazines only: October 14–October 30
• Complete all reward selections: October 31
• Product will be delivered to service units to distribute to troops: 1st

week of November

• Product Theft forms due: December 4
• Money due in troop bank account: December 6

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What’s Next?

• Verify troop roster is correct, ASAP
• All forms are due: September 23
• Sale starts September 27

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