After you've done your 24+ hours of preparation, we cram 18 hours of intense training into your mind and heart! It is a fast-paced, paradigm shifting two days of lecture, multimedia, Q and A, small group discussion, and more. Boot Camp will move you to tears, laughter, reflection, and finally to action.

Introduction
We help everyone identify the fears, obstacles, and questions they have before we begin. We all have struggles and doubts in this critical area. Let's admit it, and get started!

1. The Biblical Basis of Support Raising
We do a thorough overview of the vast amount of Old and New Testament teaching and modeling regarding this concept of asking others to invest in our God-given vision.

2. Gaining Perspective on Support Raising
How we view God, our ministry, ourselves, and our donors will make us or break us. Half the battle in support raising is in our own mind. We must have the right perspective!

3. Planning and Preparation for Support Raising
We don't let you begin half-cocked. You must do a substantial amount of preparation and planning before you launch out to raise support. If you're going to do it, do it right!

4. The Phone Call, Appointment, and Follow Up
We take you through a role play of calling for the appointment, the face-to-face ask, and follow-up call for a decision. You then practice it all with other seminar participants.

5. Maintenance and Cultivation of Your Support Team
We cover the keys to helping you develop a healthy and vibrant support team that will stick with you as long as you minister. It's a lot of work, but the benefits are fantastic!

• Download and complete the Preparation Packet (requires 24+ hours).
• You will receive two textbooks (Funding Your Ministry by Scott Morton and ViewPoints by Steve Shadrach) in the mail as soon as you register. Please begin working on the assignments as quickly as possible.
• Raise at least $100 of the seminar fee from at least two donors in face-to-face meetings.
• Find an accountability partner.
  • This person needs to be someone who will boldly and consistently hold you to your weekly fundraising goals until you reach 100%.
  • Hint: Recruit the most black and white, hard core, goal oriented person you can find. You will never regret it!
• Make your travel and lodging arrangements.
• Make arrangements for child care (if needed). Children are not allowed at the training (this includes nursing babies).

• The seminar begins at 8 a.m. and ends at 6 p.m. both days. You must arrive on time and stay until the seminar is over to be eligible for the discount.
• The seminar is 18 hours of intense lecture, multimedia, Q&A, role play, and small group discussion.
• Bring all completed homework (all Bible studies, worksheets, names lists, etc.).
• Come prepared for a mock support appointment on the second day of the seminar.
• On the second day, men need to wear a coat/tie and women a dress or skirt/slacks & blouse so you will be dressed for the mock support appointment.
• Meals will be on your own. One meal on the second day will be reserved for your mock support appointment (please bring $5/person to help cover the cost of the meal).
• At the end of the seminar, you'll be asked to fill out the accountability checklist to determine whether or not you are eligible for the discount (it's completely on the honor system).

• Fill out an accountability sheet on time spent support raising each week until you are at 100% support.
• Record how many phone calls, appointments, follow-ups, and letters are sent each week.
• Mail or e-mail this information to your accountability partner, followed by a phone call.

• We require you to guarantee at least 10 staff members (spouses included) from YOUR organization who will attend before we will agree to come to your location for a Boot Camp.  If you cannot meet the requirement of 10 people, co-hosting with another local organization is also an option.
• The seminar must be held in a city with a major airport (or somewhat nearby).
• You must be able to secure a location with a 40 ft. by 60 ft. room that can be setup in a U-shape formation with padded chairs and a large LCD screen.  Click here to view a model diagram of the room setup.  We will allow up to 60 participants, so please keep in mind that the diagram only accounts for 48. 
• You will be responsible for providing snacks, water, and coffee for both days of the seminar. Click here for a checklist of items the host organization must provide.
• You will arrange for lunch to be catered in on the second day of the seminar from a local fast food restaurant (the participants will pay $5 per person to help cover the cost). 
• If you cannot meet the hosting requirements, see the schedule for our open seminars around the country and come as an individual participant.

• Your organization schedules a Boot Camp with us at your desired location.
• A contract is signed that solidifies the meeting time, location, and fees.
• Your staff participants register and pay by credit card online.
• All participants must download the preparation packet from our website (CLICK HERE to download the preparation packet).  Please stress how important it is for everyone to complete ALL of the preparation, or they will not receive the price discount and will not gain as much from the training.
• The participants will receive Funding Your Ministry by Scott Morton and ViewPoints by Steve Shadrach in the mail (part of registration cost).
• The seminar notebooks are sent to the host group ahead of time to bring to the seminar for distribution.
• We bill your organization for the speaker's travel and lodging expenses after the seminar.
• You follow up with your staff to make sure they have an accountability partner. In addition, some ministries ask the staff to send their weekly accountability reports to a regional director or development director.

• Travel, housing, and meals for the trainer for three nights.
• Refreshments for participants and any cost associated with securing a meeting place (you may have a facility that can be used free of charge).

• $389 total cost per participant ($589 total cost for a couple).
• $100 discount for finishing all the preparation required in the Pre-Seminar Preparation Packet (couples may receive an extra $50 discount if the spouse reads the textbook).
• If all discounts are taken, individuals will pay $289 total ($439 total for couples).
• Raising support for the participant costs: Part of the preparation requirements is that each participant raise at least $100 of their seminar fee from at least 2 supporters. The participant has to meet with the supporters face to face. We encourage participants to raise all of the cost if possible.
• Participants are responsible for their own transportation, food, and lodging.

• Some organizations want to pay for some or all of the participant's costs. However, we require ministries to have their staff pay for their seminar fees, so that they put personal value into the preparation and training. If the organization covers all the costs, and the participants do not raise $100 of the seminar fee, they will not be eligible for any discounts.