1. Everyone needs to create an individual page. This can be done in your own name, or the name your company, school, community or network group. Co-workers, colleagues, family and friends will all donate to this page. You will be able to track donations to your individual page on the Individual Tab on the Leaderboard. Once you have created an Individual page, you will have the choice to create a team (see next section), join a team (from a list of existing teams), or you can just start fundraising by sharing your page link link to social media and to your networks.

2. A team page is one that has team members (or sub teams) who are all raising funds under the same overall team name. To set this up, you first need to create an individual page (see above). Then click ‘create a new team’ under your photo and give it a team name, photo (team pic or logo) and an ‘our story’. Having created the team page, you will be the Team Leader and will be able to edit the team page. Next, send the team page link to your networks who can click the ‘join team’ button and create their own Individual page which will be linked to your Team page. (Please note that funds raised on Individual pages will still show on the Individual Tab on the Leaderboard. Group totals are shown on the Team Tab).

3. Video: How to Create a Team. Video: How to Join a Team.

There are 2 reasons this might be happening. The first, is that you need to make a donation to your page for it to register on the leaderboard. The second, is that you need to remember there are 2 tabs on the leaderboard. If you have set up an Individual page you will show up on the Individual tab of the leaderboard, if you have created a Team page then you will need click on the Team tab.

1. Make sure you change the story on your page to make it personal; upload a pic; and change the fundraising target, if you are not comfortable with the default target.
2. Make sure you, and your team members, actively blog on your supporter page (pics, video and text) as this gives you a reason to share your page again.
3. Hot tip: Use individual emails when sharing your link and inviting support. One in four personal emails to family, friends, colleagues and co-workers result in a donation. They are more effective than those tempting group emails or generic FB posts.
4. When posting to social media, make sure to link to your own page as well (and hence your donation button) as well as #ausmusictshirtday, @supportact, @triplej, @aria_official

1. You can champion Ausmusic T-Shirt Day in your workplace or school and see if you can get your colleagues or school mates to participate.
2. You can set up an individual page and invite your networks to support you; or you can create a team page and invite everyone to wear their favourite t-shirt and see how much you can raise in your team’s name. (See Create a Team button).
3. Or you can make a donation to the Support Act page (or any other page) and then post your band tee selfie to social media using the hashtags: #ausmusictshirtday, @supportact, @triplej, @aria_official

1. A large part of the success of AMTD is due to our strong social media presence, and the endorsements that we receive from artists, industry leaders and media personalities.
2. If you fit into one of those categories, we would love you to provide a video endorsement or photo and quote that we can use for this year’s campaign
3. Please contact us directly for further information about this.
4. Many artists also choose to donate a % of their t-shirt or other merch sales to Support Act during the campaign period. If you plan to do this, please contact us here.
5. If you are willing to be a media spokesperson, please let us know here.

1. It’s simple. Talk to your Principal or head teacher to make sure that you can schedule the day into the school calendar. 
2. If you can’t hold your event on Friday 15 November, then find a date that works for your school. (Remember, we celebrate Ausmusic Month throughout November).
3. Find a teacher or class champion who will agree to coordinate planning for the day.
4. Once our website for this year goes live on Friday 1 October, register your team and create your page. 
5. Organise events and activities that you can implement on the day, that will raise funds to help us achieve our target.
6. Remember to encourage everyone to buy an Ausmusic T-Shirt if they don’t already have one. You can do this via the links in the section about t-shirts.

1. It’s simple. Talk to your CEO or HR team to make sure that they can schedule the day into the company calendar. (The sooner you can do this the better).
2. Find an internal champion who will agree to coordinate planning for the day.
3. Create an individual or team page as described above.
4. Start thinking of some other fun things you can do in the lead up to, and on the day, to really drive interest and participation. See examples below.
5. Ask your company to provide additional motivation by matching staff donations (can be to an agreed limit).

1. Ausmusic T-Shirt Day is a great way to show support for Australian music - and the people who make it. 
2. Music provides the soundtrack to all our lives, whether you are a CEO or an intern.
3. AMTD is easy to do; and is a great way to create engagement with staff, raise funds for a worthy charity, and have some fun in the office.
4. For some, it reinforces an existing commitment to Australian music; for others, it just brings people together around a topic that is of endless interest. 
5. Remember: Every Band Tee Has A Story… Every Musician Has Their Story.

Here’s what a winning strategy could look like for your company(based on a real example)

Monday 4 November:

• Internal Announcement and diary send
• Send calendar invite to all employees to participate in your company photo on the day
• Encourage staff to buy an Ausmusic T-Shirt to wear on the day if they don’t already have one

Friday 8 November:

• Create short content piece (video or ppt) of key influencers answering three questions: What Band tee are you wearing? What show you bought the shirt at (venue/year)? What that artist means to you.
• Finalise schedule for the day. Have you considered music trivia games; a Who Am I guessing game; or even a performance schedule for the aspiring artists in your ranks?

Friday 15 November:  Ausmusic T-shirt Day

• 8am Instagram flood. Ask all employees to post their pics on socials (to get the day trending)
• 9am Post your short content piece on your company’s socials pages
• 11.30am – gather together for screening of content piece / photo / games / prizes for best tees
• 3pm – Raffle announced for everyone who has worn a t-shirt, via email. (Company provides prize).
• 4pm – End of day social event (e.g. BBQ, drinks) with optional gold coin donation entry
• 4.30pm Announce company matching and grand total raised by your company
• 5pm – Celebrate your position on our leader board and see how much was raised!

We have developed a set of music trivia questions, a “Who Am I” guessing game and other music focused activities to engage friends and colleagues at morning tea, during lunch, or even over Friday night drinks. Email us once you have created your team page and we can send these to you.

Yes, but please register with us as a Community Fundraiser using the following link.  https://supportact.org.au/fundraise/

Yes, but please register with us as a Community Fundraiser using the following link.  https://supportact.org.au/fundraise/

1. Support Act is a music industry charity helping artists, crew and music workers who are facing hardship due to illness, a mental health problem, injury or some other crisis that impacts on their ability to work in music. 
2. Our key programs are: Crisis Relief, Help a Mate, Funeral Support, Support Act Wellbeing Helpline.
3. We help music workers of all kinds and all genres: artists, songwriters, composers, musicians, roadies, techies, managers, staffers and others. 
4. We treat every request for help confidentially and make no judgment about people's circumstances.
5. For further information, visit our main website - www.supportact.org.au