·         Start early and set goals for your Team's size and pledge totals with deadlines.

·         It's important to ASK, ASK, ASK! Ask anyone and everyone to be on your team. ASK your friends, family, neighbors and co-workers to recruit their family members and friends to join the team. Even if they say no, odds are they'll give you a donation.

·         Identify a co-captain and/or set up a committee who can assist you with recruitment efforts.

·         Hold a kick-off lunch in the office as a fundraising and Team building opportunity. Your MS staff contact may be available to attend, show videos and, of course, sign up everyone that comes. Get other company departments or offices involved for a friendly competition.

·         Build a pyramid. Ask each person who joins your team to recruit at least 3 other team members. If you start with only 3 team members, and they each recruit 3 more team members, and those people each recruit 3 new team members- you'll have 39 team members!

·         Devise your own early bird and top fundraising incentives for your own team:
    - Lunch with the Boss!
    - Prize draws and raffles
    - Day off work

·         Create team captain business cards. Include your name, team name, the event, your contact information and our mission.

·         Make team T-shirts and wear them out for team dinners.

·         Invite individual participants to join your team.

·         Involve the community: ask local business to post team flyers and posters