This is the troop product sale manager training for the Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore.

2. 2016 Fall Product Sales Training
Jackie Garbe
Product Sales Consultant
jgarbe@girlscoutsjs.org
Cell: 732-966-5035

3. TROOP PRODUCT SALES
MANAGER (TPSM)
 Adult must be a registered member of Girl Scouts – can be troop leader
or troop volunteer
 First time TPSM must take product training
 Know who your Community Product Sales Coordinator is and don’t be
afraid to ask her any questions in the future.
 Help girls learn the 5 leadership skills
 Train girls and parents in the workings of the product sales

4. Fall Product Program Partners
• Ashdon Farms – Nuts & Chocolates
• QSP/GAO – Magazines & “to remember
this” photo keepsakes

5. Fall Product Sale Dates
Separate Online Systems
Order Taking - October 1 to October 23, 2016
Online Sales – October 1 to November 20, 2016
Order Taking
Online Sales

6. 2016 Fall Product Program Theme
“Kala” the Koala
2016’s Mascot

7. Fall Product Program Benefits
 Girls to learn valuable leadership skills
 GOAL SETTING
 DECISION MAKING
 MONEY MANAGEMENT
 PEOPLE SKILLS
 BUSINESS ETHICS
Troops earn start-up funds
Girls earn individual recognitions
Council earns funds to help sustain and expand
programs for ALL girls!

8. Troop Activity Materials
• Activities supporting the 5 leadership
skills
• Refined troop goal setting
• More activities available online at:
www.WhatCanAGirlDo.com

9. LET’S GET TO KNOW THE
PRODUCTS
Nuts and Candy
Items

10. Online Exclusive Items
15oz
Gourmet
Blend
20oz Gourmet Caramel Corn w/
Almonds & Pecans
15oz Jumbo
Cashews
The online store offers all 25 Girl Scout branded nut/candy items PLUS a few
online EXCLUSIVE items. Link to store in all emails to friends and family.
Mocha Cups
Girl Scout – Nut
Lover Gift Pack
-Almond Cran-Orange Nut
-Butter Toasted Peanuts
-Cranberry Nut Mix
-Honey Mustard Pretzel Mix
-Whole Cashews

11. 22 Items Are Gluten Free!
Almond Cran-Orange Crunch
Black Forest Trail Mix
Butter Toasted Peanuts
Caramel Treasures
Cashews
Chocolate Covered Almonds
Chocolate Covered Peanuts
Chocolate Covered Raisins
Chocolate Toffee Almonds
Cranberry Nut Mix
Dulce De Leche
Fruit Slices
Gourmet Blend
Gourmet Caramel Corn
Honey Roasted Mixed Nuts
Honey Roasted Peanuts
Macadamia Nuts
Mint Chocolate Penguins
Mint Treasures
Mocha Cups
Peanut Butter Bears
Pistachios

12. Magazines:
Paper & Digital
• Over 600+ magazines available
• Over 200+ digital titles available to
Girl Scout customers
• Magazine Gift Card options
$20, $25 and $50

13. eBooks
• Choose from over 165+ eBooks online in Fall
2016
– Includes GL (Girl’s Life) Book Club Digital
Edition
• Readable on eReaders, tablets, phones and
computers
• Includes many children’s titles and classics
• Separate tab in online store

14. To Remember This (TRT)
• Purchase their photo keepsakes
from a Girl Scout – photo books,
calendars, cards & more…
• Troops can create one book
and then apply multiple
purchased certificates to it for
redemption.

15. Ways to Participate
• ONLINE… Girls send emails to friends & family
offering options to order magazines, photo
keepsakes and nuts & ONLINE
• PAPER ORDER FORMS… Girls sell magazines
nuts and photo keepsakes IN PERSON
• REACH OUT BOOKLET… Girls complete the
Reach Out Booklet before OCTOBER 23, 2016
• BOOTH SALES… Girls sell at local business to
increase sales
• GIFT OF CARING… donations of nuts &
magazine orders

16. ONLINE PROGRAM
Girl Dashboard
Troop Dashboard
Everything on the digital ordering site is the responsibility of the parents
but TPSM will need to explain it to them.

17. Access to Girl
Dashboard
• NEW! - Launch email will be sent to all
registered Girl Scouts the day before
program starts
• Or go to COUNCIL website www.
jerseyshoregirlscoutnuts.org and click on
the QSP/Nut Online Program icon
• Returning troops:
– Parent can login using same email and
password from Fall 2015.
– There is forgot password link

18. Girl Dashboard
Step-by-Step
• Set goal for friends and
family to see
• Customize message
• Custom video option
• Upload Girl Scout image
or take “Selfie”

19. Send Emails to Family & Friends
• Upload, or manually enter
email addresses
– Previously entered email
addresses accessible
– Order history from Fall
2015 available
• Girls sending 15+ emails earn
the Online Patch
• Girls sending 30+ emails earn
the Goal Achiever patch

20. Girl Dashboard
Girl-Led Business Tools
• Send text messages with all
online options
• Printable girl business cards
• Post to Facebook or Twitter
• Online sales track back to girl

21. Girls Easily Print
Personalized Business Cards
• Over 11% of online sales in
Fall 2015 from business
cards
• Set included in girl packet
with nut order card
• Can print additional
business cards from
QSP/Nut Online Program

22. MyCreation™ Mascot
• Girls customize their own koala
mascot on the QSP/Nut Online
Program
• Edit as often as she would like
• MyCreation™ promotion video for
girls inside Girl Dashboard
• Troop volunteers build their own
koala as part of the troop for
MyTroopCreationTM

23. Building on MyCreation™ for
Fall 2016!
Girls “unlock” MORE
accessories by:
• Sending 15+ emails
• Adding a photo/image
• Sending texts
• $100 in total online sales

24. MyTroopCreation™ Photo
MyTroopCreationTM is a troop picture featuring
MyCreationTM images with same troop number

25. MyPatchCreation™
• Girls who reach $150 in online total
sales earn their own personalized
patch, with her name, date and
MyCreationTM image
• Email automatically sent to
registered email address link to
create/edit/submit patch.
• NEW! Troop volunteer earns their
own MyPatchCreation™ with $300
in total online troop sales.

26. Troop Dashboard
• NEW! - Launch email will be sent to
registered Troop Leader in Fall 2016
• Or go to COUNCIL website
www.jerseyshoregirlscoutnuts.org and click on
QSP/Nut Online Program icon
– If Troop volunteer participated in Fall
2015, then can login using same email
and password from last year.
• NEW! – Access both the Girl Dashboard and
Troop Dashboard from one email address.
– Navigate between daughter site(s) and
troop site(s) with one email address.
– Multiple troops can be connected with
same email

27. Troop Dashboard
• Check out girl
activity, online
sales and
MyCreation™
designs
• Use email tool
to send emails
to girls/parents

28. Troop
Dashboard
Post
Girl/Parent
Messages
Seen at Login

29. Troop
Dashboard
Optional Take
Action Project

30. Girl Packet – contains all products
Reach Out Booklet
Girl Packet
Nuts & Candy
Magazines/Photo
Keepsakes

31. Fall 2016
Nut Order Card
Girls take orders in
person
Money is not
collected until delivery
of product

32. QSP Paper Order Forms
• Girls collect money for magazines/photo keepsakes at
time of order
– Customer receives magazines 8 to 10 weeks and photo
keepsake certificates 2 to 3 weeks after received by
QSP.
• White and yellow stay with girl. Pink copy goes to
customer.
• TPSM deposits checks/cash payments at TD bank.
• Turn in white/yellow sheets and deposit slip to community
coordinator
• Majority of orders still taken in
person by girls

33. The Reach Out Booklet
• For friends and family not contacted
during program
• Given opportunity to buy magazines
• Names and addresses not rented or
sold
• It take about 10 minutes to complete
• Girls can complete one booklet
• Personalize with P.S. note
• Opportunity for $2.00 in troop
proceeds and earning the 2016-
2017 patch for every girl

34. Gift of Caring
5+ total
nut/magazine
donations
• Opportunity to give back to Monmouth/Ocean Food Bank and our
military troops
• Customers can make $5 donations towards nuts and magazine
vouchers for military troops
• How it works
• Girl collects donation
• Troop enters order in Nut-E and receives troop proceeds
• Council delivers the product

35. Girl Recognitions
 All nut and magazine/photo keepsake recognitions are
featured on the back of the nut order card.
 Recognitions are cumulative
 ONLINE and PAPER Orders are combined
 Recognitions ordered on 11/20/16 – arrive in mid-
December

36. • Test troops sold 4 times as
many magazines and 2 ½ times
as many nuts.
• Good way for a troop or
Community to start off the Fall
Product Program!
• It’s simple for troops. Visit the
59 Minute Quick Start℠ website
at girlscouts.qspgao.com/59min
Great Start to the
Fall Product Program!

37. • Girls login to the QSP/Nut Online Program,
click on
to send themselves a text with the payment
link to use for their customers.
• Girls then call friends and family for 59
minutes and forward the text link for payment.
• It’s that easy!
• Automation of money collection, delivery,
proceeds and girl recognitions.
100% Digital for Girls

39. Automatic Uploads into
Nut-E of Online Orders
• Girl’s orders from QSP/Nut
Online Program will be
uploaded to Nut-E nightly.
• No need for the collection of
the Girls Online Sales Report!

40. www.ashdonfarmsnute.com
Login: 16GSJSXXXXX
Password: XXXXX
XXXXX = 5 digit troop number

41. Editing Information
 Update contact information by selecting “troops”
icon
 Notices are sent through the nut-E site
• Select with or without recognitions and save

42. Entering Girl Orders
• Follow steps 1 to 3 after
clicking “Girl Orders” icon
• Girl payments option available
• Because of the link between
the girl’s online orders and
Nut E, Troop managers cannot
manually add girls to the
system. Council will upload
girls names several times. If a
girl is not in the NUT E system
and has online orders, please
contact community
coordinator for further
instructions. After final
upload, troops will be able to
enter any missing girls and
their orders.
• Troops will be able to move items from troop special to girls through November
20th. Rewards will automatically be calculated. Any add’l sales per girl after that
date – troops need to keep track of any additional rewards have been earned by girl.

43. Entering Girl Orders
Once the order is entered, the incentives populate automatically.
At any incentive level where there is a choice, Nut-E has a default choice.
This is changeable until the troop order is submitted. TPSM can pre-select
where there is a choice if its anticipated girl might reach that reward level

44. Entering Girl Orders
Please hit SAVE after all the girl’s product has been entered

45. Entering Girl Orders
 REPEAT STEP 3 FOR ALL ADDITIONAL GIRLS
 OPTION TO ENTER GIRL PAYMENTS
 CLICK “ADD TROOP SPECIAL ORDER” TO PRE-ORDER BOOTH SALE PRODUCT
 CLICK “SUBMIT” BUTTON WHEN YOU’RE SATISFIED EVERYTHING IS COMPLETE

46. Viewing Reports
T2 Reports show total troop
sales and balance due
G1 & G2 show individual
girls sales or recognitions
 Have parents sign for product when picking up
 I recommend printing Girl Order Summary – Nuts/Candy spreadsheet to have
them sign.
 Nut-E manual is available for help!

47. Bank Deposits
• Only Coordinators can record deposits into nut-E.
• Troop Manager is responsible for depositing $$ in correct bank accounts.
• We pay girls (troop) first – as you collect money, take CASH first (in the amount of troop
proceeds) and deposit into TROOP bank account. The balance you have left when you
have collected all monies should equal money due council - deposit in council’s account at
TD bank.
• BANK RECEIPTS: get 2 from troop bank (1 stays with you – 1 to troop leader/treasurer) Get
3 receipts from TD (1 stays with you – 2 copies to Coordinator)

48. BOOTH SALES!
Have fun – increase troop sales

49. Booth Sales
 Friday, November 18 to Sunday, November 27, 2016
 Start ASAP to secure a location - obtain permission from a business/store owner or
manager – confirm date and time –
 Complete a booth sale application online at jerseyshoregirlscoutnuts.com
 Council will confirm booth sale approval to troop by email
 Can pre-order booth sale product in “Troop Special” in Nut-E -- Delivered with rest of order
card product
 Additional products will be available at Council Service Centers Depots
 Products are non-returnable

50. BOOTH SALE PRODUCTS
You can pre-order ANY item for Booth Sales with your troop order
Remember – product is not returnable! Don’t over order!
Council depots (Toms River and Farmingdale offices) will have additional product
available, but only the following varieties:
Chocolate Covered Pretzels - $9
Cashews - $8
Dark Chocolate Caramel Caps - $7
Chocolate Covered Raisins - $7
Peanut Butter Bears - $6
Mint Chocolate Penguins - $6
Fruit Slices - $6

51. Troop Proceeds
TROOP EARNING ITEMS SOLD (average per girl)
$0.80 1-35 nut/candy items
$0.90 36-54 nut/candy items
$1.00 55+ nut/candy items
$2.00 Each magazine or photo order
$2.00 Each completed Reach Out book
Averages (for nuts/candy) are calculated using all registered girls –
done automatically for you in nut-E
Older girls (juniors and up) may take an extra $0.10 per item
(nuts/candy, photo and magazine) in lieu of prizes. Girls will still get
all patches.

52. TROOP TIMELINE
Sept. 1 – 30 Train girls/parents at a troop meeting – review safety policies – collect permission
forms and distribute sales packets.
Log into ashdonfarmsnute.com and familiarize yourself with the online ordering
system. A user manual is available on the REPORTS tab. Check troop roster and
contact your community product sales coordinator if any girls are missing or
someone is listed in error.
Oct. 1 – 23 Girl order taking period
Oct. 26 Deadline for troop to enter orders – nuts/candy, magazine and photo keepsakes,
and Reach Out Booklet into Nut-E. Payment must be received from girl in order
for you to enter magazine and photo keepsakes.
TPSM will deposit these payments into council’s TD bank account with deposit
slip provided and be sure to clearly indicate 5-digit troop number. You will
receive instructions from your Community Product Sales Coordinator where and
when to drop off: white/yellow copies of magazine orders along with 2 copies of
validated deposit slips and reach out booklets.

53. TROOP TIMELINE (pg 2 )
Nov. 14-18 Delivery of product to communities.
NEW
Nov. 20 Deadline extension for online orders
NEW
Nov. 22 Deadline for troops to submit all reward orders in Nut-E and to move product from
“troop special” to girl for her credit.
Nov. 14-27 Girls deliver nut/candy products & collect payment and submit to TPSM.
Nov. 18-27 Scheduled booth sales take place
Nov. 23 Monies collected should be deposited into council’s TD account, be sure troop # is
on slips submit copies to community coordinator.
Dec. 2 All final deposit copies are to be submitted to your community coordinator.

54. Safety And Some Final Tips
• Girls must be clearly identified as Girl Scouts by wearing their vest/sash.
• Girls must be escorted by an adult (18+) when taking orders.
• Girls must not enter a home when order taking.
• Customers should fill in the form.
• Keep order form neat
• Do your training with girls and parents Give out the order card when
you receive the signed permission slip.
• Check that parents added up items correctly
• Parents should circle the incentives (if daughter has reached a level with
a choice) on card – no room for mistake this way
• Give out the money envelope when the parent picks up her nut order.
Write the first name only on envelope with Troop number, the amount
due and date the money is due
• To avoid misunderstanding, count the money in the presence of the
parent. Give a receipt.

55. Thank you
for all you do with Girl
Scouts of the Jersey
Shore!

56. Product Sale Advantage (PSA) &
Travel Scholarships
 For Junior level and older
 Girls must file PSA form to indicate either intent to travel or intent to earn
PSA for their gold award or guard start at camp. Deadline to apply for
Fall PSA is October 15, 2016.
 PSA will be phased out by the end of the 2017 cookie sale and will be
replaced with a travel scholarship fund for girls traveling on Council or
GSUSA sponsored trips.
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Level 6 Level 7
# Nut/Candy
Items sold
45 55 75 100 150 200 250
Council Gift Card
Value
$5 $10 $20 $32.50 $57.50 $82.50 $107.50
# Mags sold 7 10 15 20 25 35
Council Gift Card
Value
$7 $10 $15 $20 $25 $35

57. Travel Scholarships
 Scholarship will be awarded based on PARTICIPATION in fall and
spring product sales (not on financial need)
 Scholarship available to assist girls who wish to travel on Council or
GSUSA sponsored trips -- whether in a troop or an iGirl
 Complete application online at:
www.jerseyshoregirlscouts.org/tripscholarship
 Scholarship funds are available! Complete the online application by
May of each year.
 For 2016-2017 year – $10,000 total funds available
 Starting with 2017-18 year- $25,000/year will be available