Sprint 56 · Content cadence

Q4 2026 Content Calendar

Every dated content item across LWD's first three months of live operation. 1 October 2026 → 31 December 2026. 12 weeks. 3 phases. Roughly 40 dated pieces. Each row names the channel, the owner, and the shared-gate signer.

Who this is for. Corrina uses this every Monday to build the week's ship list. Carla uses it Monday and Friday for the shared-gate queue. Laurence and Lisa use it Monday to know what carries their name that week. The AI CMO uses it Monday 09:00 to build the review pack.

What this is not. Not the 12-month editorial plan (that is /content-calendar-12mo). Not the ops calendar for who-owns-what each week (that is /launch-90-days). This is the row-by-row cadence — a piece per row, dated, owned, gated.

Companion pages. /launch-90-days (master) · /launch-week-emails (7-touch launch sequence detail) · /launch-dashboard (metrics) · /launch-reactive-playbook (scenarios) · /founding-donor-launch (donor stewardship) · /sprint-56-review (index).

Compliance envelope. Every dated item on this calendar preserves: ABN, ACN, ACL 387398, mediation disclosure sentence, complaints and privacy links, Y1 audited numbers verbatim, dignity floor. No beneficiaries are named or identified in any content item on this calendar or in any downstream derivative. Voice-carrying items (Lisa or Laurence direct quote) ship with a [voice-check pending] marker until the Sprint 55.2 voice-capture returns.

How to read a row. Column 1: date and channel-shorthand. Column 2: owner (who drafts). Column 3: gate (which shared-gate line signs before publish). Column 4: the item itself, with title or subject line and any hard dependencies.

Launch phase (Weeks 1–4, Oct) — new-charity, first-impressions Build phase (Weeks 5–8, Nov) — validation, referrer proof Peak phase (Weeks 9–12, Dec) — Giving Tuesday, Christmas Appeal Steward tail (25–31 Dec) — dark period, no LWD sends

On this page

  1. The eight channels & the three gates
  2. October 2026 — the Launch phase (Weeks 1–4)
  3. November 2026 — the Build phase (Weeks 5–8)
  4. December 2026 — the Peak phase (Weeks 9–12)
  5. 25–31 December — the dark period
  6. The three hard-dates on the calendar
  7. Voice-fill queue — items awaiting Sprint 55.2 substitution

The eight channels & the three gates

Every row on this calendar publishes to exactly one channel and requires exactly one shared-gate signature before it ships. The taxonomy is deliberately narrow — if a channel is not on this list, it does not run in Q4.

ChannelShorthandOwnerGate signerQ4 volume
Website pageWEBCorrinaG1 Marketing-Craft~8 major pages (launch-day, About, Programs, mediation-process, Impact FY26, referrer landing, donate-flow, Christmas Appeal)
Email (list)EMCorrinaG1 + G2 if Y1 numbers included~14 sends across 12 weeks (7 launch-week, 4 mid-quarter stewardship, 3 Christmas Appeal)
LinkedIn (org)LI-ORGCorrinaG1 Marketing-Craft~10 posts (protect-date first post 25 Oct at latest, then 2/week Nov, weekly Dec)
LinkedIn (Laurence)LI-LMLaurenceG3 Practitioner-Voice (Laurence self-signs) + G1 co-sign for public-facing~8 posts (2/fortnight Oct/Nov, weekly Dec) — his 30-year practitioner authority anchor
Blog / long-formBLOGCarla drafts, Laurence sight-checksG2 Financial-Regulatory + G1 Marketing-Craft4 blog posts (one per fortnight through Q4, none 25–31 Dec)
Media / pressPRCorrinaG4 Board-Reputation (Chair on record) + G23 pieces (launch-day release, ACNC-endorsement release once confirmed, Christmas Appeal outcome release Jan — drafted Dec)
Referrer directREFLaurence + CorrinaG3 Practitioner-Voice signs practice-language, G1 signs cover5 per-target MOU packs (PCA, MND, PHN North, PHN South, PHN Metro) plus follow-up cadence
Founding-donor cohortFDCorrina drafts, Lisa signs the personal touchG1 + G4 for the 90-day impact snapshot6-touch cadence (see /founding-donor-launch) across the 90 days

What the shared-gate references mean. G1 Marketing-Craft = Corrina signs. G2 Financial-Regulatory = Carla signs. G3 Practitioner-Voice = Laurence signs. G4 Board-Reputation = Chair signs. Every row below names exactly one primary gate; if two gates are required (Y1 numbers plus board-reputation surface, for example), both are named. See /marketing-operators-manual for the full gate procedure.

October 2026 — the Launch phase

Weeks 1–4. Charity goes live 1 Oct 09:00 AEDT. First impressions phase — every piece assumes the reader is meeting LWD for the first time. Content bias: "who we are, why we exist, how the mediation model works." Ends with the 25 Oct donate-flow attribution stack going live.

Week 1 — Launch WeekLaunchThu 1 Oct → Sun 4 Oct
WhenChannelOwnerItem
Thu 1 Oct 09:00WEBCorrinaLaunch-day page live. Home + About + Programs + mediation-process + donate-flow. G1 signed 30 Sep EOD. Y1 numbers verbatim. Complaints/privacy footer. 4 markers on every page. See /launch-window-plan.
Thu 1 Oct 09:15EMCorrinaLaunch-week email #1 — General list "We are live." Founder story frame (Lisa + Laurence, composite voice pending). Y1 numbers cited. Full launch-week sequence at /launch-week-emails.
Thu 1 Oct 10:00PRCorrinaLaunch-day media release. "New Australian charity funds licensed debt mediation for the terminally ill." Y1 outcomes cited. Chair quote block. G4 signed 29 Sep.
Thu 1 Oct 11:00LI-ORGCorrinaLinkedIn org post — launch announcement, links to launch-day page, tags Chair + Laurence. Short, warm, no Y1 numbers in the post itself (they live on the page).
Fri 2 Oct 09:15EMCorrinaLaunch-week email #2 — Founding-donor cohort "You made this happen." Personal touch signed [Lisa voice-check pending]. See /founding-donor-launch.
Fri 2 Oct 14:00EMCorrinaLaunch-week email #3 — Warm foundations list (PAF/CAFs the Chair introduced pre-launch). "The Foundation is now live to receive grant enquiries."
Sat 3 OctWeekend — no LWD sends. Monitor inbox + donate-flow only. Corrina on-call for media response.
Sun 4 OctWeekend — no sends. Corrina reviews Week 1 metrics for Monday review pack.
Week 2 — Practitioner authorityLaunchMon 5 Oct → Sun 11 Oct
WhenChannelOwnerItem
Mon 5 Oct 09:00AI CMOWeekly review pack — Week 1 close-out + Week 2 preview. Landed in WhatsApp group.
Tue 6 Oct 09:15LI-LMLaurenceLaurence LinkedIn post #1 — "Why licensed debt mediation, not debt relief." His 30-year practitioner authority anchor. Per /corporate-linkedin-pack. [Laurence voice-check pending · ships with generic scaffold otherwise]
Tue 6 Oct 14:00EMCorrinaLaunch-week email #4 — Referrer target list (PCA, MND, PHN North/South/Metro). "MOU packs land in your inbox this week." Cover email per /health-referrer-mou-pack.
Wed 7 OctREFLaurence + CorrinaFive per-target referrer MOU packs sent (PCA, MND, PHN North, PHN South, PHN Metro). See /referrer-mou-pca etc. G3 signed each.
Thu 8 Oct 10:00WEBCorrinaReferrer landing page live — "For health professionals." Links to five per-target briefs. G3 signed the practice-language block.
Thu 8 Oct 14:00EMCorrinaLaunch-week email #5 — Palliative sector (broader than the 5 MOU targets). "How the referral pathway works." Composite case-vignette (labelled composite).
Fri 9 Oct 16:00AI CMOFriday retrospective — Week 2 metrics, referrer response early signals, LinkedIn engagement floor.
Sat 10 OctWeekend — no sends.
Sun 11 OctWeekend — no sends.
Week 3 — Hospice Day + first long-formLaunchMon 12 Oct → Sun 18 Oct
WhenChannelOwnerItem
Mon 12 Oct 09:00AI CMOWeekly review pack — Week 2 close-out + Week 3 preview.
Wed 14 OctWEB / EM / LI-ORGCorrinaWorld Hospice & Palliative Care Day peg. Blog post #1 published (dignity-in-late-stage-life essay, Carla-authored, Laurence sight-checked). Email #6 launch-week frame closes with hospice-day peg. LinkedIn org post links to blog.
Thu 15 Oct 09:15LI-LMLaurenceLaurence LinkedIn post #2 — "What the pilot data actually says." Y1 numbers cited (verbatim). [Laurence voice-check pending]
Thu 15 Oct 14:00REFCorrinaReferrer follow-up T+8 (per /health-referrer-mou-pack cadence). Warm nudge to any referrer target with no response yet.
Fri 16 Oct 12:00LaurenceCorporate LinkedIn brief absolute-latest ship confirm. Per /corporate-linkedin-brief (Sprint 55.5-recalibrated: 15 Oct escalation, 16 Oct absolute-latest).
Fri 16 Oct 16:00AI CMOFriday retrospective — Week 3 metrics + Hospice Day peg engagement.
Week 4 — Third-party validation + 25 Oct donate-flowLaunchMon 19 Oct → Sun 25 Oct
WhenChannelOwnerItem
Mon 19 Oct 09:00AI CMOWeekly review pack — Week 3 close-out + Week 4 preview. Flags: 25 Oct donate-flow attribution stack must be verified live by EOD Fri 23 Oct.
Tue 20 Oct 10:00WEBCorrina"Third-party voices" section added to About page — ACNC pending statement, ACL 387398 attribution to CMS, mediation disclosure prominent. G2 signed.
Wed 21 Oct 14:00EMCorrinaMid-month stewardship email — general list. Composite case-vignette #1 (three-week resolution example, labelled composite). Y1 numbers verbatim.
Thu 22 Oct 09:15LI-LMLaurenceLaurence LinkedIn post #3 — "23 days: what the average pilot resolution actually looked like." Composite pattern narrative. [Laurence voice-check pending]
Fri 23 Oct EODCorrina + CarlaDonate-flow attribution stack go/no-go. UTM parameters live, GA4 events firing, donation-page conversion tracked, source-attribution verified. G1 + G2 co-sign required to greenlight 25 Oct launch.
Sat 25 Oct 00:00WEBCorrina25 October donate-flow attribution goes live. External hard-date (immovable). Full-funnel tracking active. Ads may resume paid spend from this date.
Sat 25 Oct 09:00LI-ORG / LI-LMCorrina + LaurenceLinkedIn protect-date — first-post absolute-latest. If Laurence has not posted his first thought-leadership piece by 25 Oct, the escalation ladder in /corporate-linkedin-brief triggers. Buffer: he posted his first on Tue 6 Oct, so this is a check gate, not a first-post trigger.

November 2026 — the Build phase

Weeks 5–8. Novelty of launch has worn off. Content bias: "proof and validation" — case-pattern narratives, referrer response signals if any land, third-party voice pickups. Ends with 26 Nov review of the five MOU responses (per Sprint 55.5-recalibrated /health-referrer-mou-pack).

Week 5 — Case-pattern proofBuildMon 26 Oct → Sun 1 Nov
WhenChannelOwnerItem
Mon 26 Oct 09:00AI CMOWeekly review pack — Launch phase close-out. Metrics Week 1–4 rolled up. Referrer response tally. LinkedIn engagement floor confirmed. Attribution stack first-24-hour verification.
Tue 27 Oct 14:00BLOGCarla + LaurenceBlog post #2 — "Why mediation, not relief" (long-form version of Laurence's Week 2 LI post). G2 + G1 gated. Laurence-authored voice; Lisa second-eye. [Laurence voice-check pending]
Wed 28 Oct 10:00EMCorrinaBlog #2 announcement email to general list.
Thu 29 Oct 09:15LI-LMLaurenceLaurence LinkedIn post #4 — extract from Blog #2, links to full read.
Fri 30 Oct 16:00AI CMOFriday retrospective. Sprint 55.5-recalibrated milestone check: are we tracking to 26 Nov five-MOU-response date?
Week 6 — Referrer response managementBuildMon 2 Nov → Sun 8 Nov
WhenChannelOwnerItem
Mon 2 Nov 09:00AI CMOWeekly review pack.
Tue 3 Nov 10:00REFLaurence + CorrinaReferrer follow-up T+21 (variant B cover email per /health-referrer-mou-pack). Applies to any target that did not respond in Week 3.
Wed 4 Nov 14:00EMCorrinaFounding-donor cohort touch #2 (30-day post-launch) — per /founding-donor-launch. Composite case-vignette. Personal signature [Lisa voice-check pending].
Thu 5 Nov 09:15LI-ORGCorrinaLinkedIn org post — "One month in." Y1 numbers referenced, one composite case-pattern. No specific "since launch" outcome claims.
Fri 6 Nov 16:00AI CMOFriday retrospective.
Week 7 — Second long-form + composite-vignette #2BuildMon 9 Nov → Sun 15 Nov
WhenChannelOwnerItem
Mon 9 Nov 09:00AI CMOWeekly review pack.
Tue 10 Nov 14:00BLOGCarla + LisaBlog post #3 — "The 87 cents" (why direct-service ratio matters, using Y1 audited numbers). G2 gated for cost-of-mediation defensibility. [Lisa voice-check pending on personal frame]
Wed 11 Nov 10:00EMCorrinaBlog #3 announcement email. Content warning: Remembrance Day is a heavy day nationally — open-rate expectation adjusted downward per /launch-reactive-playbook Scenario 4.
Thu 12 Nov 09:15LI-LMLaurenceLaurence LinkedIn post #5 — extract from Blog #3.
Thu 12 Nov EODCarlaFoundations outreach 6-week window closes. Per Sprint 55.5-recalibrated /foundations-outreach-pack (window opened 1 Oct, closes 12 Nov). Roll up foundation response tally for Monday review pack.
Fri 13 Nov 16:00AI CMOFriday retrospective — foundation window close-out summary.
Week 8 — MOU response window closesBuildMon 16 Nov → Sun 22 Nov
WhenChannelOwnerItem
Mon 16 Nov 09:00AI CMOWeekly review pack — Build phase pre-close. Christmas Appeal Nov-20 go/no-go queued.
Tue 17 Nov 14:00EMCorrinaMid-quarter stewardship email — general list. Composite case-vignette #2. Set-up for Giving Tuesday (soft foreshadow, no ask).
Wed 18 Nov 09:15LI-ORGCorrinaLinkedIn org post — second-eye setup for Giving Tuesday. No ask yet.
Fri 20 Nov EODCarlaChristmas Appeal go/no-go for 2 Dec launch. G2 signs the compliance envelope on the appeal package. Trigger point for either "proceed" (Week 9 firing) or "hold" (postpone to Jan — Scenario 6 in /launch-reactive-playbook).
Fri 20 Nov EODLaurence + CorrinaChristmas Appeal hero copy signed. Y1 numbers verbatim, mediation disclosure, verbatim exclude phrase, DGR wording. G3 signs practitioner-voice sections.

December 2026 — the Peak phase

Weeks 9–12. Giving Tuesday and Christmas Appeal dominate. Content bias: "one specific need" — concentrated ask, single narrative arc. 25 Dec through 31 Dec is dark period discipline: no LWD sends.

Week 9 — Christmas Appeal launch + Giving TuesdayPeakMon 23 Nov → Sun 6 Dec
WhenChannelOwnerItem
Mon 23 Nov 09:00AI CMOWeekly review pack — Christmas Appeal launch preview. Full Christmas Appeal package tabled for Monday morning read.
Mon 30 Nov 09:00AI CMOWeekly review pack — final pre-Giving-Tuesday check. Send-list segmented, links QA'd, tracking verified.
Tue 1 Dec 09:15EMCorrinaChristmas Appeal warm-up email #1 — general list. Sets the frame for Giving Tuesday. Composite case-vignette.
Tue 2 Dec 06:00WEB / EM / LI-ORG / LI-LMAll ownersGiving Tuesday launch — external hard-date (immovable). Christmas Appeal hero email drops 06:00 AEDT. Landing page updated. LinkedIn org post fires 07:00. Laurence's LinkedIn post #7 fires 08:00. Full package per /launch-reactive-playbook Scenario 5 (peak-day surge management).
Tue 2 Dec 14:00EMCorrinaGiving Tuesday afternoon nudge — general list segment that has not opened the morning send.
Wed 3 Dec 10:00EMCorrinaChristmas Appeal follow-up email #1 — "Thank you for a strong Giving Tuesday." Preliminary numbers not stated (48-hour hold on outcome claims).
Thu 4 Dec 09:15LI-LMLaurenceLaurence LinkedIn post #7 — Christmas Appeal case-pattern piece.
Fri 5 Dec 16:00AI CMOFriday retrospective — Giving Tuesday performance rolled up. If under trigger threshold, invoke Scenario 3 (underperformance) from /launch-reactive-playbook.
Week 10 — Christmas Appeal sustainPeakMon 7 Dec → Sun 13 Dec
WhenChannelOwnerItem
Mon 7 Dec 09:00AI CMOWeekly review pack — Giving Tuesday close-out. Attribution roll-up. Segment performance.
Tue 8 Dec 14:00EMCorrinaChristmas Appeal sustain email #2 — segment: opened Giving Tuesday but did not donate. Different composite case-vignette from the launch send.
Wed 9 Dec 10:00BLOGCarla + LisaBlog post #4 — "What the first 90 days actually cost." Direct-service ratio narrative, Y1 numbers verbatim. G2 gated. Published now to give the reader something to read after the Appeal ask.
Thu 10 Dec 09:15LI-LMLaurenceLaurence LinkedIn post #8 — final of the Q4 series. "What 90 days taught us."
Fri 11 Dec 14:00EMCorrinaFounding-donor cohort touch #3 (60-day post-launch, Christmas overlay).
Fri 11 Dec 16:00AI CMOFriday retrospective.
Week 11 — Christmas Appeal final pushPeakMon 14 Dec → Sun 20 Dec
WhenChannelOwnerItem
Mon 14 Dec 09:00AI CMOWeekly review pack.
Tue 15 Dec 14:00EMCorrinaChristmas Appeal final push email — general list. "One week left."
Wed 16 Dec 10:00LI-ORGCorrinaLinkedIn org post — "One week left" adaptation for the professional list.
Thu 17 Dec 14:00EMCorrinaChristmas Appeal warm-list-only final. Segmented: opened at least one appeal send, not donated.
Fri 18 Dec 16:00AI CMOFriday retrospective — final full-week retrospective before dark period.
Week 12 — Appeal close-outPeakMon 21 Dec → Wed 24 Dec
WhenChannelOwnerItem
Mon 21 Dec 09:00AI CMOWeekly review pack — short week ahead. Dark-period discipline reminded.
Tue 22 Dec 10:00EMCorrinaChristmas Appeal absolute-final email. Segment: opened final push, not donated.
Wed 23 Dec 14:00EMCorrinaFounding-donor cohort touch #4 — Christmas thank-you, personal (Lisa signs [voice-check pending]). Not an ask; a warmth send.
Wed 24 Dec EODCorrinaAll ad campaigns paused for dark period. All scheduled sends verified paused. Corrina begins leave.
25–31 December — the dark periodStewardThu 25 Dec → Wed 31 Dec
WhenChannelOwnerItem
Thu 25 Dec → Wed 31 DecNo LWD sends of any kind. No emails, no LinkedIn posts, no ads active. This is not a break in stewardship; it is stewardship. Christmas week is family time for beneficiaries and donors. Nothing from us breaks that.
Wed 31 Dec 23:59CarlaSprint 56 closes when Carla signs the close-out pack. Not the calendar rollover — the signature. Sprint 57 opens on that signature. See /launch-90-days.

The three hard-dates on the calendar

These three dates do not move. Every other row on this calendar can slip by a day or two if a domain-line signer needs more time; these three are anchored to external calendars and must land on the day named.

DateEventWhy it does not move
Sat 25 Oct Donate-flow attribution stack live Per Sprint 55.5 recalibration and pre-launch technical planning — the third-party analytics platform provisioning window closes 25 Oct. If we miss it, we lose full-funnel attribution for Nov and Dec, which cripples Christmas Appeal ROI measurement. Ads cannot resume paid spend until this is live.
Tue 2 Dec Giving Tuesday — Christmas Appeal launch Global external date. The single largest attention window for charitable giving in Australia's Q4. Missing this is missing 40% of Q4 donation potential per Y1 pilot benchmark. Non-negotiable.
25–31 Dec Dark period — no LWD sends Discipline, not scheduling. Christmas week is not a marketing window. Beneficiaries in palliative care and their families do not need a debt-charity email on Christmas Eve. This is dignity floor.

Voice-fill queue — items awaiting Sprint 55.2 substitution

The following calendar items ship structurally complete now but carry a [voice-check pending] marker on any paragraph attributed to Lisa's or Laurence's voice. When Sprint 55.2 voice-capture returns, the substitution machinery from Sprint 55 lands their register into these items. Until then, generic scaffold ships in the position of the direct quote.

DateItemVoiceWhat awaits fill-in
Fri 2 OctLaunch-week email #2 — founding-donor cohortLisaPersonal signature paragraph — her direct voice, her framing of "you made this happen."
Tue 6 OctLaurence LinkedIn post #1LaurenceThe full post — his 30-year practitioner voice on "why licensed mediation, not relief."
Thu 15 OctLaurence LinkedIn post #2LaurenceHis framing of the Y1 pilot data commentary. Y1 numbers stay verbatim regardless; voice-fill is on the interpretive commentary.
Tue 27 OctBlog post #2LaurenceLong-form authored-voice for the "why mediation, not relief" essay.
Thu 22 Oct, Thu 5 Nov, Thu 12 Nov, Thu 4 Dec, Thu 10 DecLaurence LinkedIn posts #3–#8LaurenceEach post's voice pass.
Wed 4 Nov, Fri 11 Dec, Wed 23 DecFounding-donor touches #2, #3, #4LisaPersonal signature block on each stewardship touch.
Tue 10 Nov, Wed 9 DecBlog posts #3 and #4Lisa (personal frame), Carla (analytical frame)Lisa's opening or closing paragraph carrying the personal-frame voice.

Voice-fill is not a blocker for launch. Every item on this calendar ships structurally complete on its scheduled date, with a generic-scaffold voice in the Lisa or Laurence position. When the voice-capture returns, the substitution machinery from Sprint 55 lands the register-specific replacement. This is the read-and-correct pattern from /edit-sheet applied at content-calendar scale.

How this calendar interacts with the Monday review-pack rhythm. Every Monday 09:00 AEDT the AI CMO drops the review pack in the WhatsApp group. The pack references this calendar's rows for the coming week. Corrina couriers the pack to the three domain owners by 09:15. Domain owners respond in-thread by 10:00. Corrina finalises the ship list by 14:00 and publishes Tue–Thu. Friday 16:00 the AI CMO drops the retrospective. That rhythm holds for all 12 weeks of Q4 without exception.