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RunSignup customers Brian Pessalano (Fredericksburg Area Running Club) and Kristen Loescher (Arsenal Events) appeared on a local radio show where they discussed a topic at the front of everyone’s mind: organizing running events in a pandemic. Check out their interview to discuss a myriad of topics, including: Managing a running club safely (different paces help!) […]
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Below is a recorded session that provides an overview on how to set up streams and timing locations using MYLAPS timing hardware and RunSignup’s RaceDay Scoring. Special guests, Amanda Marek and Dave Hebgen, from RaceDay Events walkthrough how to use RaceDay Scoring and share important tips. Watch the video below for a quick overview! RaceDay […]
There is now a full reconciliation summary report for each funds transfer at the payment account level. Transactions, sales tax remitted by GiveSignup | RunSignup, refunds, holdbacks, and adjustments are broken down by line item in a summary table. You are able to easily download each line item for a report across all of your […]
Why Renew? If you made a number of edits to your (cancelled) 2020 race, it may be tempting to just start over. Don’t! Going through the steps to correctly renew your race has a number of benefits, including: Keeps the same URL year-to-year, making it easy for participants to find the event Maintains many settings […]
We would like to welcome Charnele Williams as our VP of Marketing! Charnele will lead our RunSignup | GiveSignup Marketing team (Johanna and Shelly – don’t worry, no one is going anywhere!). Charnele Williams is a University of Virginia (Wahoowa!) alumni and a former congressional intern for Speaker Nancy Pelosi. She is a passionate marketer […]
Anecdotal evidence has long suggested to us that virtual runners are not the same people who show up on race day, but the sudden flood of virtual events in 2020 gave us enough volume (and enough motivation) to pull some new reports focused on virtual for our recently released 2020 RaceTrends Report. Why does it […]
Timers can get a debrief on the recently completed Timer marketing research survey by watching the recorded session below. More than 160 timers participated in this year’s survey. Topics covered include general timer business attributes, impacts of Covid-19, timer strategies, and timers’ use of race day technology. One of the most important takeaways is that […]
We saw a steady increase in in-person events throughout the fall and winter, and expect to see significantly more in Q2 and Q3 of 2021. With more race organizers looking to secure permits for safe, modified events, we are increasingly seeing questions about the type of plan required keep participants safe and to to obtain […]
We are releasing a new Voucher system that allows races to create vouchers that participants can use as a credit when they sign up for an event. For example, you might give Allison a voucher for $30 that she can use on any of your events. In the example on the right, she signs up […]
Godzilla vs Kong is expected to hit theaters in March 2021. In the meantime, we have our own fight escalating between two tech giants that is sure to be just as entertaining as the big screen blockbuster. Just like the two titans on screen, Apple and Facebook have been feuding for years. Apple promises to […]
Facebook has added a new Domain Verification step to their Ads platform. This is a way they hope to minimize the impact of Apple’s iOS 14 changes. The good news is that you can accomplish this with your RunSignup | GiveSignup Domain Hosting. This means that you can bring your own domain like ScottCoffeeRun.com or […]
We wrapped up our 2021 Virtual Winter Symposium on Thursday. Like all of our customers who had to go virtual this year, we missed seeing everyone in-person, but we were grateful for the chance to move forward in some capacity. The bonus? While our in-person capacity usually maxes out at around 300 attendees, we were […]
During our virtual symposium last week, we received many questions about raffles. While this may seem like an easy way to fundraise when everything is virtual, there are two reasons why GiveSignup | RunSignup is currently unable to allow raffles on our platform: Payment processors do not allow gambling activities. Raffles – even those for […]
