RunSignup AI Webinar Series: Learn What’s Possible
This page features all upcoming webinars in our AI Webinar Series — from foundational overviews to hands-on projects using RunSignup’s new AI tools. Whether you’re just starting out or looking to dive into Vibe Coding and automation, there’s something here for every level. Bookmark this page to stay updated as we release new sessions and recordings.
Upcoming Webinars
October 28, 2025 2PM ET/11AM PT
The Beta RunSignup AI Chatbot for customer service is now available to all races on RunSignup. The chatbot gets your participants instant answers to race questions while saving you time on repetitive support inquiries. Whether it’s about registration, packet pickup, or course details, the chatbot delivers quick, accurate responses powered by your own event content.
October 29, 2025 2PM ET/11AM PT
Join Event Day Product Manager Matt Avery and RaceDay Senior Technical Account Manager Soren Larson to see how timers are leveraging AI to save time and add value. We’ll cover real examples of using AI for scoring, participant communication, and on-site operations.
November 5, 2025 2PM ET/11AM PT
Go behind the scenes to see how RunSignup’s development team uses AI to build, test, and improve our technology. From code generation to internal support tools, you’ll learn how AI helps us innovate faster while maintaining reliability.
November 19, 2025 2PM ET/11AM PT
Join RunSignup CEO Bob Bickel and developer Jon Maron where they’ll discuss our Open API and MCP. Learn how these tools empower developers and partners to build custom integrations and enhance the RunSignup experience.
December 10, 2025 2PM ET/11AM PT
Join RunSignup developers Joel Peterson and Jonathan Farrell for an upcoming webinar focused on Security and AI Access. They’ll share insights on how RunSignup is approaching security, permissions, and the responsible use of AI across our platform.
On-Demand Webinars
Join us for a webinar with Daniel Beasley, the founder of Queu.ai and Eventsavvy.ai. In 2025, Daniel is bringing the ultimate AI sidekick for event management to RunSignup customers via the RunSignup AI Chatbot.
This smart tool will trained on your event’s details—like schedules, FAQs, and policies—to instantly answer runner questions about registration, courses, and more. Available 24/7, it cuts support tickets by up to 80%, reducing stress and saving time for your team.
At RunSignup, we see AI as the future. To understand what’s next, join RunSignup CEO and Founder Bob Bickel for an exploration of the origins of AI, the evolution of AI, and why it’s becoming an essential tool for endurance events.
Discover practical ways AI can help automate and improve race day and event operations. Join us for a live webinar to learn how you can use AI tools within RunSignup (and beyond) to simplify operations, save time, and create a better experience for your participants.
If you are interested in vibe coding but do not understand what an API is, start here. We will break down what RunSignup and TicketSignup’s APIs, OAuth2, and MCPs really are in clear, non-technical language. We believe that understanding these core pieces of technology are a necessary foundation for vibe coding practical and applied applications to solve event problems.
Join Product Manager Daniel Beasley and developer Joel Peterson for an introduction to vibe coding. This webinar will cover the basics of how vibe coding works and vibe coding tools to kickstart your imagination and help you understand what’s possible.
Join Event Day Product Manager Matt Avery and RaceDay Senior Technical Account Manager Soren Larson for an event-day focused vibe coding project. To start, learn how to fork existing applications to customize them for your needs. This timer-focused webinar focuses on RunSignup’s public API for results.
Join developer Jonathan Farrell for another look at vibe coding. In this webinar, Jonathan will explore vibe coding applications using RunSignup’s public API for races, as well as incorporating additional API’s into a single project. Trouble-shoot along with Jonathan as he vibe codes in real time.
Learn best practices (and common mistakes) when using AI to improve your Website V2 content and structure.
Join Director of Marketing Johanna Goode to learn how to build strong content is the foundation of effective AI tools. This session covers how to structure and format your event website copy so that AI chatbots, search tools, and future integrations can better understand and deliver your information.
Join Bruce Kratz, VP of Development, and Matt Brady, Software Developer, for an interactive look at writing smarter AI prompts. They’ll show you how to craft and refine prompts that generate accurate, creative outputs for race descriptions, sponsor blurbs, and more.
All the Latest Blogs on AI
The RunSignup AI Chatbot (BETA) Is Now Open to All Users
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Buy It in ChatGPT
OpenAI made a big announcement yesterday about a new capability they are rolling out to allow buying within ChatGPT, called the Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP). This comes on top of Google’s recent announcement of the Agent Payment Protocol (AP2). This is exactly…
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New AI Chatbot Features Released
As we get closer to opening the AI Chatbot beta to all customers, we’re continuing to roll out exciting new functionality. These updates give you more control over the chatbot experience and make it easier to ensure the bot reflects your race’s…
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2026 Timer Education Summit
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Introducing the AI Chatbot Page Component
Note: The RunSignup AI Chatbot is currently in beta. This post describes functionality that will be available once the chatbot is open to all customers, as well as details for current beta users. When you turn on the RunSignup AI Chatbot, a…
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Nano Banana? The New AI Photo Editor
What a funny nickname for Google’s Gemini 2.5 Flash Image model – but Nano Banana is a groundbreaking AI-powered image editor built into the Gemini app. Why It’s Gaining Popularity Nano Banana is fast, consistent, and realistic. It can add elements like…
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Back to School 6th Period: RunSignup AI
This is the sixth class in our Back to School series reviewing the key content and updates from the last year before you dive into the busy fall race season. This class covers the rapidly evolving RunSignup AI and how race directors…
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How to Use Canva AI to Help Design Your Event Website
By now, many event organizers are familiar with AI-generated copy from tools like ChatGPT. But did you know Canva’s AI tools can help you create stunning visuals—like logos, banners, photo resizing, and image enhancements—for your event website? In this post, we’ll walk…
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AI Chatbot Beta Update: What Race Directors Are Saying
As we continue the beta launch of the RunSignup AI Chatbot, we now have 25 completed races using the chatbot with their participants. These early adopters are testing the tool in live race settings, and their usage and feedback are already helping…
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Why Owning and Formatting Your Content Matters for the RunSignup AI Chatbot
RunSignup’s AI Chatbot is transforming participant support. The real advantage is not just in the chatbot itself, but in the fact that RunSignup owns the content layer and controls how the AI agent uses it. This means we can deliver a more…
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Optimizing AI Chatbot Learning with Content Formatting
One of the early lessons we are implementing in the new RunSignup AI Chatbot is formatting the website content so the AI model “learns” the content better and is able to provide better answers. One of the questions we have gotten is…
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How to Use ChatGPT to Help Design Your Event Website
By now, most people know ChatGPT can be used to help create content for their event websites and email. But did you know it can also help you design logos, build color palettes, and even resize images (at this point, it’s still…
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