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With our 2021 Spring Forward Seminar we capped off a year of extensive virtual education focused on helping event professionals and nonprofits manage the uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic and pivot events from in-person to virtual to hybrid. Between multi-session virtual seminars and webinars…
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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: Complications of 2021 Renewals Renewing is…
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Virtual races aren’t really new – but with COVID-19 restrictions turning in-person events into virtual ones, experienced race directors are learning what it’s like to be a rookie director all over again. This episode of talkSIGNUP covers tips for a first-time virtual…
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Watch Webinar Recording Download RaceDay Checklist View Webinar Slides Thanksgiving Day is the largest running day in the United States! Are you ready to stand out from this crowd? Today’s webinar covered the path to Turkey Day Greatness: For a checklist of…
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At the US Trail Running Conference in San Luis Obispo, California this last week the RaceJoy team got to connect with race directors and vendors in the trail running industry. We get a lot of great ideas for RaceJoy from this group and definitely…
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A new book just came out, Organizing a 5K, by Crystal Waters McCulough. We saw it on a post on Race Directors HQ, and ordered it and read it this past weekend. It is a great book for people thinking about putting on…
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Bob was inspired to start RunSignup based on being one of the race directors at the Scott Coffee Run. Eight years later, it is useful to see how the race makes use of RunSignup technology today (this will be a long blog…
Read MoreWe’re joining with Race Directors Hub, the thriving endurance industry forum from the online resource Race Directors HQ, as a Community Partner to the Facebook group! The group was launched by Race Directors HQ editor Panos Gonos in October 2017 and has grown into Facebook’s…
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We have brought the power of a Custom Dashboard we introduced a few weeks ago to our larger Partners to each and every race that uses RunSignup. Here is some of the eye candy you can customize to show just what you are looking…
Read MoreI was talking with someone today about whether races feel an obligation to keep their customer data safe. The conversation was triggered when I was talking to a small registration company owner and found they had many security vulnerabilities like their site…
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