EVENT REGISTRATION TECH

from PUSH Magazine, Volume 1, Issue 3

INDUSTRY CONFIDENTIAL

RACE REGISTRATION

Adaptable registration solutions. Since opening it’s doors in 2013, RaceHawk has kept this simple brand mission. Now under new ownership, this registration platform is working to create a unique experience for event owners and a new approach to the event/platform relationship.

Think boutique service meets industry experience. Events on this platform are offered a catered experience with a team that is dedicated to doing their part to make each event a success. Started by event owners and still owned by event owners, this background provides a powerful think tank that isn’t afraid to get creative and work to find solutions.

Easy to set up and get started, RaceHawk allows users to create an instant landing page for their event details, build customized registration options and pricing, drop in sponsor logos and craft welcome messaging and links for social. Day to day numbers and data are easy to access through the backend dashboard and event owners can download participant data or send event communication through the platform to their athletes at any time.

In registering your event on the platform, you instantly receive a “Welcome Kit” including a marketing package on RaceHawk channels. Registration checks are cut every 2 weeks, allowing owners access to the cash they need to keep event plans rolling. These are among a few features that have made this platform popular with owners.

In a time when adaptability is king, this platform is doing what it takes to keep it’s clients moving forward. Pulling in virtual race solutions has allowed May events on the platform to stay connected with their athletes and soften the blow of postponements and cancellations.

There is no one size fits all solution, but for events looking for real partnership from their registration platform and are excited to get creative, this company offers a great start.

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“This is not the first time you have survived a major obstacle and it likely won’t be your last.”

One should never assume. But, in this case I am confident in assuming that during each any every strategic planning session you’ve ever sat in on, not one of you included “Traversing a Global Pandemic” as one of your 2020 goals. However, here we are, almost two months in and many of those strategic plans you worked so hard to craft have all been placed on a shelf. I do not need to remind you of the challenging hardships that many organizations are facing. Your organization is most likely included in the mix.

And now, regardless of whether we are ready, we are all preparing for a new normal while the country opens back up in phases and it’s time to start making preparations. Still before we begin slashing away at our current strategic plan or quickly throwing together next steps, let’s be sure to focus. Here are three things you and your organization can do before you start planning for activity in a post pandemic world.

Find your calm. Locate and accept where you, your employees, and your organization are at emotionally, financially and structurally. Then accept this as fact, without judgment. You will be more efficient and effective in your planning efforts if you are acting from a place of calm and acceptance rather than conflict or resentment.

Review your strengths. Take time individually and as a group to look back through your history, and the history of your organization, for other times when you endured significant adversity. This is not the first time you have survived a major obstacle and it likely won’t be your last. Remember your tenacity. It’s in there.

Get interested to get creative. We all need to think differently right now, drawing on creativity, originality, and imagination. Creativity is not fostered when coming from a place of fear but rather it thrives when it orginates from curiosity. To get yourself into that mindset, start by getting truly curious about what comes next for you and your organization.

As you enter into this post COVID-19 phase, making the time to get yourself and your team in the right mindset, accepting life as it is right now and assessing your current state will set up your approach to determine a strategy with precision and certainty.

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