Does technology give you the warm fuzzies? No? Well, it can and here is how. Here’s an actual customer scenario: After 4-5 years of using online registration, users realize a significant savings of cash and time. Using manual or paper registration methods for class and program enrollment can consume both
Registration is one of the most popular activities that you can allow parents to do online. Opening up access and providing more and easier opportunities for parents to register for classes also does something for you: it drives your revenues higher. Provide a Seamless Process from Notification to Payment By
Deanna Lewis has a great idea to share. It was her first year teaching full time, and she wanted to do something different and impactful for her students. Each of her students wrote a personal goal at the beginning of every month for each of their classes. She found they
Did you know that there is an Autism Speaks Local Grant application for 2016 that opened on July 18th and will be open until Friday, September 23? Here is the application link. We know that we have many organizations that provide services to autistic children. This great program can help
Question: We are considering recruiting several college students for our summer internships. Do we have to pay them? Answer: In some cases, individuals working for an employer in a training capacity do not qualify as formal “employees” under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), and therefore do not have to
Your mobile app can look amazing and have everything that you’ve imagined the parents of your gymnastics gym, swim school or dance studio could want, but if those parents aren’t using it, how much is it helping you or them? It’s not like the Field of Dreams. “Build it and
Children’s activity centers of all types are usually run by a very close knit group of people who can range from creatives who just want to share the passion for their craft with children to business-minded number crunchers, from direct talkers to introverted loners – and even passive-aggressives. The relationships
It’s no question that things are going mobile – and have for a while. There are, however, questions on what this really means. What is a mobile site? A mobile website is designed specifically for the smaller screens and touch-screen capabilities of smartphones and tablets. It can be accessed using
Some pretty common thinking considers that “teams” should be groups of people who have lots in common: that their similarities encourage a close-knit environment that inspires ideas and hard work. A Yale MBA student thought the same thing but learned – from her own study group experience – that the
Written by Patti Komara It may make your insurance agent very happy to know that you’ve written an Employee Safety Statement to help prevent employee injuries in your facility. Patti Komara wrote one for her gym, Patti’s All American, at the recommendation of her insurance agent after some Worker’s Comp