Making Strides | Estimated Read time – 5:03
Our first quarter Making Strides edition is here! This is your quarterly recap of Race Roster’s most noteworthy updates, releases, and valuable content from this past quarter.
1 – Search bar revamp
Organized, clean, and easier to navigate. Three words to summarize our event search bar updates!
Finding the event you’re looking for is now easier with upcoming events being arranged by date, as well as moving past, demo, and draft events to a separate screen that’s linked from the search bar.
We’re sharing just a peek of what those changes look like, and you can log into Race Roster now to experience the event search bar updates for yourself!
2 – Flexible event + results page branding options
We released new branding options to further help you differentiate your results pages from the event page!
Our new ‘theme’ toggle feature gives you great looking, and accessible results pages with the flip of a toggle.
When turned off, Race Roster’s default color scheme will be applied, giving you a quick and easy option you can always rely on.
3 – Google & Yahoo: New email sender verification requirements
Google and Yahoo have announced new requirements for those who send bulk emails – and they apply regardless of the email provider you use!
We know understanding how they might apply to you can be a challenge.
So we’ve created a resource to simplify:
- How to know if your email delivery will be impacted,
- What the new requirements are, and
- What you can do
Learn more about the new Google & Yahoo email sender verification requirements
Find out more about this release on Race Roster in our article: Get your email delivered: Navigating the new bulk email sender guidelines and requirements
4 – Auto-update status of results
Timers! It’s no coincidence ‘time’ is in your title, with it always being in short supply. And, that’s why we created an update that will save you more of it!
Now, automate when results on Race Roster are considered official.
Once your initial results have been shared on Race Roster, you likely want to provide a window of time for adjustments to be made, when results are considered ‘unofficial’.
With this new feature, set the date and time you’d like to close this window, and our system will automate the removal of the unofficial disclaimer to make results official for you!
4 – Participant list updates
We made three updates to our participant list for a more streamlined user experience:
- Now when you land on your event’s participant list, a default report will automatically generate, removing the need to scroll and click to view participant data.
- Data filter options have been moved to a new right hand menu, giving you better visibility so you can view your participants and update filters without scrolling.
- A search bar has been added to data filters, so you can easily find, add, and remove columns from your participant search – and save your search fields as a template for future use!
These changes have already been implemented, so login to Race Roster to experience the updated features for yourself!
5 – Tips & tricks content
This quarter, we released a variety of tips & tricks content! Learn about how to take your event to the next level this year, the power of user-generated content, event branding and more!
- New year, new goals: How to take your event to the next level in 2024
- How to Harness the Power of User-Generated Content in Endurance Event Marketing
- Event Branding 101: How to create a memorable and consistent identity
ICYMI: ASICS Move Her Mind Report
In 2022, ASICS completed their State of Mind Index study that uncovered that women, especially young women, are exercising significantly less than men.
To better understand the issue, and help close the gender exercise gap, ASICS conducted a second study that included nearly 25,000 people globally.
Overall, the results reveal that women are facing multiple barriers to exercise across their lifetimes.
So, how are people breaking those barriers? Read more at the #MoveHerMind hub:
Learn more about the ASICS Move Her Mind report
Find out more: Visit the ASICS Move Her Mind hub
Come get social with us
Check out what we’ve been up to on social media. Here’s some of our favourite content from this quarter!
6 – Additional updates & releases
- Digital Engagement Kit (DEK) updates:
- Added the ability to make the card category and logo optional to display on the public facing kit.
- Event Management:
- Added the ability for any event staff members with full control access on the event to duplicate an event page for the next year.
- Added messaging to the event dashboard financials section highlighting disputes that have been won or lost.
- Updated the “completed” events section on the homepage to sort completed events from “latest” to “earliest” by default.
- Added the disputes & chargebacks page to series pages, which can be viewed from the lefthand side menu of the dashboard.
- Updated the copy when an access code is rejected to give more information on what could be causing the issue (code is expired, out of redemptions, etc.).
- Integrations/API updates:
- Updated our USAT API integration to incorporate the new USAT membership tiered pricing strategy into the registration process.
- Added functionality to support AdRoll and TikTok pixels on a Race Roster event page.
- Invoice tool:
- Updated all redirect links for invoice pages to land on the cerberized and up-to-date page for the invoice tool.
- Kiosk:
- Added Google autofill functionality when inputting address information during kiosk registration.
- Registration updates:
- Reskinned of the manually add participant page to include product images and improved displays.
- Added a “preferred charity” selector on the manual participant add page.
- Reporting:
- Re-organized payout statements to display sub-events and products in alphabetical order.
- When exporting participants with the SMS and Email Opt-In questions included in a report, the answers for opting in have been shortened to a simple “yes” or “no” response within the report.
- Updated geographies & languages:
- Added Vietnam and Indonesia as selectable countries within event creation.
- Added Vietnamese and Indonesian as languages across the Race Roster platform.
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