The Genius Blog
Lessons on Work from Sand Castle University
It started on a baking hot summer day in 1977. I was 5. My dad had this group of fraternity brothers from his engineering school that would get together with their families ...
To the Cloud!
The busy fall planning season is coming soon and we've been "bulking up" to handle the load. This past weekend we upgraded our web servers and moved to a new cloud-hosting ...
Delivering Customer Service WOW.
SignUpGenius is proud to announce the release of our brand new HELP CENTER for customer support! If you've ever contacted us with a question, you know that we are fanatical ...
Becoming a Day Counter
My wife and I took a summer getaway to Savannah recently. We stayed in a renovated home in the historic district and spent our time drinking in the beauty of time long past. One ...
The Lesson I Learned from My Dog
Our family got our first dog last month. Even though the kids had wanted one for a while, my wife and I had been putting it off, not wanting to jam any more responsibility ...
My Other Life
As you may or may not know, in addition to to my work at SignUpGenius, I still occasionally do some work as a film/video director. I usually am involved in a couple big projects ...
Happy Holiday Weekend!
On behalf of all us at SignUpGenius, I hope you have a great holiday weekend! It's been an incredible year of growth for our site and we're so thankful for all the great ...
Update on Site Outage 5/26/11
On behalf of our staff at SignUpGenius, I ask that you please accept our deepest apologies for any problems you experienced on the website today, 5/26/2011. Earlier this ...
My Favorite Tweets
I have a love/hate relationship with social media. Sometimes I think the only difference between Twitter and a diary... is that someone might actually find your diary and ...
SignUpGenius Helps Tornado Victims in Alabama
One of the best parts of working at SignUpGenius is seeing how people use our site to make a difference. We're so excited to be able to help churches and schools and non-profits ...
10 Tips for Getting a Media Internship
Because I work in the media industry, I tend to get a lot of interest from young people related to internships. This is especially true because our company is involved in ...
Hey Coach... are we allowed to win?
I'm coaching my daughters in a U12 soccer league this Spring. It's a big step up from the kids' leagues they've played in before. Bigger fields. Full size goals. Playing ...
The #DAN2011 Conference
I get bored sometimes. Not that I don't have enough to do. Quite the opposite. But I get tired of the same old same old work. Have you felt that way this week? Then you should ...
Leadership's True Test
How exactly do you gauge the effectiveness of a leader? By the attendance at meetings? By the financial growth of the organization? By some kind of satisfaction survey from ...
Announcing Our Christmas Contest Winners!
We hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas, that all your traveling has been safe, and that all your holiday events went off without a glitch! It's been a fantastic year ...
What in the World Happened to Thanksgiving?
I don't know about you... but this year I've been extremely frustrated with how our culture is handling Thanksgiving. It seems like we've gotten into this escalating spiral ...
SignUpGenius Co-Founder in the News
While this isn't directly related to SignUpGenius or group leadership - I thought it might be interesting for those that read the blog and know me from interactions related ...
Site Outage Update
On Tuesday afternoon, November 2nd of 2010, we experienced a perfect storm of circumstances that caused our site to slow and eventually go down temporarily. This is definitely ...
Announcing Our Caption Contest Winners!
Thanks to everyone that entered our "Countdown to Candy" caption contest! We enjoyed reading all the funny captions and our team of judges has finally picked themselves ...
The Leadership Double-Standard: How We're Failing Our Kids
I had a bizarre experience this weekend. A lesson in contrasts… On Saturday, I ran my first 5K. Funny, but I've never been so excited to come in 142nd place for ...
The Leader's Creed
It's October and fall groups are in full swing. If you're a leader that spent the last month coordinating kick-offs and startup events, this might be your first chance to ...
We Have a Winner!
Congratulations to David Barnaba, the winner of our "Back to School" Bulletin Board Contest! Mr. Barnaba's bulletin board, entitled Composers, received 3372 votes ...
I Stink at Self-Promotion
So... this situation keeps happening to me and I'm not sure how to handle it. It might be at church, school, or on the sports field... but inevitably I'll be involved in ...
Add Sign Up Buttons to Your Website
SignUpGenius Build 3.132 Now it's easy to add sign up buttons right to your website or blog and link directly to your sign up! After you build your sign up, look for the ...
Can you hear it?
Last night I was driving in the car alone… when I had one of those moments. One of those moments when God cuts through the clutter of life and sends a message. Just ...