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Fatherhood Redefined
Posted by Dan Rutledge

Father's Day is a bit of a joke. Sometimes it seems like nothing more than a way to peddle more ties and t-shirts to guys that need neither. Our stores ...

My Favorite Sound in the World

My Favorite Sound in the World

I remember sounds. The tape-deck that is my brain seems to record them. Sometimes I like to roam the archives, replaying the tracks in my life like a playlist of favorites. One ...

Announcing Our Contest Winners!

Announcing Our Contest Winners!

Here at SignUpGenius, we love to shine the spotlight on people who are making their corner of the world a better place. That's why our recent "Real Life St. Nick Contest" ...

Thanks to YOU!

Thanks to YOU!

As we flip the calendar to 2012, we're so thankful for the many volunteers that gave of themselves to help others last year. Whether you signed up to bring meals to a frazzled ...

Life Lessons from the Suburban Battlefield

Life Lessons from the Suburban Battlefield

Six years ago in March, we moved to the suburbs of Charlotte from a little condo next to a highway in Los Angeles. I remember walking outside at night and standing in the ...

50 New Themes Released!

50 New Themes Released!

Fall events are in full swing and we've got some brand new themes to add some extra pizazz to your sign ups! Why settle for a plain looking sign up? Now with over 275 professionally-designed ...

Lessons on Work from Sand Castle University

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!

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.

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

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

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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!

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?

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

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

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!

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 ...