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5 Enterprise Features for Schools

Thousands of schools around the country love how SignUpGenius makes it easy to create online sign ups for school events and volunteers. But, did you know that we now also ...

Genius Hack: Add Links to Sign Ups

If only we could read other people’s minds! It would be easy to share the exact location of a video conference or point participants to a site to visit as a part of your ...

4 Ways Your School Needs to Use SignUpGenius

SignUpGenius helps schools power their organizing with online sign ups. From coordinating events and volunteers to selling spirit wear, sign ups make it easy for people to ...

5 Sign Up Tips to Ensure Your Next Event Goes Smoothly

Events are a fun way to bring people together for unforgettable experiences. Yet, there is a lot of planning that goes into pulling off the perfect event. Many coordinators ...

How to Maximize Your SignUpGenius Free Plan

We all love getting the best bang for our buck. That’s why we packed the Basic free version of our sign up tool with lots of features. Our premium plans include even more ...

NEW FEATURE: Organize like a Genius with Portal Pages

Ever wished you could host all your sign ups on one page? Now you can! Enterprise customers can now create Portal Pages, a customized index page that easily directs group ...

5 Sign Ups to Create in 2020

You’ve used our site to create sign ups and organize your group. But have you used it to simplify all of your group organizing activities? At SignUpGenius, we see all sorts ...

10 Best Volunteer Management Software Solutions

Volunteers power so much good in our communities, whether supporting students at a local school or a mission trip in another country. These days, there is no reason to spend ...

3 Ways to Get More People to Sign Up for Your Event

You’ve created an online sign up, saving hours of time communicating and coordinating with people. Now you’re just waiting for those sign ups to roll in. And waiting… and ...

4 Signs You've Outgrown Google Forms for Sign Ups

Google Forms is an easy way to survey audiences and get the info you need. However, the tool doesn’t include advanced features to simplify group organizing for school, work, ...

How to Boost Volunteer Involvement

Whether you are a small or large nonprofit, volunteers are a crucial part of advancing your mission. We’re here to help you boost your recruiting efforts — minus the hassle. ...

4 Signs Your School Needs Premium Features

Is your school a lean, mean group management machine, but with a need for better organization and communication? We have some great features to make life easier and help ...

SignUpGenius Hacks Reference Guide

We have a whole library of “Genius Hacks” on our blog, created to empower geniuses like you to make smarter sign ups. Check out our full list of hacks and pick one (or two ...

4 Sign Up Features for Parent Teacher Conferences

Time to plan parent teacher conferences! It’s easy to create your conference schedule and invite parents with an online sign up. That way, you can save time and focus on ...

Organize Your School Events for the Entire Year

Back to school means another year full of events. It also means parents will be getting all those SignUpGenius invites (at least, that’s what we’ve heard)! Fortunately, ...

3 Ways to Avoid Over-emailing Your Participants

Picture this: you’re organizing a variety of events with SignUpGenius. Congrats and high five! But with all those events comes the potential to fill up your audience’s inbox. ...

Genius Hack: Lock Your Sign Up Slots

Are people dropping like flies from their sign up commitments? Or have they procrastinated, meaning you’re getting an influx of last-minute sign ups? Whether you’re managing ...

Genius Hack: Compose and Schedule Emails

You’ve created a sign up and invited your group, but now you need to communicate additional information. Or, plans have changed and you need to update your participants. ...

Genius Hack: Integrate Sign Ups with Your Website

Planning a successful event requires easy registration for your attendees. With SignUpGenius, it’s simple to integrate an event registration with your website or email newsletter. Integrate ...

Genius Hack: Build a Custom Form

Need to register people for events? Or gather information from a group? Creating a sign up form is a great way to easily compile participant information. Try a couple of ...

Genius Hack: Customize Your Sign Up Link

Want to make it even easier for people to find your sign up? You can! We’ve raised the sign up game by giving you the ability to create a customized, shortened link. As ...

Genius Hack: Link a Map to Your Sign Up

Did you plan an event at a hard-to-find, top-secret location? With our handy new mapping feature, you can attach a Google Maps location to your sign up — ensuring all your ...

Genius Hack: Manage Your Account Settings

You don't have to possess superpowers to get the job done. If you need to set up timing for email reminders or update your password, a few simple changes in your account ...

Genius Hack: Create a Recurring Event Sign Up

Are you a super planner? We get it — we’ve been known to organize our closet by color, season and occasion as well. Those same organizational skills can be put to use with ...

Genius Hack: Assign a Custom Contact to Sign Ups

Want to maintain your secret identity? Appoint someone else as your sign up’s point person? Fortunately, you can do both when you assign a custom contact to a sign up. With ...