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5 Features for Scheduling Photography Mini-Sessions

Photography mini-sessions give families a meaningful and convenient way to capture precious memories either close to home or in a scenic location like the beach. Mini-sessions ...

4 Sign Ups for Summertime Events

Between the days becoming longer and the temperatures rising, summer is a season of nonstop activities. There’s nothing like floating down a lazy river with your loved ones ...

6 Steps for Organizing Service Projects

Serving in your community is a vital part of doing your part and giving back to others. Whether you are volunteering time with your team at work, gathering neighbors together ...

5 Common Sign Up Questions We've Answered

Whether you’re new to SignUpGenius or an online sign up expert, you will likely have a few questions when planning an event. You can simplify organizing in just a few minutes ...

Charlotte Community Rallies to Support Neighbors in Need

After schools closed in response to COVID-19 in March 2020, neighbors in the Ballantyne area of Charlotte joined together to support local families facing food insecurity. ...

Three Common Pitfalls When Creating a Sign Up

Pitfalls are a part of life – even when creating something as simple as an online sign up. In most cases, it’s easy to create a sign up. Our tool is designed so anyone can organize ...

Make a Splash with New Summer Themes

It’s starting to heat up, which means summer is on the way! Make a splash with your sign ups using these new themes that are perfect for all your seasonal events. From pool ...

Summer Deal: Save More with an Annual Premium Plan

Save 10% on annual premium plans and access advanced features in time for summer planning! From company picnics to ice cream socials to volunteer events, grab this deal and ...

Tips to Make Your Sign Up More Professional

Sign ups can be used for a number of different event types. Whether you are creating sign ups for your school, church, nonprofit or business — you need a clean and professional ...

Celebrating Genius Educators for Teacher Appreciation Week

Teacher Appreciation Week 2022 is celebrated from May 2 to 6 and offers a time for students and parents to show gratitude to all the hardworking educators who deserve a heartfelt ...

A Lasting Impact: In Memory of SignUpGenius Team Member and Friend, Chris DeLisle

Our SignUpGenius team includes employees who have helped grow the company since the beginning. Fueled by countless cups of coffee, the individuals in our tight-knit group ...

5 Ways to Simplify End of School Year Organizing

It’s almost time to wrap up the school year! The last few weeks before summer are packed with opportunities to assess students’ progress and celebrate all they have accomplished. ...

Introducing LumaPay: A Brighter Way to Pay

At SignUpGenius, we strive to build software solutions that help our customers increase engagement with their communities and gain access to important data-driven insights ...

4 Ways Sign Ups Coordinate Teacher Appreciation

Teachers go above and beyond and have truly earned superhero status during the past few years. No matter what challenges they faced, teachers supported their students in ...

How to Get the Most Out of Your Free Trial

When you start a SignUpGenius free trial, it’s imperative that you make the most out of your limited time. We want to help you take advantage of all the features that are ...

4 Tips for Organizing Your Portal Page

Managing events and volunteers can be challenging. With multiple events and sign ups, you may end up sending too many sign up invites that fill group member inboxes —leaving ...

SignUpGenius Enterprise Customer Stories

The SignUpGenius Enterprise plan offers a robust organizing solution for many businesses and corporations. Offering features from embeddable sign ups to custom portal pages ...

3 Ways Sign Ups Help Manage Clubs

Managing a group or club is no easy task. Group events and activities are always fun times, but the planning and coordinating can be a lot of work. Whether your group struggles ...

5 Sign Ups for Youth Sports Teams

Does it feel like a constant struggle to stay on top of all the organizing needs for your youth sports team? From coordinating after-game snacks each week to recruiting and ...

How Sign Ups Help Better Manage Volunteers

Volunteers are at the heart of so much good work in the community. People give valuable time to their favorite causes, and online sign ups help make the most of their generosity. ...

35 New Designs for Spring Events

Organize spring events with a new sign up design. From baseball registration and tennis lessons to spring festivals and potlucks, all of your spring events will look bright ...

4 Types of Sign Ups for Churches to Create

Churches organize a variety of events and most require the help of volunteers. Recruiting and managing volunteers is always a challenge. First, you need to spread the word ...

4 Tips for Creating Donation Sign Ups

Persuading people to part with their time or resources for a cause close to your heart can be a challenging task. Part of the challenge is building awareness about your cause. ...

7 SignUpGenius Integrations to Know About

SignUpGenius is your go-to solution for coordinating events and volunteers, but did you know you can access even more organizing power with our software integrations? Whether ...

5 Reasons to Love SignUpGenius

If you are planning, organizing or hosting events for groups, then SignUpGenius is the perfect tool for you. We have resources to help you simplify your organizing efforts ...