With the parents of 300 juniors registering their kids on paper forms each November, Nikki the club administrator at Papamoa Surf Lifesaving Club, was keen to find a better solution. Registration forms were manually entered into three different systems, and then printed to take weekly attendance. Apart from being time consuming, it was also difficult to maintain accurate data across the systems.
Nikki had used Friendly Manager as a parent in two of her kids’ clubs, and enjoyed the user experience. She reached out to see if the system would work for Papamoa Surf Lifesaving Club. When Nikki realised parents could pay online at registration, with automated invoices, and smooth integration with Xero, she knew this was going to have a big impact on her administration workload.
Initially the transition to Friendly Manager seemed daunting, but when the onboarding team took the time to show Nikki how she could leverage the software to her advantage, it all fell into place. The little things like simple segmentation of club members into groups for targeted emails, and taking online attendances, were game changing!
Papamoa Surf Lifesaving Club further uses its free Friendly Manager website to streamline club operations. Their integrated website updates directly from their Friendly Manager system, and the simple to edit templates make changes easy, keeping the club presentation fresh and attractive to members and visitors alike.
Now Nikki enjoys streamlined event management covering invitations, acceptances, and automatic invoicing. Nikki and her team are now free to focus on growing their club, and appreciating their lovely new club house.
