Visit the ClubRunner Booth at the 2018 RI Assembly

The 2018 Rotary International Assembly officially kicked off today and we're very excited to be part of it! If you're attending, visit us at our booth #233 to get the first look at our all-new ClubRunner District Mobile App, join us for our tips & tricks sessions for best practices, Q&A round and so much more.

There will be lots to do and to see during this power packed, 5 day event! We look forward to seeing you!

Social media to promote your Rotary Club

Social media has revolutionized the way we connect with our friends, family, and network. It's become a portal of advocacy which has the power to influence our actions. How does your club use social media to promote your club activities, and Rotary?

It isn't as simple as just having a presence however. So, how can you effectively use social media for your club? First of all, it's important to understand that platforms like Facebook and Twitter cannot replace your website, they exist to support it. Secondly, you have to take it seriously, define your strategy, and break it down into executable steps.

Not too long ago, we held a webinar on how you can accomplish more through your social platforms and how to have them work in conjunction with your website. Check out a recording of our webinar below.

We'll be holding many similar webinars in the future. If there is a certain topic you'd like to see covered, let us know in the comments below. If you haven't already done so, join us for one of our many training webinars where we cover different features of the ClubRunner platform by visiting http://site.clubrunner.ca/page/webinars. 

Introducing Impression, our newest Rotary Approved Website Theme

Modern, fresh and mobile responsive, our line up of next-generation themes were designed to elevate the look of your website.

Recently, we released two new Rotary approved templates, named Vision and Community and are happy to release a third. Introducing Impression, a new RI approved theme which is the most integrated with the new visual and digital identity guidelines.

Available in 8 color variations, this theme features a floating menu and automatically also adds your club name on the navigation menu, next to the navbar icon to keep your branding in place.

Ready to give your website a facelift?

Updating your website is free, easy and takes only a few clicks.

• Go to Website Designer and click on Themes on the left panel
• Select the Impression theme from the library and your color variation.
• Click on Publish to go live

That's it! For detailed instructions on designing your website, check out our detailed help guide. Prefer we switch your theme for you? Just send in your request to our support team and we'll be happy to help.

Did you know that you only have 5 seconds to capture the attention of your website visitors? Make it count with a website that speaks to people of all ages, works on all devices and promotes your club in the best way possible. 

Stay connected with your club from your phone or tablet

We're excited to announce that our mobile app is back and available for download. Released as Version 2, the app currently features the following modules:

Member Directory

Immediately view the most up to date member directory, upon login. You can browse your member profiles which give you the necessary contact information you need to connect with just one click. Make a call to any of their phone numbers, email them directly from your device, or even add them to your contacts list.

View Posts on Your Website

View the latest feed of home page stories that are on your website, directly on your phone, so you never miss any information.

To download the app from the Apple App Store or from Google Play, simply type in 'ClubRunner' in the search bar. Compatible with all versions of the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch sets that have iOS 8.0 and with versions of Androids that are 2.3.3 or better.

Please note that the Stories and Members features are only available to clubs that are direct subscribers of ClubRunner. 

Coming Soon

Take member engagement to the next level with ClubRunner mobile! Stay tuned for more details.

ClubRunner recognized as one of Canada's Most Innovative and Fastest-Growing Companies

We are very proud to announce that today, Canadian Business and PROFIT recognized ClubRunner as one of Canada's top 500 Most Innovative and Fastest-Growing companies. This milestone has been years in the making and we could not have done it without you. Thank you for all of your support.

Published in the October issue of Canadian Business and at PROFITguide.com, the PROFIT 500 ranks Canadian businesses by their advancement within the last five years in the industry that they serve by profiling the country's most successful growth companies.

This recognition is a testament to ClubRunner's vision which has always been to enable members of clubs to automate their membership management, streamline communication and boost public relations with an intuitive platform based on enterprise level technology. Built entirely on the cloud, our focus on ease of use and social engagement has allowed thousands of customers to continuously deliver better programs and services to strengthen communities around the world, while optimizing their communications to achieve their goals.

This achievement today acknowledges our level of commitment to our customers and confirms the value that integrated and relevant software plays in the modern organization.

To everyone that has supported us from when we began our journey in 2003, thank you. We aim to continue delivering innovative solutions that lead to your own success and growth.

ClubRunner Tip of the Week: New Member Program

It's Membership Month, and we're sure your club is outlining new strategies for the year for membership development. As you begin to welcome new members, do you have a set onboarding process? How does your club determine which member welcomes the newest addition to your club and who shows them the ropes?

Did you know that the built-in New Member Program lets you assign orientation activities to existing members in order to welcome new members?

A personal touch goes a long way compared to a booklet or an email briefing new members what they need to know. Rotary allows everyone that shares the same passion to do good for the community to come together, network and be part of something great. As such, we need to always try to make our new members feel welcome and part of the club. The best way to do that? Have existing members brief them on everything they need to know about the club! This allows them to get to know everyone on a personal level and get involved from the very beginning.

How do I add a new member activity?

1)  Select the newest member
2) Create a list of all your orientation activities (example: Meet & Greet, introduce new member to all club members).
2) Assign each activity to an existing member of your club

Members see these commitments under their Commitments tab on their profile as well part of every newsletter, should you include the commitments section.

To learn more about this feature, click here.

What's new in ClubRunner this Rotary year?

Happy New Rotary year!

As you begin another exciting year, we wanted to offer you our support with any questions you may have regarding ClubRunner. We've made some exciting updates to begin the month of July just right, and wanted to share a little more on what's new.

This new Rotary year, there is a whole lot of new!

Over the past little while, we've made a lot of exciting updates to help you promote your Rotary brand with our latest Public Relations enhancing features.

 1. Next-Generation Website Themes
Looking to give your website a face lift? Check our our new line of modern website themes. Not only are they mobile responsive, these themes also include new wider page styles with menu navigation above the fold, rotating image carousels, and even homepage options without a formal banner. Learn more.

 2. All-new Bulletin Wizard
See your newsletter come to life with our live email editor and never worry about jumping from the editor window to preview mode again. Select from one of the many pre-designed templates, add your message and you're set.

Prefer creating your own design? Select from one of the many blank templates, add your own flare and send away. Learn more.

The new Contacts module lets you get organized by creating custom groups and segregate your list by friends, prospective members, sponsors and more. Already integrated with the bulletin and email center, you can easily communicate with your network and engage your community. It doesn't end there! Check out a list of all of our latest features and enhancements, and what's coming soon by clicking here.

Stay in the know.
Interested in fun tips and tricks to boost your ClubRunner experience? Stay on top of the latest updates and new feature releases by following our service updates, which occur biweekly on Thursday mornings.

Support at your fingertips.
If at any time, you need more information on how to use a certain feature or have general questions about ClubRunner, we invite you to visit our Support Center at www.ClubRunnerSupport.com. Here you will find links to our:

• On-demand tutorial videos 
  
• Help guides 
• Service updates 
• Training webinars schedule 
• Frequently asked questions 
• Submit a question 

We understand that you've taken on a big responsibility in a demanding yet rewarding position and want to do everything we can to ensure your success this year. Have a suggestion? Email us at feedback@clubrunner.ca!

Rotary Convention Day 4 & 5 Recap

We were almost nearing the end of the convention and yet we still had so much to cover! Day 4 began with Maxim, Manage of Software Development joining Peter Markos, CIO of Rotary International at a plenary session covering database integration between Rotary and its Official Licensees. Over the past few months, we've been working with Rotary's data division to upgrade the sync feature as part of our new Licensee agreement. As such, with this new upgrade, we'll be able to:

• sync new member additions immediately
• support change in member types between active and honorary
• sync additional club info fields such as email, phone, fax
• support additional membership fields such as birthday and spouse

Of course, we'll continue to add more fields as and when they become available from RI. During the plenary session, we were able to answer a lot of questions that the audience had about ClubRunner and the advantages of activating the data sync feature. If your club or district has not yet activated this feature, learn how you can do so.

As the day progressed, we had many of our customers visit us to check out what's new. From downloading our mobile app to getting a sneak peek at the Bulletin Wizard, our booth was buzzing with activity.

Day 5 brought with it a bag of mixed feelings. On one end, we were excited and happy to meet all of our customers and new friends while on the other end of the spectrum, sad that the week long event was coming to a close.

Right from the first bell signifying that the House of Friendship was open till the very last announcement closing the hall down, every demo station we had setup was full as our team held interactive sessions on how to combat the common challenges that clubs face, such as attracting younger members, reaching a wider audience, engaging with your audience, and more. We welcomed tips from all clubs and it was great to see everyone sharing their own best practices. Over the next few weeks, we'll be sharing these best practices to help get you ready for the new Rotary year.

During the week long event, we also had many people enter our raffle for their chance to win a free one year subscription to ClubRunner. We'll be announcing the winners soon, stay tuned!

Thank you to everyone that visited the ClubRunner booth and made this event memorable. If you have any pictures you want to share with us, join the conversation and get connected with us on Facebook.

Rotary Convention Day 3 Recap

Another great day, today we held multiple demo and training sessions going over all the tools that can help you improve your Public Relations.

The day began with a series of sessions on the Website Designer, where we showcased our Next-Generation website themes and went over all the best practices to remember when editing your website, such as:

• Visualization: capture the attention of your visitors with imagery because as the saying goes, actions speak louder than words. Showcasing your club from a visual standpoint promotes your club much more effectively because you're able to give your visitors a better sense of what your club is about immediately. Use the built-in photo carousel as a banner to immediately create that visual effect.
• Content is king: The fact is simple. An updated website will draw many more visitors than one that displays outdated information. Add content quickly using the custom widgets and stories.
• Ease of navigation: Your website is the first place visitors come to learn more about your club, so if they can't navigate from one page to another easily to access the information they need, that impacts your bottom line. Categorize and sort your pages and link them directly to your navigation menu.

As the day progressed, we hosted a series of sessions related to Public Relations where we then went over integrating your social media channels with your ClubRunner site, building multiple bulletins for your segmented recipient groups and connecting with your club on the go through our mobile app.

We also got some great feedback on what you would like to see in ClubRunner. Thank you for taking the time to sit with us and give us your detailed suggestions.

If you haven't already, be sure to like our page on Facebook to view all the vlogs we're posting from the convention as well as photos throughout the day.

On to Day 4, stay tuned for more!

Rotary Convention Day 1 & 2 Recap

We've been looking forward to this convention all year and finally made it to Seoul, Korea, with some very exciting features to showcase. With more than 43,000 Rotarians attending, the RI convention hashtag for this year, #Rotary16, became a trending topic on both Facebook and Twitter hours before the official opening ceremony. Needless to say, there is a lot of exciting information to share.

Days 1 and 2

We started Day 1 by revealing our brand-new, soon to be released Bulletin Wizard module, and the reactions have been spectacular. If you haven't already caught a sneak preview, click here to view what's coming.

Over the past two days, a recurring challenge we've heard clubs are facing is engaging with their members and non-members and attracting younger members; both of which can be overcome with ClubRunner! In fact, the new Bulletin Wizard and the Contacts module work together to let your club create your message using a branded email template and send it to the right audience at the right time.

At our Next-Generation Website theme Upgrade Station, we've been helping clubs switch their website themes to the newest templates and have hosted some great sessions at our booth going over the importance of a modern looking up-to-date website and what to do to attract the younger generation.

Our team also set up multiple stations at our booth to present all of our latest features, including the Contacts module, Attendance 3.0 and even Volunteers, and have also been going over some of the updates coming soon, such as the RI Database Integration Update, which will offer more options for integration.

If you haven't already, be sure to like our page on Facebook to view all the vlogs we're posting from the convention as well as photos throughout the day.

On to Day 3, stay tuned for more!

Rotary International Upgrade

Official Rotary International Licensees can now offer even more options for data integration! 

Over the past few months, we've been working with Rotary International's Data division to upgrade the current data sync feature as part of our new Licensee agreement.

As an official licensee, with this new upgrade, we will be able to:

• sync new member additions immediately
• support change in member types between active and honorary
• sync additional club info fields such as email, phone, fax
• support additional membership fields such as birthday and spouse

We'll continue to add fields as and when they become available from RI.

Learn more by visiting Rotary International's list of licensed club management providers.

 

Advantages of RI Integration

There are many advantages of activating the data sync feature. As part of this update, you'll:

• spend even less time on administrative tasks
• will be able to easily send your club's info, member and officer information
• eliminate countless hours of duplicate data entry
• and more

ClubRunner 2.0 is Here...Take a Look

If you're a ClubRunner user, switch your site and rediscover ClubRunner 2.0 today. If you're just learning about ClubRunner, activate your free 30-day trial.

Week 41: Tip of the Week

#41: You can define and list member designations

If you have an access level of level 50 or greater, you can create and assign various designations to your active members. With three levels of designations available – Universal (which are predefined by ClubRunner), District Defined (if District is online with ClubRunner) and Club Defined, now it’s easier to identify all members within a club or district that fall under an exclusive, yet special category, such as Past President or Paul Harris Fellow. Once member designations are assigned, they will show up in the “Rotary” tab of each member’s profile, and can also hold a comments area per assignment. Also, you will be able to run reports (and export in CSV format) and communicate exclusively to these members if need be through the email message center.

For more information about how to use this powerful feature, contact our support team.

ClubRunner and Rotary International Discuss the Future of Rotary

We had the great opportunity to chat with Peter Markos, Chief Information Officer and General Manager for Rotary International, about the future of Rotary and how digital communications will help bring the next generation of Rotarians. Peter mentioned how important communications and ease of participation is key for their organization, all while streamlining administration for clubs and districts.

The entire interview will be published live in our upcoming quarterly newsletter this August. If you're not already on the list to receive our newsletter and would like to, please sign up today!

ClubRunner Champions Connect and Collaborate at Booth 1000

We're excited to have met with some ClubRunner Champions today at our meet and greet breakfast. These VIP users had the chance to interact and share tips, tricks and best practices. Some even stayed and jumped right in as an extended member of the ClubRunner team.

If you're not yet a ClubRunner Champion and would like to know more about this program, visit community.clubrunner.ca!

ClubRunner is at RI Convention 2010!

The 101st Rotary International Convention kicked off in Montreal today with the presentation of a commemorative Rotary Stamp from Canada Post. ClubRunner was honoured to be there for this day in history.

Stay tuned for daily updates about RI Convention 2010 and ClubRunner's presence!

Website Designer 2.0 Beta Now Released for Clubs

Website Designer 2.0 is now available under beta release to ClubRunner users.

With this upcoming release, you will now have the flexibility to configure and personalize your site. With ClubRunner's Website Designer, build it how you want it and launch the website that will boost the image of your club or district.

In three easy steps, you pick your theme, configure your layout, and add content – with no coding required. There are no obstacles between you and your ideal website.

See it for yourself! If you are a Site Administrator, simply log into your ClubRunner site and click on the Website Designer 2.0 Beta link to play around in this new module.

Also, attend a live demonstration and get a guided tour of how to configure and customize your site using the new Website Designer, now under Beta release.

Register for Session:
June 8 at 4 p.m. EDT
June 9 at 11 a.m. PDT

The official unveiling is less than one month away! Stay tuned for details.

Visit ClubRunner RI Convention 2010

The Rotary International convention is just around the corner on June 19 - 23 and ClubRunner will be there! If you are planning to attend, be sure to drop by the ClubRunner display at Booth 1000.

There’ll be lots to see and do and prizes to win. Join in the fun and celebrate this annual gathering of Rotarians! For more details and to provide feedback, visit the RI Convention 2010 - Montreal page!

Week 38: Tip of the Week

#38: Did you know that ClubRunner has the largest online Rotary Community worldwide?

With thousands of Rotary clubs and districts subscribed to the ClubRunner network worldwide, we take pride in serving Rotarians in 6 continents. In use by various sizes of clubs, districts and zones, our users have provided valuable suggestions to contribute to what ClubRunner is today.

Read more about ClubRunner’s history and find out how ClubRunner is making a difference to Rotarians every day by visiting our official website.

Meet ClubRunner at the Tejas Multi-District Conference

Next weekend, ClubRunner will be in San Antonio at the Tejas Multi-District Conference and we can't wait to meet you there! If you are planning to attend, be sure to drop by the ClubRunner booth so you can learn about all our recent product enhancements! Also, get a sneak peak at the Website Designer 2.0 and find out how you can become a beta tester.