We are currently recruiting volunteers to participate in a series of upcoming user experience studies. These studies will help the Active team better understand your needs as we build our next generation of registration and event management tools.

If you would like to participate in a session, please complete the form linked here.

To participate you will need to be:

• at least 18 years old
• willing to sign a non-disclosure agreement
• available to dedicate 1-2 hours of your time
• a current customer of Active

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When you receive your check from The Active Network for either Registration Center or ActiveGiving do you know where to look to verify the check? If not, below is a tip to quickly look up your information.

Registration Center:

Accessing Check Information in Payment Summary Denoted on your check stub as "EV" (followed by a seven digit number):

1. Go to www.active.com/explorer.
2. Type in your username and password, click log in.
3. When the page refreshes go to the Select Listing-> drop down bar located in the top left – pull the bar down to select which listing you would like to access.
4. Go to Registration Reports.
5. Click on Payment Summary.
6. Select a payment period of the date range matching the one on the check stub (click to enlarge the example below).
   
   
   
   
7. Click "Submit" to pull up the payment information for the first frame selected.
8. You will receive details on how many registrations the payment covers, any coupons or refunds that were issued and fees paid.

ActiveGiving

Accessing Check Information in Accounting Report Denoted on your check stub as "DN" (followed by a six digit number):

1. Go to www.active.com/explorer.
2. Type in your username and password, click log in.
3. Click on Campaign Center link located at the top of the page under the "Welcome" message on the top right hand side. You may be taken directly to the campaign center. If so, please disregard this step.
4. Go to View Reports tab located on the purple header at the top of the page.
5. Go to the Accounting Report.
6. Select a specific 2 week payment period (in the scroll bar) and click "Get Report".
   • You can select “use all dates” to see an entire campaign total if needed.
   • The "donation summary" chart shows the total amount raised with the breakdown of the amount of online and offline donations and the amount deducted for the processing fees.
   • At the bottom it will detail each donation given with donor's name, donation amount, fees taken, and amount paid (click to enlarge the example below).
   
   

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Join us on Wednesday, July 9, 2009 for our Event Director Best Practices Webinar "Learn how to recruit local businesses and drive overall participation."

This complimentary webinar features Active's Corporate Challenge program, which will help you build relationships with non-profit and corporate partners, increase participation, raise money and awareness while developing community outreach.

Topics include:

		Leveraging Active's Corporate Challenge program to recruit local businesses
		Engaging your charity partners
		Success stories
		Developing long lasting partnerships

You will learn best practices that are being adopted by event directors to recruit local businesses and generate greater event visibility, fundraising and event participation. You'll walk away with key steps on how to formalize a program and knowledge of a turnkey solution to ensure success.

When: Thursday, July 9th, 2009
Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PDT (4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT)
Cost: Free
Register here: https://cc.readytalk.com/r/cwqepw9jq2ag

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Frank Yohannan inaugurated the Sea Otter Classic as the Laguna Seca Challenge on April 6 and 7, 1991, in Monterey, California. At that first event, cyclists totaled 350 and spectators another 150. Fast forward to 2009, and the Sea Otter Classic has evolved into a four-day celebration of cycling that welcomes more than 8,000 athletes and 49,000 fans. The event is now the largest cycling festival in North America and Frank claims it's the cycling world's premiere festival.

"One day, I was in a bicycle shop in Monterey and the owner said 'you ought to put on a mountain bike race'," recalls Yohannan. That comment set Frank in motion, and he's hosted the Sea Otter Classic for the past 19 years.

The event is a four-day cycling and outdoor sports extravaganza featuring a full schedule of amateur and pro cycling events, as well as family activities. Athletes participate in both competitive and non-competitive events in various mountain bike and road bike disciplines. The Sea Otter Classic also plays host to one of the largest consumer bike expos in the world and hundreds of professional road and mountain bike athletes. The hub of the event is Sea Otter Village, busy with bike demos, stunt shows, kids' playhouses, plus food and live entertainment.

Frank's hope is that the Sea Otter Classic contributes to making people's lives better through cycling and an active outdoor lifestyle. Keeping an eye toward the future, he strives to minimize the event's environmental impact and to develop programs that inspire youth to pursue a healthy lifestyle. Frank has developed partnerships with several local organizations as well as corporate supporters to run the Sea Otter Classic as a more sustainable, environmentally-responsible event. Examples of his efforts include:

		A new program introduced this year that involved everyone in recycling efforts. Those who threw recyclables in the correct bin (with or without help from volunteers posted nearby) were offered a "ticket" to redeem for prizes at a "Zero Waste Store." "People might think they are doing all they can by having a recycling bin at home, but at events, they just don't make the extra effort," says Frank.
		Anyone driving to the event in a hybrid or other alternative-fuel vehicle, plus carpools of four or more people, was offered reserved parking near the Sea Otter Village.
		Why not ride your bike to the venue? The staff at Clif Bar, a corporate sponsor, has ridden to the event for the last three years, once even riding all the way from their Berkeley, Calif. headquarters.

For more information on the Sea Otter Classic visit: www.seaotterclassic.com

Expertise:
I work with the implementation team to help event directors post their listings online at Active.com. The team also hosts training webinars on how to manage the events once posted.

What I like to do in my spare time:
Anything outdoors, especially involving the beach. My top two activities right now are surfing and triathlons!

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