Forbes recently published an article called “10 Things Our Kids Will Never Worry About Thanks to the Information Revolution”. The funny thing about the article is that even though all of the stuff mentioned seems extremely out-of-date, ironically, there are a lot of people who are still doing it.
Here’s a list of the ten things:
1.) Taking a typing class
2.) Paying bills by writing countless checks
3.) Buying an expensive set of encyclopedias
4.) Using a payphone or racking up a big “long-distance” bill
5.) Having to pay someone else to develop photographs
6.) Driving to a store to rent a movie
7.) Buying / storing music, movies, or games on physical media
8.) Having to endlessly search to find unique content
9.) Sending letters
10.) Being without the Internet & instant, ubiquitous connectivity
We at StadiumRoar found #2 above the most interesting; “Paying bills by writing countless checks”. In today’s day-and-age, it continues to surprise us when sports groups are still using old-fashioned forms and checks to conduct program registration. If you run a sports program, make sure you have online registration and online payment in place. If you’re a participant in a program, and are sick of paying with checks, then talk to your program’s registration manager. Chances are, program managers haven’t made the switch to online registration because in the past, online registration software was always very expensive. Not anymore. We at StadiumRoar offer 100% free online sports registration software.
Bottom line: put away your VHS tapes and checks, and step into the new age of sports. We’re here to help.
Know of any other things sports programs can do to modernize themselves? Leave a comment and let us all know.
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