Parks and recreation departments face four big challenges:
- Spending Cuts
- Revenue Growth
- Event Management
- Customer Support
- Expensive Reservation Software
Save money, grow participation, and streamline event management with Stride Events’ free software.
Spanish Fork City - Case Study
- Reduced spending with free ticketing and registration software.
- Cut Festival of Lights wait times in half.
- Managed multiple events – Fiesta Days Rodeo, Festival of Lights, theater productions, and more – from one platform.
1. Reduce Spending With Free Rec Management Software
Stop spending money on recreation management software when you can use free software instead. Stride Events’ software is free to parks and recreation departments. We collect a service fee that your attendees and participants pay when they buy tickets or register.
2. Grow Department Revenue By Boosting Event Participation
Boost your revenue by growing your events. Use Stride Events’ proven growth tools to get more people registered in sports leagues, coming to performances, attending fairs, running races, etc:
- Referral Program — Set rebates to offer attendees for each new attendee they get to join. Track results automatically.
- Share & Save — Offer a small discount to attendees who share your events with their Facebook friends to generate organic social media buzz and get more people to participate.
- Abandoned Cart Emails — Keep your event top of mind for people who got interrupted in the middle of their order. These emails make it easy to complete the order right from the point they left off.
- SEO Tools — Grow your events’ digital presences with calendar listings, marketing webpages, event reviews, and even a free website.
- Auto-apply Discounts — Automatically apply group discounts to increase order sizes. You can also automatically offer discounts to your team members during checkout.
- Promo Codes — Create custom promo codes to match your sales strategies.
3. Streamline Event Management From One Single Tool
Everything you need to manage your events is all in one place:
- Track Financials — Create event budgets and track event revenue.
- View Stats — Understand sales trends and participant retention.
- Organize Volunteers — Create jobs and shifts for an online sign-up form. Manage communication with free mass mail.
- Manage Team — Set permissions access for your team members and coordinate tasks with a built-in project manager.
4. Lower Customer Support Burden With Simple Forms & Self-edits
Reduce customer headaches and customer support with our simple forms and by enabling attendee self-edits.
- No Attendee Account Creation Required — Make signing up for your events a breeze with a simple form that does not require account creation. Instead, your participants can manage everything from links in their confirmation emails.
- Deferrals & Transfers — Allow participants to change event times, seats, or categories themselves. You can also let participants defer tickets or entries to next year. You’re in full control over the changes you let people make.
- Question Edits — Make it easy for participants to update answers to questions on the form so you don’t have to help them.
5. Free Reservation Software
Our software also manages reservations – you can even require approval on a reservation before taking payment.
Organize park reservations, pavilion reservations, room reservations, etc. from the same place you manage your fair, rodeo, theater, races, and even tournaments.
What Our Clients Say
“Stride Events has greatly increased productivity and streamlined our registration process for events. As a busy program coordinator for our community center, I am grateful for tools that save me time and are more efficient.
We've received many compliments from patrons about how smooth and easy registration is through Stride Events.
It is easy to navigate and my rep is professional, helpful and excellent at promptly responding to any questions I have and getting our programs and events set to our specifications.”
— Amber Hadlock, Uintah Special Service District 1
“Stride Events has been a great addition to our recreation department. Their platform has streamlined our ticket sales and registrations for our events.
The software is very easy to use for both the department, and the participant.
The additional marketing tools have increased our visibility and participation numbers.
My event setup has become a lot easier because of their exceptional product and great customer service.”
— Kevin Willett, Riverton City Recreation Department
