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What we’ll cover:
We’ll give you a tour of the many ways that SwimTopia can help make running a swim team a whole lot easier. This webinar will preview everything “under the covers” so you can see how SwimTopia can be used for online registration, volunteer management, meet entries, and more.
Preparation:
Please make sure you can log in to your SwimTopia site. Then, take a look at our Help Center section on Getting Started with SwimTopia.
Notes:
As we begin our training session, log in to your SwimTopia site and prepare to work alongside us.
The SwimTopia training will take about one hour. Once you’ve registered for your selected date, you’ll receive a confirmation email with the link to our webinar training session.
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What we’ll cover:
We’ll teach you how to control the look and feel of your website, including your color scheme, menus, sidebars, pages, and content. Make the best use of your site to communicate with your families before and during your swim season.
Preparation:
Check out our Examples page for ideas of how other teams present information to their families.
Notes:
See our Help Center section about Managing Your Website.
The SwimTopia training will take about one hour. Once you’ve registered for your selected date, you’ll receive a confirmation email with the link to our webinar training session.
Webinar dates:
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What we’ll cover:
Your season is opening soon, and it’s time to set up your registration form. We’re here to tell you the best way to collect fees, obtain waivers, and manage volunteering through registration.
Preparation:
Have your text from past registrations nearby. Have your fee structure handy. If you’ll be collecting volunteer job signups, set up one or two meets this season if possible.
Notes:
See the Registration section in our Help Center.
The SwimTopia training will take about one hour. Once you’ve registered for your selected date, you’ll receive a confirmation email with the link to our webinar training session.
Webinar dates:
Previously recorded webinar:
What we’ll cover:
If you’re ready to set up your schedule for jobs and shifts, we’ll help you begin to set up meets and events. This workshop will cover how to set up Job Templates, including jobs, shifts, and items to donate. We’ll also show you how to set up a meet or non-meet event and apply your Job Template to the event. (We will not cover meet entries and relays at this time — see the Meets and Entries Workshop below.)
Preparation:
Have your meet schedule handy. Know the jobs and shifts required at home and away meets. Also, check out the Roles Workshop below.
Notes:
See the Help Center articles about Volunteering.
The SwimTopia training will take about one hour. Once you’ve registered for your selected date, you’ll receive a confirmation email with the link to our webinar training session.
Webinar dates:
Previously recorded webinar:
What we’ll cover:
We’ll show you how to set up a new meet and create your meet participation rules and settings. We’ll demonstrate the different meet sign-up options for your families, and we’ll cover how coaches can manage meet entries and use our easy-to-use relay generator.
Preparation:
Bring your coach! Have your meet schedule handy, and know the rules for meet participation, such as how many individual and relay events an athlete can swim. Review our Quick Start Guide for Setting Up Meets, and try creating one meet that you can work with during our Workshop.
Notes:
See the section in our Help Center about Meets and Events.
The SwimTopia training will take about one hour. Once you’ve registered for your selected date, you’ll receive a confirmation email with the link to our webinar training session.
Webinar dates:
Previously recorded webinar:
What we’ll cover:
We’ll teach you how to set up and run a meet with Meet Maestro. We’ll demonstrate setting up your seeding and scoring rules, linking meets with the other team(s), using meet templates, running pre-meet and post-meet reports, using data entry shortcuts, entering scratches, integrating with timing systems, and utilizing our mobile app features.
Preparation:
Bring your meet-day computer guru! Familiarize yourself with the organization and layout of the Meet Maestro section of our Help Center.
Notes:
See the section in our Help Center about Meet Maestro.
The SwimTopia training will take about two hours. Once you’ve registered for your selected date, you’ll receive a confirmation email with the link to our webinar training session.
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We’ll be updating this site as we add new Workshops, dates, and times. Check back soon, or let us know what options you would like to see.
See below for prerecorded video tutorials from previous Workshops. And you can always find more information about all of these topics and more by going to our Help Center: help.swimtopia.com
Watch an in-depth prerecorded Workshop Webinar your convenience, with step-by-step instructions for getting the most out of your SwimTopia account.
Along with the pre-recorded webinars below, check out our SwimTopia YouTube channel, where you’ll find short how-to videos to help you learn more about SwimTopia and Meet Maestro. Enjoy!
What we’ll cover: We’ll teach you about the robust communications features we offer in SwimTopia. We’ll demonstrate how to send email to groups such as athlete groups or parents in role assignments, to meet volunteers and participants, and to email lists generated from reports. We’ll also cover news posts and setting up news feeds on your site.
Preparation: Think about any groups you’d like to send emails to on a regular basis.
For more information: See the Communication section in our Help Center
Note: this webinar was recorded before our new Alerts push notifications feature was released.
What we’ll cover: We’ll show you just how easy it is to manage your team’s records on SwimTopia. We’ll cover how to set up various record books such as team records, pool records, etc. Once you’ve created a record book, we’ll show you how to populate your record book with the fastest times from your team’s historical times database, make manual edits, and maintain the record book going forward. We’ll also demonstrate how to display your records on your website using our Records Snippet.
Preparation: Check out our article about our new Records features and think about which records you’d like to track for your team.
For more information: See our Help Center section about Record Books
What we’ll cover: We know running a swim league is hard, and we’re here to tell you about our revolutionary features that streamline league management. We’ll give a tour of our extensive league features, including custom website, registration acknowledgements and waivers, meet templates, meet schedule import, meet management, league standings, communications, and reporting.
Preparation: Take a look at our League Overview page
For more information: See our Help Center section about SwimTopia for Leagues
What we’ll cover: We’ll walk through how to set up roles, which allow you to identify and manage member subgroups. With roles you can assign partial admin rights to key volunteers, communicate to an entire group, or assign season-long volunteer points to certain positions. (Note: Roles are not the same as volunteer jobs and shifts at specific meets. See the above Workshop about Your Volunteering Schedule).
Preparation: Think about which groups you’d like to identify and categorize on your team. This can include board members, key volunteers who need partial admin rights, coaches, committee members, etc.
For more information: See the Help Center section about Roles
If you don’t see a topic you’re interested in, let us know what options you would like to see. And you can always find more information about all of the above topics and more by going to our Help Center: help.swimtopia.com
