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While Jacob has never been active in sports, he’s constantly been engaged in at least one activity outside the home since he was about five. First it was karate, then Cub Scouts and recently, chorus. Through each activity, I’ve run into many issues where I ended up sitting outside an empty facility because I never got a message about a missed meeting. I’ve also missed really fun events because I didn’t get the “memo.”
The biggest problem with all of these activities: an unreliable system of communication. Whether it’s a phone tree or an email blast, for one reason or another, important messages weren’t reaching the right person in time. One of those times left my son standing outside at our rather unsafe bus stop for an hour by himself because I didn’t get a notice that chorus was canceled. I was livid.
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TeamSnap offers a solution to the age-old problem of trying to reach all team members in an organized and timely manner. This cool app and website gives you a single spot to track EVERYTHING from who paid their dues to who’s bringing refreshments to the next practice. Setting up an event is super easy:
Obviously, that’s not my real address, but you get the idea. Everything about TeamSnap is super intuitive. The app and website guides you through every step. No guesswork on your part. Now, say you have to cancel the event. Simply sent a text alert to everyone to alert as many people as possible that way.
Then go into your event and mark it as canceled on the dashboard. Just edit the event and click “show as canceled.” You can also opt to send emails, so you cover all your bases. The great thing is, you can do this all from TeamSnap, so you’re not opening up a thousand different programs or apps to get the message out.
TeamSnap has so many more features than just letting you schedule events and cancel them. As mentioned above, you can use it to keep track of who paid their dues and who is up for bringing snacks to practice. You can also use it as a complete contact database for all your members and for keeping track of tools or other items your team needs.
It even shows the weather in your area! Whoa! Um, I had NO idea that we were supposed to get 7-10 inches of snow this weekend. I was just being silly when I put that text alert about the snow. Oh no! I guess I better stock up tonight! Now I love TeamSnap even more, I would have been caught by surprise if not for that, since I haven’t checked the weather lately!
Seriously, though, this is such a fantastic app for anyone who participates in any group activity. It doesn’t have to be a sport! It doesn’t even have to be for kids! Even if it’s a book club, you’ll find TeamSnap useful. I bet it would be useful for party planning too. The uses are limitless.
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Ooh, I could see this being super handy!! It will only be another year or so before we are going to be juggling all sorts of activities, I am sure. Hope this app is the norm by then!
How cool is that app! I bet it would be great for business, and teams as well.
That would be SO cool. I would like to try this one out one day.
I never really had the chance to use this app ever – I probably should use it soon haha!
I love this! Having played several sports and coached basketball and soccer I can definitely see how this app would be super handy in contacting multiple people!
It was time parents had an app like this. This would be great for my girl’s team activities.
This seems like a cool app. My Kids aren’t really on anything that I could use this for right now though.
I was just looking for something like this for a group I’m a part of. We were trying to find an easier way to communicate than getting caught in the FB notifications hole.
My daughter will be starting track this spring. I think this might be a handy app to consider bringing up with the coach!
I can imagine this would be incredibly useful. Much better than calling everybody.
This is a really neat app! I need to look into it, thanks!
That is a cool sounding app. The starting picture is pretty awesome too. :)
This sounds like a great app but I’m cheap and don’t like paying for them especially when there are so much free ones. :)
This is so convenient for groups that meet regularly! I wish they had had this when I played sports as a child.
Teamsnap sounds like a great app. I will have to spread the word about it!
This sounds really great! Convienet and really useful too! Very cool!
This sounds like a great app to keep track of all my daughter’s soccer games. I can’t wait to try it out.
Seems like a great app to share information with the team. I like it!
This looks like a wonderful app. Wow, will definitely be checking this one out.+
What a great app. Thats also a really cool pic. Love that big cheesy smile!
This would have been so useful when my kids were in Scouts. It was so hard to get hold of all the parents at once.
This would be great for our kids’ ball teams in the summer! It’d make communicating so much easier.
What a great service! I would love this to keep track of meetings/events with other people.
This is Brilliant!!! I love this so much. I am telling everyone I know about this.