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Introducing Limited Registration
What is Limited Registration? Limited Registration provides an experience for users to quickly view a serving opportunity and sign up (on the event page) with just their name, email, and phone number.  Consider a time when you are having a campaign for local serving events and you need to quickly display upcoming opportunities and have people sign up (perhaps in a lobby after church for any one of various events).  This is how and where you might use Limited Registration.   When should would we use this? We recommend Limited Registration for single day serving opportunities and we recommend standard registration for anything two days or longer.  Think of it from the perspective of the information you need and the experience you want to provide.  If you are just wanting to quickly sign someone up for a half day event and all you need is their name, phone number and email address… this is a great tool.     When shouldn’t we use this? You should not do this when you want to allow individual fundraising, sharing of stories, personal donation pages, use of either the master or event application, or other tools for a team experience longer than one day.  These features all require the creation of an account.       Let’s look at these side by side   Feature General Registration Limited Registration Create an Account Yes NO Master or Event Application Yes NO Fundraising for an Event Yes NO Participant Stories Yes NO Use of Sub Accounts Yes NO Capture Expanded Personal Data Yes NO Capture Key Personal Data Yes Yes Email Sender Yes Yes Event Admins Yes Yes Event Application Fee Yes Yes Registration Time May take 5+ minutes depending how long your application is Less than one minute     What’s the user experience? The user would see the main event page and submit a few simple pieces of information and then click register.  That’s it, you’re all done!  Users receive a confirmation email for their registration.     If you are displaying these events on a kiosk then the next person could easily register right behind the person before them and so forth.     What information do we collect on the person signing up? The system requires first name, last name, and email address.  You can choose to require a phone number or birth date as well (these are option per event).     Where is the setting for Limited Registration? Organization Profile / Event Profile / Requirements Tab / Bottom of page
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Building a Short Term Trip Budget
There is a lot to consider when building your event budget.  This post is designed to help you think through many of those items so something doesn’t take you by surprise.   Things to consider Have you researched to know all the costs? Do you know if each member will have to raise their full amount of will you subsidize some of the costs? Are you going to have an application fee? How will you handle any volunteer costs?  (will you be averaging out among the team or would that come out of budget) Items that may be included in your budget here are just a few that you might have: Preparation Retreat Lodging & Meals at Retreat Transportation to Retreat Training Resources Team Gear Meetings Travel to Site Travel around Site Lodging for Event Meals for Event Visas Insurance Project Funds Gifts Debrief Expenses Post-Event Meetings Post-Event Resources  General Questions How many trip members are anticipated? How many days is your trip or event? How much does it cost each team member to fundraise? How much do you charge team leaders? How many team leaders do you have? Pre-Event Considerations Do you have a retreat? How much is retreat lodging? How much is retreat food? How much is retreat transportation? How much is allocated for actives? Event Considerations How much does it cost to get to the location? Have you considered all the steps in transportation? Have you considered additional costs like baggage fees, visas, travel insurance, etc.? How much is lodging on the field? How much will food const on the field? How much does transportation on the field cost? How much is allocated for project funds? Are you budgeting for a host gift? Post-Event Considerations? Do you have a post retreat? How much is retreat lodging? How much is retreat food? How much is retreat transportation? How much is allocated for actives? Does follow up require any materials?