Cogran News

News, Ideas, and Extras.

Membership Management with Cogran

  • January 7, 2019

The advantage of managing membership in a single system.

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Checking In and Out

  • November 10, 2018

Checkins with Cogran are easy--simply use any online device and pull up the course or person you need to check in!

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Pricing Your Programs

  • August 17, 2018

We all know how tricky it is to find the right price for your program—and how hard it is to commit to spending it.

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Mailing Lists Made Easy

  • June 20, 2018

Emailing and other communications are essential

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Cogran simplifies the management of camps

  • May 14, 2018

Every Camp is Different

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Sports League Flow

  • March 15, 2018

From one part of a season to the next, Cogran manages the flow of every league

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The Sports Technology Awards

  • March 23, 2017

The Sports Technology Awards has shortlisted Cogran Systems as Best New Startup and Best App. As an internationally recognised mark of excellence, the Sports Technology Awards is celebrating innovation in sport on the 4th May 2017.

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Our Commitment to Sports Technology

  • January 10, 2017

Our Commitment to Sports Technology

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Material Design

  • December 9, 2016

Keeping up to date, flexible, quick and adaptable requires many levels of expertise.

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Installments

  • August 29, 2016

Just one club Has thousands of installments. We make it easier to manage.

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Camp Reflections

  • July 30, 2016

Camp is the best, and we try to make to run more smoothly

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Cool Minneapolis

  • June 15, 2016

Since we're based in Minneapolis, we looked ourselves up. Turns out Minneapolis is awesome.

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Uniquely Flexible Reporting Tools

  • June 4, 2016

You're going to be amazed by the power of the information at your fingertips.

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Three Reasons to Track Attendance

  • May 18, 2016

Taking attendance matters. Here are three reasons why.

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The Importance of Scheduling Software

  • May 11, 2016

If you have ever coached a child's athletic team, you have seen the behind the scenes issues that plague the world of recreational children's athletics. On paper, everything looks amazing!

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Let the Games Begin

  • April 12, 2016

Baseball season is upon us! For anyone who has ever played, had children who played, coached, or managed youth baseball knows that this can be among the most strenuous times of the year, although it is also among the most fun.

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Volunteering Ramps Up With Warm Weather

  • March 26, 2016

As the weather gets warmer and people start to break away from the dreary indoors, charitable organizations begin their fundraising efforts with walkathons, races, and golf outings, as well as many other outdoor volunteer opportunities.

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Facility Management Facts

  • March 2, 2016

Managing facilities can be tricky, with so many variables in cost of rooms, different prices for different spaces and times, and the information you need to gather. Cogran can support you with powerful, flexible tools.

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Keeping Your Clients Resolutions

  • January 21, 2016

Every year, it seems the number one New Year’s resolution is always to get back to the rec center and lose that weight you have wanted to lose all year. As a result, gyms, rec centers, and exercise classes see an influx of members and walk-in that are looking to keep their resolutions. However, for one reason or another, by the first week in February, those resolutions have been all but forgotten and the gyms are empty again. Did you ever think there

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Improved League Scheduling

  • January 5, 2016

A streamlined interface for league scheduling makes it easier than ever to automate the schedules. We’ve also built in a new feature that allows you to view your list of active teams right in the scheduler—instead of in team maintenance—to verify that all of your teams are active before you run your schedules.

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Under the Hood of Fundraising Data

  • December 16, 2015

Every nonprofit that relies on fundraising in order to create operational plans needs to stop getting hung up on the presentation of data and begin looking under the hood of the reporting that accompanies a well-planned fundraising event.

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Camp is Over, But Not For Long!

  • November 2, 2015

Now that summer is over, kids are back at school, and the dust has settled from yet another busy online registration opportunities. Why? First off, because it improved conversions.

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Get Your Forms Right

  • October 22, 2015

What's the right amount of information to glean from your users during registration? We have an unconventional answer.

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Cogran Includes CRM

  • September 26, 2015

You might not call them customers. You might call them registrants, members, visitors, volunteers, players, or friends. But even so, your organization is at the center of a web of connections that, as you grow, can become challenging to manage.

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Four Powerful Tips to Increase Retention Rates

  • September 16, 2015

Just like a first-term congressman’s priority is to get re-elected, so should your organization prioritize its retention efforts for new members. Just because the membership dues have been collected, doesn’t mean it’s time to relax or take a vacation. Member retention efforts should begin immediately after the member pays their dues.

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Coupons, Promotions, and Discounts

  • September 4, 2015

Every registration-driven organization has unique, complex needs for managing promotions while also maximizing registrations and engagement. We excel at helping you find the right combination of options for your organization. First, Cogran Systems allows targeted promotions to fill a low-volume program or to kick things off for a registration season.

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Managing Member Engagement

  • Aug 30, 2015

Building and sustaining rapport between the member and the organization have always been the result of effective engagement practices. Member engagement is more powerful than ever before because of the effect of technology on the cost of doing so.

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Manage Your Setup

  • August 19, 2015

With Cogran, you never need to email your registration data to get your registration season going.

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How Much Do You Manage?

  • August 15, 2015

When you're good at your job, it's so easy to underestimate just how much you really manage.

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Swim Seasons made Simple

  • July 26, 2015

Swim Programs have complex problems that Cogran Systems is well-suited for us!

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Referee and Official Managment Made Simple

  • June 28, 2015

All in one powerful system, our league management tools help your volunteers do it all.

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Registration Forms for the Whole Family

We're proud of our powerful, flexible registration system for youth sports. A family can log into one account to sign up for a class, register for programs, sign up for sports, volunteer, and reserve a facility. After a household initially signs up, their basic information will auto-populate across every style of registration.

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Great Reporting Tools!

  • April 21, 2015

Our philosophy is information in, information out. In addition to simply grabbing a stock report, like a print-friendly roster with coach name and contact info, or a list of payments due, we make it easy to have the right info at your fingertips.

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Multiple Registration Forms

  • February 21, 2015

Gather the right information for your recreation department. For that reason, we have specialized registration forms.

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Event Registration Made Easy

  • January 31, 2015

Event management doesn't need to be a challenge. With our tools, you can make it work for you!

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Camp Registration Speeds Up

  • January 26, 2015

“It was like I was selling concert tickets,” laughs Lisa Winston, a children’s ministry coordinator. When registration for summer youth programs opened, one camp filled up in eight hours. The previous record? Ten days.

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Cogran Puts the Coach back in the Game

  • November 11, 2014

Coaches around the world are very special people. A good portion of them have day jobs, but still find the time to get down to the field or court each week, and they are always prepared and ready to go.

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Pricing by Zip Code

  • October 15, 2014

Cogran's sports league and facility management modules make it easy to set up your resident zip codes for special resident pricing!

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Responsive Design

  • September 4, 2014

Mobile means different things to different people. Here's what it means to us: Anywhere, anywhen.

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Ready to Take it Online?

  • August 28, 2014

Want the convenience of managing your organization in one simple system, from signing people up, to managing accounts, buiding teams, classes, or groups, and more?

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Moneris Integration

  • July 5, 2014

Cogran works with Moneris, Canada's leading payment processing system!

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Why are We Called Cogran?

  • May 15, 2014

About a decade ago, our founder wanted a name for his new registration management software that wasn't a familiar word, that sounded distinctive, and even more, provided a sense of action and motion.

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Volunteer Management for You!

  • March 4, 2014

Cogran offers two styles of volunteer management.

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One Registration. Many Opportunities.

  • February 18, 2014

In Cogran, one registration leads to endless possibilities at recreation departments like yours.In Cogran, one registration leads to endless possibilities at recreation departments like yours. Sign up your kids for sports, then log back in to purchase a uniform, make a uniform, or volunteer. Your info is waiting for you every time. Sign up for classes or even use the system to plan your next occasion at the recreation center.

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Mission: Helping Others

  • January 26, 2014

Every company has a mission statement, but we actually have a mission.

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