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Give your waiver and check-in processes a boost with the new Advantage waiver system.

As you’re setting the stage for a successful 2021, you’re no doubt reviewing all of your processes. Two that can make or break your guests’ perception of your facility are your liability waiver and check-in processes.

This past year, CenterEdge released a new waiver experience available for free to all users with an active license and service agreement (LSA), and if you haven’t done so already, now is a great time to schedule your upgrade. Also, check out these six tips to help you refresh your waiver, improve your guest experience, and reap all the benefits. 

Topics: Integrated Waivers, Facility Operations, Birthday Party & Groups, Online Sales & Ticketing

Continue to adapt your approach in these key areas to meet your business' needs in the ever-changing amusement landscape.

Many times over these last months, it seemed like all we could do just to survive some days. We had to reimagine our businesses as we fought to reopen and recover. As you look forward to the new year, now is a good time to review the management strategies that you implemented and decide how you need to change them in the new year. 

We brought back our facility management blog series to help you analyze your approach around the key areas that can help your amusement facility thrive as you move forward. Each section links to a more detailed blog for easy reference so that you can start where it makes the most sense.  

Topics: Customer Loyalty, Memberships, Employee Management, Facility Operations, Birthday Party & Groups, Online Sales & Ticketing

Optimism is a renewable resource. Boost yours with these tips.

At the most recent Birthday University online Master Class, when asked how everyone is, an attendee responded, “well I get paid to be optimistic but my optimism sure takes a beating sometimes.” I believe that we can all relate to that sentiment these days. The good news is that optimism, like happiness, is a “renewable resource” and fostering more of it can help prepare you for a brighter, more successful new year. Read on for seven ways to improve your outlook today.

Topics: Customer Loyalty, Employee Management, Facility Operations

Set the right goals for your FEC with these tips and resources.

You’ve taken the first steps by beginning your year-end analysis and deciding how to streamline your system so that you can work more efficiently. Now it’s time to make the plan for 2021 by setting meaningful goals. American historian and poet, Bill Copeland said, “The trouble with not having a goal is that you can spend your life running up and down the field and never score.” Read on for three tips and many additional resource links to help you get well on your way to planning for, and more importantly, scoring success in the new year.

Topics: Reporting & Analytics, Sales, CenterEdge Team, Facility Operations, Birthday Party & Groups, CenterEdge Client Success, Online Sales & Ticketing, Goal Setting

While we are counting down the end of 2020 so we can move into the new year, use these tools to prepare for a profitable 2021.

Throughout this year, we have all had to continuously adapt to navigate each new challenge, and it’s likely that we’ll have to continue to do so in the days to come. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't make a solid plan for the future. It's time to reflect on everything you’ve learned in 2020 so that you can use those insights to set new goals and initiatives to help your business recover and thrive.

As you begin your year-end review, be sure to check out these key data points from your CenterEdge Business Intelligence dashboard to help you understand your business' health in some new ways.

Topics: Reporting & Analytics, Sales, Facility Operations, Birthday Party & Groups, Online Sales & Ticketing

Learn how to retire and disable items, discounts, areas, and event types to navigate your system more efficiently.  

 

As you begin year-end planning, take this opportunity to set up your system more efficiently to save time and effort both in the office and at the front line.

Watch today’s Pro Tip from our CenterEdge Training team to learn how to simplify your CenterEdge Advantage screens and apps by retiring or disabling outdated offerings, discounts, areas, event types, and more.

Topics: FEC, Point of Sale, Waterparks, Zoos & Aquariums, Reporting & Analytics, Parks & Rec, CenterEdge Advantage POS, Facility Operations, Birthday Party & Groups, Goal Setting

We're sharing new tools to help your facility recover and thrive. 

We were recently asked to partner with the AttractionPros and other industry suppliers to offer messages and advice for amusement facilities during these challenging times. We are proud to say that nearly 30 companies have come together to share how they have navigated these times, continued to support our industry, and to offer unique messages to help build motivation. In addition, you also have free access to a new guide: Suppliers Speak: Attractions Industry Providers Share their Messages, full of articles to help your business thrive now and in the future. Read on for more information and to download your free guide today. 

Topics: FEC, Point of Sale, Trampoline Parks, Museums, Waterparks, Zoos & Aquariums, Amusement Parks, Memberships, CenterEdge News, CenterEdge Advantage POS, Facility Operations

Build rapport and morale with these coaching questions. 

The best leaders in any industry make managing people look easy when in reality, it’s anything but! In nearly every survey on employee engagement, the top reasons cited for why employees quit or feel disengaged tie directly back to management. Poor communication, a lack of feeling supported or valued, and unclear career pathing are all common threads that cause lost morale and costly turnover.

So how does a committed manager combat these top three detractors? The answers could lie in changing the questions you ask in staff interactions that you’re already having - at staff check-in, in the breakroom, at shift-end, or in regular performance management conversations. I asked people who work in many different industries to share the questions asked by managers that resonated the most, made them feel supported, and inspired them to do their best work. Here are ten of the best.

Topics: FEC, Trampoline Parks, Waterparks, Employee Management, Facility Operations

The secret to solid cash control is culture, processes, accountability, and oversight. 

Fraud prevention can be a scary topic because no one wants to believe team members could steal from their employer. But you can't leave prevention up to chance. To set your business up for solid cash control, we've updated this important post to give you everything you need to take the fear out of fraud prevention.

Topics: FEC, Point of Sale, Trampoline Parks, Waterparks, Reporting & Analytics, CenterEdge Advantage POS, Employee Management

We're sharing new data to help you drive marketing email response.  

I had the recent opportunity to attend Inbound 2020, a marketing conference that joined the many others in going virtual.  I was excited to see that Jay Schwedelson, founder of Worldata, had returned to speak. Worldata is responsible for sending and tracking the effectiveness of 40,000 email campaigns and over 6 billion individual emails every year. For much of this year, Worldata has been tracking the email marketing trends as they’ve changed during COVID. Read on for some of their latest data-driven tactics that you can implement today to improve your marketing email results.

Topics: FEC, Waterparks, Zoos & Aquariums, Marketing, Amusement Parks, Reporting & Analytics, Sales, Facility Operations