Corporate Teams
What are Corporate Teams?
Groups of participants made up of employees and non-employees that will have someone else (usually a company) pay for some or all of their registration fee. Team Captains have access to view team information and make payments. Corporate teams are a great way for organizations to encourage their employees and family members to participate in various race events, and is why they often coincide with health and wellness campaigns.
Are Corporate Teams Right for My Race?
If your race will have at least 25% of it’s participants associated with a company that will pay for it’s employees, this is the feature for you. Shorter, more inclusive distances, and a race venue with space for a pre-race or post-race tailgate are better suited to Corporate Teams.
Benefits and Limitations of Corporate Teams
Benefits
- Flexible payment options – team captain can pay some or all of registration cost, invoices can be paid by check or credit card, and payments can be before or after event
- Team captains can import participants or send a custom team link to register
- Exclusive store items (like tents or tables) can be added for corporate team captains only.
- Pre-paid packages are available to allow the team to purchase a block of entries, with discount options for bulk entries.
Limitations- Limitations revolve around maintaining invoices and payments
- Corporate teams cannot be deleted (so no invoice is missed)
- Participants cannot transfer from one corporate team to another (because teams all have unique settings)
- Limited participant management options (no transfers, deferrals, and changing add-ons) because they impact invoicing
Best Practices for Corporate Teams
- Get a co-captain for each team
- Ask specific questions for the corporate team captain
- Throw a team captain kick-off party
- Encourage walkers
- Highlight team captain registration
Resources for Race Directors
- Set Up Corporate Teams
- Create Corporate Team Types: Corporate team types allow race directors to give captains options when setting up their corporate teams. These options can range from team setup fees, the number of free registrations included, team joining windows, and much more
- Create a Corporate Team: Once you have set up corporate teams for your race, you can then begin creating corporate teams for runners to join
- Manage a Corporate Team: After there are corporate teams created for your race, you can manage those teams on their individual team pages
- View Invoices and Payments: In this section of corporate team management, you will be able to create miscellaneous charges, generate invoices, manage both online and offline payments for invoices, and view paid invoices
Resources for Participants
- Create a Corporate Team (for Captains)
- Join a Corporate Team
- Manage a Corporate Team (for Captains): After creating a corporate team, you can edit your team settings, add team registration questions, view and manage the members on your team, and much more
- View Invoices and Payments (for Captains): As the captain of a corporate team, you can view invoices, as well as, the payment information associated with your corporate team
