Spring 2010 Issue:

		What's New - LeagueOne Development Roadmap
		Register for a free Webinar
		eMarketing Center - New Soccer Template
		PCA's Free Season Evaluation Tool
		Product Tips and Tricks - Get More People to go Online
		eteamz - Get a FREE soccer website
		Team Huddle - Jared Norris, Technical Account Manager

Welcome to the first edition of SoccerBytes in 2010, our online newsletter for soccer LeagueOne administrators.

ActiveSports had a great weekend visiting Fort Worth, Texas, for the USYS Convention in February. A few of our team members made the trip and we enjoyed spending some face-to-face time with the attendees. Our first User Group Meeting was held bright and early on the morning of February 27th and we'd like to thank all of the state soccer association representatives who attended. We appreciate your time and the valuable feedback you provided! After the meeting, the group decided to hold these meetings more frequently and we plan to begin scheduling them on a quarterly basis. Stay tuned for more info on the User Group Meetings and how you can get involved.

We'd also like to congratulate Valerie Clouatre from Louisiana State Soccer. Valerie won our drawing for a Netbook computer. Congrats, Valerie—we know you'll put it to good use!

As always, we appreciate your feedback and suggestions so please keep them coming by emailing us.

Regards,

ActiveSports Team
ActiveSports@ActiveNetwork.com

We're proud to serve so many state soccer organizations. See what's new on your state association LeagueOne page:

California Youth Soccer Association-North

Iowa Soccer

Kansas Youth Soccer

Kentucky Youth Soccer

Louisiana Soccer Association

Nebraska State Soccer

New Mexico Youth Soccer

Ohio Youth Soccer Association – North

South Dakota Youth Soccer Association

Tennessee State Soccer

Wisconsin Youth Soccer Association

LeagueOne Development Roadmap

2009 was an extremely busy year for the Active Network Development team! We released several new products including Schedules, Scores and Standings, Event Rosters, Coaching Certifications and much more. Being that our state soccer associations are key influencers, we value your opinions and have taken your feedback into great consideration while planning development and release dates. Active management and the development team are currently evaluating our 2010 roadmap to ensure that we are addressing both the state associations and their local organizations.

It is our goal to have a fully integrated solution within LeagueOne. We will continue to integrate all stand alone systems into LeagueOne while building new features and functionality into this product.

LeagueOne releases in Q1 2010 include:

		Self Set Up
		Payment Plans
		Enhanced Financial Reporting

The ActiveSports Account Management team will keep you updated as development is completed and released. Have a question now? We're happy to help, just contact your account manager.

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Attend our Free Webinar and Get a $10 Starbucks Gift Card

Featuring new LeagueOne modules and the Lexington Youth Soccer Association's first-hand experience with LeagueOne/ClubReg.

In this webinar, you'll hear from Nina O'Leary of the Lexington Youth Soccer Association about her first-hand experience switching to LeagueOne/ClubReg. Plus, we'll give you an inside look at how it works, including these features:

		Family-Based Registration & Account Management
		New Expanded Discount Options
		Integrated Risk and Volunteer Management

You'll also get to preview the NEW LeagueOne features available now, including:

		Generate schedules automatically
		Communicate final schedules/changes online
		Assign authorized scorekeepers to record scores real-time
		Create standing profiles by age group, division or other parameters
		Offer automated installment payment options

Join us on March 31 for this special webinar for soccer administrators and find out how easy it is to get online, go paperless, and start automating. Register now and get a free $10 Starbucks gift card when you complete a short survey after the webinar.

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eMarketing Center: New! Plug and play soccer template

Active's eMarketing Center has added a NEW spring template for soccer, which is available for free download. You don't need HTML skills to customize this template—or any others you would like to use in the eMarketing center—they have been built to be "plug and play" and don't require any knowledge more complicated than a simple cut and paste click of the mouse. All of the templates are easy-to-use and look great. Without hiring a designer or using any custom images, you can efficiently reach out to your participants with appealing, professional designs.

Take a look at the new template now.

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Try the Survey Evaluation Tool from Positive Coaching Alliance for Free

Our newest partner, Positive Coaching Alliance, offers you access to the best and latest tools and resources available to youth and high school sports coaches, parents and organizational leaders. Among those: the Responsible Sports Season Evaluation tool. Developed by Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA) as part of the Responsible Sports Program, this no-cost tool helps teams and leagues gather anonymous, objective feedback through online surveys of parents and other key groups.

The surveys yield a set of insights into areas of strength and areas of opportunity for development and improvement for your team or league. The Season Evaluation tool handles all of the survey sends and results and delivers PCA's recommendations on how to use the survey results to benefit your team, school, league or organization.

Register today at ResponsibleSports.com/Survey

Don't have time right now? Simply sign up for more information. You'll get an email with next steps!

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Product Tips and Tricks: A win-win for you and your players - Get More People to Go Online

Using online registration saves time you would normally spend on tedious data entry, as well as providing convenient access for your customers and participants. It makes sense, both financially and operationally, for you to encourage online registration as the preferred option for players and parents. Here are a few tips to help you establish online registration as the standard:

		Schedule fewer walk-up registration sessions to push more people towards online registration
		Advertise online registration on all paper materials and phone voicemails
		Offer a discount for registering online
		Email past participants reminding them to sign up and include a link to online registration

There's more - go to our ActiveSports online resources to read how you can increase the number of people registering online, making life easier for you and your players.

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eteamz - Get a FREE soccer website for your team this season…or get more with PLUS with this exclusive 40% discount.

Thousands of leagues and teams use eteamz to build websites, communicate with their members, and provide online registration. Spend less time on paperwork and more time on the field this season with your very own website!

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		Customize your very own soccer-themed template to match your team's colors, fonts & graphics
		Upload, edit and share photos and slideshows with one-click publishing to your site
		Track & manage stats for games and multiple seasons*
		Feature your sponsors and their logos
		Easily communicate with your team via SmartMessage Center
		Collect money for small price-point items such as team dinners, signage or the coaches gift with SmartPay
		Post & manage message boards & multiple website pages*
		And so much more!

So, what's the difference between FREE Basic and PLUS?

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Jared Norris, Technical Account Manager, LeagueOne

I have been at Active for nearly three years, providing technical support to national governing bodies such as Wisconsin State Soccer, California Youth Soccer Association and other state soccer programs using our LeagueOne product. When these programs need to make adjustments to their rules and regulations in LeagueOne, I am their primary contact. As changes are implemented, I am responsible for making sure no detail goes unnoticed and acting as a liaison between our clients and our development team. I also provide technical training on the functionality of LeagueOne to ensure that our clients are comfortable with every aspect of the technology.

My new Vizsla puppy, Nala, has recently been monopolizing my free time, but I am normally very involved in adult sports teams. I'm a bit obsessed with professional sports and follow my Eagles and Padres religiously! If it involves a ball, it's a sport I'm interested in.

Contact Jared at Jared.Norris@ActiveNetwork.com.

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