Archive for October, 2012
How I Became a Team Mom Genius
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So, I am not really a “genius” but I do like efficiency and communication when dealing with things like team dinner sign ups, volunteer shifts at competitions, carpool arrangements for special events and all the coordination efforts that come along with being Team Mom.
High School Swim Season starts next week and it looks like I will be the Team Mom (especially since this is the third year I have had a student athlete on the team and I will have two student athletes on the team this year). As part of my duties, I will have to coordinate parent volunteers for team dinners and working the home meets. Luckily I have a great tool at hand – SignUpGenius – and you can use it for free, too!
SignUpGenius takes all the back and forth and craziness out of managing sign ups for anything! Here’s how it works:
I used SignUpGenius last season to coordinate team dinners and I literally had the first sign up sheet set up in 5 minutes, the invites went out and we had the whole season covered in a matter of days. Then when it was someone’s week to take care of the team dinner, they got an email reminder. Rather than everyone sending me their preferences and then having to de-conflict dates, as people signed up through SignUpGenius they could see real time what dates were still available and what each family had opted to bring so there were no duplicate meals either! And I didn’t have to remind anyone it was their week!
Not only is the process simple for all involved, if you like your organizational efforts to look good and be efficient, Sign Up Genius has 365 different form themes and allows you to upload your own images so you can customize your theme and really look like a genius to the rest of the team!
SignUpGenius wants to give you a chance to win an end-of-season prize package that will keep that excitement and passion alive until NEXT season. Enter to win your team an end-of-season party package including a pizza party, coach’s gift and player prizes! Click here for more details at the SignUpGenius site.
Be a genius this season! Register for free at SignUpGenius and create your first sign up in minutes!
Disclosure: I have been compensated for my time in sharing my personal experience with SignUpGenius, however, all opinions and experiences are my own.
Speedo Friends & Family Sale
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It’s time to stock up or get some early Christmas shopping done! Speedo is having their Friends & Family sale 10/25-10/28 and everything is 30% off. This couldn’t come at a better time. High School Swim season starts November 5th and this year both my son (Junior) and older daughter (freshman) will be on the team and both have informed me that they need more practice suits.
30% Off Orders 10/25 – 10/28 at SpeedoUSA.com! Enter Code SPEEDOFRIEND at Checkout.
Happy Shopping!
Roxy Girls Laptop Sleeve Giveaway
Posted by: | CommentsDoes your laptop stay as active as you do? If so, you need to protect it in style with this padded laptop sleeve by ROXY from Up and Riding.
The zippered sleeve fits laptops and tablets up to 15″ wide. It features the Roxy logo on one side and little white polkadots on the back. We are giving away this laptop sleeve to one lucky reader!
Up & Riding offers surf, skate and beach styled fashions for active kids – from wetsuits to board shorts, bathing suits and fun graphic tees, they bring together the best of the youth riding culture.
So how do you win this Roxy Laptop Sleeve?
Required entry: Leave us a comment on this post answering this question – does your sport influence your fashion style?
Bonus entries: Get BONUS ENTRIES by letting your friends know about our giveaway. Get one extra entry for each of the following, but come back and leave a second comment telling us where you shared it:
- Post about it on your own blog, in a forum, tweet about it or share it with your friends on Facebook
- Follow us on Twitter (we are @SportsGirlsPlay) – please send us a tweet letting us know you are following us and introduce yourself, too.
- Like us on Facebook (we are SportsGirlsPlay) – again, feel free to leave us a note on Facebook saying hello and that you are entering the giveaway.
Rules
- Leave your comment(s) no later than midnight November 13, 2012.
- Make sure your email address is right. We only use it to contact the winners and we will NEVER share it or publish it.
- You must be 13 or older to enter. If you are under 13, just ask your parent, grandparent, favorite aunt or uncle to enter for you!
- We will be using the “And the winner is” plugin to select one (1) winners at random.
Disclosure: Up & Riding sent us a product for review and photography purposes.
