Go Virtual with Live Leaderboards
Now more than ever fundraisers must find creative ways to leverage technology to combat the challenges presented by COVID-19. When it comes to your golf outing, going virtual is easier than you think. Open your event up to a global audience of spectators ready to donate to your cause with live leaderboards!
How it Works
Live scoring is an easy process that adds value to your event and makes it accessible to a global audience of donors. Players simply enter their scores (or one player enters the team’s score in the case of a scramble) for each hole using the free GolfStatus app. Scores display in real time on a live leaderboard unique to the event. Players can access the leaderboard in the app during the event, and anyone can share a link to the leaderboard online. This means that, whether you live-stream it on your organization’s facebook account or post it on your website, spectators anywhere in the world can follow along and engage with the event.
Accept Dollars from Virtual Donors
It’s easy for virtual spectators to submit a donation directly from the live leaderboard. Donors just click Donate Now and enter their gift amount. With the ability to share and even live stream leaderboards via email, on your organization’s social channels, and through direct messages, your golf event goes virtual in an instant. After the event, you can also post the final results and encourage participants to engage and share to get more exposure and support for your cause. It’s also easy for supporters to donate directly from results pages, ensuring that your organization continues to rally donations even after the event concludes.
Key Advantages
Of course, live leaderboards also make the event more fun. Participants are actually able to see where they stack up against other players in real time instead of having to wait around after the event for course staff to tally scorecards. Live scoring and accessible leaderboards certainly upgrade the player experience and the overall professionalism of the event, and they also make the outing more fun and competitive. Perhaps most crucial, a leaderboard provides the opportunity to sell a premier, high-value opportunity: the leaderboard or “title” sponsorship.
Easy, Accessible Tools for Nonprofits
Live leaderboards and the ability to go virtual are just the beginning. GolfStatus.org offers all the tools tournament organizers need to save time, stay flexible, and stay up and running in the uncertain months ahead. What’s more, many of these tools are available to qualifying nonprofits at no cost!
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