COLIN READ Colin Read is the CEO and co-founder of Whoosh, a modern club operations software company recently recognized as one of the most innovative technologies in the club industry. Colin can be reached at hello@whoosh.io.
TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE
5 Things to Consider When Assessing your Club Software Legacy club technologies have failed to keep up find the right solution and request an integration. If you expect operational exwith evolving needs, causing inefficient workflows, cellence from your team, ensure they have the right tools for the job. • Cloud is Here - In most industries, the days of on-premise servers, pen over-staffing and a clunky member experience. and paper, and redundant data entry are over. On-premise servers limit If your system needs improving, now is the off-site access, require expensive maintenance, have limited (if any) integratime to assess your club’s technology. Here’s tion capabilities and place your data at risk. Cloud computing provides data what to consider: back-up and ensures staff has real-time information at all times. • Improvement Capacities - Legacy tech• Tablets & Mobile - Tablet and mobile-based systems enable staff to mannologies for private clubs are often decades age their operations on the course, at the driving range, or on the courts by old, slow, and unable to implement changes eliminating pen and paper from your operations. Untether your staff from the or feature requests. When vetting providers, counter to better engage and serve your membership. be sure they are open to feature requests and • Better Digital Member Experience - Your club’s website and app are integrations, and have the capacity to quickly crucial to the member experience. Look for web and mobile technologies that implement the changes. provide a seamless membership experience, even when using multiple provid• Integrations Work- The private club indusers. Don’t get locked into a legacy tech stack with an app provider that doesn’t try is unique in that customers buy ALL their allow third-party integrations! software from a single vendor. Unfortunately, a There is better, modern technology out there for you. Now is the time to take single vendor cannot possibly meet the robust a critical look at your systems and ensure you’re utilizing best-in-class solutions needs of each operations center. If a product that streamline staff workflows and enable a seamless membership experience. Let you use from a legacy provider isn’t cutting it, 2023 be the year that private clubs modernize their technology stacks! BR
Modern Club Operations Software
Whoosh has solutions for the entire club “We’ve been using the Whoosh software for over a year now and it has drastically improved our operations. The software is easy to use and saves my team valuable time on a daily basis so we can focus on our members.” - Gamon Manne Director of Golf The Country Club of Louisiana Learn more at whoosh.io
Contact hello@whoosh.io for more information MARCH / APRIL 2023 | BOARDROOM
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