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membership sales processed online
registered without need for staff support
onboarding process for new member arrivals
Organization:
YMCA
Community:
7 branches
Individuals Served:
100,000
Like many YMCAs, during the pandemic the YMCA of Delaware paused the majority of their memberships due to limited onsite programming. As services and facilities in the region began to re-open, the team was faced with the challenge of bringing back their vital membership revenue stream.
With a mission of empowering youth, fostering healthy living, and promoting strong communities, the YMCA of Delaware serves over 100,000 people annually and is the only state-wide YMCA with 7 member branches, a youth resource center, overnight camp and conference center.
With their legacy technology membership renewals, purchases and updates had only ever been available in person or over the phone in the past. This daunting restart posed a huge risk of overwhelming onsite staff with an avalanche of administrative work and putting members through a slow, frustrating experience of waiting in line or on the phone.
On top of these concerns, the Memorial Day Weekend was just around the corner and the Y had traditionally seen a surge in membership sales and members onsite over the holiday as families flocked to the Y’s beautiful outdoor pools. With all those families needing to reactivate their memberships as well, it was set to be a perfect storm.
Using Salesforce technology and Traction Rec’s membership functionality, the YMCA launched online membership sales and a customer self-service portal. For the first time ever individuals and families could purchase or renew their memberships anywhere and anytime through the self-serve and mobile compatible portal. Now, individuals could access programs and services immediately, without the reliance or constraints of staff availability.
In anticipation of the Memorial Day weekend membership rush, the Y also implemented a customized automatic email for onboarding new members, to include specific wording and instructions on what to do when they arrived at the Y, how to get their cards activated, and how to access the pools over the long weekend.
Within the self-service portal, families were also able to access and update all of their household details - from contact information, to payment methods, program registration, before and after school care signup, forms and waivers, and more for everyone in their household. All of this could be done without contacting the Y, alleviating the administrative workload for staff and empowering members to engage with the Y whenever and wherever was most convenient for them.
To keep an eye on sales by location and help anticipate spikes in attendance, the appropriate staff were notified every time a new member signed up over the long weekend as well as real time reports they could monitor across all branches. With their new online membership sale process and detailed welcome email in place, staff went home on Friday night to enjoy their long weekend.
After years of struggling with siloed databases of information, limited technology capacity, and poor constituent and staff experiences, the YMCA of Delaware is on the right path with Traction Rec. Today, with its over 400 active users utilizing Traction Rec, the YMCA continues to grow, bringing to life memberships, programs, camps, childcare and much more for a personalized constituent experience.