Online Finisher Certificates
One of the great things about the recent How Green is Your Event workshop was the opportunity it provided for environmentally consciuous race directors to get to know each other and begin to build community. Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve heard from a number of participants–all of them eager to tap into the collective knowledge and creativity of the group.
Peggy Rogers, Community Outreach Director for the ING Georgia Marathon & Half Marathon, actually sent along a specific query:
Does anyone know a provider of functionality to enable race participants to view and print their own finisher certificate from the event’s website? As a green advocate, and to reduce costs, our race would like to provide online finisher certificates rather than print and mail certificates, since not all participants are interested in receiving finisher certificates.
As a runner, I have used this functionality but I don’t remember at which marathon, perhaps the 2006 New Las Vegas Marathon.
I’d like to hear from anyone whose race has provided online finisher certificates and how you performed this function.
Thanks for any information or leads that you can provide.
Not only is this a great idea, but it’s a perfect example of how like-minded folks can help each other achieve a common goal of more environmentally responsible event production. It is also the perfect example of how Lee and I hope folks will use this Web site.
If anyone has a lead for Peggy, please use the comments feature below this post to respond.
Tags: environmentallly responsible sporting events, green event management, ING Georgia Marathon & Half Marathon, Responsible printing