Agora

The same month, two ways.

Here's what managing a club looks like across a typical month, and what changes when Agora runs membership operations. Scroll week by week.

Without Agora
With Agora

  1. Week 1

    Season opens

    Without Agora

    Dues notices by hand

    • Staff compile the member list, write the email, and send notices manually
    • Half bounce or land in spam
    • Members call the front desk to ask if they got the notice
    • Paid members get disputed; staff cross-reference the spreadsheet
    • The week is half over before anyone confirms delivery

    With Agora

    Dues & billing

    Dues issued in one action

    • Dues go out in one action to the full member list
    • Each member gets a clean portal link, individually addressed
    • Staff see who opened it and who hasn't, without asking
    • Paid members show as paid immediately
    • The front desk stops fielding delivery questions

  2. Week 2

    Bookings & operations

    Without Agora

    Courts booked by phone and email

    • Bookings happen by phone or email, one at a time
    • The shared calendar is always slightly out of date
    • Double-bookings happen
    • Members who called don't get a confirmation
    • Someone shows up to a court in use and hunts down staff

    With Agora

    Facility bookings

    Members self-book online

    • Members book courts and facilities online
    • Staff see a live schedule
    • Conflicts are caught before they happen
    • Confirmations go out automatically
    • Staff handle exceptions, not routine bookings

  3. Week 3

    Collection crunch

    Without Agora

    Hours building the follow-up list

    • Export a dues report (if the system supports it)
    • Cross-reference in Excel with the member list
    • Hours building who still owes what
    • Reminders go out manually; some bounce
    • No way to tell who saw the notice without calling

    With Agora

    Dues dashboard

    Collection rate in real time

    • Dashboard shows collection rate as it changes
    • See paid, partial, unopened, and payment-plan status at a glance
    • One-click reminders go to the right people
    • Payment plans run automatically
    • The membership director handles exceptions, not the list

  4. Week 4

    Board prep & close

    Without Agora

    Four hours before the board meeting

    • GM spends 4+ hours pulling the season picture together
    • Dues issued, collected, lapsed, waitlist, renewal: each from a different place
    • Spreadsheet built by hand the day before
    • Hoping nothing changes before the meeting starts

    With Agora

    Reporting & dashboard

    The board report is the dashboard

    • Collection rate, active members, waitlist depth, renewal trends in one view
    • All current, all accurate
    • The GM brings the screen
    • The board asks questions; nobody builds a spreadsheet

  5. The renewal moment

    The cycle closes, then starts again

    Without Agora

    Same manual process, every season

    • Renewal season starts with the same manual notices as last year
    • Same spreadsheet cross-referencing
    • Same front-desk calls
    • No early signal on who's at risk until the deadline passes

    With Agora

    Renewals

    Renewal offers go out on time

    • Renewal offers go out automatically at the right time
    • Members accept and pay in the portal
    • Staff see renewal status in real time
    • At-risk members caught early, before they lapse
    • Last season's data is already there when the next cycle starts

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