PressPass is the leading online accreditation service replacing cumbersome manual tasks to streamline the entire process for you, your media and other attending groups.
This service makes it much easier for you to gather applications, review and make decisions, notify the applicants, and then create reports for badges, seat cards and record-keeping. PressPass is a complete, proven online accreditation service that has been run successfully by more than 2,000 events, increasing control over accreditation with less work.
>> So how does PressPass streamline my accreditation process while reducing my work?
- Save Time and Effort: Manual tasks such as interpreting and rekeying data from faxes or emails are eliminated. Automated emails save more manual effort. Generating reports for any purpose is fast and easy.
- Improves Decision Making: With PressPass, errors are reduced as applicants complete applications online themselves. Fewer errors means better decision-making and control.
- Increases Control: PressPass affords easy, anytime access to all credential information. PressPass is a single, centralized online platform that gives you easy-to-use administrative screens to review applicant data, notate decisions and report on decisions made.
- Improves Communication: Applicants know their requests have been received and customized confirmation, approval and denial emails keep them informed as decisions are made.
>> Why use PressPass? Strong features ensure an online accreditation service that surpasses your expectations
- Approving administrators can annotate applications with necessary additional details such as credential type, approved dates for attendance or access level.
- PressPass can allow applicants to upload photographs, which can be reviewed and edited by administrators and then batch downloaded to your badge vendor.
- Third-party forms such as hotel and telecommunications requests can be completed during the application process, can be provided via links or can be attached to emails as separate pdf forms.
- Authorized users can access PressPass anytime, anywhere, from any computer. All that is needed is a web connection. This affords the flexibility and accessibility that events require.
- PressPass is "software as a service" which saves all capital, staff and operational issues installing and managing new software. PressPass is provided to each company as a web-based service with an unlimited number of users licenses, and is fully accessible for administrators and users from any web connection.
- Our team offers you unmatched expertise after working with thousands of events and applying the best practices learned to all new projects. Further, Sports Systems is made up of individuals who came from positions likely similar to yours: We are former sports information directors, sports marketers, event managers and of course, IT, database and web specialists.
- We offer customer service that can't be beat. Sports Systems is a team of dedicated professionals: We don't farm out customer support – when you call Sports Systems - 24/7 - you get Sports Systems.
>> Examples
- The NFL's New York Jets use our online accreditation service to control season and game credential requests with this streamlined, paper-free, process.
- The NCAA Basketball Tournament is a major media management undertaking with some media following the 128 teams, and other media covering one or more of the 35 sites. Over 160 site and team administrators reviewed and approved more than 6,000 media personnel. "Sports Systems simplifies the entire process of managing media credentials with a user-friendly system that saves our staff a great deal of time. The media covering our event had nothing but high praise for the entire online application process. But the best part of using Sports Systems has been the treatment we've received from their staff. They are most helpful, completely knowledgeable, can relate to our needs, and are accessible at any time." -David Worlock, NCAA
- The Race of Champions at Wembley Stadium uses PressPass to gather applications and manage resources for 500 news media.
- Among hundreds of other clients are the European PGA Tour, US Open tennis tournament, all but three of the 34 post-season college football bowl games, including the BCS Championship game, and non-sports events including the Tribeca Film Festival and the April 2008 Papal Visit to DC and New York.
>> How can I learn more or just get started?
Call or email us. PressPass is not an off-the-shelf, one-size-fits-all accreditation solution. We work hard to understand clients' needs and customize the solution that best meets those needs, including your specific process, forms, questions, review and approval process, reporting needs, and even the design of the online forms to match your existing web site and design requirements. However, this is not heavy lifting with a budget-breaking cost. Trust us to use this technology to save you money overall while improving your operations.
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