News and Events Announcements:
Making sure that your community knows what is available to them is an important part of the park districts service. ParkPro has a solid communication system integrated into it that allows for News and Event announcements. These news and event tools really keep your community informed and participating in your park district’s offerings.

Park District News:
Utilizing the ParkPro system administrators are able to create news entries at various levels. The first level is the overall park district news that pertains to everyone. Next is the program level, which pertains to the individuals involved in a particular program. Last is the teams’ level, this news is viewable by team participants. All three of these news areas allow you to enter in basic information and attach pertinent documents to the news entry.

After new has been entered into the ParkPro system your community can visit the web site to view the news for the park district, their programs and their teams and download any relating flyers or document packages that may pertain to the news entry. This really helps everyone keep on top of what is going on with their park district.

Park District Events:
ParkPro also has a well integrated event management system that accommodates the various levels of participation. This is similar to the structure within the news system. The first level is the overall park district events that pertain to everyone. Next is the program level events which pertain to all those participating in that program. Last is the teams’ level which is viewable by team participants. A schedule can be automatically generated when you first create a program, or you can manually add events at the various levels of administration. Game schedules can also be automatically created and manually modified if necessary.

After you have completed entering in your events into the ParkPro system your community can visit the site and view the events available to them and the ones they are participating in. Documents can also be attached to events; in this way people are able to download event related documents. These documents are also attached to the automatic email of their schedule.

Summary:
News and Events are one of the most important communications tools available through ParkPro. Using these tools properly will guarantee better community response and increased participation. This will also reduce the administrative load by reducing the inbound phone calls requesting information on program events.