Alternatives to Mindbody?

Hi Devon - we use Tessitura for dance and art class registration, summer camps, and booking assemblies and workshops in local schools around our area. While some things work well, there is a lot of customization we had to do. For example, online class and summer class registration is something we custom built; we are now trying to find a better way to handle a lot of the paperwork our dance and art schools require to be filled out.

My general take on the state of managing education and community programs in Tessitura is that we are all basically trying to adapt software functionality designed for other purposes to somehow fit these processes. Sometimes it works reasonably well; other times, it is a bit of a cluttered mess. 

I agree with all of you; I would love to see a stronger focus on this area with solutions that are well-integrated.

Thanks,
David

Hi all,

This conversation is very similar to another I was involved in a few months back. It seems many organizations are trying to move forward with online class registrations with some degree of difficulty. I agree that the current Tessitura/TNEW functionality falls short from a class registration perspective. We struggle a lot with "work arounds" and are trying, but not yet succeeding, to offer a more seamless online registration process to our constituents; one that mirrors what you would experience with other software such as Mind Body as this has become the expectation of most online consumers.

We currently sell our classes as performances and collect our online registrations as CSIs. It’s cumbersome and involves going into individual accounts after the fact to finesse our constituent and financial information. I too hope to see some developments in this area soon. As a student I use Mind Body and I love how effortlessly it seems to function when I make purchases and reserve classes online.

Karin 

Hi all,

This conversation is very similar to another I was involved in a few months back. It seems many organizations are trying to move forward with online class registrations with some degree of difficulty. I agree that the current Tessitura/TNEW functionality falls short from a class registration perspective. We struggle a lot with "work arounds" and are trying, but not yet succeeding, to offer a more seamless online registration process to our constituents; one that mirrors what you would experience with other software such as Mind Body as this has become the expectation of most online consumers.

We currently sell our classes as performances and collect our online registrations as CSIs. It’s cumbersome and involves going into individual accounts after the fact to finesse our constituent and financial information. I too hope to see some developments in this area soon. As a student I use Mind Body and I love how effortlessly it seems to function when I make purchases and reserve classes online.

Karin