June 2025
Editor's Note
Let those freedom bells ring! I'm talking about those school bells ringing on that last day of school. Summer is here! Congratulations to all of our new grads as they embark on a new chapter in their life. What an exciting event!
And since we are on the subject of events, don't forget to renew yours with us. As we update invoices and get ready for your events to start, let us know if you have any questions or concerns. We are here to help make your events effortless, and we love to hear any feedback that will make us better.
Thank you for being with us! Have a great summer!
May's New Clients
What's New: New and Improved
Keeping our technology up to date. Here is what's new this month:
New Last Month
- Search option in awards
- Updated certificates
- Add pages and tabs
Platform Updates
- Ongoing updates to data reports
- Now able to do partial refunds
- Payback check layout now has additional address lines and clarification prompts
- You can now simply upload your CSV file for participant upload
- Nomination fixes:
- Judges can't review option
- Quick action buttons to review and reject
- Added pagination to review nominations
- Nomination reports to include review notes
Team Notes & Team in Action
The zFairs team has been busy evolving the zFairs platform to fit a new event type: Theater Productions. Although similar to our layout for film festivals and other media events, these new changes will allow any theater groups (from High School to Broadway) to streamline the audition and production process.
We have also been busy traveling to your events! We recently visited with the Science Fair Directors Institute at Regeneron ISEF and are excited to visit with them again in September. This month we will be working at Invention Convention at The Henry Ford Museum in MI and at National History Day in Washington DC. Find us and say hello! We would love to see you!
zFairs Tip: Customizing Your Site
The best thing about zFairs is that you can make it uniquely yours. We just provide the platform, but you can get more out of your experience than just settling with what you see. Here are my top 5 favorite customizing features:
- Color it up! Is grey just not exciting enough for you? Well, pick a new color! Hit the ellipsis (...) on the right side of the home screen and make your site pop with a bright, engaging color of your choice.
- Add a Logo and Poster: In the same spot as the color change, there are multiple settings to amp up your home page. Add your logo and a fun poster and it will make your site stand out.
- Custom Text: If you don't like how something is worded, like a default email or even the welcome on the judging screen, you can change it. To change any text, click on the "i" and search for "custom system text".
- Adding your own forms and rubrics: You don't have to stick to ours. You can create your own rubric and upload your own forms.
- Pages and tabs! This is my favorite. Watch how to use this feature on our YouTube page at: https://youtu.be/uRD7J_Ffrvo
Have fun customizing your site and reach out to us if you have any tips that you would like to see on our next newsletter.