Welcome to the 2019 Season!

1. Welcome to the 2019 Season!

2. Webinar 1: How to Register & Stay Connected

3. Introductions • Director of Competition Experience: Oscar Samios • Executive Director: Justin Matarrese • Director of Competition Operations: Viran Weerasekera

4. Objectives • Dashboard • Learn what’s in each of the different sections of Dashboard • See how easy it is to register for the 2019 season • Understand why adhering to the Step deadlines are so important • Slack • Connect with the Empire staff (especially me!) • Develop connections with your fellow coaches • Feel confident using Slack on your phone and computer

5. ClickMeeting Ground Rules • We will send out a link to the webinar (like we did this week) • Type any questions in the chat window • No question is a bad one! • We will either answer them via chat OR out loud during the webinar • We may unmute your microphone and ask you to let us know if you have any follow-up questions (time permitted)

6. Introduction to Dashboard

7. What is Dashboard? • Your one stop shop for all things Empire • Four parts • Plan your Trip • Case • Registration (hotels, meals, scrimmages) • Payment Center

8. Plan your trip

9. Plan your trip • News Feed • Same as Slack • Key updates • Check it – not everything update will be emailed!

10. Plan your trip • Hotel Information • Friends and Family system

11. Plan your trip • Schedule • The most up-to-date schedule information

12. Plan your trip • Flight Discount Offers • United and Delta

13. Plan your trip • Webinars • Times • Topics • Joining instructions

14. Case

15. Case • Case • Rules • POA • Inquiries + Updates

16. Registration • Registration instructions • Includes your checklist • You must check off the box confirming you have read the instructions

17. Registration

18. Registration • Four Steps • Deadlines vary between competitions • Green Tick for complete items • Red Cross for incomplete items • Red $ for unpaid items • A step is not complete until every item therein is paid for

19. Registration • Registration covers 14 attendees • These can be whoever you want them to be • You pay for any additional items • Late fees will be applied • Checks postmarked on/before the deadline will not be penalized • Everything you need to do is listed in the registration checklists

20. Registration • Green Tick for complete items

21. Registration • Green Tick for complete items • Red Cross for incomplete items

22. Registration • Green Tick for complete items • Red Cross for incomplete items • Red $ for unpaid items

23. Registration • Green Tick for complete items • Red Cross for incomplete items • Red $ for unpaid items • A step is not complete until every item therein is paid for

24. Registration • Step 1 deadline is approaching (THIS FRIDAY) • This hotel reservation is only a preliminary one • If you know you will need n rooms, then put placeholder names in n rooms

25. Payment Center

26. Payment Center

27. Payment Center • Manage and make payments for everything Empire • Hotels • Extra meals • Experience events (Cruise, Aquarium • Amounts owed only update when you click “save” in your registration

28. Payment Center • All checks must have an invoice attached • You can create a customized invoice by clicking the “invoices” button • Access W9 Tax forms

29. What’s on tap • Roster • Field • Order meals • Friends and Family hotel reservations • Scrimmages • Waivers (in Step 4)

30. Any Questions?

31. SlackA new way to connect with the Empire Family

32. What is Slack? A workplace communications platform A new way for Empire to communicate with teams before and during competitions Installable on your phone, tablet, laptop

33. What can you use Slack for? Sending messages and files to other coaches Crowd-source answers to case and competition logistics questions with other coaches Arrange scrimmages Receive pairings and draws on competition weekend

34. What’s the deal with Slack?

35. Why Slack? To improve yourexperience! Make Empire-team and team-team communication faster Provide you with more complete, crowd-sourced answers Connect teams with the Empire family sooner rather than later (eg scrimmage, strategy) Competition weekend information (more on that later) It’s easier for us

36. Why Slack? You’ll get a response faster Emails will be responded to within 72 hours Slack messages will be responded to within 36 hours You do the maths

37. Some key terms you’ll need to know “Workspace” The Empire Coaches domain A way for you to compartmentalize multiple workspaces (if you use Slack for things other than Empire)

38. Some key terms you’ll need to know “Channel” A group message that anyone in the empiremocktrial.org workplace can view Channel name indicates its purpose (eg find a scrimmage, case queries, strategy, rules)

39. Downloading Slack Download the Slack app Search for “Slack” on the App Store or Google Play Installable on your desktop. Visit slack.com and follow the instructions

40. Joining the Empire Coaches workspace Look for this email in your inbox (Check spam and junk folders) Click “Join Now” button Note: this will be sent to whichever coach email is first listed in each team registration

41. Setting up your Slack Profile Enter your full name Choose a password (write it down somewhere!) Click “Create account”

42. Adding other people on Slack You can invite another coach / captain (just enter their email address Or, click “Skip for Now” to proceed

43. Learning about Slack View the Slack tutorial by clicking “Explore Slack” Or, click “Skip the tutorial” to proceed

44. Getting started on slack You can now start sending and receiving messages on Slack

45. Customizing your profile Click on your name to set up your profile

46. Customizing your profile Click “Profile and Account”

47. Customizing your profile Click “Edit Profile”

48. Customizing your profile Make sure your name (and “Display name”) is accurate Under “What I do”: state which team you coach and where you are competing in 2019

49. Customizing your profile Optional: Add a profile picture Add your phone number

50. Customizing your profile Click “Save Changes”