Teaming up with a not-for-profit to revolutionize equestrian events for management, participants, and judges
Partnering with our local 4-H equestrian program, we built an event ecosystem that not only made creating and managing events easier, but also integrated adjudication results and feedback, making it easier for participants to get their scores and feedback.
Question: If you are managing horse show registration, schedule, and payments for 200 families using paper and spreadsheets, can you decrease time, confusion, and errors by building a custom platform?
Answer: Absolutely!
The Main Branch exists to develop technical solutions for business problems. That doesn’t mean we don’t believe in giving back. 4-H is a not-for-profit organization with 90,000 clubs and over 7 million members in the US alone. Having a presence in over 80 countries, the mission of 4-H is to provide meaningful opportunities for youth and adults to work together to create sustainable community change. From STEM programs to agriculture, 4-H is the largest youth organization in the US.
Our involvement with 4-H was to develop a show management platform to reduce friction in the horse program and encourage new membership. Our pro bono solution for the quarterly horse show enabled online registration, class management, and results sharing, while adhering to strict rules and allowing manual overrides. We’ve been named a Friend of 4-H and continue to consult on tech projects as they update their systems.
