Credentials--those physical and/or digital whatevers you give out to more-than-ticket buyers. And boy have we seen a wide array of those whatevers: badges, laminates, wristbands, stickers, labels, pull-'em-up-on-my-phone, and my personal favorite: stick-pin buttons. 20 points to whomever came up with that--you know who you are.

While it was technically possible to create a credential on memberships beforehand, they really didn't do much of anything. Few really carry around a membership card these days. Elevent does such a good job of recognizing members on all channels, knowing a membership number really wasn't very necessary.

There are a couple of good reasons to construct a more useful membership credential--so that's what we've done. It's more of a new feature than an improvement, to be honest.

Setting Them Up

This change is available to anyone who has credentials enabled. It's quite simple--go to any membership, the credential in the sub-menu, and enable it.

That's pretty much it. You can choose a standard print layout and determine if you'll supply membership cards physically, digitally, or both.

Swipe/Scan Member Cards

One of the cool bonuses of these membership credentials is you can scan them at the Box Office and it'll pull up that member quickly. Just scan their card while you are in the Search bar.

They print and can be managed like any credential. Do note that memberships don't grant entry to anything; other than quick customer search at the box office, they don't scan at the door.

To put these in play at your org, get going here.