The Freestone Support Team is the Best

Here are just a few things I've valued greatly from the team there: • Speedy and accommodating turnaround on contract updates so we could meet the needs of our members • Pleasant, knowledgeable, professional, and on-the-ball support for our live programs • Thorough and helpful presenter prep sessions • Timely, kind, and patient responses to my many questions on everything from event setup to attendee credit Regarding the platform itself, just a few features we use: • Layout customization for live webcasts/webinars • Self-paced courses with credit • Credit submission requirements such as polling, checkpoints, surveys, and certificates • Attendee Q&A • Reports to verify credit submission, program attendance, attendee questions, polling responses, etc. • Much more! Really I can't say enough about how much I appreciate the team and the Freestone product. It's a great feeling to know I'm in good hands with them in every aspect of our LMS use.

Pros

I've been using Freestone from Community Brands for a few years now and not only have I been pleased with the look, customization, and functionality of the platform, but also overjoyed with the support I receive from team there.

Cons

There are a couple of things that frustrate users regarding credit submission.

Air & Waste Management Association Review

When I do have issues the best part of the company is the Technical Moderator that is always there to assist. [SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN], is the person that I have worked with for about 5 years. He is helpful during the live webinar, but for other issues that arise. For example, putting the webinar information into the Freestone system, problems with registration or assisting with PowerPoint issues.

Pros

The Freestone product has been easy to use, after I was trained and especially after I had used it for a period of time. Once the presenters are set up in the system, the webinar just flows. This includes the Q&A , polling and chat components, that all work well and are useful for the webinar.

Cons

We often get request for animation, fly in slides for he webinar. at this time those features are not available.

An adequate system, a bit burdensome

Overall I have been satisfied with Freestone and when I have had issues, their customer support it quick to respond.

Pros

The admin portal for Freestone is comprehensive and includes a lot of features and functionality, but it is not intuitive or easy to use. Every time I login, it takes a few minutes to figure out where I need to navigate to in order to find what I am looking for. Once I find it, updates are easy to make and take effect immediately.

Cons

Too much going on in the dashboard. It is overwhelming and needs a better design/layout.

ALA Freestone Review

We left Freestone for a 2 year period and went to a different vendor to provide our members with a cheaper option. After an unreliable platform, difficulty in producing our own reports we came back and are happy customers.

Pros

Ease of use for administrator, data entry and report running

Cons

Would love to have webinar presenter visible on screen, allow animations in webinar presentations and a more seamless member experience to register, pay for and attend the webinars. Single sign on proves to be confusing for our membership.

Freestone Review

Overall, even with the challenges, there are ways to work around the majority of them and my engagement with the support team has been wonderful

Pros

I like the fact that everything with a program is housed in one system including the production of CME certificates.

Cons

Some of the challenges I face when using the system is around administrator customization of both the user interface and things that could make event replication smoother.