10 Integrations To Simplify Your Academic Event Workflow

10 Integrations To Simplify Your Academic Event Workflow

An academic event involves many moving parts. Each part depends on accurate data and timely action. When tools do not connect, teams lose control. Integrations allow systems to share information. They keep your event data consistent and remove repetitive tasks. They help your team focus on quality, not admin work. A well-integrated event platform creates a single workflow. Everything stays connected. Everything stays updated. Continue reading

9 Creative Poll and Survey Ideas to Increase Participation

9 Creative Poll and Survey Ideas to Increase Participation

What’s a better way to understand your audience than asking them directly while the event is actually happening? As an event organizer, you already have a lot on your plate. You manage speaker schedules, speaker coordination, tech and logistics, and so on. In the middle of all that, polls and surveys often feel like a nice-to-have.

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Creating Event Badges That Make Check-in Process Seamless

Creating Event Badges That Make Check-in Process Seamless

Recall the last major event you ran. Were attendees waiting for a very long time just to get their event badges? Perhaps names on the badges were spelled incorrectly. Or, did unauthorized attendees enter the restricted areas without notice? As an event organizer, these moments sting because they directly reflect your planning. 

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10 Tips for Indexing Conference Papers on Google Scholar

10 Tips for Indexing Conference Papers on Google Scholar  

A‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‍‍‌ conference paper is the author’s demonstration of their research. It is a portfolio of ideas that researchers want to share with the community of a larger audience through academic events. Authors submit their works to the conference with the expectation that their paper will be read, cited, and followed up on.

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12 Design Elements for a Terrific Conference Website In 2026

12 Design Elements for a Terrific Conference Website In 2026

If you are an academic or researcher who attended an event in 2025 or are an organizer who planned one, you may acknowledge how an effective website is now as important as planning the event itself. And, for obvious reasons, it’s the first point of contact for potential attendees and serves as the primary information hub throughout the event lifecycle. 

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Event Networking Challenges and Their Creative Solutions

Event Networking Challenges and Their Creative Solutions

An​‍​‌‍​‍‌​‍​‌‍​‍‌ event, in its essence, is a gathering of people who have a common interest. Networking is the activity that helps all these people share knowledge about their common interests, which keeps the group going. Those who attend the event communicate with the people who are invited to talk. The sponsors, on the other hand, connect with the prospects. Also, the peers share their ideas amongst themselves. In case the event networking is done well, it will result in a community of a large number of people within academia.  Continue reading

How to Plan Sustainable and Eco-Friendly Conferences

Academic conferences possess a vast reach. They actively boost human engagement by offering several opportunities for research scholars to share ideas, get recognition, and celebrate their work achievements. If you are hosting sustainable conferences, they can create more awareness as well as attract a large audience. With growing global awareness of sustainability, many conference planners are increasingly looking for ways to reduce their environmental impact.

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AI-Powered Matchmaking and Its Benefits for Conferences

AI-Powered Matchmaking and Its Benefits for Conferences

Think about the last networking session you organized. You likely watched a room full of people with badges on, moving from one conversation to the other.  Yet when the event ended, only a small number of those interactions turned into real follow-ups. Most guests would have left having spoken to many people, but connected deeply with very few. That outcome is common in in-person networking. On the flip side, virtual networking has now changed that dynamic. It gives more flexibility to organizers who wish to connect with people more thoughtfully.

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Event Risk Management Strategies for Organizers to Adopt

Event Risk Management Strategies for Organizers to Adopt

Events bring people, technology, vendors, and data together. Each element adds a layer of risk. Organizers must handle all of them at once since a single issue can disrupt an entire event. A power failure can stop sessions, speaker delay can break schedules, registration error can create crowd issues, and data breaches can damage trust. Event risk management gives organizers control. It helps them spot problems before they grow and makes way for clear actions when issues occur.  Continue reading

How to Avoid Scheduling Conflicts When Organizing Events

How to Avoid Scheduling Conflicts When Organizing Events

Let’s be real! Scheduling conflicts are almost unavoidable when planning events. Even when you’re making the best effort to plan ahead, sessions collide, your calendar is fully booked before the week has even started, and priorities of the organization will often change at the eleventh hour.  Scheduling conflicts may indicate other problems beneath the surface, including half-baked organizational priorities, communication gaps, or workflows that no longer serve the purpose. Continue reading