How to Start an Academic Journal- A Beginner’s Guide

How to Start an Academic Journal: Beginner’s Guide
How to Start an Academic Journal: Beginner’s Guide

Starting an academic journal sounds exciting… until you actually begin. Suddenly there are decisions about scope, peer review models, ISSN registration, editorial workflows, and technology you never knew existed. Many researchers and early-career academics get overwhelmed at this stage, not because the process is impossible, but because reliable and starter-friendly instructions are hard to find.

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How to Build a Mobile-Friendly Academic Event Website

Mobile-Friendly

Academic conferences attract several participants, research scholars, and keynote speakers from various time zones, institutions, backgrounds, and organizations. In the current era, many things are done on phones; they have become an important way to get details about any topic. If you want your academic event website to shine and gain more visibility, then you should start focusing on developing a mobile-friendly website. Continue reading

How to Fix Event Registration Challenges in Universities

How to Fix Event Registration Challenges in Universities

Ever wondered why academic event registration feels so simple for some universities and so stressful for others? The truth is, the registration stage often decides how smoothly the rest of the event will unfold. When the first step feels easy, people move forward with confidence. When it feels confusing, everything slows down.  Continue reading

How to Decide the Budget Plan of Your Academic Conference

How to Decide the Budget Plan of Your Academic Conference

Budget plan sits at the heart of every academic conference. A clear plan helps your team see what they can spend and what they must save. This allows you to have a clear picture of your expenditures and make steady choices from day one. Planning a conference involves many different tasks, and each task requires the commitment of time, money, and people. A strong budget plan keeps these tasks organized from the start.

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How to Make Abstract Submission Forms More Author-Friendly

How to Make Abstract Submission Forms More Author-Friendly.

Abstract submission forms help authors share their work with event teams. Authors work faster when the forms are simple and easy to read. Clear forms reduce delay and help authors understand each step they need to follow. 

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How to Encourage Interaction Between Speakers and Attendees

How to Encourage Interaction Between Speakers and Attendees

According to a survey by Umbrek, only about 40-70% of your audience are active attendees. The other half leave your event without ever speaking to the speakers they came to hear. This is the grim reality when event planners fail to encourage interaction between attendees and speakers in their events.

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A Step-by-Step Checklist to Plan Seamless Hybrid Events in 2026

A Step-by-Step Checklist to Plan Seamless Hybrid Events in 2026

Thinking of planning your next hybrid event? We have a statistic that you’ll probably find insightful. According to Statista, 74.5% of event planners prefer hosting hybrid events as of 2025. Hence, you are in the correct direction if you think choosing hybrid events is the way forward. 

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How to Design a User-Friendly Abstract Submission Form

How to Design a User-Friendly Abstract Submission Form

Academic conferences are highly impacted by the quality of the abstracts they present. The success of the event rests on the shoulders of the researchers presenting their abstracts. These well-researched abstracts provide a glimpse into their hard work, creative ideas that the scholars have perceived. They become a core element that shapes the overall academic conference. The organizers also consider them and design the event that reflects diversity and depth.

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How to Reduce Drop-Offs During Conference Registration

How to Reduce Drop-Offs During Conference Registration

Someone clicks ‘Register Now’ on your conference website and they fill out their name and email. They then select their ticket type. And boom, they vanish. No payment, no completion. If the thought of another abandoned registration in your analytics dashboard sounds too familiar,  you’ve come to the right place.

This dreaded scenario for event organizers plays out far too often. You watch your conversion rates hover around 40-50% and begin to wonder where the other half of your potential attendees have disappeared to. What if we told you that some of these drop-offs are fairly preventable?

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Tapping Into Event Data For Organizers That Goes Beyond Attendance

 

How to Tap Into Event Data For Organizers: Success Beyond Attendance

For most event organizers, one number that truly matters is the number of attendees at the event. The most important metric for the success of any event is the number of people in attendance. As an event manager, your joy must be through the roof as registration numbers climb, but when they don’t go as planned, panic sets in.

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Common Blunders in Conference Planning and Their Solutions

Common Blunders in Conference Planning and How to Avoid Them

All event managers, regardless of their experience in work, will admit that planning an academic conference from start to finish is a herculean task. And rightfully, the process can feel overwhelming for all those involved. In such scenarios, it’s easier to make mistakes. More often than not, these mistakes are simple yet overlooked.

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Fundraising Ideas for Non-Profit Events and Conferences

Fundraising Ideas for Non-Profit Events and Conferences

Non-profit organisations, regardless of their scope and area of work, find themselves battling the same challenge: raising adequate funds. The challenge of fundraising gets more complicated as NGOs attempt to generate revenue in a manner that’s sustainable and true to their ultimate mission.

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