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

How to Host an Engaging Poster Session in Academic Events

Poster Session

Poster sessions play an essential role in academic conferences. They offer the best dynamic alternative for traditional panel presentations. They are also the most considered platform for research scholars to interact, share ideas, and network in a relaxed environment. If you are someone who is interested in organizing a poster session, then you must thoroughly plan it across various aspects, which include space, timing, technology, and most importantly, participant engagement.

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10 Academic Event App Features That Every Attendee Expects

10 Academic Event App Features That Every Attendee Expects

Academic events are considered a great success when participants are well-informed, engaged, and connected. Nowadays, organisers often rely on mobile apps to guide participants through events. These apps help attendees plan their time and facilitate communication during the event. Participants require the application to be quick, simple, and to meet their needs. If you happen to create a mobile app for an academic event, then it is necessary for you to put user experience first. Continue reading

11 Strategies for Hosting Cost-Effective Academic Events

11 Strategies for Hosting Cost-Effective Academic Events

It​‍​‌‍​‍‌​‍​‌‍​‍‌ is common for academic event planning to appear as if one is trying to balance it on a tight rope. On the one hand, there is a desire to present a stimulating event to students, faculty, and outsiders, but on the other hand, it is necessary to keep the budget under control. The truth is that an educational event can be a great success without having to spend a lot. What it really needs is thorough planning, wise use of resources, and suitable tools. 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

40 Ways To Generate Additional Revenue At Your Next Event 

40 Simple Ways To Generate Additional Revenue At Your Next Event

Most event organizers will admit that organizing an event, whether modest or large-scale, is a challenge. It takes time, effort and money to put up a good show for those who sign up. Much early into planning an event, all professionals involved in budgeting come to realize that the financial estimates are hardly set in stone. They’re changing almost every other day. What looks reasonable on paper is rendered logistically impossible in execution. All thanks to inflation and prices that go up and come down at any minute.

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7 Lessons from Successful University Conferences

7 Key Lessons from Successful University Conferences Around the World

Running​‍​‌‍​‍‌​‍​‌‍​‍‌ a successful and well-organized university conference is more than just booking a lecture hall and inviting speakers. The last ten years, to a large extent, have been the period of transformation for the university conferences that have become dynamic hybrid spaces now combining learning, networking, and digital access.

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10 Proven Pricing Strategies to Boost Event Registrations

10 proven pricing and ticketing strategies to boost event registrations

Hosting global events means event organizers have to consider multiple aspects such as international logistics, budget, technology, legal compliance, cultural sensitivity, and so on. Out of all these aspects, the registration and ticketing process is one piece of the puzzle that holds the key to a successful global event. This is the reason event organizers today prefer investing in smart ticketing systems that help attendees register for these events seamlessly for the attendees. Continue reading

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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Top 8 Academic Event Themes Trending This Fall Semester

Top 8 Academic Event Themes Trending This Fall Semester

Aside from the impromptu dorm room Halloween parties, fall semesters come with opportunities to organize and be involved in various academic events. Universities, research centres, and student organisations are not willing to let these opportunities pass without making the most of them. The academic events may range from large-scale international conferences to small departmental symposia. Continue reading