10 Best Event Scheduling Software for Universities to Use

10 Best Event Scheduling Software for Universities to Use

Universities hold many events, from academic conferences and student workshops to orientation weeks, alumni reunions, guest lectures, and community outreach sessions. Managing all these events using spreadsheets and manual calendars becomes overwhelming. For this reason, top universities invest in event scheduling software that brings event planning into one place, automates repetitive tasks, and enables real-time interdepartmental communication. Continue reading

Organizing Virtual vs. In-person Poster Sessions

Organizing Virtual vs. In-person Poster Sessions

The poster sessions play a major role in university academic events. They give students, faculty, and researchers the opportunity to exchange their ideas and share feedback. Digital technology has made the virtual poster sessions a viable option as compared to the traditional in-person poster session that might come with certain obstacles. However, both of the session formats have the potential to influence and engage students and audiences for learning purposes.  Continue reading

Comparison of Mobile Event Applications in 2026

Comparison of Mobile Event Applications in 2026

The mobile event application has become more than a luxury and a necessity in the present scenario. Whether it is a conference, workshop or a mix of the events, a mobile application helps to have all the event information at your fingertips. It lets the attendees and the organizers work with ease and network efficiently with everyone at the event.

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15 Reasons Attendee Engagement Drops at Conferences

15 Reasons Attendee Engagement Drops at Conferences

The event day you’ve gone over in your head more times than you can count, finally goes live. The floors are open, speakers are rolling in and audiences arrive bright-eyed and curious, looking forward to productive days ahead. However, even though the general spirit at the venue is high in the morning, you see that it gradually tumbles down as noon strikes. And even more post lunch, with some attendees struggling to keep their eyes open. Let’s face it: attendee engagement often takes a dip.

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Mobile Apps or Event Websites- What’s Right for Your Event?

Mobile Apps or Event Websites- What's Right For Your Event?

The event management industry now has much more choice than ever. You can choose between things like manual spreadsheets and automated dataflow mechanisms. You can choose between the hustle or the convenience, the overwhelm or the smarter way ahead to save your resources. Everything has, quite literally, changed dramatically over the past couple of decades in the event management space.

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Dryfta vs Eventbrite vs Cvent – Which Event Platform is the Best?

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There are several event management tools that are currently available, but choosing the right one is important. Many organizers get confused about what to use so that they can increase their team’s productivity, enhance attendees’ experience, streamline the event registrations, ease the abstract submission process, and provides in detail post-event analytics. Continue reading

3 Scientific Event Management Software Platforms Compared

3 Scientific Event Management Software Platforms Compared

It is a big deal to plan a scientific event, symposium, conference, or academic meeting. You should have proper event management software to ease your trouble of managing registrations, collecting and reviewing abstracts, handling event workflows, constructing schedules and keeping track of attendee engagement.

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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

10 Things to Include in Your Event Landing Page

10 Things to Include in Your Event Landing Page

Your​‍​‌‍​‍‌​‍​‌‍​‍‌ event’s landing page is one of the first places where attendees get to know about your event. It is like the front door of your event. If it is created in a proper way, it gives the information needed to the visitors in a quick manner, it creates a kind of trust, and it encourages them to register. If it is done the wrong way, visitors leave without signing up, and all your marketing efforts go to waste. Continue reading

Smart Event Registration Ideas to Manage Late Signups

Smart Event Registration Ideas to Manage Late Signups

Last-minute event registration is an inevitable part of every event, regardless of how early you allow sign-up or how well you promote the date. There are many reasons why people wait until the very last minute to sign up. In general, the final wave often occurs when the vent is closed. The rush signals strong interest, yet it also lands at the toughest point in your event schedule

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Top 11 Event Marketing Platforms for University Conferences

Top 11 Event Marketing Platforms for University Conferences

When you attend an event, you see everything run smoothly; what you don’t see is the countless people on the other side planning it. Planning an event and then executing it perfectly is often tiresome for organizers. With so many platforms and tools competing for one’s attention, it’s harder than ever before to maintain your event’s online presence. 

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A Guide to Writing Perfect Thank You Emails After Your Event

A Guide to Writing Perfect Thank You Emails After Your Event

It is the season of gratitude. As we prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving, it is the right time to talk about the post-event thank you email. Many event organizers already know that your event isn’t truly over until you have thanked the attendees, speakers, sponsors and your team for their contributions. Sending a thank you message is your chance to have a lasting impression on people involved in your event. 

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