Common Abstract Submission Errors and How to Prevent Them

Common Abstract Submission Errors and How to Prevent Them

Have you ever wondered why groundbreaking research gets rejected at the review stage? It happens more often than people expect. Your abstract is the first impression that a reviewer will have of your work. It’s where strict technical checks decide if a reviewer is needed.

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How AI Matchmaking Helps Host Academic Events

How AI Matchmaking Helps Host Academic Events

Studies have shown that the market for customer experience and personalization software, which powers tools like AI matchmaking, is expected to reach about $11.6 billion by 2026. The growth rate demonstrates how attendees expect more intelligent, personalized experiences at large events such as academic conferences. 

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Why an Event CRM Software is a Must for Academic Events

Why an Event CRM Software Is a Must for Academic Events

Studies suggest that 45% of event planners work more than 50 hours per week during peak planning periods. For academic event organizers, the workload can become even heavier, as responsibilities extend beyond logistics to include abstract submissions, reviewer coordination, and communication with scholars. Adopting an event CRM will help transition your event operations into a more organized workflow. 

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5 Ways Event Management Software Increases Your Event ROI

5 Ways Event Management Software Increases Your Event ROI

Technavio has projected the valuation of the global event management industry to be well over $1.07 trillion. And almost all forecasts are in agreement that the event management space is only set to skyrocket all the more, in terms of fiscal valuation, manpower and employment. What this means for the individual event planner or company is that this field is a high-stakes affair.

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Elevate Your Faculty-Led Academic Conferences with 7 Tools

Elevate Your Faculty-Led Academic Conferences with 7 Tools

Organizing a world-class academic conference on a limited budget is no small feat. Unlike corporate events, academic gatherings demand specialized systems for double blind peer reviews, multi-track technical sessions, and the publication of credible proceedings, all while working with tight financial resources.

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Dos and Don’ts of Event Scheduling Every Organizer Must Know

Dos and Don’ts of Event Scheduling Every Organizer Must Know

As an event organizer, you probably recognize that moment when everything seems to collide at once, with late registrations rolling in and stakeholders requesting sudden changes. When your event schedule starts to wobble, the attendee experience feels the impact immediately, and your credibility ends up under the spotlight before you even have time to react.

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Event Management Platforms- 9 Tips for Choosing the Best Fit

 

Event Management Platforms- 9 Tips for Choosing the Best Fit

In the high-stakes world of event planning, your choice of technology is the difference between a seamless masterpiece and a complete disaster. As events continue to transform into complex, data-based experiences, one-size-fits-all type of event management platforms will no longer work. Regardless of whether you organize a global hybrid summit or an intimate executive roundtable, the platform you use to manage the event will act as the central hub for all things related to your event. 

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How to Monetize an Academic Event- Ideas to Maximize Revenue

How to Monetize an Academic Event- Ideas to Maximize Revenue

It’s no secret that hosting a successful event today requires so much more than simply selling tickets and waiting for sponsors to write cheques. The increasing competition in the academic event space has left organizers unable to solely depend on ticket sales to grow their revenue. Event organizers who truly wish to grow their revenue need to think outside the box. Continue reading

Introducing Dryfta’s Revamped Navigation System

Dryfta event platform for academia & nonprofits
 

In our constant endeavor to optimize the user experience, Dryfta is thrilled to unveil a brand-new navigation system for our backend tools. This update aims to simplify, declutter, and accelerate how you navigate through various modules and tools within the Dryfta platform, thereby enhancing productivity and reducing effort.

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Using Experiential Marketing to Increase your Event Footfall

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Running an event isn’t exactly something that you’d refer to as a walk in the park. There are many things that need to be considered in order to ensure its success. Among them, event marketing is a crucial component that most definitely needs to be worked on. Most event planners now resort to experiential marketing to increase the number of people attending their events.

But, what exactly is experiential marketing? It is a method of promotion of your product or service, by way of educating your target market or audience and getting them to experience what you have to offer, first hand. Let’s see how this unique method of marketing can be applied in the world of events.

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A Definitive Guide to Building an Event Website [PDF]

Guide to building an event website

 

As an event planner, having a website is crucial, especially when you are looking for a platform by which people can find you and solicit your services. But, what makes a good event website? And how do you even go about getting your new site up and running? We have all the details you need in this exhaustive guide on how to build an event website.

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How Event Management Software are Phasing Out Humans on Various Parameters?

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While events are a great way to connect with your audience and push brand awareness, organizing and executing one can be an extremely tedious exercise. The event management domain has experienced a huge paradigm shift from an administrative perspective – what was largely a human-controlled ecosystem is now increasingly realizing and leveraging the benefits of software and AI in event management.

According to Forrester Research, CMOs admit to a colossal 24 % of their budgets going into live events. Imagine the tremendous cost efficiencies that can be brought into the frame by AI to pull down event spends. Let’s explore what event management software can do on this front and also in enhancing the overall value chain of event management.

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