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July 2015 – 5 Top Event Management Blog Posts
The Emotions behind your Decision Making Helen Moon, Diary of an #EventProf Everyone seems to be talking about the emotional transaction associated with events at the moment. Though I’ll bet if you were to ask most people how they make decisions the majority will tell you “logic”. How to Get Over an Unsuccessful event? […]
4 Ways Technology Will Help Improve Next Year’s Annual Conference
If you have managed an internal or external conference, the chances are that this won’t be a one-off event, and it is probably repeated on an annual basis. View this repetition as an opportunity! It’s a chance to use your experiences to understand your previous conference better, and use what you learn to improve future […]
Symphony Updates: 23/07/2015
Symphony now works with Stripe! We are happy to announce that we now have a Stripe integratin in Symphony. If you have a Stripe account you can now accept payment using the Symphony booking form. Read this article to learn more about Stripe –> Booking form URLs You can now click on your booking form […]
Introducing Stripe Payments with Symphony
If you have been looking at how to accept credit card payments online, but weren’t sure how to get started Stripe is a great platform for accepting payments. It is also relatively easy and fast to set up an account. If you have a Stripe account you can use this to accept payment through your […]
Symphony Updates: 14/07/2015
Schedule & Send Emails with Ease! In this latest update, we have simplified the email scheduling and sending feature. After taking out 2 clicks and changing the location of the send button, we want to: Save You Time Improve Software Usability Users can now access this feature by selecting event setup. On the event setup […]
June 2015 – 5 Top Event Management Blog Posts
Matters: How to Run a Virtual Event with 18,000+ Registrants Phillip Chen, Marketo Like live events, virtual events are typically run by marketing program managers to help support demand generation within a specific market. Unlike their live counterparts, there is a common perception that it is easy to run a virtual event. But, I beg […]
Symphony Updates: 02/07/2015
Looking up Attendees & Bookings Just Got Easier! In this latest update, we have added new search options: Attendee Email Payment ID Attendee Email Search You can now search by attendee email from the main dashboard, bookings tab and attendees tab. On the dashboard select the “Attendee Email” criteria under “Delegate Search”. On the bookings tab […]
Symphony Updates: 25/06/2015
We have made some improvements to our reports feature within Symphony and have made it possible to report across all events. You can now create cross event reports for all of your Symphony bookings. Cross Event Reports for Admin Users The cross event reporting feature will allow Symphony users to export data from a range […]
5 Things your Conference Speaker Must Do
The expectation of speakers has undergone a change recently. Speakers must do a lot more than just present. Attendees are looking for a worthwhile experience and therefore need interaction and engagement. However, asking if anyone has any questions at the end of a presentation is not engagement. Interaction must be before, during and post presentation […]
Symphony Updates: June 2015
Here at Symphony, we constantly strive to improve our software to enhance the experience for all of our users. As mentioned in our mission statement, we aim to help event planners manage their events and focus on what’s important. And that means providing functionality and design that performs above the rest. Bookings In this update, […]