In working with more than 9200 clients, we've seen some really great ways to enhance event registration. And the best thing is that with the advent of online registration systems, many of these techniques can be automated and streamlined.
Simplify and Economize for Success
You might be surprised how simple changes in your registration design can make everything much easier and more efficient for you and for your attendees - which makes everybody happy! Plus, preparation up-front will save you a lot of time and hassle in the end.
Online registration systems are event registration tools to help you build your event quickly. But, all too often, building the event takes longer than anticipated because not enough time was spent designing the registration process.
Take Time Now to Save Frustrations Later
Give yourself a week or more to create a great design for your online registration. That way you can percolate some really good ideas, bounce them off of others, and even get some assistance from your online registration system’s support team.
Some support teams will help you scope everything out, brainstorm on ideas, and even help you build your registration pages. Decide how you want your system to work. Do you expect different types of attendees or vendors? Will you be supplying additional materials (CDs, tapes, t-shirts) that your attendees will want to order up front?
Planning out the way you want your system to work will not only help you see the "big picture" of your event planning, and help your support team to identify problem areas, but it will produce a more appealing, robust system in the end.
The Meeting Planner's Online Advantage: The #1 Myth about Online Registration Systems
We hear it over and over again. It's the number one myth about online registration systems that keeps many meeting planners from making their lives easier and their events more successful.
The Meeting Planner's Online Advantage: 6 Ways to Reduce 55% of Your Daily Workload
Industry-expert Corbin Ball estimates that only 20% of meeting planners are using online registration to its real potential. Meeting planners that are managing registrations using paper, emails, basic web-forms, in-house systems or installed software are doing 80% more work than they really need to be doing.
The Meeting Planner's Online Advantage: The Trick that Doubles Client Satisfaction by Doing Less
We all know that communication is the most important component in any relationship; and that can be applied to business as well. The more timely the information provided to your clients, colleagues and suppliers; the smoother your event will run and the happier everyone involved in your event will be.
