It isn’t easy to define what event planning software is. But since we actually build event planning software, we probably should try, right? In this category, we’ll unpack all the types of software used in the event planning process and beyond.
These articles will include everything you need to know about the software that will help you plan, manage, and execute events. That includes planning software, event management software, design software, and virtual event tools. It will also include non-event software that makes the lives of event professionals easier.
Overall, we’ve broken down the event software industry into five key areas:
I’ll define them below.
Everything from a client arriving on your site up to the moment they sign the contract and pay your invoice. Booking & Sales software provides contact forms, lead management, proposals, and invoicing.
Event management includes the activities to create an exceptional experience: task management, event timelines, seating, and event design. The software helps manage to-do lists, collaborate with vendors, and plan the decor. In other words, project management, but for events.
Event marketing software helps you get bums on seats. But absolutely useful when it comes to event marketing. Event marketing software helps sell tickets, register attendees, set up an event website, and track RSVPs.
Examples include check-in software and surveys, event mobile apps with up-to-minute event details, polling software, networking software, and more.
Whatever types of events you’re planning, a post-event review helps reflect, improve, and help with bookkeeping. Reports track expenses, check-ins, speaker engagement, return on investment, revenue, and sales.
Whatever your needs, reading the articles in the event planning software category will help you stay on top of the industry, and your workflow.
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Event planning software isn’t clearly defined. Depending on who you ask, what you type into Google, and your personal semantical preferences, it could mean any type of event software out there. As I showed previously in The Big Guide To Event Software And How To Use It, the term could refer to attendee management tools, CRMs, floorplans, …
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This virtual event template will help you plan an engaging virtual event, even if you’re new to the digital conference space. By now, everyone’s heard of virtual events, new normals, and similar phrases. A new vocabulary has entered our lexicon, and, well, whatever your feeling about live events, digital events are going to stick around. …
Event planners share a lot of image files. Whether it’s in your portfolio, sharing inspiration, or for marketing purposes, here is the info you need to understand image files. Understanding image files as an event planner will confer some advantages. Whether it’s making sure your images pop on The Knot, or emailing inspiration to clients, …
It’s hard to stay up to date with all the new tech terms – especially since new ones are created so often! Here are the 10 event planning software terms you need to know in 2020. Technology and software are ever-evolving. Staying up to date with the latest jargon, terms, and acronyms is hard work …
Planning a virtual event is easy. Seriously. In fact, it’s simpler than planning a live event, but there are some new skills and techniques to learn. The good news is that you, as an event professional, are totally up to the task. If you’ve felt even the slightest bit of trepidation about digital events, you’ll …
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Any guide to event software should include more than just event tech products, listed alphabetically. So we’ve written the how, when, where, and even why of event tech. When sitting down to write this guide to event software, I had to make a decision. I didn’t want to write a list of all the software …
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Did you know there was a virtual wedding assistant? I didn’t until I spoke to Chanda Wirtz, the editor of Every Pretty Detail Magazine. Chanda was exploring ThymeBase’s event planning software when she realized that some things were missing. So she wrote in, saying, “there are some features I wish it had, and I would love to …
