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Does anyone know if it is possible to automatically add an event to an attendee's calendar when they register. Or do I have to add the 'Add to calendar' widget and hope that they click on it? We find we have to send an outlook invitation for attendees to accept to add to their calendar and it is doubling up on our work.

#Registration

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Rebecca Bryden
Clyde & Co LLPUnited Kingdom
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Hello,
I am 99% sure that this is not possible. We had a look at this in earlier times with Online Booking Tools.
You need access right to the calendar of that specific person which would mean cvent needs access to calendars of "everyone".

I have seen one workaround on one booking tool where an extra calendar is added per booking - but this is not useful as it creates many calendars.

Hope this helps

Regards Ino 

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Ino Ecker
Head Of Agency Coordination
Bayer AGGermany
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Hi Rebecca,

Ino is correct, this is not possible. You will need to add the Add to Calendar widget either in the confirmation email or you can have it on the confirmation page as well. This will ensure a pop-up appears when the registrant is done registering so they can see it right away and add the event to their calendar.

Thank you! 

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Erica Kennedy
Principal Client Success Manager
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Thank you both, I thought that was the case 

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Rebecca Bryden
Clyde & Co LLPUnited Kingdom
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Original Message:
Sent: 03-19-2024 09:50
From: Erica Wise
Subject: Automated 'Add to calendar'

Hi Rebecca,

Ino is correct, this is not possible. You will need to add the Add to Calendar widget either in the confirmation email or you can have it on the confirmation page as well. This will ensure a pop-up appears when the registrant is done registering so they can see it right away and add the event to their calendar.

Thank you! 

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Erica Kennedy
Principal Client Success Manager
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Hi Rebecca, 

I've been looking into this for over a year + and we just stumbled on a potential solution with Zapier and Calendly. I'm testing this out with my in- house developer now, but if this works for us I'll let you know. We have a lot of IT executive staff attending our virtual webinar events who are way overbooked- if we don't make it on their calendar ASAP we're lost. 

Elizabeth

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Elizabeth Snyder
Senior Manager of Events
iT1United States
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Original Message:
Sent: 03-21-2024 06:34
From: Rebecca Bryden
Subject: Automated 'Add to calendar'

Thank you both, I thought that was the case 

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Rebecca Bryden
Clyde & Co LLPUnited Kingdom
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Original Message:
Sent: 03-19-2024 09:50
From: Erica Wise
Subject: Automated 'Add to calendar'

Hi Rebecca,

Ino is correct, this is not possible. You will need to add the Add to Calendar widget either in the confirmation email or you can have it on the confirmation page as well. This will ensure a pop-up appears when the registrant is done registering so they can see it right away and add the event to their calendar.

Thank you! 

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Erica Kennedy
Principal Client Success Manager