Hi Elisabeth
We have ditched CrowdCompass and the Attendee Hub for another 3rd party application that provides a brilliant mobile app and virtual platform that allows attendee discussion and interaction. Our attendee interaction stats are through the roof for a meeting that was supposed to be in-person, but was flipped to virtual due to covid-19 restrictions. We had around 600 attendees for the virtual meeting. 65 discussion topics were created which included 2021 messages on the community board. 4,516 private messages were shared. 100% download rate of the app with a 91% approval rating. Easy access to the app, and the laptop/desktop version.
We first used
www.whova.com last year when covid-19 disrupted our in-person meetings. We had been using CrowdCompass for a number of years, however we looked for the best option for a virtual event that would meet our requirements:
1. Ease of access for our attendees, especially with regard to logging in to the app, including desktop/laptop access
2. Provide the best possible experience for our virtual users to interact, prior to, during and post the event
The Whova.com platform exceeded both these requirements.
The only shortcoming is the lack of integration with Cvent, so we have had to manually load attendees into the app (import/export via excel). Attendees also have to re-choose their session preferences in Whova, as this is also not integrated. I thought this would have been a big issue for the attendees, however the ease of use and the interaction aspects have overshadowed this shortcoming.
I am hoping the Attendee Hub improvements and the new Cvent app will improve the attendee experience, however Whova.com has been hitting it out of the park for us over the past 18 months.
Let me know if you need any further details about our experience with Whova.
Regards - Leon
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Leon Olsen
Director
Conference Matters
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Original Message:
Sent: 09-14-2021 23:08
From: Elisabeth Spratto
Subject: Message Board for Attendee Interaction in Attendee Hub?
Hello, I'm setting up a conference for an educational research organization in Cvent. We are using the Attendee Hub. I would like attendees to be able to post public messages for other attendees to view so that they can organize informal/impromptu meetups (for example, "Meet in Room 101 at 5:30 for a discussion of critical race theory in public schools"). I can't find anything about a feature like this Cvent - is there something that would allow attendees to communicate with all other attendees in this way? Thank you!
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Elisabeth Spratto
Northeastern Educational Research Association
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