I probably posted this before.
We still need to print name badges in the office prior to the event.
Attendees can have multiple guests, with different last names.
When I print my name badges, of course they are in alphabetical order.
In the past I'd have to look at a report that listed the attendee and pull out the guest badges so I could group them together.
Now I use an internal field named sort. I also name it I-SORT so I remember that it is an internal field.
Export all my attendees and guests.
First Name, Last Name, Confirmation Number, Invitee/Guest, Primary Registrant, sort
Sort by Primary Registrant (sort A/Z) and Invitee/Guest (sort Z/A}.
Then number each row beginning with 1 and so forth.
Save to text and import back.
My badge also includes the sort number, usually a small font and gray. Really hardly noticeable unless you are looking for it.
Or if I'm using perfed paper, the sort number later gets discarded.
Once all the badges are printed, I sort the badges by number.
This groups them by attendee.
I have a small event coming up.
I rubberband the groups together for easy distribution since in this case they are all arriving at the same time.
You can do a lot using internal questions.
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Steven Schlossman
Jack of all trades. Master of none.
BMW Car Club of America
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-22-2021 11:25
From: Ginger Swart
Subject: More of Your Best Cvent Hacks
One of my favorite posts that I've seen in the Community was the Cvent Hacks one. I learned a ton of great tips from it, such as using custom data tags. I wasn't familiar with using them but had an event this year where creating custom data tags helped me quite a bit.
Since so much has changed in Cvent and with how events are right now, I thought it would be interesting to do another #cventhack post.
A current favorite of mine is being able to save reports to an Access Portal while I'm creating the event. If you're not familiar with Access Portals, check out this article.
I have a series of events that we do that are the same but held on different dates. When I create my initial event, I save the reports that I know I will need to share with others, such as the invitee and registrant details and the session registrants reports. I use that initial event as my template for the rest of them. Before I finish creating the events, I publish those saved reports to our Access Portal with titles that indicate which event the report is about. The needed reports are ready and waiting for my coworkers whenever they need them. Keep in mind that initially those reports won't have any data so you might want to come back and look at the reports later to make sure you're capturing everything correctly.
What #cventhack do you have to share?
#ManagingEvents
#Miscellaneous
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Ginger Swart
Training Program Coordinator
Electronic Theatre Controls, Inc.
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