Event Management Archives - Page 35 of 39

A Day in the Life of an Event Organizer: Erik Russell

by whova | Apr 30, 2018

With a deliberate gait and a military-straight posture, Erik Russell looks like he’s in charge as he crosses the ballroom as the hotel staff cleans up after refreshments. Whova crossed paths with Russell in March 2018 when his employer, the Computing Research...

Whova is Committed to GDPR Compliance

by whova | Apr 10, 2018

[Updated 03/23/2020] Whova is compliant with EU-US Privacy Shield We comply with the EU-US Privacy Shield regarding the collection, use, and retention of personal information transferred from the EU and Switzerland. If there is any conflict between the terms in this...

Why Event Registration Fees are Rising – What can You Do about It?

by whova | Jan 22, 2018

You may have heard some buzz about mergers and acquisitions in the event registration space — specifically, the 2017 merger of RegOnline, Active Network and Lanyon with another event registration platform Cvent. Experts anticipated this shift would cause lots of...

“No More White Label Event Apps!”, Says Apple

by whova | Jul 31, 2017

Following the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) last month, Apple has announced it will reject white label apps from the App Store. The latest protocol are specified in updated App Store Review Guideline: “Apple bans apps created from a commercialized...

DOUBLE Your Attendees’ Private Meetings! Whova’s Meeting Scheduler Makes an Event More Productive

by whova | Jul 25, 2017

An interesting survey of 7,000 event attendees found that 71% of them like to attend events to meet new people. This is not only at networking events. People want to get inspired by talking with speakers in person, find mentors, or build business connections at any...

Tired of Emailing Back and Forth to Collect Speaker Data? Whova’s Speaker Center Comes to the Rescue!

by whova | Jul 13, 2017

“Seventy speakers???!!!” Ellen screamed with pain when her boss told her to email 70 speakers to collect their information, including bios, headshots, and talk abstract, in order to put them online and start attracting registrants for their conference. She could...