If you plan events, you’re likely familiar with the benefits of event management apps. These tools can streamline your workflow, improve communication with your team and participants, and help you stay on top of every detail of your events. While these benefits are undeniable, there are hidden costs associated with event management apps that can…

As an event planner, one of the most important things you need is a reliable tool to help you manage your events. Event planning is overwhelming. The right event registration software can make a huge difference to your success. Two popular event registration software platforms are Sched and Whova. Both offer a range of features…

At Sched, we’re no strangers to event planning woes. And we’ve been scratching our heads. How can we make event planning even easier?  Eureka! Meet our brand-new Premium Plan.  We’ve created a bundle of solutions that tackles common event planning problems head-on. Designed to alleviate headaches, our Premium Plan has everything you need for peace of…

As a part-time event planner, you juggle a variety of tasks and responsibilities as your stress level grows. Event planning software is one tool that can greatly assist with these tasks, but convincing your boss to invest might be challenging, especially if you are working with a tight budget. In this article, we will discuss…

Sched surveyed over 500 recent event attendees and asked them about the criteria they use to decide whether to attend a conference, meeting, or event. Over two-thirds of respondents ranked Session Topics as one of their top two determining factors. By contrast, the Speaker lineup was relatively unimportant as an incentive to attend an event….

The United Nations defined “sustainability” back in 1987 as “meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” Sched wants to know what impact an increased focus on “sustainability” has on event planning and surveyed conference attendees to learn more. Watch Demo Attendees on Sustainability According…

Rising inflation was a recurring theme filling the 2022 news cycle. As we watched inflation impact our 2022 budgets, it often felt like we could do little more than hold our breath and subject ourselves to higher costs. Event planners are scrambling, and a lack of transparent pricing when comparing conference scheduling software only adds…

What’s the best way for event planners to discover inspiration for their events? By attending events! Sched regularly attends events to uncover the latest and greatest event planning practices and share our findings with our community of event planners.  In November 2022, we attended the Pendomonium EMEA 2022 conference in London. Like any conference we…

Whether you’re organizing a conference or planning your school district’s professional development day, attendees will ultimately evaluate your event based on the quality of the speakers. Including expert insights in your event’s session content is a sure-fire way to boost attendance and attendee satisfaction.  But finding great speakers that can command a conference session, educate,…

The job listing said that Sched is a virtually distributed company. I understood the company to be an event management software platform, but I wasn’t sure I understood how a virtual company might work. While many companies pivoted to a virtual office during the pandemic, Sched’s business has been viral since its inception more than…

Conference attendees want online access to all event materials after the event. Sched, an event scheduling software app that has hosted over 25,000 events, conducted a survey with attendees across the many conferences hosted on the platform to ask them about their experiences and advice. “In November 2022 we heard from over 500 conference attendees…