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…
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,…
Your event planning program can automate many of your tasks, but great events require building great session content. Of course, you want attendees to be engaged, interested, and excited about the topic, but sometimes it’s hard to know what event content will work best and engage them. In this article, we’ll explore choosing session topics,…
If you’re planning an event, it’s important to set goals. Event goals give direction and help make planning decisions that contribute to the success of your event. Decisions and priority setting become easy when you evaluate every tactic against your goals for the event. It’s important to connect your planning task list with your goals….
To improve student career readiness, the San Diego County Office of Education (SDCOE) hosts recurring virtual and in-person professional development conferences for the region’s educators with the help of Sched. San Diego County Office of Education’s story San Diego County has half a million K-12 students and 42 different school districts, each with their own…
In an effort to improve virtual learning and address online knowledge gaps in Panama’s leading private schools, last year’s professional development conference used Sched to plan, present and manage the entire conference virtually. The collaboration continues as the company tackles the shift to in-person events in 2023. Integra Schools’ story Founded in 2018, Integra Schools…
The Los Gatos Union School District (LGUSD) recently hosted its Professional Development Day with 162 elementary teachers, site administrators, five principals, two assistant principals, and even some district leadership in attendance. We caught up with Rhonda Beasley, the Director of Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment, to hear more about how they used Sched to pull off…
Regardless of where you’re coming from, becoming an event planner certified professional has many benefits if you’re interested in working in events ongoing. It can help you gain the skills and knowledge necessary to plan events successfully. It can also help you build a solid reputation in the event planning industry. Additionally, certification can lead…
As an event planner, you know that the success of any event depends on meticulous planning and organization. But it’s worth it when you see all the happy people who came to enjoy your creation. But even with the best-laid plans, there are always unexpected challenges that can arise. That’s why it’s crucial to stay…
There’s a lot of work and effort that goes into organizing an event. Sometimes it’s months and months of preparation to create an environment perfect for sharing ideas and knowledge. Although our attention usually focuses on the event itself, where most of our work is done, we can benefit significantly from conducting post-event surveys. Event…
Organizing an event can be an extremely costly initiative; the more people and the more complex a schedule, the more costs tend to increase. That’s exactly why many companies and individuals reach out to others in hopes of them financing part of the costs in exchange for exposure and a chance to increase the brand’s…
