Tuesday, 23 June 2009

The Networking Badge - Making Networking at Events Memorable!


Meeting other delegates has never been easier
Using this latest technology makes meeting others easy. Often it is difficult to make contact with new people and know who to approach at an event. This entertaining and easy system makes introductions fun and worthwhile.

The Networking Badge will locate other delegates and sound a discreet attention signal and light up in the same colour for a period of time. Multiple colours can be used to ensure delegates know who to approach. Now it really is easy to meet other delegates with similar interests or requirements.


Benefits of the Networking Badge

• The Networking Badge uses a reliable and proven RF technology.

• Light and slim.

• Cost effective and easy to use.

• The ‘Matching Questionnaire Software’ is compatible with the REGIS registration software.

• Answering the matching questions only takes a few minutes.

• A match simulator prior to the event checks the ‘matching percentage’ to be used.

• Delegates meet the ‘right’ people maximising opportunities and making the most of their time.

An innovative, fun, easy, affordable and effective way to improve networking The badges are compact, about the size of a credit card and can be used with akey cord or clip in portrait or landscape. They are also versatile as the disposable battery element can be removed and the badge re-used if required.

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REGIS - Online Event Management Software


Web Based Event Management Software: An Overview of REGIS

How can REGIS help you?

REGIS is a unique web based event management software solution developed by meeting professionals, IT engineers and marketing experts for the latest in event technology.
Designed simply with one thought in mind – to make event organising easier.REGIS has managed over 5000 events worldwide.

Since 1999 REGIS has been supplied across the world. It is a powerful communication, marketing and logistics solution for anyone involved in the event process. REGIS lightens considerably the workload of the event management team streamlining practices and improving efficiency. Simply put, it eases the burden of administration. REGIS can also increase awareness of an event, which maximises the number of attendees, making events more successful and profitable. Good news for everyone.

Organisations worldwide, such as MCI, Hewlett-Packard, BP and Cancer Research are working on events from as few as ten delegates to thousands, all with REGIS.

REGIS is a proven, successful and reliable delegate logistics solution for any type of event. It is an outstanding communication, e-marketing and data analysis solution helping organisers simplify tasks, reduce errors and maximise efficiency.

Why invest in REGIS?
Our clients tell us that REGIS helps make their events more successful. Web sites can easily be created for marketing and managing events customised to individual requirements and company branding. REGIS provides a total event management solution.

No special software installation is necessary or investment in expensive hardware. No maintenance is needed. Automatic updates via the Internet are carried out regularly at no extra cost.

Creating interactive events with REGIS typically takes hours rather than weeks or months associated with traditional event management software. It is easy to use following the short comprehensive training course and full support is provided.

How much does REGIS cost?
It doesn’t matter whether your next event is small or has thousands of delegates REGIS is still an option to consider. It can be rented per event, per annum or even per delegate as an alternative to purchasing a licence. It is also possible to rent or buy particular modules, for example, on-line registration, for a specific event. This flexibility provides exceptional service – simply paying for what you require when you need it.

Key Features

The following page provides a more detailed guide about what REGIS can do. Using a web based event management system has many advantages. However don’t feel you have to utilise all of them to benefit. Many clients use the system in different ways depending on their organisation and type of events.

Secure Access Each event can have its own unique security access or it can be open to the public. Different logins can also be assigned giving access to areas of the software required. There is no limit to the number of administrators that can use the software at any one time.

Look and Feel Create your event website with the look and feel that suits you, creating an individual design for each event. Pages can be customised to collect the data you require, then copied and recreated for the next event.

Registrations Register in not two ways but three. As a delegate, an administrator and a coordinator. A coordinator can manage a group of delegates as one point of contact and pre-order places to the event, activities and hotels, which can make it easier for everybody.

Customised registrations Decide how you would like the registration page to look. Create different registration pages for different groups of people – why have the same registration page that everybody sees?

Multi-lingual registration Allowing delegates to register in their own language. Information can be auto populated in advance. Registrations can be modified, cancelled or refunded 24/7 from anywhere in the world. Register hundreds of delegates in minutes. Minimise costs, save time and reduce error.

Activity management Create a workshop, dinner, sporting or social programme and monitor it. Set the dates, times, allocations and prices for each. Send personalised agendas avoiding any time or date conflicts.

Hotel booking management Show hotel options online for delegates to choose, set rates, apply discounts, manage room allocations and create rooming lists all in real-time. Then send the delegate a personalised agenda with specific timings and confirmations by automatic e-mail or SMS. The hotel can have rooming lists with modifications made on certain dates. Simple time saving procedures.

Agendas Create agendas in HTML, PDF or link with Word. Follow each delegate's activities, highlighting any conflicting activities clearly with colour schemes, so delegates can amend or modify activities in advance.

Badges Individual and impressive personalised badges can be produced for all delegates. Design a template with colours, logos, fonts, images or barcodes. No external software solutions are required saving time and ensuring you are in control.

Payments Create invoices and receipts and track payments, refunds or other transactions. Budgeting and billing reports can be produced ensuring up to the minute financial reporting of the event’s financial information. Online and offline credit card transactions can be processed securely and automatically entering payments in the database.

Reporting Of course you would expect standard reports but unlimited customised reports are simple for you to create and download offline too. You can even upload from Excel. Report on information across many events comparing and contrasting details or analyse survey results with the click of a button. The choice is yours.

Optional Modules
Some clients require specific features that are in addition to the standard solution. Below are a few examples:

Credit Card Payments Easily and securely process payments online in real time. Collect payments in different international currencies or just collect credit card information for processing offline later.

One to One Meetings Create one to one and many to many meetings. Requests to meet with individuals or/and groups can be easily managed using this module organising delegates` agendas with specific timings and schedules.

Abstracts publishing and documents sharing Some events require speaker papers to be submitted, amended and assessed online. Available 24/7 this process becomes easy to manage and monitor. Once finalised, an online programme, book and proceedings can be produced for publication.

Block Bookings Why not appoint coordinators who can order places to the event, activities and hotels in advance and pay for these on behalf of their group. Allocations and prices can then easily be controlled, saving time and reducing errors.

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How a Specialist Social Media Solution Benefits Event Organisers


Overview

The Social media service is a social networking solution for event organisers. It allows your delegates to chat, see schedules, plan agendas, create special interest groups, find friends who are attending, make new friends who will be attending, see their agendas and virally market your event to friends and colleagues who are not attending yet. Delegates and prospects use the social media service to plan for and get excited about the event, on a website that you brand and you control.

Your social media service site launches prior to your event and can remain active for as long as you choose, creating a year-round online gathering for your delegate community. The service can be tailored to satisfy your event organising needs from registration to speaker bios, schedules to calls for papers, maps of the host city to restaurant reviews, depending on the services you choose. The social media service site uses your logo and design scheme to create a familiar look for your users.


Key Features

Branding - The look and feel of your organisation including logo, colour scheme, layout and more

Delegate Profiles - A quick snapshot of personal data that will assist the delegates in sharing/connecting with other delegates/speakers/sponsors etc more efficiently while allowing the organisers to more effectively gauge their connected audience

Networking
- Allows the delegate or sponsor/brand to quickly build a network of "friends" who are participating in the same event or group

Messaging - Participants can Direct Message (Private), Instant Message, Post Message (Public) all in their network

Groups - Form or join niche groups who share the same interest. Groups will have members/sponsors whose opinions and ideas are meaningful to you

Email + Phone Support
– Delegates can utilize their mobile devices to connect and distribute information. Fully functioning next-gen phone integration

Site Admin – We will host your community, taking the worry away and giving you what you need without the hassle of hosting yourself

Outbound Emails - Send email directly from your "social media service" interface. You do not have to log out or log into another site (gmail, Yahoo) keeping your delegates` focus on your message and your sponsors

Outbound Twitter – Send "Tweets' (Twitter messages) directly from your "social media service" interface. This ease of use keeps engaged eyes on your message and on your pages

Topic Crowdsourcing - A problem-solving tool that allows delegates/sponsors to post questions/challenges that engages the entire community and elicits responses from the crowd. A great way for sponsors to engage delegates

Event Calendar - Allows users to track, map, set reminders and organise countless sub-events taking place at your event

iCal/Outlook Sync - One click export of your entire calendar to various popular calendar tools, gCal, iCal and Outlook

Event Feedback - An aggregator that tracks/compiles, mentions, blogs, posts about the event and the sponsors alike. Invaluable tool to offer sponsors a way of creating real time feedback on their performance at your event

Product Fan Pages - Sponsors/brands can create "Fan Pages" that allow members to exclusively follow and participate in all activities surrounding a particular brand/sponsor

Outbound RSS - Send blog posts and other simple syndication messages directly from your "social media service" site to keep attention on your and your sponsors message

Blog Ingest - Users/sponsors can sync their blogs or blogs they subscribe to, to their "social media service" homepage easily allowing them to share their information to the focused and engaged audience at your event

Twitter Ingest - Users/sponsors can receive inbound Twitter updates directly from "the social media service" interface. More eyes on your material at all times means greater ROI for all

Flickr Ingest - Users/sponsors can receive and share inbound pictures and messages from the popular social site Flickr without having to leave their "social media service" homepage

YouTube Ingest - Users/sponsors can receive and share videos originating from the ever-popular YouTube without having to leave your specially branded site

Search - Allows all delegates to quickly and easily find relevant and real time information regarding the topic they are searching

Site Analytics - Powerful analysis tools providing meaningful reports on everything from delegate participation, to trends, to registrations and more. A tremendous tool to show sponsors why your event is attractive to them

Facebook Friend Match - Identifies a Facebook friend that is also attending the event. Naturally, those who know each other outside of your event would love to know who in their "circle" is also in the crowd

Facebook Newsfeed Posting - Users can post seamlessly to Facebook, including articles, voting, blogs and more that will be spread virally. Helps create greater buzz about your event

Twitter Friend Match - Identifies a Twitter "follower" that is also attending the event. Many people keep very different Facebook and Twitter "lives" so it is important to cater to both

Gmail Friend Match - Identifies a Gmail "contact" that is also attending the event. Though popular, many are still not engaged in the world of Twitter or Facebook

LinkedIn Friend Match - Identifies a LinkedIn "connection" that is also attending the event

Delegate Database Integration - We will either integrate with REGIS or our delegate module


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