Posts Tagged: Speaker Management

What to Look for in the Best Event Management Software

Posted February 27th, 2020 by K.C. Hopson & filed under Event Rebels Blog, Meetings Technology, What's New.

Planning a large-scale event? You need event management software. Designed to handle various aspects of event planning with easy-to-use digital tools, event management software allows event planners to plan better events with less headaches and hassles. However, not all event management software platforms are created equal. Some are geared toward specific aspects of event planning, while others focus on entirely different areas. Some are easy to use; some are not. Some are expensive; some are not. In this guide, we break down what to look for when choosing the best event management software for your needs. Choosing the Best... Read more »

From Call for Abstracts to Schedule to Mobile Event App: How Event Management Software Can Make it Easy

Posted October 16th, 2018 by K.C. Hopson & filed under Event Rebels Blog, Meetings Technology, Mobile Event Apps, Speakers, Surveys, What's New.

One of the most time consuming processes a conference planner can face is developing the program schedule. If you have a call for abstracts, the process is further complicated by the need to conduct a peer review of the submissions. After the peer review process is completed, there is still the long task of coordinating the speakers and ultimately compiling the schedule. After the program is built, you then have to push the schedule out to the attendees – real or prospective – to your website and, probably, via a mobile event app. If you are still using spreadsheets or... Read more »

Speakers want easy Call for Abstracts software

Posted August 31st, 2018 by K.C. Hopson & filed under Event Rebels Blog, Meetings Technology, Speakers.

Potential speakers for your conference are busy people. One thing they do not want is to receive the Call for Abstract as a PDF, print it, fill in the fields and then scan it and send it back. Not much better is getting a call for abstracts via survey software. Since call for abstracts are often long, the applicant may have to leave the desk for a while only to find that the site timed out and erased their work! Even if the form is filled out in one sitting, surveys cannot be updated – so if there is a... Read more »

How to Find Great Abstract Peer Review Software for Your Conference

Posted August 22nd, 2016 by K.C. Hopson & filed under Event Rebels Blog, Meetings Technology, Speakers, What's New.

There are few aspects of speaker management that can be more painful than the process of conducting a peer review from an open Call for Papers. If the review is conducted in the classical way, the planners will find themselves buried in a bewildering collection of PDFs, Word docs and spreadsheets. Hours upon hours can be spent communicating with the review team, collating information and somehow trying to make sense of it all. In between all of this manual work is the need to give proper consideration to all the submissions and being fair in the final judgments of which... Read more »

Make Your Call for Papers Easy to Use!

Posted June 9th, 2015 by K.C. Hopson & filed under Event Rebels Blog, Meetings Technology, Speakers.

Potential speakers for your conference are busy people. One thing they do not want is to received the Call for Papers as a PDF, print it, fill in the fields and then scan it and send it back. Not much better is getting a call for papers via survey software. Since call for papers are often long, the applicant may have to leave the desk for a while only to find that the site timed out and erased their work! Even if the form is filled out in one sitting, surveys cannot be updated – so if there is a... Read more »

Tech Tuesday: How to Streamline your Call for Papers Review Process

Posted February 24th, 2015 by K.C. Hopson & filed under Event Rebels Blog, Meetings Technology, Speakers, What's New.

There are few aspects of speaker management that can be more painful than the process of reviewing submissions from an open Call for Papers. If the review is conducted in the classical way, the planners will find themselves buried in a bewildering collection of PDFs, Word docs and spreadsheets. Hours upon hours can be spent communicating with the review team, collating information and somehow trying to make sense of it all. In between all of this manual work is the need to give proper consideration to all the submissions and being fair in the final judgments of which presentation is... Read more »

Checkout EventRebels’ New Website!

Posted February 11th, 2014 by K.C. Hopson & filed under Event Rebels Blog, Meetings Technology, Mobile Event Apps, Online Registration - Keys to Success, QR Codes, Speakers, Trade Show, What's New.

EventRebels is very excited to introduce our new website, designed and built by our friends at Ainsley & Company. Besides having an exciting new look, the site has a number of new features that you may find of interest. Most exciting is four new product videos! These short videos give you a quick, but thorough, offering of our main product lines. There are videos for: EROnline, the most robust conference software in the industry. ERShow, our online interactive trade show and exhibitor management software. ERSpeaker for call for papers and speaker management. There is also a video that introduces our... Read more »

Why Meeting Planners Should Use Software in the Cloud

Posted December 19th, 2012 by K.C. Hopson & filed under Event Rebels Blog, What's New.

One of the hottest words being thrown around these days is the “Cloud.” Though Cloud seems new and trendy, it actually refers to something almost as old as the Internet. Cloud-based software is very simple to define – rather than software you install on your computer, Cloud-based software runs on the Internet and generally requires little or no installation. If you are using GMail, HotMail, or AOL you are already “in the Cloud.” Benefits Here are some of the benefits that immediately accrue to you if you move to Cloud-based software. First of all you avoid the pain of installing... Read more »

Posts Tagged: Speaker Management

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