TechSoup: A Few Good Event Registration Tools

Another installment in Techsoup’s series of handy quick overviews of online services for nonprofits - this time looking at the technology options and choices for handling online event registrations.

TechSoup’s article covers the basics - giving pointers on identifying the type of online event registration provider that best matches the scale and features of the event being planned, and offering tips on integration of online event management functions into the overall event planning process.

An excerpt:

Event registration means different things to different organizations. It’s important to decide what it means to you before choosing a tool. In particular:

• • Do you simply need a quick, inexpensive, and easy credit-card registration tool?
  • Are you planning to run complex conferences or events?
  • Are you going to need to take other kinds of online payments as well?
  • Is integrating the registrants into your database a key concern?

The article also provides short profiles of some of the leading online event registration service providers.

> Read the full article: A Few Good Event Registration Tools

Posted by irishg on September 26th, 2007 at 01:00am