To Ticket or Not to Ticket: Choosing the Right Event Software Solution

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With so many choices on the market, which event management software should you use? Solutions range from comprehensive, robust platforms to quick and easy ticketing engines. Are the larger platforms nimble enough for smaller events? How far can the ticketing solutions be stretched? Get clarity on our event management software and new ticketing solution, Pinkee, to decide which platform best matches the type, size and lifecycle of your events.

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To ticket or not to ticket

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When trying to find the right solution to manage your event amongst thousand offers, it might appear complex

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Knowing what is at stake and what matters will help you to find the right tool for your type of event / organization

Event #2

ticketing

Reg

Event #1

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Sport event CONFERENCE

Business Meeting Tradeshow

Concert Charity Dinner

Corporate meeting

Association event

Networking event User conference CONVENTION Party

Dinner Product showcase event

Sport event CONFERENCE

Business Meeting Tradeshow

Concert Charity Dinner

Corporate meeting

Association event Networking event User conference

CONVENTION Party

Dinner

Product showcase event

Sport event Charity Dinner Dinner

Tradeshow Tradeshow User conference

CONVENTION Party

Corporate meeting User conference

Networking event Product showcase event

Sport event User conference

Association event Dinner

Sport event

Dinner

Sport event CONFERENCE

Business Meeting Tradeshow

Concert Charity Dinner

Corporate meeting

Association event

Networking event User conference

CONVENTION Party Sport event CONFERENCE

Business Meeting Tradeshow

Concert Charity Dinner Association event

CONVENTION Party Product showcase event

Sport event

Charity Dinner

Tradeshow

Tradeshow

User conference

CONVENTION Party Corporate meeting

User conference

Networking event Sport event

User conference Association event Dinner

Sport event

Sport event

CONFERENCE

Business Meeting Tradeshow

Concert Charity Dinner

Association event Networking event

User conference

CONVENTION Party Sport event CONFERENCE

Business Meeting Tradeshow

Concert

Charity Dinner

Association event Networking event CONVENTION

Party

Dinner

Product showcase event

Sport event

Charity Dinner Tradeshow

Tradeshow

User conference

CONVENTION

Corporate meeting User conference Networking event

Sport event

Association event

Dinner Sport event

Sport event Concert

User conference

CONVENTION Party CONVENTION Party Sport event

Tradeshow CONVENTION Party Corporate meeting

User conference User conference Association event

Sport event CONFERENCE

Concert CONVENTION Party Charity Dinner

Party Product showcase event

Sport event Corporate meeting User conference

Association event

Sport event

Sport event Concert

User conference

CONVENTION Party CONVENTION Party Sport event

Tradeshow CONVENTION Party Corporate meeting

User conference

Sport event

User conference Association event

Sport event CONFERENCE

Concert CONVENTION Party Charity Dinner

Party Product showcase event

Sport event

Tradeshow Corporate meeting

User conference

Association event

Sport event

So, to ticket or not to ticket ?

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But The FIRST question you want to ask yourself is : Does my event require support ?

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What is the reputation / robustness of my vendor ? Privacy, transaction, security.. Your brand / event is exposed

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EVEN

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EVENT MANAGEMENT

Registration tools

Ticketing tools

mobile

Social

Marketing

Event Platforms

Solutions

API

Ticketing tools

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The Future of Event Technology

And 100+ more And 20+ more

TICKETING REGISTRATION

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logistics

business model event Cycle

event structure

Does logistics represent more that 25% of my budget ?

Do my event require to coordinate more than 3 logistic vendors ?

Do I need RFPs to find a venue ?

Are my attendees financing the event ?

Are my sponsors financing the event ?

Am I financing the event, expecting a ROI through audience engagement ?

Do I have an accurate estimation of my attendance ?

Do I need to Market my event ?

Is it a niche event ?

Am I dealing with a recurring / morphing event year on year ?

Do I expect my audience to network during the event

does my event have multiple categories interacting with each other ?

Is my event on multiple days / locations

Does my event require to manage multiple areas ( budget, social, marketing..)

Do I need to handle multiple languages

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Let’s dig into couple of questions to better identify the event management tool you need

Questions needs to be put together to establish the global picture

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Does logistics represent more that 25% of my budget ? Do my event require to coordinate more than 3 logistic vendors ?

Do I need RFPs to find a venue ? Do I have an accurate estimation of my attendance ?

Yes = platform No = Ticket

Yes = platform No = Ticket

Yes = platform No = Ticket

Yes = platform No = Ticket

Logistic

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Yes = platform No = Ticket

Yes = platform No = Ticket

Yes = platform No = Ticket

Yes = platform No = Ticket

event structure

does my event have multiple categories interacting with each other ? Is my event on multiple days / locations

does my event require to manage multiple areas ( budget, social, marketing..)

Do I need to handle multiple languages

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Yes = platform No = Ticket

No = platform Yes = Ticket

Yes = platform No = Ticket

Yes = platform No = Ticket

Do I need to Market my event ? Is it a niche event and I know all the contacts ?

Am I dealing with a recurring / morphing event year on year ? Do I expect my audience to network during the event

event Cycle

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No = platform Yes = Ticket

Yes = platform No = Ticket Yes = platform

No = Ticket

Are my attendees financing the event ? Are my sponsors financing the event ? I am financing the event, expecting a ROI through audience engagement

Business model

Ticket Registration platform

Pack 1

Pack 2

Check what’s included !

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trat

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Number of registration

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Charity and event Ticketing solution

Most robust and loving Event platform

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The Future of Event Technology

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The Future of Event Technology

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• Build your own registration form to collect important information. • accommodate releases and accept terms and conditions • Gather robust reports and attendee summaries • Design and plan an event page with logo, photos, and video • Customize your event with unlimited colors and personalized templates • Make your events free or for a fee; collect donations or sell tickets online • Provide detailed maps and directions to your event • Import contact emails from address book on GMail, Yahoo!, and Outlook • Create a send schedule of when you want your invitations to be sent and send a reminder email to guests • Social media integration with Facebook and Twitter to maximize your attendee count

events in an instant.

Pinkee.com

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The Future of Event Technology

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THANK YOU

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• Sales: Steve Mackenzie

[email protected]

– 1-877-386-8248

• Marketing and PR: Dan Murdoch

[email protected]

– 1-203-295-4484