Sched

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Sched is a fabulous product that provides premium level features that are competitive with top vendors while offering pricing entry points that are accessible to organizers on a tight budget. Their human customer service is quick to respond and helpful. I find their user guides intuitive, appreciate the customization we can do for sponsors (including push-notifications to attendees), the ability to allow presenters to edit their descriptions, and the new call-for-proposals feature to handle the submission and acceptance process in one place.

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The product has grown so much over the years. I think the few things that 10 years ago made it more of an affordable Plan B when you couldn't afford Plan A have been addressed. They really listen to users on feature requests and suggestions, and provide fantastic support when I don't know how to do something.

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Simplicity of the tasks makes it easy to organize and manage events.

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There are still some features that need to be added for full functionality

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This software is user friendly and the email update feature for attendees is helpful.

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I wish there were better opportunities to feature sponsors and organize Sponsors, Partners, Associate Member Exhibitors, etc.

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Super easy to work with! Every feature is very intuitive and you will not have problems using the software.

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There are features I will never use, but that is not really a problem.

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Sched allows event invitees to build their own schedules within the frame of the general event. This facility empowers us as organizers to make the necessary adjustments to redirect resources to sessions where they will be most-needed. As speaker in Sched-facilitated events, I can also attest that the control it offers me over my profile to directly suggest changes and modifications to event structure makes the entire experience amazingly rewarding.

Nachteile

It can be a bit overwhelming for planning smaller events. Perhaps, there could be a basic version release which can be more suited for planning fun and less professional gatherings.

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Nice to see together all scientists Engineers, high technical team leader to protect the world from disaster, health care, Agricultural using new technology AI, deep machine learning along with all international leaders.

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It's very high tech science summit along with together with Scientists Engineers along with world leaders.

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I like that Sched aids in the whole process of planning and managing virtual events.
It is true to say Sched is an all in one tool that is affordable and delivers.

Nachteile

With Sched, we have realized amazing capabilities and no complaints.

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Easy to use and update. For the first time, I used it to communicate with attendees and speakers and it worked great. We had over 1400 people so it made it easy to communicate.

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Teaching others about how to use all features of Sched.

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Capability for attendees of events to utilize the tool to customize their own individual schedules, which is so helpful during a conference or retreat where there are all day meetings and optional activities

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While it has many features for registered attendees to make the event customized to their intended attendance, it does take a bit to learn how to navigate it and use all the features beyond basic event attendance management

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All was best ! Reminder to my daily schedules and well organized and synchronized to the calendar

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User interface is clean, easy to understand, and reliable.

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Sched doesn't support some features that would make it a comprehensive tool for our event planning—specifically, "hidden" events for things like sound checks, additional fields for things like tech needs, etc.

This isn't really the fault of Sched; they're not necessarily intended for these sorts of uses.

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I recently started using Sched when volunteering at an international business conference. In addition to Everbrite, we were trained on using Sched for checking in attendees and managing custom schedules for workshops, seminars, etc.

Though it has less features than say Everbrite, Sched feels much faster and streamlined (especially on my older mobile devices). Fast loading and transitions.

The minimalistic UX/UI makes learning how to use the app simple for even non-tech-savvy users.

I really liked the website integration. It was very smooth to get people to register or sign up for events then have those events make up a custom schedule for attendees in the mobile Sched app. With thousands of attendees and dozens of workshops a day, we never ran into any technical issues.

And I like their cute logo as well :)

Nachteile

I didn't have any issues with using the app but the only hiccup was explaining the name to others who have never heard or used it. I think for non-native English users, the single syllable abbreviated name was confusing.

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The Sched app is a great option for managing events where attendees will register. I only have experience using it within the field of education, but was very pleased. The best aspects are the:
1. customer support and online help
2. ability to categorize sessions
3. ability to link with social media platforms
4. quick uploads with spreadsheets (importing)
5. visual layout of schedule
6. user-friendliness for attendees
7. mobile-friendly website and app

Nachteile

I have no real major concerns to submit; however, I would point out that our attendees were confused by one feature (which was not Sched's fault). Attendees can "register" for sessions on the app; but we used this feature so that attendees could more so plan their schedule and find back-up sessions, not to actually reserve spots. It would be great if this was an actual feature somehow.

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Sched is a very great program and intuitive of my needs. Highly recommend to the workplace!

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I have nothing to complain about. It's a great program.

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Sched is really simple to use. They have fantastic customer service. The price was very affordable for our budget. They are constantly developing their software to provide more services. We have over 250 events during our conference and they have a smiley face rating system and we were also able to post a survey for each session.

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There are a few reporting functions that are not available. Some were there before they updated their system and others features would be nice to add. We'd love a push notification on schedule changes. We'd love to download a report that included speaker bios or an alphabetical list of speakers and their sessions would be ideal.

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I like the ease in downloading the Sched app and the fact that it is free to use. Also, the interface is very user friendly with eye-catching colors to highlight your event schedule. This makes viewing your event agenda or workshop/session schedule easy to find.

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I have discovered the Sched application version is different from the web version. For example, I recently attended a conference that allowed attendees to access both versions. I logged into both versions of Sched and found the web version to be more accurate. The web version was updated more frequently with current information about the conference sessions. However, when accessing the app version, the updated information was not available and some of the session information was missing. This makes Sched unreliable if both versions do not sync accurately.

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I love how schedules are displayed for the participant, so clear and easy to see. I also love the ability to email attendees from the platform and how they also get a daily reminder. It is also wonderful how we can personalize the system with our own branding and images!

Nachteile

I feel the admin layout could be a little simpler, it took me a minute to learn. Not bad once you learn it though!

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The simplicity of use by the event admin. It's well designed and sensible. The bulk upload for speakers and sessions is fantastic! And the customer support has been very responsive. We like the way it generates sessions/room, also - we print them and tape to the door.

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The attendee's individual schedule should be easier to find (they don't expect to have to click on their photo). I have struggled to find info in the help section - it's a little had to find details.

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We do multiple conferences each year and have realized we can't live without Sched. Incredibly easy to use and our attendees love it as well. We've been using Sched since 2012.
Great value too!

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We simply haven't had enough spare time to dive deeper into everything Sched can offer. Hopefully we'll be able to do that and introduce new features in 2020.

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Having this program to host our virtual conferences was invaluable. We were able to use tickets for the different days and events of our conferences and having all content in one location made it easy for our attendees and members. We have used this program for a virtual schedule for in-person events in previous years and being able to transition that knowledge to our virtual experiences was easy. One of the greatest things about this software/program is the ease of use.

Nachteile

I would like to have save buttons at the top and bottom of screens and being able to see what an non-admin would see. (I didn't think about creating an attendee account with a different email address.) We were using tickets for the first time, and there were a few small problems but they were easily fixed.

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It's ability to allow us to create an online agenda with workshops, deep dives etc. for our event attendees; it's ability to let attendees enroll for workshops etc.

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We only use it once a year for a very large event and I feel like I have to relearn it every year because of changes that have been made to the software.

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The ability to have multiple admins make changes and the ease of use are what we liked best for our event. Out of 120 people of varying technical comfort levels, no one had an issue.

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Some improvements to the mobile experience would be great.

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The non-profit board I work with loved that we were able to save money on program printing costs for our educator conference by using Sched. It also taps into most of our conference attendees' desire for convenience through technology. No one had to schlep around heavy swag bags to carry their program!

Nachteile

I honestly don't have any complaints! The only difficulty we had at our educator conference occurred when people couldn't remember their Apple ID or app store information in order to download Sched, but that is an entirely different problem.

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It is easy to set up, use, integrate into our website and looks good. It works well on everyone's phone at the conference.

Nachteile

It doesn't have all the functionalities we need. We also have had a terrible time getting it in the store but not sure it is their fault.

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We can concentrate all our event efforts at one point. It's easy to work togheter with Sched.

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The lack of Spanish interface, because we are in Peru.

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Overall, it was easy to use. Attendees had a mixed experience as some were able to navigate easily and others had difficulty. I liked the ability to quickly search for a session or speaker to make edits

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The feedback option. Needed to be a little more adaptable so additional information could be collected. Also the report for feedback didn't cluster by speaker.

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Easy to understand and use
Colorful layout makes mental mapping easy
Space between items makes it easy to read

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The phrase "Back to Schedule" is too small and looks insignificant.

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I love its simplicity and its easy to use

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I don’t have anything I love least about it

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Easy to use. Very good interface. Easy to make my inscriptions

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None problem. At all Easy to use. Very good interface. Easy to make my inscriptions

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Ease of use is what I liked the most about the schedule

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Having to keep hitting the back button is what I liked the least about the schedule

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Simple and clear schedule display, relatively easy navigation.

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I want to be able to filter the attendee list to determine who hasn't logged in or completed a schedule, and then send a specific message just to that group. I also want to be able to better control an Eventbrite integration so that only certain ticket types are imported.

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Sched is our "go-to" conference schedule for our annual conference. As the one who built out and managed the conference agenda, I found Sched very easy to use, update and edit as needed. Our conference attendees also appreciated the layout of the app and fetures it comes with. We decided to go with the "native" option of the app, which was definitely worth the price. The native sched app made it easy for us to customize the app to our branding needs. It also made it easier for our members to find in the app store.

I really enjoy the ease of developing this sched app. Thankfully, sched provides you with formatted spreadsheets, to make loading your conference agenda much easier. They saved me a lot of time, (though, Idid have to go in and edit each individual session because we have multiple presenters for a concurrent session.) Sched's CMS for editing descriptions is pretty straightforward. I am also EXTREMELY grateful for the opportunity to upload .pdfs to each session. This came in very helpful this year.

Favorite features of Sched: spreadsheets to make uploading and developing easier, the ability for attendees to rate sessions (giving us great follow up data!), ability to attach .pdfs, .jpgs, .docs, to each individual session, ease of assigning speakers to sessions, ability to add in exhibitors/sponsor information.

You can't beat this price.

If you are looking for a conference app that is easy on both the management end and the user end, I would suggest Sched!

Nachteile

The only bad thing I would ay about sched, is that it doesn't have as many fancy detures or plugins like other conference apps I have looked at. While there are some things I wish I could have added to our conference app, at the end of the day they weren't missed nor needed.

It's also not the most robust app, so if you have multiple presentations in a concurrent session- it's not an ideal product for that.

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What DON'T I love about this software? I love that it does whatever I want--I love that it's accessible and can be organized in so many different views, I love that it's embeddable on other sites, that the links to individual events are shareable, that it's COLOR CODED. I guess if I had to boil it down, I love that Sched creates a central place where my entire event can be housed, with all its moving pieces and participants, and that it's equally friendly to internal and external audiences.

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I might be missing this, but it might be fun to be able to upload artwork for individual sessions. I've also had people ask for a maps function, so it might be cool to be able to see all my venues on a map or diagram, with addresses attached.

I'm sure I haven't even begun to understand all that Sched is capable of. I just love that it works for me every year and that my users are getting more acquainted with it, so. . . thanks for staying consistent and continuously improving our experience!

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One-stop shop for event management: attendees, speakers/handouts, exhibitors, rooms, messaging, feedback, social sharing....

Mobile-friendly site and app for participants to create/manage their schedules, submit feedback, share content, etc..

Smart import/export/update

Responsive personal tech support

Good pricing plans especially for nonprofits

Nachteile

We ran into a couple of small limitations (e.g. can't embed image in e-mail blast), but we found workarounds and Sched team is using our feedback to improve their platform.

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I have used many similar products in the past and have never found one so easy to learn and simple to implement. Updates were made real time with seamless integration to my website. The ability to build the schedule and Presenter bios in Sched and embed them on my web page saved hours of tedious web development time. I nearly cried when I learned I could embed different pieces on separate pages of my website. What a gift! To say I am delighted with my experience is an understatement. Thank you for making the event management experience such a breeze!

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I do not have any cons. I was pleased with my experience and with the customer service I received.

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Sched works seamlessly on computers and as a smartphone app. As a conference attendee, I loved how events were coded into different categories, with different colors representing those categories. I also liked how you could create your daily schedule ahead of the conference, and receive email alerts about the events you were scheduled to go to. Sched also allows you to schedule multiple things at the same time, which is key at a busy conference where you have many events and sessions you would like to attend. This capability allows you to see the possible events you've already narrowed your choice down to, but does not restrict you to one.

Nachteile

I did not like how in order to select events to add to your calendar, you had to scroll through every session/event on every day. The app was not dynamic enough to restrict your options to only one category of events. Similarly, when the conference day was over, you could not easily go back and look at all of the sessions that occurred the day before. To do that, you had to go use the web version.

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I think Sched's customer service is TERRIFIC. Every time I had a problem or question, they responded promptly and helpfully. When we first used Sched in 2017, we had lots of questions about integrating it with Eventbrite and displaying it in particular ways, and their support made it so easy. We returned in 2018 because we had such a good experience. Overall, Sched is very easy to use and customize.

Nachteile

Sched is still lacking some features that would be useful for academic conferences, but their customer support team has indicated that they are giving them some thought. Specifically, author order is alphabetical (except in the admin area and on Android phones), and multi-paper sessions aren't easy to group together. For this, we've tried two different hacks, neither that good. Nonetheless, these weren't deal breakers!

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This software takes so much of the redundancy out of event organizing. No need to copy and paste information into twenty different locations, or to type in email addresses multiple times. It is a huge time saver!

Nachteile

I would like to be able to add a bit more design to the room signage (but it is a hugely helpful feature). It would also be nice for workshop presenters who are also attendees to have their own workshops in their own schedules, without it looking like they are taking up a seat.

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I really like the ease of use, both for the admins when putting the schedule together, and the speakers and attendees in figuring out what's going on and where to go.

The feature that sold it to us is that presenters can upload their presentations directly to their presentation description, so it's so easy for them to have everything they need at their fingertips.

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I can't think of anything, honestly. It's a really great product.

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Visually appealing and professional, easy to collaborate with facilitators and speakers to add their own session info, great feedback reports. Support is fast and super helpful. Appreciate the discounted rate for educational/non-profits.

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Some people want a print program, but I feel great about supporting our organization’s sustainability initiative by using an electronic schedule. Easy to update as needed, too!

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It's really easy to use and fits within my clients budget. Sched provides a quick platform for posting an online agenda that allows for survey feedback, sponsor exposure, and speaker highlights.

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I really don't have any complaints about the software.

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It was easy to jump back into, with a shallow learning curve.

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Honestly, Sched did everything we needed it to do, and more. If there was anything that could be added, it might be a way to set up a “donation” button for each show to make it easier to tip groups.

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The set up and format of the agenda is great! I like having colors for different streams - it makes the agenda easy to use. Speakers and participants generally found it easy to use.

Nachteile

We are interested in looking at how to do follow up evaluations. We would like to be able to modify the basic sched questions to suit our needs. In webinars we were able to give participants a link for feedback. Will look into google options.

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It was easily accessible to me and all of our users. Not difficult to use (with a few exceptions that the amazing customer support people worked through with me). It helped engage and excite our conference attendees and prospective attendees!

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Some of the changes to the formate between last year and this, were a bit challenging, but ultimately resolved.

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We liked that if needed, you could print out the schedule.

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There is no customer support. The only way to reach someone for assistance is to find a spot on THEIR calendar for them to call you.

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This is the first year we used Sched for our district wide technology conference we have every year. We are so thankful we did. We have more data, are able to share session resources, are able to get session feedback, and have a great community of teachers through this software. We will be back for more, Sched!

Nachteile

One thing I would love to see is a few different levels of permissions within the software. We would like our speakers/presenters at our conference to be able to see their session attendees and have more information about them, even if a user has set themselves up as private.

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Easy to use platform to organize and facilitate multi-session professional learning events

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Sched requested feedback on ways to better meet our needs; Minor feedback was provided to improve my overall experience

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Sched is easy to use behind the scenes, but also very very user friendly for those attending the event. Many options available through different sized packages, very few limitations as far as designing goes. Customer support is THE BEST of pretty much any company I've ever worked with. We've been using Sched for over three years for events and have never been disappointed.

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To find something as a con, I'd have to be pretty nitpicky here. It's perfectly functional and I never feel limited or frustrated by it.

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Usability

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Connectivity between delegates is ZERO

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It's easy to import and export to Excel. Messages available to several types of attendees, and automatic emails with attendees' sessions.

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Missing some automatic refreshing of screens.