Whova

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Die Software ist ganz einfach zu bedienenden

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Keine Nachteile die mir aufgefallen sind

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When there is an event, activity, or training, we can be informed through Whova very quickly and easily. The notifications always arrive very correctly and we can interact virtually as well. I also like that I can view the events and activities that they schedule in an orderly manner with the date and time

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It is easy to use and very useful. There is nothing I dislike

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The interface is intuitive and includes lots of valuable functionalities

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Nothing particular.
However, some authors did not update anything about their work. Some minimum information will be needed for all works.

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It provided a centralized place to see the whole conference agenda with relevant links.

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Whova continually advertised itself as a product to me as a conference participant. Notifications and emails were particularly persistent.

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Very nice app for offline and online events - you can find here everything you need - private accounts, chats, meetups, groups, announcements, icebrakers, etc. The app is full of features for any idea you might have.

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That did not found out about the app earlier :)

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Kept everyone in communication for the conference.

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I did not get the email with the code since it was sent to the staff that sets up our travel arrangements. However the coordinator at the WIBOS was able to get me connected.

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The application is very useful on exploring diverse topics in a conference.

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Maybe, the information that we had after the conference which it will be removed after some time

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I got an email whenever there were messages or announcements. I also really liked the map area to show where in the building I had to go for which part of the conference. I also liked the agenda where I knew what class, at what time, where, and who was speaking.

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I would have liked to get emails on the new contests and quizes they were having. I didn't know about most of them until later.

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The detail options and areas of the app were clearly user-friendly

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I did not have any cons for this application

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Comprehensive view of the event and easy to navigate.

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Nothing I can think of at this time. The app really served all my needs.

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Quite easy to navigate and didn't have to reload it from last year.

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Cannot think of anything. Was easy to navigate the agenda.

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I love the engagement and set up is very easy

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It's sometimes challenging getting the right image sizes on the back end. However, it is very helpful that you provide what size they need to be. But, I end up doing a lot of editing and resizing outside of Whova to get the images right.

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The fee structure of Whova is far and away better than other event platforms I've used. We use Whova for a fundraising event, so lower fees help us raise more money for charity. Everything on the platform is super intuitive and user-friendly.

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It's not a con, but there are a lot of features I don't use on the platform so I don't necessarily use it to the most of its capabilities.

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the thing I liked most about Whova was that it allowed us to interact with everyone who attended the conference. it made you step out of your comfort zone and join in on events without actually having to join in, which some people have a hard time interacting with people they do not know.

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since I am new to the Whova app I can't say that there was anything that I liked least about it. It was a learning experience. but if I had to choose something, it would be that it took away from the learning experience from the event. People were more focused on earning points through the classes and it could also be a distraction.

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Easily track what I am presenting at, where to go next, the agenda, the Q&A and ability to connect with others.

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I'm not a social media person, so wasn't engaging in the social aspects. It's not a bad aspect, just not for me. I appreciate it's available for others.

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The Whova app simplified my experience at coach camp. I knew about meet-ups I could attend with colleagues. Reserving a spot for a session was just a touch away on my phone. In conjunction with the app, I received emails from the organizers. The emails included information from agenda to items people lost.

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I did not participate in the social part of the app. It was a personal choice as I attended with a group I planned to be with.

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Provided easy access to the entire agenda and my personal agenda. Provided an easy way to connect with other conference members.

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Tough at first to find the session evaluations. Had to click to many links and sign in on another platform. Would have been better to imbed the evaluations in each session.

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I love that I could see the itinerary for the entire conference listed ahead of time, I could see who was attending and engage with people ahead of time as well.

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there is nothing that I dislike about Whova, I have used this app before for a couple of other conferences and always get excited when I see it is going to be used for an upcoming conference.

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I like the agenda feature. I like the ability to attach documents to the various sessions for attendees to refer to later. Fairly easy to use.

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I would prefer to turn off some notifications- it was all or nothing. It would be really great if the daily notices from the conference admins were more notified in a different way - a bigger splash or something. I also think the "personal interests" needs some more customization opportunities for participants. Pre-covid travel was the only travel option - makes it sound like I don't like traveling now. Also "day trips with the hubby" is rather limiting - I'm a widow and I love day trips by myself or with a friend. Why not just "day trips" (or it might have been weekend trips) - write-in options could be nice, too.

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Loved that everything I needed for the conference was at my fingertips whether I used the App or the Website.

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Nothing. Every aspect of the website and app worked great.

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Whova provided many useful features that enhanced the event experience, such as attendee discovery and messaging, session descriptions, room maps, and the ability to send events to mobile calendars.

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Navigation of the app took a little while to figure out.

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access to the agenda and the photos are fun to see as well !

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Sometimes the app felt helpful but also information overload !

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Having the agenda and it being tied into sessions and being able to give feedback is great

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Not being able to go to replies instantly

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This app made it easy to attend my conference. The reminders for sessions I wanted to attend could come through the app, or could be easily downloaded into Outlook.

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It was difficult locating attendees. I would have liked to see a filter by company so I could find colleagues easier.

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The ability to be able to view event agendas, handouts, connect with others and create our own events to network. Awesome!

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I don't recall not liking anything about the app.

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I love the many features Whova offers. I have used Whova a handful of times when attending my annual conferences, and I love it. My favorite feature is that you can create your schedule in the app by selecting the sessions you would like to attend. With that, you can also see the session speakers and access the presentations before you attend. Helps keep me organized and even gave me access to the information presented after I returned back from the conference.

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If I am being honest, I really have no cons to leave with this review. Whova is a very solid company.

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I liked the ease of the app and the ability to connect with other attendees both before, during and after the event. Everything for my event was contained in my event details: seating chart, books for sale from the official bookseller, pre-orders from the authors, the ticketed authors and their numbers during the event, photos we wanted to share (pre-event, during and after the event), polls, listing of the authors/narrators attending and the community feature where we could connect and set up meet-ups.

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It took me a little bit of time to find my QR code for the event. It was a training issue for me. I should have realized that the QR code wasn't event specific, but person specific and found in my profile.

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Whova is easy to use and has a lot of helpful features. You can customize your notification preferences and it fulfills several needs all in one place!

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The only thing I could think of is that at times when using it for a conference, there were powerpoints attached to the speaker's profile and sometimes it wouldn't load correctly.

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The "Attendees" portion of the app, specifically the "Browse Attendees by: RECOMMENDED" feature as it identifies and groups attendees along tags such as "town of origin", "professional associations", and especially "INTERESTS", which was a wonderfully pleasant surprise as I have pretty specific interests and hobbies that I learned were shared by other attendees. This made it VERY easy to connect as a common interest and icebreaker was already established between us. Great feature!

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I guess the feature I liked least was that some actions like "surveys" yielded a lot of participation points that would push a participant "higher" on the "active community leaderboard" (which was another fun feature), while other activities, such as liking and commenting on posts and photos (which is definitely member activation) yielded no points toward those leaderboard point totals. I think that if you want to increase activation, with regard to leaderboard point totals, you might want to give at least a small amount of points for things like commenting and liking posts.

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Whova allowed me to easily see the agenda, and the speakers with their bios and Linkedin capabilities made it really easy to network. I was allowed to chat with them in the app, and thus meet them at break or after the days end. Conferences are just about networking, as the information presented.

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Connect to a computer app or online software, so that information is easily integrated between the app and the computer. If this is already a capability, then it was not well informed. I use OneNote for all my notes across all my domains, and it's helpful to copy, cut, and/or paste as needed from one to the other.

Also, I didn't see an option for a separate networking event (where participants can create an event or event link) in case there are get-togethers at the end of the day after the completion of the agenda. I think this would be good to post something (like a FB) that would draw others interested in networking with that group or organziation. This would be something the conference organizers may not have planned, but nonetheless beneficial to all involved.

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Whova has a wealth of features for a very low cost. It is a great solution for a clean, user-friendly registration system and app, that is still friendly to budgets. The app specifially is very easy to set up and use and has great engagement tools!

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The back end system has a few quirks that take time to learn, and can be a little frustrating if you don't recognize them in advance. The menu system and where tools are located for admins can be a little confusing, though once you learn it, they are easy to use. Our biggest challenge is managing attendee records after they have registered; it would be nice if admins had more options for changing and updating their info, or using "admin-only" fields. Similarly, the difference in "attendees" vs. "registrants" can cause confusion.

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Whova offers opportunities for planning and networking. In the 2024 TBT symposium, I was able to create my schedule from the main agenda and included networking opportunities with other participants based on where we studied and worked. I had a plan of which session I needed to attend and the room numbers where I needed to be. I am also happy with the possibility of taking notes under each session in the agenda.

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I realized that I had many emails from using the app.

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Ability to review agenda (by day and time) for entire conference and to select then review my agenda separately. Also, the app supports interaction with an easy to use and reliable poll / survey option, and, being able to access materials for my sessions immediately and to view information on the speakers was great!

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There weren't any features that I disliked about the app. However, I did not use the networking option very much.

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I liked that Whova was easy to access and easy to use. I liked that Whova provided up-to-date information. I also liked the ability to view the other participants who were attending the conference.

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I had no least likes about Whova. Whova has been a great service for the last three District Court Conferences that I have attended.

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The entire event was at my finger tips! My agenda, the conference agenda, community, etc.

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It's a little overwhelming at first. But once I got use to relying on it. Smooth sailing.

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Everything that was on the PC version was on the mobile app. Whova was truly a "secretary in my pocket".

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can't really say...the product performed well.

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Easy to use and very intuitive.
The QR scan for leads is a huge benefit for an exhibitor.
Gamification - The doctors really got involved in the leaderboard. It was fun and it drew attendees into the app so they saw other features.
Attendees actually used the messaging system and answered my messages.

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Can't think of anything I didn't like about the app.

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It was an easy app to access and navigate. Liked how I was able to personalize it with a profile picture and information about myself to share with other participants and presenters. Liked how participants were able to interact with polls and questions presented by the presenter rather than having to blurt out responses. Liked how I was able to select what presentation I wanted to attend and converted it to my agenda/schedule for the day. The Map was helpful. I liked how we are able to post pictures. Excellent App to use.

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No negative responses. Overall great app to use.

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Allows me to see who in my Industry I have something in common with or can learn something valuable from. Loved that are opportunities to schedule several meet ups that allowed for details. Made for fun after hour gatherings.

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There ought to be a way where the price point is enticing enough to remain live 365 days a year.

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The calendar notifications were my favorite part. This app helps you stay so organized. I could get lost in conversations without fear of being late because my calendar would alert me to go to the next class when it was time.

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Honestly, I did not explore the entire app. It's a lot of information. I noticed that some people saw it strictly as a game or competition therefore making the message boards cluttered with unrelatable info.

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The quality of video, the sound and color is very clear and rich. Assigning self to the workshops and a visual of my agenda was useful.
The sign on was difficult from remote location as I connected through my work email. In the past an email was sent with the link, click, sign on and connect.

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How we signed on to the meeting. We had to go to a website, and find meeting and sign in with matching a picture.

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It was easy to navigate and to find where I needed to go. In addition I could plan my schedule.

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It took me awhile to familiarize myself with the app.

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1-It is an easy-to-use and very intuitive platform.
2-It is free
3-Not only can you convene small symposia, but you could also convene an entire conference.

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It would be great if presentations (recordings) could be separated by speakers instead of sessions. Otherwise, I would have to watch the entire 40-minute session when I am only interested in a 10-minute presentation, which is in the middle of the recording.

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While there are some pros, the cons by far overshadow anything good about this app. I was excited to use Whova as I used it as an attendee for other events. However, from the admin side, things are not as pleasant.

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There are many features that cannot be turned off. There are emails that go out to attendees without notice. Definitions vary from the proposal stage to the implementation stage: a speaker is also considered an attendee, although they may not attend and just need to be listed on the paper presentation. The most frequent response from their Help Desk begins with "Unfortunately..."

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This program seemed very easy to use both from my laptop and on my cell phone.

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Not sure at this point in time if I can remember anything specific I did not like.

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Having all the information in one place for the duration of the conference.

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Interface could be more user friendly, sometimes it was challenging to navigate the heading and wasn't clear.

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Really almost everything. Great individual Art Projects, Procedures, Lesson Plans and additional resources.

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The scavenger hunt being late in the afternoon in the hot sun. Should have been earlier in the day.

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Very Easy to use and follow. I loved that it had everything I needed in one place and was easy to use on my phone and my computer.

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When multiple sessions were listed under Asynchronous Sessions, it didn't say "added to my agenda" on the overall. That really isn't a complaint, but it made me type something here!

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As an exhibitor looking for business, I have found that conferences offering the Whova app are way better than those without. Prior to the conference, you can make links, see if there are particular people you would like to factor into your time and you can arrange meet ups with groups. Being competitive, I can't help myself but like to be on the leaderboard and message those around me!!
Using the 'scan a contact' feature was brilliant! Unfortunately, the organisers didn't know about this feature to tell us until the second last day but we definitely made good use of it!

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When arranging a meet up, your numbers are limited to 50 at a time and you are only allowed to offer two meet ups until you have four people having replied to say they will be there. At a conference with 1500 attendees, being able to message just 100 of them isn't enough...particularly when some people clearly weren't looking at their app so that invite was wasted!

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You can have multiple chat groups and live communication alerts to attendees.

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Printing of ticket and registration tiers.