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Give Your Audience a Valuable, Memorable Experience

A registration desk ready for arrivals at a large conference
A registration desk ready for arrivals at a large conference. Photo: Ranjithsiji, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Your success depends on information exchange

A producer's job is to make it easy for an audience to gather knowledge, exchange information, network and move through the venue safely. Almost every one of those tasks now passes through a badge, a reader or a phone. When the technology works, nobody mentions it. When it does not, it is the only thing they mention.

Finding the right partner is no small task

Every event is as individual as a thumbprint, yet plenty of systems are built on the idea of "develop once, apply many". Before signing, ask a vendor to show you how their system handles your awkward cases: a late name change, a session with limited seats, a walk-in who wants to pay by invoice. The answers will tell you more than any feature list.

You've come to the right place

The articles below cover registration, badge choices, access control and credits, written from the producer's side of the desk. They are independent of any vendor, and the aim is simply to help you ask better questions.

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