In just a few weeks, we'll be posting five new On Demand Training videos in the Support and Services section. The new videos will replace the Building Events III public webinar; which includes advanced training on how to add custom HTML sections, build event web sites, use logic rules, enable guest and additional registrations, and customize the entry page of your registration forms.
As we continue to design and build more training materials, we want to hear your feedback. If you have completed one or more of the training videos, please be sure to fill out the training survey. Every video contains a link to the training survey on the last slide of the video. You can also use this survey link to launch the survey now. The survey will only take you a few minutes to complete. We look forward to reading your feedback and improving our training curriculum.
Posted Friday, April 25, 2008 by
Gianni Lyle
Online registration forms can go way beyond just getting people to attend your meetings, events or conferences, they can become useful tools for capturing any kind of information at any time.
Online registration can be applied to so much more than meetings•
- Replace virtually any paper form for any purpose with an online registration website that is available 24/7
- Post applications to be completed online by job seekers, new members or volunteers
- Send surveys via email that can be completed by target groups
- Register professional licenses or other credentials
- Collect artist submissions for museum or gallery exhibitions
- Sign up interested customers for rewards programs
Posted Wednesday, April 16, 2008 by
Gianni Lyle
Enhanced Access Permissions. Sounds a little boring, right? I would rather be thinking about the really fun event planner stuff like whether I should choose the Moroccan-French or the Pacific Rim Fusion catering menu for the symposium luncheon.
But as a meeting and event planner, you know too well that all the fun stuff runs even smoother when you have control over every detail from the beginning, including getting the right groups of attendees to register for those fantastic events you are planning. 
With the latest release of Certain Registration software, Version 4.15, event planners can gain further control over who can access a registration form within an event by taking advantage of new Enhanced Access Permission options. The options include OPEN and INVITATION ONLY in addition to RESTRICTED BY REGISTRATION STATUS option.
• OPEN allows anyone to access your registration form regardless of registration status, without a password. OPEN permission allows your attendees to register, create a profile and add guests if the form is setup to allow additional registrations. This is particularly great if you have a broad attendee base to promote your events to and a diverse program offering to attract large groups of people with varied interests.
• INVITATION ONLY allows you to make registration forms accessible only to attendees who have been specifically invited. This Enhanced Access Permission option works well for a much targeted event that will be attended by people with specific interests or professional credentials. Training program coordinators will also like this option, as it helps manage what programs people can register for as they progress through their training paths.
• RESTRICTED BY REGISTRATION STATUS allows you to limit registration form accessibility to specified status levels of attendees within a particular event. When you have even more complex attendee types in for incentive based events or extensive training programs, this Enhanced Access Permission option is essential.
All new registration forms created in Certain Registration will default to OPEN, while existing forms set to RESTRICTED BY REGISTRATION STATUS will retain those permissions.
Posted Wednesday, February 6, 2008 by
Gianni Lyle
There is so much buzz around "going green" right now, from international government polices about global warming down to what toilet bowl cleaners you use in your bathroom. Even meeting, event and training planners are not exempt. "Green meetings" have recently been headlining the covers of your favorite industry mags like Corporate EVENT, Smart Meetings or MPI's Meeting Professional, with articles on everything from minimizing travel to advice on china service and locally grown catering.
As Fortune 1000 corporations, professional associations, universities and government agencies begin implementing their own overall green strategies, planners are under special scrutiny to focus on the amount of resources that go into every meeting, special event, conferences, trade show or training program. The carbon imprint of travel arrangements, the linen policies of hotel venues, the impact of where flowers arrangements are grown, the extensiveness of recycling efforts - there are so many factors for planners when trying to plan green.
Luckily there is one easy green tactic planners have already had at their fingertips for a while now, online registration technology. The old school way to plan an event involved having tons of glossy collateral printed up and delivered by mail. Everyone then had to fill out their registration forms to mail or fax back. Online registration makes this entire process dynamically virtual via the internet, so significant amounts of paper are eliminated and emissions from mail delivery can be minimized.
Certain recently put out some tips on making such a paperless technology part of your green strategy with their white paper called "The Easiest Way to Go Green Right Now".
>>Gianni Michael Lyle, Marketing Communications, Certain
As Fortune 1000 corporations, professional associations, universities and government agencies begin implementing their own overall green strategies, planners are under special scrutiny to focus on the amount of resources that go into every meeting, special event, conferences, trade show or training program. The carbon imprint of travel arrangements, the linen policies of hotel venues, the impact of where flowers arrangements are grown, the extensiveness of recycling efforts - there are so many factors for planners when trying to plan green.
Luckily there is one easy green tactic planners have already had at their fingertips for a while now, online registration technology. The old school way to plan an event involved having tons of glossy collateral printed up and delivered by mail. Everyone then had to fill out their registration forms to mail or fax back. Online registration makes this entire process dynamically virtual via the internet, so significant amounts of paper are eliminated and emissions from mail delivery can be minimized.
Certain recently put out some tips on making such a paperless technology part of your green strategy with their white paper called "The Easiest Way to Go Green Right Now".
>>Gianni Michael Lyle, Marketing Communications, Certain
Posted Friday, February 1, 2008 by
Kimberly Enright
Last week we moved to a new office in the heart of
I am excited to launch this corporate blog for Certain Registration. It is a first for us...look for blogs from product management, IT, training, and, of course, our chief software guru, Dr. Rick Borry, to follow. Our intent is to share with you some thoughts and tidbits we come across in the world of online registration for the meetings and events industry, and for conferences and training programs. Some things will come from best practices from our customers, some from events and tradeshows, or general things we pick up along our journey. As far as events go - some members of the Certain Registration team just attended the ASAE Tech show in
