Sched

Sched is my best friend!

Kommentare: Communication is the main problem that Sched solves. It's an at-a-glance snapshot of an entire evening that easily drills down into specifics. It invites interaction, so that's another communication problem solved/helped. I couldn't be more thrilled to have Sched working on my event's behalf. Thank you!

Vorteile:

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.

Nachteile:

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!

Great app,

Kommentare: Had a Fantastic experience, its simplicity made it easy for me. I ll recommend it.

Vorteile:

I love its simplicity and its easy to use

Nachteile:

I don’t have anything I love least about it

NO NETWORKING FUNCTIONALITY?

Kommentare: As an attendee of an event, Sched is very easy to use, until you want to connect with another attendees and then it's TERRIBLE. You have to rely on the delegates uploading their social network accounts and then use Linked in or FB to message them. This is not good. We have received many complaints within 24 hours of launching the service. FAIL.

Vorteile:

Usability

Nachteile:

Connectivity between delegates is ZERO

Recommend

Kommentare: Easy and pleased to use. Very good interface. Easy to make my inscriptions

Vorteile:

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

Nachteile:

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

Uncg alumni review

Kommentare: My overall experience with the schedule was good

Vorteile:

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

Nachteile:

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

Excellent package and service

Kommentare: We used to publish our own website with conference info; it had the basic info, but it was hard to keep the pieces consistent. Now we link to the Sched site from our event page and attendees find everything there. Speakers can post their pix and handouts and complete/update their profiles and send e-mail blasts to all who signed up for their workshop. We got good reporting and from it (and Google Analytics) see a high engagement rate (not just page views; over half set up accounts and created a personal schedule). This is all from their lowest service level/tier; higher levels integrate more with registration/payment etc., but we already have an online store and used it for front-end registration.

Vorteile:

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.

Go to Conference Scheduling App

Vorteile:

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.

Love this Event Scheduling software

Kommentare: The folks are great! So responsive when I need help, and have a great sense of humor. They keep things fun :D

Vorteile:

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.

Nachteile:

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

Sched’s intuitive design taught me how to conference-plan

Kommentare: We are building momentum for professional development by keeping Sched as the “look” of our event for the past three years.

Vorteile:

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.

Nachteile:

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!

Professional Development Platform

Kommentare: Service team is very responsive and values customer experience

Vorteile:

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

Nachteile:

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

Well worth the investment!

Kommentare: The sched team was extremely helpful, timely and consistent. If I had a problem someone was always on it within at least an hour. They make it easy to build out this app!

Vorteile:

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.

Great Tool for Planners

Kommentare: I work with quite a few non-profits and Sched provides a quick and easy platform for hosting an online agenda that does not break the bank. Its extremely easy to use and the customer service department is ready and willing to quickly assist it if needed.

Vorteile:

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.

Nachteile:

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

Used Sched to Organize our Annual Conference

Kommentare: We needed to organize a virtual conference for advocates around BC on fairly short order. We found that Sched did all hat we wanted from a tool and was way cheaper than other options.

Vorteile:

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.

We love Sched

Vorteile:

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.

Best Decision our Organization Made!

Kommentare: My experience was very positive! I loved the supportive documents, materials, and videos that were provided for me, as the conference organizer. What was most beneficial for me was allowing all of the different Zoom links to be housed in a single location. The color-coded organization and ability to personalize the aesthetics was incredible.

Vorteile:

The software is incredibly intuitive to set up and manage. The set up allowed such an easy-to-navigate experience for conference attendees. I absolutely cannot imagine hosting an event without Sched!

Nachteile:

With all the many wonderful features Sched had to offer, it was difficult for me to know where to start when setting up the event. The more I immersed myself in the software, the more features I realized were available for use.

Sched

Kommentare: I have now used it to host four pro-d conferences for teachers. It would be improved if it was not necessary to involve a secondary agent (EventBrite). This adds another frustrating layer for attendees to pro-d conferences to have to sign in.

Vorteile:

Parts of the software are easy to use - inputting info for speakers and sessions.

Nachteile:

Putting the event on-line and ready for those to sign in was trying - making the event specific to the needs of attendees proved challenging.

Sched Made My Virtual Event Happen

Kommentare: I had used Sched successfully for a live event but the following year, we were 100% virtual. Sched allowed us to be in touch with attendees easily and provide a well-rounded experience.

Vorteile:

Using the Live Stream feature was simple and it worked every time. My biggest stressor about our virtual event was having the links work. Everything went off without a hitch. Customer service was prompt and knowledgeable.

Nachteile:

I would like to be able to include photos, gifs, and other files to messages we send to session attendees.

Everything in a single website

Kommentare: I love not only the ease of use, but the fact that it lets us run so much closer to paperless! Far less waste! =)

Vorteile:

I love that it organizes everything in one place. Also, we've (IB Dunia) used it for our teachers' conference since 2014, so people know it, and are comfortable with it. I like the ability to upload speakers and sessions from CSV templates.

Nachteile:

I entered a speaker's email incorrectly, but never received a bounce notice, so she didn't receive the invitation, and I didn't know this until the last minute. :(

New tools keep me coming back

Kommentare: Great - we will be back again next year

Vorteile:

Integration with Eventbrite registration Growing database of users registered in the system Ability to release video stream only to registered delegates

Nachteile:

Small landing/home page with limited customization

Sched is great for meetings

Kommentare: My overall experience has been wonderful. I really love this program. It makes a huge school district scheduling trainings super easy. It is a wonderful asset to any large corporation.

Vorteile:

My district uses Sched to schedule our entire district professional training. This is fabulous I love that it emails me my schedule and I can access it all day as I attend trainings.

Nachteile:

It is difficult to find your meeting sometimes. There are so many meetings scheduled. Once I find the correct meeting it is very easy to register for the trainings I want to attend.

Perfectly Simple

Kommentare: Really loved having an online platform that was easy to edit and easy to share. The mobile platform for the attendees helped reduce printing.

Vorteile:

Love the simplicity and ease of use allowing us to easily map out schedules for our programs.

Nachteile:

Hard to find something that we did not like about the software. Only suggestion would be to make more customizable printing options

SCHED for school flex days

Kommentare: SCHED is easy to use and has made a big difference for our students in being able to see their session options and select their schedules!

Vorteile:

SCHED has helped us streamline our sign ups for our flexible schedules at our high school. It is very user friendly, color coding types of classes or sessions, allowing for ease of taking attendance and providing data on popular sessions. I particularly like that you can export attendees and speakers from one event to another, as we use it weekly and the teachers and students remain the same.

Nachteile:

The only drawback I see is that setting the time of the sessions is a little cumbersome because you cannot repeat the same times. You have to enter the session time for each session.

SCHED conference platform is great

Vorteile:

SCHED was a great choice for our non-profit organization to use for our 1st virtual conference. The platform is easy to use and the app was very beneficial.

Nachteile:

We like all aspects of the SCHED platform.

Great for Conferences!

Kommentare: I used sched at a conference I attended earlier this year and it made thing so simple! I was able to create a custom schedule of all the talks I wanted to attend and the app gave me all the information I needed (time, speakers, conference room). I really enjoyed the platform

Vorteile:

Easy to use Schedule builder displays all options for presentations at different times and you can create your custom schedule based on your interests and preferences Available on mobile device

Nachteile:

Initial learning curve. It took me a few minutes to orient myself to the app but it was very useful

First time user

Kommentare: The event was successful - what more can I say? It worked!

Vorteile:

Sched was a great platform to allow one place for our attendees to participate in our various programs for the event. We figured out how to include our performances, silent auction, and live stream all in one event portal.

Nachteile:

More flexible options - we had to figure out our own workarounds, and were able to provide feedback to the Sched team.