News & Updates
September, 2022
Hi again! The InvitePeople team has been back from a well-needed vacation for some time now. We dearly hope that you have gotten the time to relax during the summer as well, having energy for lots of event creation. Looking at the coming fall and event season, one thing is certain: the physical event is back in business and the virtual event is here to stay! This is where we at InvitePeople thrive. We want to deliver the best services including everything from printing name badges on-site to global low latency live streaming. Right now we’re busy ordering more hardware for on-site events to match the increasing demand for things like print-on-demand and entrance scanning.
Make your InvitePeople event local – more languages!
The possibilities when localizing your events have increased a lot. We now allow you to select as many languages as you like for your event. Every event still has a main language but you may add multiple other backup languages. Translating content is a tedious job, so in addition to this, we replaced the language toggle on top of the input fields and list all available languages below each other. This will make it easier to overview what’s left to translate, and we’ll save you some clicks.
Three more languages are now generally available in InvitePeople: German, French, and Norwegian. Adding English and Swedish to that list gives us good coverage for the Nordics and DACH region, and many other parts of the world.
A smoother participant journey and better administrative tools
We have reworked the way users log in to InvitePeople. A new welcoming user dashboard is the starting point for all users that don’t enter an event directly. From there you will find your account settings, and your events and have quick access to your next upcoming event. You can find your account anywhere on the website, just click on your initials in the main menu.
A new type of participant login link is available for you as an administrator. The new link, called Login link, is always available and can be sent out to participants having trouble joining an event. It differs from the Password link in that it only gives access to one specific event and the participant does not have to choose a password, they just have to do one click.
New search filters for administrators now let you find not only the confirmed participants but also the disabled and invited participants that don’t have access to the event anymore. A change log is available for each participant, showing administrators for example when the participant was created, disabled, confirmed, or updated. This also answers the sometimes vital question: who updated the participant?
Meetings and meeting places for all events: virtual, physical, and hybrid
Our meeting places, central when configuring matchmaking and one-to-one meetings in InvitePeople have gotten a big lift. We have reworked texts, and explanations, and done many small adjustments to make them easier to understand and use. You can get an overview of your meeting places at Administer → Meetings → Meeting places. Meeting rooms has a new calendar view where you can view all meetings booked in a specific room.
Especially when doing physical events, you might want to export meetings to a spreadsheet or get easy-to-read PDF documents of all meetings for a participant, company, or a specific meeting room. These exports can now be pulled from more places by administrators and the meeting PDF:s looks a little bit better, with the event logotype in the header.
Hybrid events often turn out complex and put high demands on event platforms. Last but not least, by popular request we have added the possibility to attach Microsoft Teams meeting links to meetings booked in meeting rooms. This comes in handy when some participants are on-site, and others join remotely. These rooms will block the calendar for the meeting room, preventing double bookings, and still allow participants to join through Microsoft Teams from home or the office.