New Event Manager and RSVP Features

There are a number of new features in the latest version of the WedShare Event Manager, providing more control over your responses as well as some extra interactivity that your guests will really enjoy.

As always, your Event Manager can handle any number of events that you choose to create: since each can have its own guest list, this works out great for separating your RSVP responses for the rehearsal, bridal shower, and so forth. Only guests invited to an event can view and respond to it on your website’s RSVP page.

Need to see the current headcount for all of your events in once place? The Event Manager launch page shows you a convenient at-a-glance summary for each just by hovering over the event’s thumbnail:

See at-a-glance response details for all of your events in one place

See at-a-glance response details for all of your events in one place

Managing the guest lists for your individual events are easier than ever. The left pane of each event’s edit page shows which guests are invited, which are attending, and so forth. The headcount given reflects all the guests and their accompanying guests as well. Clicking on any guest in the guest list pane brings up their individual RSVP response so you can edit existing responses or quickly add new ones…responses that may have arrived by mail, for example.

Navigate your guest list quickly and easily with the new guest selector interface. Clicking a guest thumb opens their RSVP response and details.

Navigate your guest list quickly and easily with the new guest selector interface. Clicking a guest thumb opens that individual's RSVP response and details.

Also new is the Message Board feature, which lets you and your guests include comments, info, and conversation right on an event’s RSVP page. It functions similar to popular social media sites, and is a great way to centralize information for a particular event. Both the guest list panel and the Message Board can always be disabled by editing the event’s preferences.

The new Event Manager includes a convenient guest list panel and message board

The new Event Manager includes a browsable guest list panel and full-featured message board. Guests can customize their message board profiles for even more interactivity.

With the new guest list panel and message board, your website’s RSVP page is fully interactive and a rich resource for event information. Plus, it’s all completely customizable and configurable to meet your own unique preferences.

Your website's RSVP Page provides a lot of interactivity for your guests

Your website's RSVP Page maximizes guest interactivity

Another new feature is individual meal selection. Meals previously were selected on a plate-count basis (for example, John Smith party of 3 could select 2 salmon plates and 1 vegetarian plate). Now, each individual person can be assigned their plate directly, so you know the specific meal selected for each.

Guests can assign meal options directly

When submitting their RSVP response, guests can assign meal options directly

Guest can also submit or edit the responses of other guests within their group, if you allow it. For couples who like to organize their wedding guest list into groups, this can ease the response process for your guests by allowing one or more of them to take the lead in specifying who all are coming within their group.

You can also let your guests RSVP for their group members

You can also let your guests RSVP for their group members

New features abound, beyond those touched on here: the ability to create guest profiles for accompanying guests, new streamlined RSVP and Address Page login, the option to disable accompanying guest name editing, and so much more. It will take some playing with the tools for you to discover all the extra functionality now available. I’d recommend browsing through the Preferences for an event to see all the new options, as well as taking a look at the WedShare demo’s RSVP page to see the message board, guest list pane, and profiles in action.

And if you prefer the plug-and-play approach, the Event Manager will oblige you.  Any new event you create by default will be ready to take responses immediately, without guest profile setup or any other steps required on your part. Message board, response handling, guest login, and profiles will all be up and running automatically so you don’t have to waste valuable time configuring your website.

Happy e-Planning!

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