I’ve run events using Cvent and Bizzabo for full-stack event management, Eventbrite and Stripe for lower-cost registration/payment, and Whova for community features. On the AV/hybrid side I’ve used Zoom Webinar with vMix for multi-camera streams, Pliant for comms, and Crestron/Barco for venue control. Platform choice was always pragmatic: scale (1,200 vs 100 attendees), sponsor needs, budget ($10k–$250k), and integrations (Salesforce, Tableau). I integrated attendee data via APIs and middleware (Segment/Zapier) into Salesforce for lead scoring, fed real-time registration and revenue into a Tableau dashboard (latency <5 minutes), and used Boomset/zkipster for on-site check-in which cut average check-in time from 3 minutes to 30 seconds. Security (SOC2) and GDPR compliance were gating factors before procurement.
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