Every day we are migrating back to face-to-face interactions, and events are not far behind. Many of our clients are already holding hybrid events, where they can host face-to-face and virtual audiences.

So you keep better management of your attendees, now if the event is only in person, the welcome email will include its QR code to be able to check-in. If it is virtual, the welcome email will not include the QR code. 

With virtual events becoming more and more global, we understand that it is necessary for your participants to be able to correctly know when the different activities will occur.

This is why we have made some improvements in the management of time zones within the Virtual Stage that apply to:

-Virtual Stage Time. -Activities' countdown. -If the event is face-to-face, it will display the timezone from the country in which the event will take place.

Now you will also have the opportunity to choose the time format you prefer for your Virtual Stage. You can choose between 12h or 24h format.

For this you must go to the General Settings tab in the edit option of your event and you will be able to see the Time Format field.

We know that on many occasions the participants are not sure if they can attend an activity, and that is why they do not register for it from the beginning. Thinking of those people who want to enter an activity but for one reason or another could not do so in the registration form, we have enabled the registration of activities from the Virtual Stage.

For this you must enter the Activities module and make sure to select the option "Allow registration for this workshop." and choose the attendee types you want to have this feature enabled.

Once you have done this, you proceed to configure the activity normally and then in the Virtual Stage Configuration module you must go to the Modules tab and in the Workshops option go to the Items to Show field and choose "Show only activities associated with the attendee type, and highlight those the attendee is registered to". Make sure you select the "Allow registration" option as well.

Once you have done this, your attendees will be able to search for the activities in their Agendas and if they are not registered, do so right there.

Many times participants want to interact with others, but they are not connected. With this in mind, we have configured the chat module so that the chats are saved and the participants can review them once they log in. Another important feature we added is that notifications for read messages now disappear.

So that you can better choose which participants have access to the Virtual Stage, we have enabled the options to limit the entry of participants with an outstanding balance or pending to accept.

You can configure this by going to the Virtual Stage Configuration module and in the General Configuration tab, enable the options at your convenience.

So that you can further customize your custom modules within the Virtual Stage, we have updated our icon library. You can access them when you create a custom module and in the Icon field, select the one you want.

So that your participants can better search for other participants, we have enabled a new "Sort By" option. Just go to the participant module in the Virtual Stage and choose the option that makes your search easier.

We understand that every day your virtual events have become more global. Thinking that you can provide a better experience to your participants, we have integrated the possibility of adding simultaneous translation widgets to your activities.

To access this functionality you must enter the Activities module and in the Virtual Stage Settings tab scroll to the bottom of the page where you will find the Audio Translation option. Once you enable this option, it will ask you for the code of the simultaneous translation provider you have chosen. Then your participants can choose the audio track they want within the Virtual Stage.

We know that participants want to know all the relevant information about other participants within the Virtual Stage in order to interact with them. Knowing whether or not they accepted the terms and conditions in the registration form, is not.

This is why this field will no longer be visible within the profile of your participants within the Virtual Stage.

We know that it is not enough to be able to track one of your events, but that you also need to know the global results of all your events.

For this reason, now, the Global Dashboard will also allow you to see the number of participants who have entered the Virtual Stage and checked-in in case it is a face-to-face event. The cards now show you which are virtual events and which are face-to-face. You will be able to see the ratio between the number of attendees and the number of events, as well as how to generate custom graphs.

We invite you to give it a go by clicking on the Events tab at the top left part of your screen and choosing the Global Dashboard option.