While having a strong social media presence is important, if your association event doesn’t have an event app of its own, you are behind the times. Here are just a few of the companies that can create a customized app for your next annual meeting, often with association-specific features.
Quickmobile
The Vancouver, British Columbia-based Quickmobile categorizes its event apps into three tiers: Enterprise (larger events); Small & Medium Business; and Association. Its association event apps are designed to extend the reach of each group and provide networking options for members, up-to-date scheduling and interactive tools, including a Q&A and surveys. The company also created an app called TechSpec in partnership with Corbin Ball and James Spellos to help planners explore a hotel’s or venue’s technological capabilities for an event.
Core-apps
Core-apps is based out of Arnold, Md., and provides three app creation templates as the foundation for building a fully customizable event experience. FollowMe is the company’s flagship app and is geared toward larger trade shows and conferences. EventLink is geared toward smaller conferences and meetings, while MembershipDirect is designed to provide a year-round association solution so members can view an association’s latest news, upcoming events and even connect with one another.
CrowdCompass by Cvent
CrowdCompass is based out of Portland, Ore., and specializes in creating interactive event apps to connect attendees, speakers, exhibitors and sponsors. The company can design conference, meeting, trade show or convention apps that feature interactive area maps, personalized schedules and social sharing options. CrowdCompass lets users go deep into the customization process or just keep things simple. and let the company do most of the work. There are also some additional features, like Click, which is a photo scavenger hunt game you can add to any event app.
