7 Event Management Tools You’ll Never Want to Work Without

Event management isn’t for the faint of heart. From the first planning session to the final follow-up, organizing an event can feel like juggling a hundred moving parts at once. We get it—it’s a lot! At Timely, we’ve partnered with hundreds of seasoned event managers, as well as countless people who’ve suddenly found themselves wearing the “event planner” hat for the first time. No matter your experience level, we know just how challenging it can be to keep everything running smoothly. That’s why we’ve put together a list of seven essential event management tools you’ll wonder how you ever lived without.

I. Top Event Management Tools

Simplify event planning, promotion, and follow-up with powerful event management tools designed to boost efficiency, engagement, and results. See our top picks below:

1. Slack

Your company may use a different collaboration software, but for our money there’s nothing better than Slack to allow people to get together and talk. It is the instant communication tool that will replace email, will replace meetings, will replace phone calls.

Slack can be an instant messenger between you and one other person. You can grab five of you together into a little virtual room to have a text conversation. It can break down into channels, so you can have a channel for each committee. For example, the event venue committee, the food committee, and the volunteers committee. Slack is a slick, simple event management communication tool. And there’s even an app for your phone so you can always be connected.

2. Trello

You may also need an event management tool that will allow you to do all of your pre-planning like Trello.

Essentially, Trello is a grouping of to-do lists. You can create lists of anything that needs to get done, and assign the tasks to anyone. Also, you can monitor what stage of progress it is in, and see when the to-do item has been completed. Trello is a good tool to plan and manage individual tasks.

3. Timely Event Calendar Software

Now that you’ve got your event planning well underway, the next thing that you need to do is to start spreading the word. And that is done best through Timely Event Calendar Software.

It is a completely customizable white-label calendar system to manage events. You can personalize it to fit perfectly into the look and feel of your website. Moreover, there are options for languages and timezones, if your event is spanning a large area - perhaps different continents.

The Timely event calendar platform even connects to iCal, Outlook and Google Calendar to sync fully. You can set up multiple event types, including one-time and recurring events. Definitely, it’s a must-have event management tool.

4. Timely Event Ticketing Software

After your event is scheduled and published on your online calendar, you can start selling event tickets. Timely Event Ticketing Software is an all-in-one platform for event registration and online payments. Moreover, it integrates seamlessly with your Timely event calendar.

With this event ticket solution you don’t need to worry about a learning curve. It’s intuitive and easy to use. In addition, it is compatible with any type of event, be it a concert, professional meeting, retreat or festival.

Best of all, it’s entirely mobile. Your attendees can buy their tickets on your website from their mobile devices. Also, they can check in at the venue with a QR code on their phone. Incredibly easy!

5. Timely Event Point of Sales Software

Want to sell tickets and collect registrations right at the point of sale? With Timely’s POS Software, you can make it happen—quickly and effortlessly.

Our powerful POS ticketing system gives event organizers and venue operators the tools to manage sales with speed, accuracy, and confidence. Its intuitive interface works seamlessly across desktops, tablets, and kiosks, allowing your team to register guests, process payments, and check in attendees on the spot—no matter where your event takes place. With Timely, every transaction becomes smooth, professional, and hassle-free.

6. Free Event Calendar by Time.ly Wordpress Plugin

If your budget is tight, you can get a sample of the power of Timely’s technology with our free event management tool: Timely Events Calendar Wordpress plugin.

Easily customizable to match your Wordpress theme, you can use the calendar functions to create events. You can duplicate these events simply, making them one day, multiple days or recurring events. With search features and filters, this is one plugin you don’t want to pass up.

7. Zoom Events

This event management tool is a must-have for large virtual events. Odds are good that people these days already are very familiar with how to use Zoom. This platform can host streaming events for large groups, or smaller breakouts and even webinars. Perfect for big conferences with virtual attendees, it has all-in-one features for getting the people you need all in one virtual room.

Conclusion

With all of these event management tools, including the four must-have solutions from Timely, you can be assured that the planning and execution of your next event will be flawless. Take a look into what we provide and see if it’s for you.

Contact us to learn more about Timely, or try for free!