[pycon-za] Fwd: Try EventBoard at your upcoming event for free

[Jonathan Hitchcock]

We used the free plan on http://guidebook.com/events/plans/ at ScaleConf,
and we had 155 downloads (out of about 300 attendees, although some of them
would have been duplicates as we updated the guide as we got closer to the
event).  The breakdown of downloads was as follows:

iOS (40.6%)
Android (41.9%)
Mobile Web (17.4%)

(But of course, PyCon targets a slightly different demographic.)

There was a fair bit of feedback on The Twitters that people liked the
GuideBook, and since it was free, and trivial to set up (you can import a
google calendar directly, and there were one or two other integrations, if
I recall?), I see no downside in having it as an option.

Turns out that EventBoard is free for your first event too:
http://www.eventboardmobile.com/pricing.html - so their kind offer of a
free trial isn't so kind :)

On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 9:53 AM, Simon de Haan <simon at praekeltfoundation.org
> wrote:

> An app needs to be installed on the device:
> http://www.eventboardmobile.com/howitworks.html.
> I'm -1 primarily because I think Twitter & Lanyrd combined fill this space
> pretty good already.
>
> On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 11:09 PM, Simon Cross <hodgestar at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> EventBoard emailed the team at za.pycon.org address to offer a free
>> EventBoard account for PyCon ZA. Anyone used them or heard whether they're
>> good to work with? Should we take them up on the offer?
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Courtney Hammock <courtney at falafel.com>
>> Date: Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 2:00 PM
>> Subject: Try EventBoard at your upcoming event for free
>> To: team at za.pycon.org
>>
>>
>> **
>>   Hello Pycon ZA Organizers,
>>
>> Event Organizers are reaching their audiences on mobile, and now you can
>> use the same mobile application used by Microsoft at major events like
>> TechEd Europe 2012 at your next event free of charge. EventBoard<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=46231158&msgid=589127&act=Y6SJ&c=296588&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventboardmobile.com>has been providing mobile access to conference schedules, speaker profiles,
>> show directories and live social media at events big and small since 2010.
>> Microsoft saw the value for both organizers and attendees:    *Organizers can:
>> *
>>
>>    - Deliver breaking news
>>    - Collect immediate feedback
>>    - Expand sponsorship opportunities
>>
>>   *Attendees can:*
>>
>>    - Create a personal agenda
>>    - Connect to social media
>>    - Access maps and floor plans
>>
>>     We are so sure you are going to love EventBoard, it is free to try
>> at your first event, no strings attached. To determine if EventBoard would
>> be a good fit at your event, please contact me<courtney at falafel.com?Subject=EventBoard+Demo>to setup a free online demonstration.
>>
>> *Courtney Hammock
>> Marketing Assistant
>> Falafel Software Inc.
>> 831-462-0457*       [image: Quote] *"We have used EventBoard for
>> SDC2012, Goteborg April 16 - 17. It is a great application, the support is
>> fantastic, and I can really recommend it."*
>>
>>  - Christer Ahlstedt
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