Event management software designed specifically for dental events perfect for associations, societies, industry and more

It is with great pride and pleasure that I would like to announce a great new online product we’ve developed that will help anyone involved in organising events and education for dental professionals.

The new Dentevents™ Registration Engine is an expansion of the Dentevents.com events calendar website. Any event organiser can list information about their own event on Dentevents.com and now also accept registrations and payments from delegates through the website.

In as little as 5 minutes, we can now set-up online registration for anything from a simple evening lecture to a full congress with multiple streams, optional workshops, ancillary programs and more. In fact, we’ve designed the new service to take into account all the typical options required for an event of any size or complexity.

If you’ve ever been involved in organising education and events for dental practitioners, you’ll know that often, it’s a thankless task. Apart from ensuring the event itself is compelling to encourage attendance, there are a range of administrative tasks that need to be performed constantly to promote the event, accept registrations, process payments and when it’s all over, to issue CPD Certificates. Hence, the Dentevents Registration Engine is designed to take as much pain as possible out of all of these tasks.

Complete event management online

In brief, our new event management solution consists of four main components delivered online as follows:

1. Dentevents.com - This is a comprehensive calendar of events that helps you promote and market your event. It is free to list your event and we encourage dental professionals to visit the site to search for information on all their educational event needs.
2. Dentevents Registration Engine - The new integrated registration “engine” makes it possible to accept registration and payment for any event listed on Dentevents.com. The delegate(s) chooses an event, enters their name and contact information, selects any options available and then enters their payment details.
3. Comprehensive online event management tools - once the delegate has registered for your event, you can login from your PC, Smartphone or Tablet and manage delegates, payments, attendance and CPD certificates and more with ease.
4. Online Education Centre - delegates can login and see the events they’ve booked for, download their receipt, CPD certificate and more at any time on any device.

So far, around 1000 “live” registrations have been processed on behalf of a dozen dental companies without a hitch.

Why accept registrations online?

Apart from the fact we live in the digital age where the internet is continually used by many dental professionals, here are some reasons why you should consider using Dentevents.com to accept registrations and payment for your event:

• Online registration is active 24/7. Delegates can register when it suits them, not you. Online registration is now demanded!
• Online registration and delegate management reduces your administrative overheads. Registration, payment and CPD are all handled in one place. Information is presented intuitively with all the tools you need readily available to manage your event.
• Delegate data entered is far more accurate than registrations taken over the phone, faxed or hand-written on a form. The pressure is off to process registrations manually and communicate with delegates if credit cards fail to process or are written incorrectly.
• There is no confusion about pricing. Applicable rates for practitioner types and discounts are applied immediately according to various criteria. No late delegates wanting an early bird rate. No dentists sending cheques at the hygienist rate. No cheques missing the GST or adding GST when it is already included.
• The registration system is far more versatile than a static form. We can allow multiple people to register at the same time at the correct price, record all the options they want to select, track their special meal selection and more. All this information is then correlated and presented to you, the organiser, in one place with all the tools you need to manage your event.
• There is less confusion with larger programs. The registration process only allows options applicable to the individual delegate to be selected. A delegate cannot register for two optional workshops that run concurrently, for example. A dentist cannot select to register for a workshop unless they have also registered for a “prerequisite” workshop is another example. The options we can program in are endless - all designed to make registration simple and make your life far easier.
• Dentevents.com can set-up a microsite with your own dedicated URL, a full event program, speaker details, links to videos, articles, social media sites and more, a trade show exhibitor directory, lists of sponsors, image gallery, venue and organiser details plus much, much more... plus online registration. The best part is, it is a fraction of the cost of developing your own website and can be online in a matter of minutes!
• Dentevents.com works on any device - PC, Tablet, Smartphone.
• It records delegate attendance at an event and retains their CPD certificate and payment receipt for download for years!

How to get started

If you’re organising an event in dentistry, then we can help. The first step is to list your events on Dentevents.com. There is no charge to do that - all you need is a Username and Password for the www.dentalcommunity.com.au website to get started. If you do not have one already, then call or email me. From there, we can send you our free Guide to Organising Education and Events for the Dental Community and Accepting Registrations Online. This explains all the options and associated costs.