November Release: New Meeting Booking, Redesigned & Improved Video Breakouts and et. al.

In this release, we're bringing enhancements and updates to some of your favourite features.

We've freshened up Meeting Booking with exciting feature additions and given Video Breakouts a makeover. We've also launched brand new templates on the Page Builder module, and introduced tagging into the Activity Feed and Session Chat.

Excited to know more? Let's dive into the details.

Organising Group Meetings

Probably the biggest and most exciting feature this month (and one of our favourites), the Meeting Booking feature just got a whole lot better with the addition of Group Meetings!

Your delegates can now arrange large group meetings with up to 50 people in one call, thanks to the improved and redesigned Video Breakouts feature (keep reading for more on this). Additionally, with a switch of a toggle in the Dashboard, virtual meetings can be quickly organised and held in a Smart Sessions room.

 

Meeting Booking Additional Features

We're pleased to announce that you can now limit the Meeting Booking feature to only a small number of delegates, exhibitors or sponsors. 

We have utilised our existing component, the people's group, and made it adaptable to Meeting Booking. We've added the People's Group field to Meeting Booking, allowing you to limit the usage of the feature to a specific group, such as exhibitors only or delegates only.

We have also added options on the Dashboard for you to indicate where your delegates can host their meetings. If you're running a virtual event, you can select the virtual-only option, enabling your delegates to conduct their meetings on our one-to-one Video Breakout feature or a Smart Sessions room.

Alternatively, if you're running an in-person event, you can select the physical-only option, and your delegates can choose one of the pre-set physical venues when arranging their meetings.

If your event is hybrid, you can select both options, allowing your delegates to have the freedom to choose where they would like their meeting to be.

The final feature we have added for Meeting Booking is the Subject field. It will enable your delegates to summarise the reason for a meeting in 128 characters and will appear for the meeting recipient to see when they receive their invitation.

 

New Redesigned (and Improved) Video Breakouts

This feature is probably the most exciting this month (and another favourite of ours). The new Video Breakouts feature has had a makeover and has benefitted from improved functionality. The latest version will handle up to fifty users in one session, allowing you to host large meetings easily. 

A new toggle has also appeared in the Dashboard, allowing you to embed this feature into your session, ensuring that all of your chat, polls and Q&A functionality is still available.

 

Additional Page Builder Module Templates

We have expanded the offering of Page Builder templates with five additional templates. 

We have one new Home Page template called the Workspace, which fits perfectly as a home page for your internal comms hub. We've also added four new content templates, ideal for blog-style information pages or listings, designed to provide an alternative view and link through to other content.

 

Activity Feed, Session Chat Tagging and In-App Notifications

Last and certainly not least, we have added the '@' feature to the Activity Feed and Session Chat, meaning your delegates can now tag or mention other attendees in the Activity Feed post, comments and the chat feature whilst in a session. 

Once a person has been tagged, they will get notified via the new flash in-app notification feature and via an email, prompting them to check out their mention.

On top of this, we have released many other new in-app flash notifications. These will be triggered when your delegates perform specific actions, including; liking and commenting on Activity Feed posts, starting Meeting Booking virtual calls or when a favourited session is due to start.

Meanwhile, you can sit back and focus on running your event whilst the CrowdComms platform works behind the scenes to send out all the reminders!