Overview
What is Whova?
Whova, headquartered in San Diego, provides what they describe as Intelligent Event Technology Solutions by creating authentic audience participation and engagement and simplifying the entire event process from planning to registration, networking, and follow-up. Whova's mobile engagement apps support both…
A robust conference organizing tool
[...] Midyear Conference
The app to stay organized for a large conference
My Whova Experience.
App that rocks!
Good Application for Events
Whova review for [...] Conference 2024
A Review on a Product I Don't Usually Use
Whova
This is the Best Way to Virtual Conferencing - And That's From a Longtime "Conference Junkie"
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Almost Perfect!
User-friendly and engaging App
Whova for an online event
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Popular Features
- Mobile Application (45)8.686%
- Networking (49)8.383%
- Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile (42)8.383%
- Audience engagement (46)7.979%
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Pricing
What is Whova?
Whova, headquartered in San Diego, provides what they describe as Intelligent Event Technology Solutions by creating authentic audience participation and engagement and simplifying the entire event process from planning to registration, networking, and follow-up. Whova's mobile engagement apps…
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- Setup fee optional
Offerings
- Free Trial
- Free/Freemium Version
- Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Features
Mobile Capabilities
Support for mobile devices like smartphones and tablets.
- 8.1Responsive Design for Web Access(38) Ratings
Web design aimed at producing easy-to-read sites across a range of different devices.
- 8.6Mobile Application(45) Ratings
A dedicated app for iOS and/or Android.
- 8.3Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile(42) Ratings
In-app dashboard reports and data visualization.
Online Meetings / Events
Features related to hosting and attending meetings and events online.
- 7.8Calendar integration(31) Ratings
Scheduling capabilities integrate with users’ Calendars.
- 8.2Meeting initiation(32) Ratings
Meetings can be easily initiated, whether they are scheduled or on the fly.
- 7.9Integrates with social media(33) Ratings
Integrates with social media sites like Twitter and LinkedIn to promote meetings and webinars.
- 7.8Record meetings / events(24) Ratings
Meetings and webinars can be recorded for playback.
- 7.8Slideshows(24) Ratings
Presenters can present slideshows during the meeting within the web conferencing platform.
- 8.5Event registration(37) Ratings
Attendees can register in advance for upcoming online events (such as webinars).
Online Events Collaboration
Features related to collaboration between attendees during web conferences, webinars, and other online events.
- 8.2Live chat(28) Ratings
Participants can use one-on-one and group instant messaging to communicate privately or selectively during meetings.
- 8.4Audience polling(33) Ratings
Presenters can ask for audience input.
- 8.4Q&A(37) Ratings
Attendees can ask questions during the presentation.
Online Events Security
Features related to the security of meetings and other events held via web conferencing/webinar software.
- 7.1User authentication(27) Ratings
Administrators can require users to authenticate their identities before joining a meeting.
- 7.9Participant roles & permissions(25) Ratings
Administrators can grant users different levels of access to conferences, as moderators, presenters, attendees, or participants. Permissions can be set for individual users, or based on user role/group.
- 7.8Confidential attendee list(20) Ratings
Presenters, moderators, or admins can see a confidential list of attendees that is not visible to all attendees.
Online Events Marketing
Features related to the marketing and branding of online events, and use of online events for marketing purposes.
- 7.8Branding options(23) Ratings
Users can customize the look and feel of the application so that online events are branded (colors, company logo, etc.)
- 8Integration to Marketing Automation(20) Ratings
Webinar software integrates with users' MA systems to send out registration confirmations, email reminders about upcoming events, follow-up emails with webinar recordings, etc.
- 7.6Attendee list export(24) Ratings
The ability to export lists of event participants.
Virtual Event
These are features for Virtual Event software.
- 8.4Registration, RSVP, and ticketing(40) Ratings
Attendees can register, RSVP, and/or purchase tickets for the event in advance
- 7.3Email marketing(30) Ratings
Personalized email marketing to registered attendees, either within the software or through integrations
- 7.9Livestreaming(22) Ratings
Events can be broadcast live to hundreds or thousands of attendees
- 7.9Audience engagement(46) Ratings
Interactive features like live chat, polls, Q&A, and gamification
- 7.4Event recording(20) Ratings
Events can be recorded so that attendees can rewatch presentations at a later time
- 7.5Virtual booths(14) Ratings
Sponsors can set up customizable virtual booths that attendees can visit
- 8.3Networking(49) Ratings
Video and text chats specifically for attendee networking are available
- 7.9Event analytics(29) Ratings
Analytics and reporting (e.g., total attendee counts at individual presentations and booths, satisfaction with presentations) are available to help determine the success of events
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What is Whova?
Whova is an all-in-one event management solution that makes events modern and trendy, attracts and engages attendees, and helps event organizers save time on managing event logistics. Whova’s platform consists of an award-winning event app, efficient online registration, powerful event marketing, and time-saving event management tools.
Among Whova's customers are American Express, US Bank, PwC, Microsoft, Hilton, Lego, IKEA, L'Oreal, American Marketing Association, Harvard University, NASA, plus countless other organizations from over 100 countries.
Whova has powered over 30,000 in-person and virtual/hybrid conferences, including association events, education events, government events, corporate events, trade shows, expos, and community gatherings.
Whova Features
- Supported: Mobile Event App
- Supported: Event Ticketing/Registration
- Supported: Virtual/Hybrid Event Platform
- Supported: Event Management
- Supported: Attendee Engagement
- Supported: Attendee Networking
- Supported: Event Marketing
- Supported: Vendor Lead Retrieval
- Supported: Sponsor & Exhibitor Digital Booths
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Whova Technical Details
Deployment Types | Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
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Operating Systems | Unspecified |
Mobile Application | Apple iOS, Android, Mobile Web |
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Whova is a versatile platform that has been utilized in various conferences and conventions, including events such as the NGO67 conference on the status of women with the United Nations, the annual sales conference, the Human Trafficking Summit, the Florida Festivals and Events Convention and Trade Show, and the KombuchaKon 2022 convention. Users have reported finding Whova helpful for messaging, communication, finding meetups, and accessing event information. It provides a reliable platform for attendees to navigate conference sessions, connect with speakers, ask questions, and engage through posting pictures and comments. Additionally, Whova assists users in tracking their own schedules, accessing surveys, generating interest in products, making connections with other companies, attending informative meetings remotely, and viewing recorded content. Users appreciate Whova's thoroughness, simplicity, and great functionality. The platform serves as a valuable tool for conferences by allowing businesses to exhibit their products and capture leads. It also enables attendees to stay organized with their sessions, connect with other participants through shared profiles and interests, and access conference calendars. Some users have mentioned difficulties in accessing contact information for all attendees in one place. Nevertheless, Whova is highly recommended for coordinating big events due to its user-friendly design and format. It has also been successfully utilized for virtual conferences worldwide, bridging gaps between participants and providing a sense of connection. Whova facilitates engagement between delegates and presenters while offering accessibility options such as dark mode and detailed control over notifications.
Users have provided several recommendations for using Whova in conference and event settings. The most common recommendations include using Whova for conferences with multiple concurrent sessions and networking. Reviewers suggest that Whova is well-suited for events and conferences with up to 1,000 attendees. Users also recommend exploring the implementation of Whova at Social Media Marketing World, a specific event where the app was used effectively. Overall, users endorse Whova as a user-friendly and useful tool for conferences and events, specifically highlighting its strength in handling complex schedules, facilitating networking, managing large attendee numbers, and fostering anticipation before events.
Attribute Ratings
- 9.1Likelihood to Renew4 ratings
- 9.1Availability1 rating
- 9.1Performance1 rating
- 8.2Usability11 ratings
- 7.1Support Rating95 ratings
- 8Implementation Rating62 ratings
- 9.1Configurability1 rating
- 9.1Product Scalability1 rating
- 9.1Ease of integration1 rating
- 9.1Vendor pre-sale2 ratings
- 9.1Vendor post-sale2 ratings
- 9.1Contract Terms and Pricing Model2 ratings
Reviews
(1-25 of 102)The app to stay organized for a large conference
- Notifies you of messages
- Keeps you organized
- Allows you to interact with others in a safe manner
- I would like to be able to hide or reorder the community boards so that I can keep what I am interested in on top.
- I would like to see it not allow the same topic be created on the community board but rather notify you that a board has already been created and ask you if you would like to join that conversation.
- I would like to be able to color code the agenda so that I can mark the classes I'm interested in, but won't have time to attend (but and go back to if they are virtual later). Then when I am at the conference, I can see the class I am supposed to go to, and not have to keep reviewing the agenda at a later time.
- I would like to have had a quick how to guide on how to use the Whova app. Actually, I just found it. I think it should be on the home page as a thumbnail so its in your face for those that didn't venture around the app.
- I would like to be able to mass download all the documents at the end of the conference.
App that rocks!
- Notes feature, works well and stores all in one place.
- Networking opportunities, there a variety of ways to network through this platform.
- The points system makes using the app exciting! Definitely activated the reward center of my brain!
- More sorting features for posted social polls, once I created one it was difficult to find it again in the sea of others posted. So perhaps a section for polls that were created by me?
Good Application for Events
- Agenda
- Contact exchange between users
- Contests
- As a speaker retrieving the polling data was a bit tough sometimes.
- As a user/attendee sorting the posts would be nice if we could filter out topics that are not interesting to us
- Time lag between the message in the app and the email sent would be eliminated if a notification was sent when someone messaged you
Whova review for [...] Conference 2024
- ease of navigation
- clear instructions to maneuver within the app
- quick response time for technical difficulties/ questions.
- I am not particularly educated when it comes to platform creation, I personally did not have much difficulty navigating. I think the only confusing issue that arose was that of the QR code. Now this may not have been specific to Whova, but more of the [...] conference in general. Once I figured out that the QR code was not necessary I had no further issues.
Whova Review
- Whova provides tools for event organizers to streamline various aspects of event management, including registration, ticketing, agenda creation, and speaker management.
- Whova's networking features facilitate interaction between attendees. They can connect with each other, set up meetings, and exchange contact information.
- Attendees can access presentation materials, videos, and other event-related content within the app, enhancing their overall experience.
- Whova's focus is primarily on virtual and hybrid events. Enhancing features for managing purely offline events or providing solutions for events that require a combination of online and offline management would be valuable.
- Some users have noted that further enhancements, such as improved screen reader support and keyboard navigation, would make the platform more inclusive.
Almost Perfect!
- Agenda
- Exhibitors information
- Speakers Bios
- A directory of all participant's' names and contact information in one place
User-friendly and engaging App
- Scanning delegates at the event - With the possibility to collect additional info via notes
- Engaging with clinicians
- Booking delegates
- Book scientific sessions
- Keep a track of number of leads collected
- Download the leads
- Ensure that accurate details are collected for customers/delegates at the event
- Make work email address mandatory
- Autocorrect was initially not functional - this could be incorporated
- Setting up to collect Leads can be assigned directly to one person - It was done at the event
Scientific Symposia
Project Management
- facilitated the sharing of research, perspectives, and resources on topics of interest
- enabled easier connection to new and existing relationships with conference delegates and speakers
- allowed me to catch up on content I missed due to time conflicts for concurrent sessions
- accessibility for disabled people and people with disability - visible and hidden e.g. dark mode, fonts and text size, layout, notifications
Whova...effective conferencing
- Personalizes
- Messaging others
- Map view
- listing of presentations/sessions
- I can't think of anything as it has all the things I needed for the conference
Whova Review
- Organization of materials/information
- Promote networking and professional dialogue
- Provide live updates in real time
- Prioritize push notifications to reduce noise
Whova works wonders
- Post events
- Provide details of speakers
- RSVP
- Review other attendees
- Allowed for connecting with others attending the same event
Direct from EMBAC Conference in Scottsdale!
- Listing additional resources
- Listing the agenda by sessions and times per day
- Building a contact directory in real time
- Real-time alerts/notifications so you can respond quicker!
- Improve how to rack actual attendance for "Answer a survey" for the Leaderboard. It is currently constructed on an honor system. One could answer a survey for a session they did not attend to get the points!
- Letting conference registrants know how long the event will be available through the app.
- Instructions on how to export Bookmarked attendees and Handouts. I had to go online to find out how to export the handouts.
EOS Berlin
- Helped prepare me for the summit
- Allowed enough time for me before the summit to navigate and learn
- See who was there at the summit
- See the agenda
- Have a clear one point to go to for all information
- Have an area for general notes - beyond just notes taken for the presentations
- Have a star/tick list for those people you have connected with
- Combining the connections you make with Linkedin directly
Newbie User
- Event Timelines
- Attendee Lists
- Participating Vender Lists
- Personal Areas of Interest Selection List
- Speaker Timing Schedules need to better regulated. My session started when it was suppose to end for the next speaker. That disrupts the event schedule for attendees that were looking to attend my discussion.
Who needs Whova? You do
- Connects with speakers
- Provides a place to download documents
- Was helpful in scheduling programs.
- Provide better mapping to events
- Easier way to schedule for events.
- better note keeping tools.
In my opinion, Good for large scale events with hundreds/thousands of attendees; all in one platform
- Engagement
- Scheduling
- Promotions
- Pictures
- User Interface seems a bit 'old'
Whova set the pace
- Ease of use
- Motivating competition element for leaderboard
- Attendees' list
- Some meet ups and groups were highly repetitive
- It was not easy to see the newest messages in the sub-elements
Large group settings for conferences or retreats.
New attendees list to identify and meet new colleagues.
Group self-guidance on meet ups and topics to chat about.
Session questions and polls.
- Keep up with all attendees who have signed in on the app.
- Keeps you informed of changes to the schedule for the event you are registered to attend.
- Great for networking!
- On some of the pages you couldn't read the entire name of the session or the question being asked.
- I couldn't access all the pictures on my phone to add to photos on the app.
- Too many emails once you sign up and express interest in certain things. Then you get emails from everyone who has a similar interest. At one point it was ok, but then the incoming comments and messages became too much. I tried cutting off notifications, but they still keep coming. I don't want to uninstall the app, because I enjoy looking back on things on Whova to remember the event.
- You don't get points for everything you do on the app. to help you compete in the leaderboard.
Conference Attendee Whova Review
- Allow people to connect and find each other
- Sends out information to large amounts of people
- Has everything in one place
- It was hard to find the meet ups on the app
- have more options for filtering conference attendees
- be able to use offline
TMEA conference well-facilitated by Whova
- Conference Scheduling - with timely updates
- Building Contacts
- Messaging
- We used this for an Educators Conference. Get some more "educators" language in there. Including on this survey.
Plus downloading contact info for building databases.
Feedback from User
- Creates tracking for those who participate
- Calendar integration with events to stay organizated
- Connects contacts with exchange of information
- Intentional posting guardrails. Too easy to get points with one word answers.
- Didn't like posting a photo in a commits automatically shows up in all event photos.
First time user -very satisfied.
- Suggestions to communicate with groups.
- Encouragement to participate and gain points -fun competition.
- Calendar reminders
- Ability to connect/share contact info with other members
- GPS would be nice
- Make finding groups easier -the search function did not find the group I made up.
- Provide links for virtual meet ups on the spot when using app to create meet-ups
First Time User
- Keeping my agenda, with name and location of sessions.
- Provide ability to review speaker bios and connect.
- To provide course evaluations.
- To modify the note taking capabilities.
- Had difficulties with the QR scanning.
Whova put our state-level conference in the palm of my hand and made it easy to connect with colleagues!
- Provides the conference schedule
- Provides an electronic platform for conference attendees to connect
- Creates opportunities for conference attendees to find common interests and connect in person.
- The message boards become very congested at a big conference because anyone can create a thread.
- I would like to have an easier way to dismiss all notifications on the message boards.
I have like this for over a year now!
- Lined up agenda and have handouts/presentations available via laptop/phone
- Allow to interact with members of conference via text
- No paperwork/clutters
- Add video of the presentations (and preferably with closed captions)