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Webex Events (formerly Socio)
Formerly Socio

Overview

What is Webex Events (formerly Socio)?

Webex Events (formerly Socio) gives event professionals event tech to power every stage of the event planning & execution process.

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Recent Reviews

Webex Events Review

10 out of 10
September 13, 2023
Incentivized
My organization and I use Webex Events for an annual event. Webex Events simplifies badge printing and registration. This tool also …
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Popular Features

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  • Mobile Application (10)
    8.7
    87%
  • Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile (10)
    8.5
    85%
  • Responsive Design for Web Access (10)
    8.5
    85%
  • Audience engagement (9)
    8.0
    80%

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What is Webex Events (formerly Socio)?

Webex Events (formerly Socio) gives event professionals event tech to power every stage of the event planning & execution process.

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  • No setup fee
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  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Product Demos

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Features

Mobile Capabilities

Support for mobile devices like smartphones and tablets.

8.6
Avg 8.3

Online Meetings / Events

Features related to hosting and attending meetings and events online.

9.4
Avg 8.2

Online Events Collaboration

Features related to collaboration between attendees during web conferences, webinars, and other online events.

8
Avg 8.0

Online Events Security

Features related to the security of meetings and other events held via web conferencing/webinar software.

8.7
Avg 8.6

Online Events Marketing

Features related to the marketing and branding of online events, and use of online events for marketing purposes.

8.6
Avg 8.3

Virtual Event

These are features for Virtual Event software.

8.2
Avg 8.1
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Product Details

What is Webex Events (formerly Socio)?

Webex Events (formerly Socio) is an end-to-end event management platform powering immersive, intuitive, and inclusive virtual, hybrid, and in-person events. It includes multiple event apps, registration, check-in and badge printing, lead retrieval, and live streaming technology. Webex Events is designed to blend flexibility with ease of use so organizers can host engaging events that support their goals, no matter the type of event or organization.

Webex Events (formerly Socio) Features

Virtual Event Features

  • Supported: Registration, RSVP, and ticketing
  • Supported: Livestreaming
  • Supported: Audience engagement
  • Supported: Event recording
  • Supported: Virtual booths
  • Supported: Networking
  • Supported: Event analytics

Online Events Collaboration Features

  • Supported: Live chat
  • Supported: Audience polling
  • Supported: Q&A
  • Supported: Meeting space storage
  • Supported: Handouts

Online Events Marketing Features

  • Supported: Branding options
  • Supported: Attendee list export

Online Events Security Features

  • Supported: User authentication
  • Supported: Participant roles & permissions
  • Supported: Confidential attendee list
  • Supported: Secure file sharing

Online Meetings / Events Features

  • Supported: Scheduling
  • Supported: Record meetings / events
  • Supported: Media
  • Supported: Event registration

Mobile Capabilities Features

  • Supported: Responsive Design for Web Access
  • Supported: Mobile Application
  • Supported: Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile

Additional Features

  • Supported: Sponsor Booths
  • Supported: Registration
  • Supported: Mobile Check-In
  • Supported: On-Site tickets & registration
  • Supported: Floor plans/maps
  • Supported: Social media integrations & promotion
  • Supported: Event agendas & schedules
  • Supported: Attendee networking & surveys
  • Supported: Reporting & dashboards
  • Supported: Lead generation & retrieval
  • Supported: Email customization
  • Supported: Meeting Scheduling
  • Supported: Prospect Intelligence
  • Supported: Business Card Scanner
  • Supported: Web portal
  • Supported: Mobile app
  • Supported: Gamification
  • Supported: Downloadable reports
  • Supported: Event Studio
  • Supported: Simulive
  • Supported: Live-streaming

Webex Events (formerly Socio) Screenshots

Screenshot of Webex Events (formerly Socio) Video Rooms: Attendees can chat, join topically based discussion rooms, set-up 1:1 video meetings, and connect from anywhere.Screenshot of Webex Events (formerly Socio) Data Dashboard: From high-level attendee engagement analytics to drill down sponsor ROI metrics, Socio’s Data Dashboard offers insights to see what’s working (and what’s not) in real-time.Screenshot of Webex Events (formerly Socio)  Lead Retrieval: So sponsors and exhibitors can capture leads with enriched data by scanning attendees’ QR codes and exporting them straight to their CRMs.

Webex Events (formerly Socio) Video

Webex Events (formerly Socio) Integrations

Webex Events (formerly Socio) Competitors

Webex Events (formerly Socio) Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Mobile Web
Supported LanguagesEnglish, French (Français), Spanish (Español), Turkish (Türkçe), German (Deutsch), Greek (ελληνικά), Korean (한국어), Dutch (Nederlands), Portuguese (Português), Russian (русский), Swedish (Svenska), Simplified Chinese (中文), Italian (Italiano), Chinese Traditional (漢語), Czech (Čeština), Hindi (हिन्दी), Hungarian (Magyar), Polish (Polski), Serbian Latin (Srpski), Thai, Vietnamese

Frequently Asked Questions

Webex Events (formerly Socio) gives event professionals event tech to power every stage of the event planning & execution process.

RingCentral Events and Bizzabo are common alternatives for Webex Events (formerly Socio).

Reviewers rate Confidential attendee list and Attendee list export highest, with a score of 8.9.

The most common users of Webex Events (formerly Socio) are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Webex Events has been incredibly impactful for our internal company-wide events. The best part, in my opinion, was the easy accessibility for all attendees of all event information while on-site during our event. Webex Events also elevated our attendee experience for our event including the registration process, communications during and before the event, as well as engagement during the event through the gamification and social wall options. We also utilized the live streaming functionality for our virtual attendees, as we had a hybrid event.
  • Their app is really well done and easy to navigate by users during the event.
  • Their agenda tie-in with maps is a great feature. Really makes it easy for attendees to find where they're going during events.
  • I really like how easy it is to schedule communications to go out before and during events.
  • I would like to see an improvement in the live streaming capabilities within Webex Events. It would be great if there was a more intuitive integration with Zoom, including a more simplified setup process, as well as integrating the live chat between the 2 platforms.
  • For the gamification, it would be great if the games could be scheduled to open at certain times.
I implemented Webex Events to be used for internal hybrid company-wide events, and it fit our needs really well.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
We used Webex Events as a virtual platform for an annual conference for attorneys, accountants & mental health professionals. The biggest problem that we needed to address was having an engaging and exciting conference virtually. The video streaming, sponsorship, networking & gamification capabilities addressed these issues and brought our event to life! Webex was the best platform that we could have chosen for this event... and we trialed A LOT. We ultimately decided on Webex due to the user-friendly and aesthetically pleasing interface, multiple ways to monetize sponsorships, and ease of streaming. We are very happy with our choice!
  • User-friendly front end interface.
  • Incredibly easy to build out the platform on the back-end.
  • 11 different ways to monetize sponsorships within the platform itself.
  • Endless support during the build-out process.
  • The video rooms did have some issues but that was on the user-end.
  • Having attendee support during the time of the event (allowing attendees to send in support tickets).
Webex Events is very well suited for virtual, hybrid, or in-person events. Webex events have a place for anything from conferences to trade shows to fundraisers. It has amazing capabilities for registration, lead generation & creating check-in badges with QR codes. The socio-streaming studio is an ideal choice for virtual or hybrid events.
Octavia A. Thompson | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I used Socio to create a virtual school fair experience that allowed families to actually talk to schools via chat and video as well as view a live video stream from each school. It was really a big deal for the city.
  • Customization of the platform.
  • User friendly Experience.
  • 24/5 Chat Support.
  • N/A
If you're looking for an easy-to-use and clean-looking platform, Socio is the right one to use.
Amy Lund | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
We used Socio for 2 days with 300 attendees at a virtual conference. We were able to have registration integrated with our event platform that showcased the agenda, presenters, and vendors.
  • Accessible for persons using screen reading
  • Ease of use for attendees to navigate the platform
  • Easily available support for building out the platform
  • I would like more options in the build out phase that are customizable.
  • Having a field to confirm emails as that's the way to access the platform and if they transpose letters, then we do not have a valid email.
Socio was fantastic for our fully virtual conference. The registration was so simple and streamlined that I recommended to the board to do another event next year that is hybrid. The options are great and endless when we can meet in person again, but still record and have a place for all the sessions to be viewed, professional credit given, and keeping everything secure.
Heba Al-Hassan | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Our student organization needed to make the switch from planning an in-person conference to an online one. Socio was quick to help us with that switch. We were able to successfully host 100+ students and professional industry workers to our IISE Conference. We wanted a site with all of our ideas and features centralized, which Socio was able to give.
  • Centralized Features
  • Incorporate a steaming service
  • Link internally through the site
  • Q&A feature: to address questions directly
  • Highlight the days of the conference more (on the agenda tab) as it was easy to miss the second day of our conference.
  • Highlight the "Enter Code" feature on registration
This platform was easily the best platform our University could have chosen for more reasons than one. It was easily accessible for both our users and the administrators/editors. We were able to successfully send out messages throughout the event to highlight certain sessions/divert the users to a competition/career fair.
February 25, 2022

Easy choice for events

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We have used Socio for in-person conferences via mobile phone app to manage the flow of our events, share files, and network. Recently we've used the virtual conference options as well and found them to be exceptionally easy to use. Our conferences can have up to 200 people from across the world use it with little guidance.
  • Customer Support
  • Set up
  • Adoption
  • Scheduling
  • User management
  • Chat Features
  • Branding
  • Live stream feature could passively update more often (niche issue however)
  • Truly difficult to think of improvements
If you can't commit your entire work day to getting to terms with an event platform then this is where you need to go. Their support team is one of the BEST I've ever worked with and they are quick on helping with even the weirdest requests. In some cases my team receives technical restrictions from other areas of the business that need to be accommodated and the support staff at Socio is quick to find ways to make it happen.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
We use the Socio platform for event management and engagement primarily. Most recently we used this at our National Sales Conference in an effort to eliminate paper materials and boost engagement across the attendees. we had ~500 attendees on the platform and it paid for itself throughout our 3 day event.
  • Session Management
  • Networking
  • Socialization
  • Gamification
  • Maps could be a bit more user-friendly (to create). Would love options for freeform areas.
The Socio platform worked wonderfully for our internal events. It was a great place for everyone to get acquainted and hyped up before the conference, a great place for everyone to stay informed while at the conference, as well as the ideal place to send out survey and post-conference information.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We had the need to move an in-person conference to a virtual conference. Socio allowed us to do the conference as well as create networking and a community for it. We also were able to sell event sponsorships and highlight those partners.
  • Virtual exhibitors/sponsors
  • Easy to use and professional-looking streaming
  • Easy to implement
  • The initial setup of the branded app with Apple was a bit cumbersome.
It is best for a virtual event with live streaming. Socio works well with Zoom, but Socio Streaming was extremely well received.
Sarah Marshall | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Normally our company hosts a huge annual event to network with our existing customers, new customers, and people from all over the world to learn about our product, for our customers to share the projects they're working on using our product, to collaborate with universities and instructors and students. We needed to host virtually this year due to the pandemic, and Socio was a great fit.
  • interface
  • recordings
  • using our company's branding
  • chat features
  • schedule of events
  • live Q&A
  • everything worked well!
Socio was perfect for what we needed. We have companies from all over the world join our networking event and we needed something easy to use for everyone. The live presentations, Q&A and chatrooms were great! The only thing Socio couldn't do was live face-to-face networking only because this is purely virtual. It's a changing world and this will be the new normal most likely, but if there was a way to encourage attendees to talk more in the networking areas that would be great!
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We've always been an in-person event. And in the last two years, we have had to pivot to virtual. Socio helped us do that. Socio is being used across the whole organization as an alternative to live events. We use this product as a bonus to the attendees until we can meet again in real life. And when we do, Socio will be used as the conference mobile app. It can even help to produce a hybrid event. Details change up to the end when producing an event. So being able to make changes on demand and alert the attendees via push notifications addresses those challenges.
  • Socio Restream Broadcast Studio
  • Excellent Customer Service Managers
  • Online Ask Us Anything Tech Support
  • Mailchimp Integration
  • Add Attendee Video Camera Option in Sessions Along With The Chat Functionality
  • More Options for Speakers - Virtual Backgrounds
If you have to produce a virtual event for the first time. This platform will be a great choice. With seamless tech, and support, Socio makes it easy to transition to virtual. Also for hybrid events and in-person events, the mobile app and all the ways attendees and sponsors are able to interact is excellent!

Socio may not be appropriate if the producers are not technically savvy and are not willing to learn. In that case, hire someone who can help.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Socio allowed us to host our first hybrid event for our Annual Retailers Conference. We were able to implement a virtual option as well as a mobile app for our in-person attendees. It was a game-changer for our event and the attendee engagement was amazing!
  • Customer Service
  • Easy of use and set up
  • Tons of great features
  • Live stream function was difficult to set up
Socio is perfect for hybrid events as it is equally as useful for in-person attendees as well as virtual. It encourages in-person attendees to engage more during the conference and allows virtual attendees access to the entire event. Virtual attendees having access to all of our general sessions as well as breakout sessions was a game-changer.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Socio was new for my association to use. We needed a platform for our virtual conference in 2021. Some of the things we loved about Socio were how user-friendly it is, how responsive the support team was, and the helpful how-to guides in the Socio library. The platform has a lot of features to help make a virtual event interactive & fun for attendees. The phone app is a nice addition, too. We received positive feedback from speakers, sponsors & attendees alike.
  • Attendee Engagement
  • Ease of use
  • Detailed metrics
  • Live streaming
  • Missing virtual video backgrounds
Socio is an excellent platform for an association or company to use in place of an in-person conference or meeting. It offers a lot of features to engage the audience. It is also easy to work on the backend for administrators.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We needed an event platform to host our (virtual) conference in 2021 and 2020. We held 120+ panels/training and had about 2000 attendees watching content and interacting during our event.
  • Intuitive platform, easy to set up
  • Responsive customer service
  • Professional looking streaming service
  • Captioning for sessions
  • Speakers should be able to interact with the attendee chat
We've used it as a complement to an in-person event and as our primary platform for virtual convenings. Socio was well suited for both.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We used it for the second year to put together our large virtual conference. We wanted a professional platform that could help us in a completely new territory when we had to take what is normally an in-person conference over a weekend to a virtual setting in 2020. They did such a fantastic job that we signed with them again when we knew we needed to go virtual again in 2021. They are very professional, knowledgeable, and helpful throughout the entire process.
  • Customer service and problem solving
  • Platform design
  • Idea generation
  • Discussion boards 100% need better functionality--things like being able to pin a post, put a picture in your comment, like comments, have notifications when someone has mentioned you or commented on your post.
  • More streamlined welcome area when people first log in. Being able to choose an easy welcoming page that automatically loads upon first login would be awesome.
  • Being able to hide linkable areas within the app--having menu items that can be linked into the booths while not being visible in the actual menu. Also being able to link attendees into different areas, such as the exhibitor booth and speaker profiles.
Socio is well suited for any capacity virtual event. They can do it all. We are going to start talking with them to see if we can incorporate them into our live events.
Lindsay Adams | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Formstack used Socio to host our inaugural customer and partner virtual event. Hosting/Managing the event was strictly done by the Marketing department, but we had registered users across the organization to attend the event and connect with other customer and partner attendees. <br><br>Socio ended up being the perfect platform for our virtual event, providing an excellent event experience for attendees and unmatched customer support for us to host a seamless first event.
  • Virtual Event Management
  • During event communications with attendees
  • Customer Support and Account Management
  • Hosting large video files for seamless playback
  • Gaming, polling, and additional in-app engagement
  • Fully customizable experience to fit your brand
  • Login experience is a little clunky
  • More flexibility with minimized video location
  • Main navigation on platform/backend could use some reconfiguring
My only experience with it so far is hosting and managing a virtual event, which is something I can't recommend Socio more for. We have already received a lot of feedback from event attendees about the Socio app providing a great event experience as it's easy to use and has a lot of fun engagement features, like gaming, polls, and a social media-like wall.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Socio was used as our virtual platform for our Summit. It was a great solution to stream the event while giving the attendees the feel of being in person by having chat/message functions as well as social rooms for questions and connecting.
  • Social rooms
  • Chat
  • Polling
  • Polling answers to be seen by producer and presenter
  • Chat feature to allow for flags to be viewed [easily] for reference later on in the presentation
  • More than 100 chat fields to be viewed by producer at a time
I felt it was used well for our virtual event. It gave our attendees a way to connect, ask questions, and bounce ideas off each other.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use the Socio platform to enhance our marketing and participation efforts. This includes using the gamification aspect of the app to increase product awareness, revenue, and end-user satisfaction with our products and services. We also use the full application for our biannual in-person software training conferences held across the US. Using the app during the live events increases participant interaction, networking, and overall experience.
  • Gamification
  • Supports their users
  • Provides an intuitive application that can be deployed with ease and speed
  • Import data from other applications (schedules, etc.)
In-person and virtual events are the perfect fit for the Socio platform. It performs flawlessly and has many features. Socio is very flexible and with your own creativity, can be used in endless applications or situations.
Teri Jakob, CMP, CMM | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
The Socio event platform has been terrific for my virtual fundraising events. It allows our attendees to be more engaged than just watching another Zoom call. They can share photos, chat, find additional resources, connect with each other and medical providers, participate in our silent auction and make donations to support our fundraising! It is a true venue for our online events!
  • Engaging virtual attendees
  • Sharing best practices
  • Amazing customer support
  • Step by step instructions to make the most of the software
  • Tying the whole event together in an easy to use interface
  • The attendee help feature has come a long way. Some of my guests are not tech savvy and have trouble with the standard help link, but I have been able to assist them by adding announcements to help with things that I see or hear them struggling with.
I highly recommend this platform! We are all Zoomed out, but Socio helps make the virtual events engaging and keeps the viewers entertained. Attendees are going to be on their phones anyway, and this keeps them focused on my event and allows me to grow their knowledge and interest in my program. This works well for virtual events, fundraisers, hybrid meetings, or conferences.
September 30, 2021

Socio Solves The Need

Kirk Fuller | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Socio was used by my client who was putting on a virtual event. I was helping to produce the Livestream signal from one of several locations and needed to interface with the Socio platform. With the current pandemic, this was a tool by which the client could have a conference and reach a large number of viewers as well as have presenters from various locations.
  • event management
  • virtual event broadcast
  • makes it easy to learn to use the platform
  • support services
  • RMTP signal switching with other presenters
  • Make the learning curve even easier
  • Login and Connectivity ease of use for non-tech users
I use a Newtek Tricaster streaming hardware to produce multi-camera shows. Socio was able to use my RTMP stream however you cannot switch from Socio to other presenters during the event and thus I had to configure my Tricaster output as a virtual camera source and use a second computer to connect to Socio for the event. It was a workaround but I would prefer to use one computer to free up the second to monitor socio as an attendee.
September 02, 2021

Lifesaver and Game-changer

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Socio was used for our annual convention and blockbuster seminars. It is easy to integrate a lot of great features for our members so that we can provide the quality of CLE programs that they expect. During COVID, Socio helped us so that our event didn't skip a beat and we were able to keep the fun, energy, and excitement that we would have had in an in-person event, virtually.

Socio definitely gave us the ability to allow our members to customize their conference experience. If you want to attend in person, you can. If you want to watch from home, you can. And if you want to do a combination of the two, you can. Socio really helped us to meet the needs of pretty much all of our members.

  • Customer service was great
  • The creativity was endless with lots of great ideas on how to make the event fun
  • Love the overall design of the app
  • Maybe more ways for vendors to interact
  • More features for the breakout rooms
Socio is great for seminars. We are able to house our materials and links to the speakers' bios, which is so helpful. Everyone has a smartphone and Socio helped us to give our members the education they need right at their fingertips. It also helped eliminate the paper waste and gave people another way to interact with each other and vendors.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We are using it in the department of journalism and mass communications as a platform for hosting a three-day regional conference that has been in existence for more than 70 years. We also used it as a host site for the closing ceremony of a virtual summer camp we hosted a few months after the original regional conference.
  • support and customer service
  • features
  • analytics
  • trim some features
  • pricing
  • interface
I think it would be great for any organization that wants to host a large-scale virtual event. The platform's ability to track user engagement was a big one for my organization and there were even features made available to us that we couldn't use. I'm sure they might be more useful for other data-driven organizations. I don't think it would be a good choice for small organizations that don't have a budget to cover its use.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
ParentMap uses Socio to host our resource fair (trade show type) events. Socio has allowed us to continue to host these events and provide these resources to our audience throughout the pandemic. Additionally, by being able to continue to host these events, Socio has allowed us to connect our clients and sponsors with attendees who are looking for their services.
  • Socio has outstanding customer service! Their team is upbeat, quick to respond, and always willing to answer questions and suggest creative solutions.
  • Socio works hard to ensure their product evolves with the needs of their clients by constantly adding new features and upgrading current features.
  • Socio is very user friendly from the event management side to the attendee and vendor user experience.
  • It would be great to have a more robust filter system. Socio recently made improvements to this feature and I'm sure their team will continue to upgrade this.
  • For our events, it would be ideal if attendees did not have to request to connect with a vendor before being able to message chat.
  • I would like to see more customization options for vendors' virtual booths. Socio also recently upgraded this and, again, I am confident their team will continue to work on this.
Socio is a great platform for virtual trade show events. There are many customizable features and it is easy for attendees and vendors to navigate and connect with each other. We also include webinars in our Socio events. Socio does have their own live streaming; however, we have not used that primarily because of price, so we continue to use Zoom, which means attendees do have to leave the Socio platform while participating in our webinars, which is not ideal but works.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Socio is a very easy to use platform. As a first time user I was able to master pretty much every feature we used. Of course when that wasn't the case, Socio's customer service reps were there to assist me!
  • Customer Service
  • During our first year using the platform, they didn't have as many features as they do now. They're always adding things which is great!
We transitioned our in-person fundraising event to virtual during the COVID-19 pandemic and Socio was the perfect platform to facilitate that for us.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Socio is being used across multiple departments at the Lupus Foundation of America. We are using Socio's virtual event platform to replicate our annual fundraising walk event that normally takes place in person. The Socio platform has allowed our walkers and supporters to gather safely and celebrate in a fund and engaging virtual environment.
  • Registration
  • Engagement
  • Would help is Socio were easier to integrate with organizations' existing databases.
  • Easier ways for people to connect and chat.
Socio is well suited to bring large groups of people together virtually. They have also created fund and engaging social "walls" where users and can interact and share with one another. As a non-profit fundraiser it would be nice to find a way to integrate a donation button or similar features.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We are using Socio as a state conference app for our upcoming hybrid conference in October. We used it last November for a completely virtual State conference. It is accessed by all conference attendees who are also MAEA members. All of our members are teachers.
  • Customer Service
  • Overall Web and Mobile App Aesthetic
  • Opportunities for Sponsors and Vendors
  • The Price it High For Non-Profit Organizations like Ours
  • The "Attendees Profiles" section should display the attendee who is logged and looking at his/her app so that he/she doesn't think they are unregistered.
  • The "Attendees Profiles" and the "Speaker Profiles" should merge so that speakers who are also attendees don't have to fill out two profiles.
Socio was fantastic for our virtual conference. I think they are very well suited for a state conference with sessions that will be meant for medium to large audiences of 50 or more. It might be less appropriate for intimate, small group sessions.
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