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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…
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- Mobile Application (44)8.686%
- Networking (48)8.383%
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- Audience engagement (45)7.878%
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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.
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- 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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| Mobile Application | Apple iOS, Android, Mobile Web |
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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 on-location events and virtual events.
Reviewers rate Mobile Application highest, with a score of 8.6.
The most common users of Whova are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
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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.
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October 06, 2023
Newbie User
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
I used Whova at a conference hosted by the Michigan [..]. I was a speaker discussing your new technology platform. Whova aided with all the conference arrival details, event times and their location. It was an easy download app to connect with venders and additional meet and greet opportunities. I am not much for the point challenge but I did see many participated in the social aspect to the app. I would recommend Whova to other companies that are coordinating big events, it was a useful tool for all user groups.
- 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.
October 04, 2023
Who needs Whova? You do
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
I use Whova when I attend ARSL conferences in person or monthly. I plan my schedule with it. I use the floor map to find where I am to go at conferences. I use it to gather information on speakers and programs. I contacted people with whom I wanted to meet via the app.
- 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.
October 02, 2023
Made Conference Easy to Navigate
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
My organization, Women's Fiction Writers Association, used Whova at out tenth annual conference. Having only ever used paper agendas, I loved using an app instead. Made it easy to create my own agenda from the events, find meetups of friends and colleagues, download materials from presentations.
- Agendas
- Meetups
- Documents
- Could be our group, but the meetups got a little overwhelming and hard to keep up with
September 01, 2023
Very Good App
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
The Florida Department of Corrections had a 3 day conference in Orlando Florida last week for approximately 500 departmental employees. The staff was given access to Whova to track training sessions and interact with other employees.
- Announces upcoming events
- Gives bios of other employees and trainers
- Allows employees to interact with co-workers on a digital format
August 25, 2023
Howza is Whova?
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
There was a recent online safety webinar that used Whova which was how I was introduced to it. I had never used it in the past. I was impressed. I felt that it all went pretty smoothly with a user-friendly design and format. I'd use it again. I suspect the same organizers of the safety webinar will use Whova again next year.
- Format
- Ease of Use
- Navigation
- Topic category listings and updates
- General updates
August 18, 2023
In my opinion, Good for large scale events with hundreds/thousands of attendees; all in one platform
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
We use Whova when we attend large scale (1,000+) events. We use all the features that sponsors are able to use including: photos, videos, meet-ups, promotional events, etc. We also use the app to capture lead data/information for future partnerships. Very engaging application.
- Engagement
- Scheduling
- Promotions
- Pictures
- User Interface seems a bit 'old'
July 25, 2023
Whova set the pace
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Whova used for a Growth Summer Retreat with 110 attendees. The app allowed for agenda information, meet ups, questions/answers, groups, etc. It was highly engaging.
- 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
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
I was first introduced to Whova when I registered for the Clinical Retreat in Charleston, SC sponsored by SCPHCA. The product allows you to meet and stay connected to other attendees at the retreat, ask questions to the speakers, share information, and complete final surveys.
- 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.
June 30, 2023
Whova is my new app
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
I used the Whova app when I went to the Region IV Head Start Conference in February 2023 and last week. I love the app, it help you to navigate on what training you want to take and connect with other people that are doing the trainings or attending them.
- Provides an app for trainings
- Helps connect with other people around the world
- Help keep you up to date.
- I kept getting lost so better instructions on how to navigate in the app
- Was hard to figure out and log in to but did ok after i got in the app
- dealing with email to log in
June 30, 2023
Conference Attendee Whova Review
We used it for the Inside Out Conference put on by the Children and Nature Network. The app was for us to pick breakout sessions, connect with other attendees, and to receive updates and messages from the conference organizers. We do not use it for our organization specifically. This product helped address getting information out to hundreds of people, and keeping all information in one place - contact info, notes, logistics, etc. It also allowed us to see who was at the conference but lived in our area, so we could seek out those people! We will only use Whova when it is supplied or needed for another event. We will not use Whova outside of this conference probably.
- 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
June 22, 2023
Great conference app with social messaging included!
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Whova was used for a global, multi-chapter event.
- Agenda for myself and the organization was really good. Very simple to understand
- Group and global messaging was very easy to navigate to.
- Exceptional social interaction within the app was very refreshing.
- Profile management and pictures were really good.
- Messaging showed a very high 'unread' badge which i would have liked to clear so I could attend to only what was new or what was new for the tracks/sessions I planned to attend on my agenda.
- Agenda with multiple time zone options would be helpful since planning before I got to location I was in a different time zone.
June 22, 2023
TMEA conference well-facilitated by Whova
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Our annual state-wide conference used Whova. This enabled me to quickly scan credentials of inquiring students, other educators, etc. at our booth, or in other meetings. We have now repopulated our recruiting and contact databases with this info.
- 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.
June 14, 2023
Feedback from User
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
From my experience, it is used as an event tool to connect participates closer together through organized content.
- 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.
June 13, 2023
First time user -very satisfied.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
I used it for the annual Citygate conference to navigate sessions offered, maps, and social groups.
- 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
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Please read: I cannot recommend Whova enough. I've been to plenty of trade shows, and every other trade show/event app I have used is kind of garbage. Whova absolutely raised the bar for how great a trade show/event app can be. If you are hosting a midsize or largesize trade show/conference/corporate event, and need an app, use Whova.<br>(For context: My company attended a trade show. The trade show organizers are the ones who used Whova for the attendees, such as ourselves, to get organized, communicate, and plan events with each other). <br>I rarely go out of my way to leave reviews, but I was so impressed by Whova that I simply had to. Tons of meet-ups and networking opportunities were organized successfully within the trade show, thanks to Whova. It's easy to use, reliable, and has taught me that trade show/event apps don't need to be bad, they can be great.
- Allows event attendees to chat with each other and plan their own mini-networking events, and invite each other
- Provides an easy-to-follow list of event sessions, rountables, etc. and lets you build your own schedule
- Let's you scan leads (free) and retain that info
- Compared to every other trade show app, there's no flaws
May 22, 2023
First Time User
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
I used the app while attending the PLECET Conference.
- 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.
May 03, 2023
INOVA FOR THE WIN!
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
We are an hr consulting division and have implemented ips/inova (kronos) at many clients (both current and past) we use payroll, benefits, accurals, performance, recruiting, etc. And are very pleased with the customer service and implementation teams.
- Customer service
- Ease of payroll and flexibility to create outside the box needs
- Accurals are easy and effectvie
- Paycheck calculator
- Total comp statements
April 28, 2023
Whova put our state-level conference in the palm of my hand and made it easy to connect with colleagues!
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
I have used Whova twice as an attendee at the Pennyslvania Music Educators Association Annual In-Service Conference in 2022 and 2023. It is a great platform for information, schedules, and electronic interactions between the organizing committee and the conference attendees.
- 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.
April 25, 2023
I have like this for over a year now!
I am a active member of OSNA (Oregon School Nurse Association). This is my second years of using Whova during the OSNA's conferences. I am a strong advocate of having all information from any conference or the like into one medium without killing trees, over/under utilizing staff and being on time consistently. Whova has shown to do all of those requirements that I have. I have resources lined out by OSNA in Whova that I can use at any stop by using my phone or laptop. As a technologically dependent and Deaf school nurse, using Whova allows me to gather all the information I need for the conference, provide questions, enter any polls, meet/interact with members and vendors, And have fun!
- 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)
April 20, 2023
Used Whova for conference and was pleasantly surprised!
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
We just used Whova when attending the NCEA conference in Dallas this year. It was easy to use and helpful in interacting with possible leads both on the app and at the conference itself. We will probably only use it at conferences where Whova is used.
- Setting up virtual booth
- Interacting with attendees
- Mostly easy to use UI
- The UI could be a little cleaner, perhaps
April 19, 2023
Helpful Event Planner
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
I used it for the NCEA conference I attended last week in Irving, Texas. It's use can eliminate the need to make a huge catalog of classes that you can attend.
- helped me organize MY agenda
- helped me research the sessions that appropriate for ME
- Added excitement in taking and looking at pictures from attendees
- Maybe just add user tips on the homepage...
- I just happened to find my OWN agenda page by playing around
- No sure
April 18, 2023
Whova made easy
I used Whova to navigate the conference agenda, network, and view items happening at our conference. Whova is easy to navigate and a very helpful tool to use instead of carrying around programs and trying to find conference sessions. I would recommend Whova to anyone having a conference. I will recommend this to other agencies to use as their navigation tool.
- Sends out notifications
- Has a place for an agenda
- Networking possibilities
- A place to put pictures from the event
- The map was a bit difficult to view and use.
April 06, 2023
We love Whova for virtual/hybrid events!
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
I have participated in several virtual conferences over the last 2 years. As a vendor it is nice to have something that captures the data a metrics of how often our booth has been visited. I love the interaction of the community boards and that it ranks your participation to showcase how involved you have been.
- Available online and on mobile
- Alerts come through on app and by email
- Easy to navigate even if you've never used it before
- I don't like that you can't edit a response after you press send - I accidentally pressed enter in the middle of my sentence and had to start a new comment... embarrasing.
March 31, 2023
First time user of Whova
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
I used Whova to attend the South Texas All Hazards Conference in McAllen, Tx. The only problem I had was when I would send reminders to my calendar from the Whova app, the room number for the sessions would change. I had no other problems, as the app was easy to use and follow.
- Getting people to communicate over the app
- holding events through the app
- setting up meet-ups between people using the app
- communications between the Whova app and other apps used for organization and reminders
March 27, 2023
Review of Whova After Last Conference
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Conferences that I attend have selected Whova as their app for the conference. I use it to network with others at the conference. select my classes, add them to my agenda, take notes during the classes, and find the rooms I'm supposed to go to for the class.
- Conference agenda and location
- Names and contact information of attendees
- Facilitator names, pic, bios, and details for what the class is covering
- Ability to take notes and then get an email summary of all notes taken
- Confusing on getting a card (business card) sent to another attendee
- Confusing about sharing contact. I got a request to share and didn't know how to do it. Finally, I just took a picture of my business card and sent it to him in the messenger.