What's New—January 2022
Hello everyone, We spent January rolling out some new features and working on some improvements. In case you missed them, here are the latest updates from Backstage. Registration pre-approval You can now enable pre-approval for ticket registrations in
What's New—December 2021
Dear Backstage users, We have a few more updates for you as we head into the new year. Here are the latest updates for December. Virtual expo management, which was previously in Beta, is now live for all users who are in Enterprise and Ultimate plans.
What's New—November 2021
Hello everyone, This month we spent time continuing to improve the Backstage experience for you by adding some useful features. Here are the latest updates for November. Speakers can be notified from Backstage OnAir to join sessions or rehearsals.
What's New—October 2021
Hello Backstage users, Here are the latest updates for October. Access profiles of all attendees in your portal You can now view a visual representation, related statistics, and more for all attendees in the Attendee Profiles tab inside your Backstage
What's New—September 2021
Hello everyone, Here are the latest updates for the month of September. Cookie policy management Manage cookies with Backstage from the Design tab of the Microsite Builder. Place a cookie consent banner at the bottom of the event microsite. This will
What's New—August 2021
Hello everyone, Here are the latest updates we released in August. Event accessibility settings Events can now be made exclusive to a certain audience or made available to all. Set the event's accessibility to either private or public on the Event
What's New—July 2021
Hello everyone, Last week, we're celebrated our anniversary as we turned 3 on the 31st of July this year. Backstage has grown over these years and we've definitely come a long way from being a simple event management tool. We definitely couldn't have
What's New—June 2021
Hello everyone, Here are the latest updates for the month of June: During sessions, attendees can raise questions candidly by making their questions anonymous. This will make your sessions more interactive and open. We have revamped the settings and menus
What's New — May 2021
Hello everyone, This month we spent time continuing to improve the Backstage experience for you by adding some useful features. Here are the latest updates for the month of May: You can now upload handouts for your session audience. Handouts can be
What's new — April 2021
Hello everyone, We spent April working on a couple of under-the-hood improvements and squashing quite a few bugs in order to enhance our existing features for you. Here's a quick rundown of everything we've done this month. You can now modify your event's
What's new — March 2021
Hello everyone, This month we've worked on improving our existing features so that you can plan and conduct your events in a better and more cohesive way. Here is a quick rundown of all that's happened in March. Enhance any section in your microsite
What's New — February 2021
Hello everyone, This month, we focused on virtual events—more specifically Backstage OnAir, our in-house virtual events solution. We introduced new features, improved its user interface, and squashed quite a few bugs. The result? A smoother and more
What's New – December 2020
Hello everyone, Another year gone and what a year it’s been! These last several months have been rather trying for us—from shifting to remote work and online meetings to launching our very own virtual events solution, it’s been nothing short of hectic.
What's New — January 2021
Hello everyone, We're excited to announce the release of some features and a couple of enhancements for January. We hope it will help you plan your event without a hitch. Without further ado, let's get into the latest updates from Backstage. Say hello
What's New — November 2020
Hello everyone, This month, our existing features have undergone quite a few updates and enhancements, and we hope you can see the difference in how much better and more cohesive the overall Backstage experience is. Here we go with a quick rundown of
What's New – October 2020
Hello everyone, We’re in the final quarter of 2020, and the event world is starting to take a turn for the better. With more and more countries relaxing their lockdown restrictions, live events are finally back, albeit on a smaller scale. This month, Zoho
What's New – August 2020
Hello everyone, August has been a good month for us at Backstage. Like usual, we squashed some bugs, tinkered with the code to improve app performance, and introduced new features and enhancements. Here's a quick rundown of all that's happened this last month. Event cancellation made easy Event organizers make a lot of hard decisions, but nothing is as difficult as the one to cancel an event. At Backstage, we'd like to support you better with the process by making it a little easier. That's why we
What's New – September 2020
Hello everyone, We spent September working on a few of under-the-hood improvements and squashing some bugs along the way. We've also rolled out a new feature to make your event microsites more versatile. So here are the latest feature updates from Backstage. Page-level permissions and smart buttons that you can customize Increase the security and exclusivity of your event microsite by setting up visibility level permission for your pages. When you do this you can control who can access a specific
What's New – July 2020
Hello everyone, We're always working to improve the Backstage experience for you. In pursuit of that, we've recently rolled out features to help you effortlessly host online events, along with a few other updates as well. Here's everything that happened this month in a nutshell. Host online events with Backstage OnAir Create events that can be hosted virtually with Backstage OnAir and help your attendees stay engaged throughout the event. When creating an online event, simply select Backstage
What's New – June 2020
Hello everyone, This month we worked on making Backstage more adaptable for you and your event needs. We've come up with a few features and enhancements to help you organize smoother events. Here are the latest updates on Backstage. Customize roles based on your event team With every event having different tasks, clearly-defined member roles with distinctive permissions are needed. With Backstage, you can now customize existing member roles to create new roles. You can also set permissions for each
What's New – May 2020
Hello everyone, This month saw a lot of countries easing their pandemic-imposed lockdown rules. Communities everywhere are starting to open back up while maintaining strict restrictions on social interactions. And though it looks like virtual events are here to stay, event organizers are hoping to get back to live events by late Q3 or early Q4 of this year. A lot of them are also looking to hybrid events as a possible option for the future. At Backstage, we've been working on making event management
What's New – April 2020
Hello everyone, We're in month two of the quarantine and it looks like live experiences will be on hold for the next couple of months at the very least. For us at Backstage, it felt like the right time to refine our existing features and fine tune everything. This way, when you get back to hosting real-world events after the pandemic, the Backstage experience will be better than ever. Here's what happened at Backstage this month. Keep track of all visitor queries Your microsite visitors are
What's New - March 2020
Hello everyone, At Backstage, our purpose has always been to help event organizers plan and host their best events with minimal hassle. With the COVID-19 pandemic rapidly evolving and the world moving into uncertain times, our priority, like always, will be to have your back. In the last month, along with our current projects, we also worked on building features that we hope would make the current situation a little easier for you. Our goal is to offer you immediate solutions while continuing to
What's New – February 2020
Hello everyone, At Backstage, we believe it's the small things that make the big picture, and this month's been about just that. Our existing features have undergone quite a few updates and enhancements, and we hope you can see the difference in how much better and more cohesive the overall Backstage experience is. So here we go with a quick rundown of all that's happened this last month, Color code the tracks in your agenda by setting custom colors for them. This might be a good way for you to
What's New – January 2020
Hello everyone, We spent January working on a lot of under-the-hood improvements and squashing quite a few bugs. The result? Backstage runs a lot more smoothly now. And in the midst of all this, we also rolled out some new features that we're sure you'll like. So in case you missed them, these are the latest updates from Backstage. Domain authentication for better email delivery Do you know what disrupts event communication like nothing else? Having your emails sent to spam. This is why authenticating
What's New – December 2019
Hello everyone, Another year gone and what a year it was! This month, we worked long and we worked hard because, as you know, work happens a lot faster when it's the end of the year. There were gaps to fill, loose ends to tie, and projects to finish. We hope you're happy with the result. So here we go with the latest updates from Backstage. It's here — BadgeUp for event badges! If there's one event trend that's truly classic, it's probably the badge. It's a good conversation starter, makes
What's New – October and November 2019
Hello everyone, We're always working to improve the Backstage experience for you. And this time, we've rolled out some pretty amazing features and updates to make your event planning a little more effortless. Here's everything that's happened the past few months in a nutshell. Get specific answers with custom forms Maybe you want to find out a little more about your audience or get to know your sponsors a little better, and you've prepared a list of questions but don't know how to get it to them. That’s