http://www.ivvy.com/ ivvy.com Blog en 03/09/2010 12:00:00 AM http://www.ivvy.com/blog/ivvy-event-software-workshop--new-zealand http://www.ivvy.com/blog/ivvy-event-software-workshop--new-zealand Join Lauren Hall, CEO and Founder of iVvy Pty Ltd in Auckland, New Zealand on 28th May.  Lauren will be hosting what is sure to be an intensive work shop on all your technical requirements for events.  The workshop will cover all your needs for setting up and managing online events including: Everything you should know when moving to cloud technology platforms Manage all type of events, including features on accommodation, travel, and abstracts Live demonstrations - registration sites, marketing tools and scanning apps Updates on new features;... Tue, 14 May 2013 17:00:00 +1000 http://www.ivvy.com/blog/changes-to-invoices-and-billing http://www.ivvy.com/blog/changes-to-invoices-and-billing We are very excited to announce some significant changes to the Billing and Invoicing functions within the iVvy Event Management Software. Currently invoices with applied payments can be edited and cancelled. This introduces challenges with reconciliations and when viewing reports that are summarized off registrations and not invoices. The development team has been working hard on overhauling this area to bring it more into line with accounting principles, enabling easy reconciliations and integration with your accounting system. The result of these changes mean: The... Sun, 05 May 2013 09:00:00 +1000 http://www.ivvy.com/blog/welcome-to-jesse-james- http://www.ivvy.com/blog/welcome-to-jesse-james- Jesse James Greig arrived this week.  4.49 kgs, 55cms long!  Congratulations to James, iVvy's Chief Technical Officer and Co-Founder and his wife Kim.      Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:00:00 +1000 http://www.ivvy.com/blog/hot-new-features-launched---delegate-app http://www.ivvy.com/blog/hot-new-features-launched---delegate-app Leading the way with an integrated event platform, iVvy's new Event Application will enhance your event attendance and participation. With conference apps becoming essential in audience engagement, iVvy has designed native application software, built for both Android and Apple, that synchronises through cloud technology to iVvy's registration and event management software. " We want to continue to expand our affordable, end-to-end management software, providing valuable tools all in one place to benefit our clients," said CEO and Founder Lauren Hall. ... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:00:00 +1000 http://www.ivvy.com/blog/-10-000-worth-of-ivvy-incentives-at-aime-2013 http://www.ivvy.com/blog/-10-000-worth-of-ivvy-incentives-at-aime-2013 If you are heading to AIME 2013 in Melbourne next week, get in early and don't miss out on valuable gift vouchers for new iVvy software users! Yes, iVvy CEO, Lauren Hall, is in a generous mood and is giving away dozens of valuable gift vouchers to the total value of $10,000.  We expect our incentive plan for AIME visitors to meet the iVvy team at Booth 2138 will attract the early birds on day one, so as vouchers are limited, come early! AIME or the Asia-Pacific Incentives and Meetings Expo will be held at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre on 26 - 27 February.  It is... Tue, 19 Feb 2013 18:21:00 +1000 http://www.ivvy.com/blog/ivvy-expands-across-two-more-continents http://www.ivvy.com/blog/ivvy-expands-across-two-more-continents The iVvy team continues to grow and is expanding to South Africa and the Philippines.  Lauren Hall, CEO and Co-Founder, is thrilled to announce the launch in her hometown of Johannesburg as well as announcing the exclusive agreement between iVvy and the Philippines event company, Skills & Ideas. The iVvy South African office opened on 5 January 2013, and is lead by Sales and Marketing Manager (and Lauren's sister), Jacqueline Aubery.  Jacqui is already working with a number of clients and preparing feverishly for her first iVvy promotion at Meetings Africa... Tue, 05 Feb 2013 15:47:00 +1000 http://www.ivvy.com/blog/exhibitor-portal-released http://www.ivvy.com/blog/exhibitor-portal-released Straight back into the new year and iVvy has released an exciting new feature for exhibitions; an Exhibitor portal. Exhibitors can now login and edit their company information (including the image) that appears on the website. This is providing the option in the advanced settings "Exhibitor Portal" is set to yes. Categories can now be created for exhibitors so that they can be searched for by category on the front end by delegates. (Categories are allocated back end and re log in only) Questionnaires can also be created for exhibitors to fill in. Exhibitors can be... Wed, 23 Jan 2013 10:04:00 +1000 http://www.ivvy.com/blog/ivvy-co-founder-wins-30under30-award http://www.ivvy.com/blog/ivvy-co-founder-wins-30under30-award James Greig, Chief Technology Officer at iVvy, has an air of maturity about him that far surpasses his youth. So it’s no surprise to people who know him that he’s quite capable of winning the Anthill 30under30 Award for outstanding young Australian entrepreneur. However, it may come as a surprise to those who don’t yet know him that he is in fact so young to have achieved so much. “It is such an honour to win this award, but I can’t take all the credit myself,” says Greig, “because I consider my business achievements to be a team effort... Thu, 15 Nov 2012 12:47:00 +1000 http://www.ivvy.com/blog/ivvy-fastracks-survey-tool http://www.ivvy.com/blog/ivvy-fastracks-survey-tool iVvy has launched Surveys, which is provided free for a short time to all existing clients. It’s a fantastic tool for collecting data from exhibitors and/or clients at an event. Clients will be able to build surveys with iVvy’s easy-to-use drag and drop editor. It only takes minutes to create and publish online surveys and the results can be seen in real time. You can create logic that will skip questions or pages based upon the answers given to the previous question - and then validate the responses. Surveys allows you to view results individually or in an aggregated... Thu, 08 Nov 2012 14:38:00 +1000 http://www.ivvy.com/blog/ivvy-certifies-victoria-university-students http://www.ivvy.com/blog/ivvy-certifies-victoria-university-students iVvy has proven its dedication to the future by fostering students at the School of International Business at Victoria University. The school actively develops industry partnerships in order to benefit the students as these links help provide teaching materials, which in turn enhance both current studies and future vocational pursuits. “I believe education to be paramount to developing technologies for the future, as further innovation is in the hands of today’s students,” says Lauren Hall, CEO of iVvy. In a release launched last week, the certificate... Thu, 27 Sep 2012 11:25:00 +1000 http://www.ivvy.com/blog/ivvy-headlines-at-tech23 http://www.ivvy.com/blog/ivvy-headlines-at-tech23 iVvy is pleased to announce that it has been selected as one of the 23 finalists at Tech23 2012 to be held on October 23rd in Sydney. iVvy will showcase its cloud technology before panels made up of Australia’s leading ICT industry figures, entrepreneurs and investors. Tech23 brings together 23 brilliant new business founders for one day to showcase their innovative technologies before a panel of industry leaders. Sponsored by the NSW Government, $100,000 worth of cash prizes will be given out to selected candidates for their new technologies. Having made the cut,... Thu, 27 Sep 2012 11:12:00 +1000 http://www.ivvy.com/blog/foggy-thinking-cleared-on-cloud-technology http://www.ivvy.com/blog/foggy-thinking-cleared-on-cloud-technology Like all things in life, change happens -- and there’s nothing anyone can do to stop it. In particular, technology has the capacity to radically change the way you do business, such as Personal Computers did in the 1980s and the Internet did to the 1990s, and the cloud is sizing up to be the latest big contender in the IT revolution. According to recent comments made by Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, he’s “worried about everything going on the cloud” and suggests that it will be “horrendous” and bodes “a lot of problems”. People... Tue, 04 Sep 2012 12:50:00 +1000 http://www.ivvy.com/blog/congratulations-to-the-ivvy-prize-winner http://www.ivvy.com/blog/congratulations-to-the-ivvy-prize-winner Congratulations to the winner of the Sydney’s Event Showcase RSVP12 show prize! Jocie Evison, Head of Events at The University of Sydney, has won 12 months free access to iVvy, allowing her to use cutting edge events management software.   If you missed iVvy at RSVP12 and want to join the many businesses converting to the iVvy system, phone 1300 004 889, contact us for an online demo or register for a free 14-day trial. Mon, 20 Aug 2012 15:28:00 +1000 http://www.ivvy.com/blog/success-at-rsvp12 http://www.ivvy.com/blog/success-at-rsvp12 Thank you to all of you who visited iVvy at Sydney’s Event Showcase RSVP12 and Australian Business Events Expo (ABEE) last week. The expo was a successful launching platform for many of iVvy’s new products as well as a great chance for potential users to familiarise themselves with the software. The iVvy team had fun meeting so many new clients and was thrilled with the continued support shown for its product range. iVvy received some amazing feedback on its events management package as well as positive interest in the new iVvy Lite, which is a simpler version of the... Mon, 20 Aug 2012 14:28:00 +1000 http://www.ivvy.com/blog/meet-us-at-rsvp http://www.ivvy.com/blog/meet-us-at-rsvp iVvy is excited to be guest-starring at this year’s Sydney Event Showcase RSVP12, joining a plethora of event industry specialists under one roof to discuss and promote every aspect of corporate functions and special events. RSVP12 provides the perfect platform to meet directly with its audience and is a great opportunity for iVvy to launch a range of new products for event organisers - taking another step towards streamlining your event. Be the first to see iVvy’s new: iPhone App scanner for event organisers Commercial Barcode Scanners to streamline... Tue, 14 Aug 2012 09:01:00 +1000 http://www.ivvy.com/blog/user-access-policies-released http://www.ivvy.com/blog/user-access-policies-released iVvy has launched a User Access Policies feature that is designed to take the headache out of individual user management. You can now specify; Which events a user can see; The functionality they have access to within the event account; and Limit access to data within an account (such as contacts). For example, you can give your accounts department access only to the billing features (budgets, billing, invoices, reporting), and they simply cannot see the other features built into the event website. Or you can provide a client with access specifically to the... Thu, 26 Jul 2012 15:02:00 +1000 http://www.ivvy.com/blog/ivvy-wins-again http://www.ivvy.com/blog/ivvy-wins-again Wow, it’s all happening here at iVvy this year! Yesterday afternoon we attended the awards presentation for the May round of the 2012 Gold Coast Business Excellence Awards and won the Knowledge Management & IT category. This means that, in November, we’ll compete against five other businesses in the same category for the overall prize. We’ve been a long term follower of the awards and every year we are always impressed with the fantastic quality of businesses that emerge from the Gold Coast. To be considered one of these businesses is a huge honour for us.... Thu, 31 May 2012 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.ivvy.com/blog/ivvy-launches-iphone-barcode-scanning-app-for-events-management http://www.ivvy.com/blog/ivvy-launches-iphone-barcode-scanning-app-for-events-management Imagine being able to carry your event around in your hand? Well, we’ve just released an app that allows you to do precisely this! We already give you access to your iVvy account using your smartphone or tablet, but this new iPhone app makes managing your ticketing even easier. It essentially converts your iPhone into a mobile ticketing booth, allowing you to scan the barcode on your attendees’ printed tickets and give them access to your event and any additional ticketed sessions. Furthermore, when scanned, the ticket holder’s profile appears on your phone... Thu, 31 May 2012 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.ivvy.com/blog/ivvy-receives-gitc-accreditation http://www.ivvy.com/blog/ivvy-receives-gitc-accreditation Exciting news! This week our application for the Government Information Technology Contracting Framework (GITC) was approved, which means we are now able to supply the Queensland Government with all the wonderful event and membership management products that you’ve already been enjoying. The task of getting GITC accredited is a long and difficult one, but our success is proof that iVvy has what it takes to be the best! Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.ivvy.com/blog/introducing-the-ivvy-membership-manager- http://www.ivvy.com/blog/introducing-the-ivvy-membership-manager- We’ve got some great news to share with you all: the iVvy Membership Manager is here and we are absolutely positive that you are going to love it! Why? Well, for starters, the entire membership management process will happen all in the one place. This includes the initial sign-up, payment, membership approval, members newsletters, membership renewal reminders and even your reporting. Furthermore, the tool fully integrates with your iVvy Event Management system allowing you to manage your events and memberships all in the one place. Let’s take a closer look at how... Wed, 14 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.ivvy.com/blog/did-you-love-aime-2012-as-much-as-we-did- http://www.ivvy.com/blog/did-you-love-aime-2012-as-much-as-we-did- This year’s AIME was everything we hoped it would be. It was a huge success for us and we’d like to again thank everyone who came and visited us at our stand. For those that didn’t catch our earlier blog post, AIME is a yearly conference that attracts individuals and organisations in the events and meetings industry. People come from all over the Asia-Pacific region and use the event as a chance to keep up-to-date with happenings in the industry and meet new key personalities. iVvy was represented by four of our valued team members, Lauren, James, Melissa, and... Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.ivvy.com/blog/all-aboard-for-aime-2012- http://www.ivvy.com/blog/all-aboard-for-aime-2012- Last year the Asia-Pacific Incentives & Meetings Expo (AIME) in Melbourne was a blast. We had such a great time that we are participating in 2012 AIME, in fact next week! Just like last year we will be available at a stand (Stand 1900) so we can hopefully have the opportunity to meet you and introduce you to our software. But this year, we’ve also got something pretty special planned... The launch of our very new Membership Manager! The Membership Manager, like all iVvy components, will integrate seamlessly with the rest of the tools for a complete Event... Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.ivvy.com/blog/victoria-university-event-management-department-chooses-ivvy http://www.ivvy.com/blog/victoria-university-event-management-department-chooses-ivvy Are you a prospective Victoria University Event Management student? If so, you’ll be learning the iVvy system as part of your degree! Pretty cool, heh? iVvy and Victoria University have teamed up to provide Event Management students with an academic program that gives graduates industry accreditation for iVvy, improving their employment opportunities upon graduation. Martin Robertson, lecturer for Events Management at the University said, “We can clearly see that iVvy is quickly becoming one of the market leaders in the events and conferencing space, and as a result have... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.ivvy.com/blog/ivvy-makes-the-cover-of-cim-magazine http://www.ivvy.com/blog/ivvy-makes-the-cover-of-cim-magazine We were absolutely delighted when we received our copy of CIM Magazine today! Why? Well, it was bright pink and had a big white ‘V’ on it!  That’s right folks, iVvy made the front cover of CIM Magazine and we couldn’t be happier! Better still, we turned to page 10 to find our very special cover story on the benefits of cloud technology for Event Management. It’s always great to have publications like this recognise and support us in our quest to revolutionise the Event Management industry. If you’d like to learn more about CIM Magazine, visit... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.ivvy.com/blog/how-cloud-technology-will-revolutionise-events-and-membership-management http://www.ivvy.com/blog/how-cloud-technology-will-revolutionise-events-and-membership-management What is “Cloud Computing” and how will it revolutionise events and membership management? James Greig, Chief Technical Officer and software expert at iVvy, talks about this new method of software distribution and the benefits for associations using it. What is Cloud Computing? Well, in a nutshell, there is one major difference between traditional software and Cloud based software. Traditional software is stored on your computer’s hardrive or your server, whereas Cloud software is stored on the developer’s service and you gain access to the software via an... Mon, 03 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.ivvy.com/blog/ivvy-security-whitepaper http://www.ivvy.com/blog/ivvy-security-whitepaper There’s been a lot of talk lately about the inherent security of cloud computing, particularly in light of the June hacking of a large Australian web hosting firm. As a cloud computing services provider who relies on the integrity of our security system, we thought that now would be the perfect time to release our Security Whitepaper, which outlines the measures we take to ensure the security of our clients’ data. In the Whitepaper, you’ll find information on how we manage personnel and staff, measures we take to protect against hacking attacks, as well as how we protect... Wed, 20 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.ivvy.com/blog/ivvy---awarded-in-the-top-ten-of-australia-s-most-innovative-products http://www.ivvy.com/blog/ivvy---awarded-in-the-top-ten-of-australia-s-most-innovative-products That’s right folks! According to the 100 maven judges in Anthill’s SMART 100, iVvy is the seventh most innovative and commercially viable new company in Australia. For those that didn’t hear, the SMART 100 competition went live last month and was judged by trusted industry experts as well as all our friends and fans who helped make our success possible by tweeting, liking and commenting about us. It is with much gratitude that I thank everyone for their help, as well as our amazing programming team who have committed countless hours developing our application. So,... Fri, 03 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.ivvy.com/blog/vote-for-us-on-the-anthill-smart-100-list http://www.ivvy.com/blog/vote-for-us-on-the-anthill-smart-100-list For all you iVvy fans out there, you’ll be pleased to hear that we’ve entered into the Anthill SMART 100 list! This initiative by Anthill magazine recognises companies across Australia for their sense of innovation as well as their commercial viability based on a public voting system. This is where you come in. By simply visiting our SMART 100 listing and “tweeting”, “liking” or leaving a comment, you’ll help us achieve our goal of being listed in the Anthill SMART 100 Index alongside ninety-nine other groundbreaking, innovative Australian... Thu, 12 May 2011 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.ivvy.com/blog/ivvy-exhibits-at-aime http://www.ivvy.com/blog/ivvy-exhibits-at-aime AIME, or the Asia-Pacific Incentives & Meeting Expo, is heralded as the “must attend event for event organisers,” so of course our iVvy directors, Lauren Hall and James Greig were there with bells (and suits) on! The event was held in Melbourne on the 15th and 16th of February and was a wonderful event for everyone involved in the Event industry. The entire two days was a hive of activity with 850 exhibitors representating all aspects of the event industry, networking with each other and sharing ideas. The highlight of the event was definately catching up with some of our... Fri, 25 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.ivvy.com/blog/extra-security-measures-for-your-account http://www.ivvy.com/blog/extra-security-measures-for-your-account Here at iVvy, we understand that we look after some of your most valuable data, and it’s a responsibility that we take very seriously. In our latest updates, we added new security measures to protect your privacy and data with even more diligence. Restrict login to IP address Tell our system what IP addresses are safe or “whitelisted” for your account to increase your security measures. If someone tries to login to your account from an IP address not listed in the system, they will be refused entry. This option supports multiple IP addresses, so it’s ideal for... Mon, 20 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.ivvy.com/blog/launch-into-sms-marketing-today- http://www.ivvy.com/blog/launch-into-sms-marketing-today- New tools and functions are getting added to iVvy all the time, and this month we saw the launch of the new SMS Marketing tool for all our iVvy Professional and iVvy Enterprise users. This revolutionary tool is a fantastic addition to the event marketeer's arsenal. Messages can be sent to your contacts' phones within seconds, or scheduled to be sent a date and time in the future to coincide with an event’s session or website launch. The benefits of choosing SMS Marketing over conventional marketing techniques are far reaching. Many of us have access to our phones more often than we... Tue, 23 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.ivvy.com/blog/ivvy-introduces-its-pricing-plans-and-billing-system http://www.ivvy.com/blog/ivvy-introduces-its-pricing-plans-and-billing-system So, you’ve been trialling iVvy, you love it, and it’s time to jump on board and get yourself an iVvy account. But where do you start? Luckily, the team have made it easy for you to decide on the plan that’s right for you. There are three options for you to choose from: the entry level Starter plan, to the Professional plan, right up to the feature rich Enterprise plan. For the details of each of these plans, contact our Sales Team. For all the plans there are two main billing components that should be considered. The first is the monthly service fee, which is... Tue, 23 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.ivvy.com/blog/updates-to-two-of-ivvy-s-features http://www.ivvy.com/blog/updates-to-two-of-ivvy-s-features I never fail to be amazed by what our product development team are capable of here at iVvy, and the other day was no exception to the rule! The team have been working long and hard on improving the functionality and features of our tools, and their last two updates have been nothing short of outstanding. So, I'd like to take this moment to let you know about the updates and congratulate the team on their hard work. Abstracts The first update saw some very nice changes to the Abstract management tool. It's now easier than ever to manage abstracts for your event - simply fill out one quick... Mon, 01 Nov 2010 23:00:00 +1000 http://www.ivvy.com/blog/ivvy-exhibits-at-the-paice-expo-2010 http://www.ivvy.com/blog/ivvy-exhibits-at-the-paice-expo-2010  We love events here at iVvy - we love organising them, we love seeing you organise them, and we also love attending them - which is why we had such at great time as an exhibitor at the Pacific Areas Incentives & Conferences Expo this year! The PAICE Expo, held in Auckland, New Zealand on the 15th of September, was a great way for Australian and New Zealand based incentive and conference organisers to meet with each other and source suppliers for their business. There were representatives from a number of international hotels and resorts, cruise and tour companies, and tourism... Tue, 26 Oct 2010 23:00:00 +1000 http://www.ivvy.com/blog/ivvy-launches http://www.ivvy.com/blog/ivvy-launches ATTENTION frustrated Event organisers! The day you've been waiting for is here! The solution to all your software headaches, iVvy, has officially launched today. iVvy is an online event management platform designed to help conference and events organisers increase their efficiency and ROI by managing all aspects of an event in one place. Sounds quite simple, but nothing else like it exists in the events industry. iVvy features: Event and delegate management - it's the Swiss Army knife of events software, with tools to manage everything from speakers, sponsors, budgets and tasks, to... Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +1000