Conference Site Users: Goals and Interactions

• Pre-conference
  • Add/remove pages
  • Edit page content
• Peri-conference
  • Add/remove pages
  • Edit page content
• Post-conference
  • Add/remove pages
  • Edit page content

• Pre-conference
  • Submit Conference proposals
  • View status of proposal
  • Find info on time/location of event
• Peri-conference
  • Update event/session information
• Post-conference
  • Add links, slides, content

• Pre-conference
  • Sign up
  • Schedule shifts
  • Find out more about duties/tasks to be completed
• Peri-conference
  • Coordinate with organizers
  • Find contact info for organizers/other volunteers
• Post-conference

• Pre-conference
  • Complete all registration procedures
    • Register for conference
    • Register for pre-conference workshops/events
  • Prepare travel arrangements
    • Find recommended and/or nearby hotels
    • Estimate food costs (conference provided?) and/or nearby restaurants (low-mid-high)
• Peri-conference
  • Navigate Conference center
    • Request help via website (optional)
    • Online map
  • Social media
    • Find twitter handle to live tweet
    • View twitter stream
  • View schedule (optimize for mobile devices)
    • By track/event type
    • Log in and save to personal itinerary (optional)
  • Social/Extra Events
    • Find listings
    • Propose/add an event
      • Add/edit event info
    • Sign up
• Post-conference
  • Provide Feedback
    • ...about individual sessions
    • ...about conference (facilities, overall opinion, etc)

• Pre-conference
  • Decide which sessions to attend remotely
    • Review all sessions (titles, abstracts, speakers)
    • Instructions to download software/plugins (if needed)
  • Notifications
    • Option 1: Add wanted sessions to personal calendar (opt-in notification)
    • Option 2: push notifications via email (requires user to register for specific sessions)
• Peri-conference
  • View schedule (optimize for mobile devices)
    • By track/event type
    • Log in and save to personal itinerary (optional)
  • View session remotely
    • Instructions to download software/plugins (if needed)
    • Links to remote sessions
  • Social media
    • Find twitter handle to live tweet
    • View twitter stream
• Post-conference
  • Provide Feedback
    • ...about individual sessions
    • ...about remote experience

• Pre-conference

 * Evaluate the ROI for sponsorship:
   * who is the audience? 
   * who are/have the speakers been?
   * what are the goals, uniqueness, and the overall vibe of the conference?
 * Determine appropriate level of sponsorship for me or my org.
 * Make a pledge or a contribution online
   * Make a general contribution
   * Make a directed contribution
 * Contact someone with further questions or to make a larger contribution
 * Submit my logo/blurb for inclusion on site/materials
 

• Peri-conference

 * Appropriate visibility on site 
 * Appreciation expressed

• Post-conference

 * Provide Feedback
   * ... about what we could do better
   * ... about new business generated through conference