Good news—there's a lot to explore this month. These updates make it easier to keep participants in the loop, tailor their experience, take work off your plate, and see how your events are tracking.
Take a look at what's new.
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Guide participants through the right workflow
Choose how portal tasks are displayed—
Smart, Due Date, or Custom
with drag-and-drop ordering.Why it matters:
Participants always know what to do next, reducing confusion and helping tasks get completed faster.
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Let participants add sessions to their calendars
Enable Add to Calendar for sessions on a per-portal basis, customize invitation details from Program Settings, and include calendar links in emails using merge tags.
Why it matters:
Help participants save sessions in one click, reduce missed sessions, and improve attendance.
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Review related submissions together
Admins can now link related Awards submissions, such as multiple nominations for the same nominee. Reviewers evaluate only the primary submission while keeping any related submissions available for additional context. Interest Form submissions can also be linked or merged.
Why it matters:
Eliminate duplicate reviews, ensure each nominee is evaluated only once, and give reviewers the complete context they need to make confident decisions.
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Keep portals focused on active work
Declined and withdrawn sessions, abstracts, applications, and related tasks are automatically hidden.
Why it matters:
Participants see only what's relevant, creating a cleaner, more intuitive experience.
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Notify participants when submissions are updated
Admins can now notify portal users whenever visible fields on their submissions are updated. Notifications are grouped into a single email for changes made within 60 seconds.
Why it matters:
Keep participants informed of important updates without overwhelming their inboxes.---
Notify participants when submissions are updated
Admins can now notify portal users whenever visible fields on their submissions are updated. Notifications are grouped into a single email for changes made within 60 seconds.
Why it matters:
Keep participants informed of important updates without overwhelming their inboxes.
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Preview portals before participants see them
Preview any portal as an assigned contact, account, or submitter directly from Portal Settings.
Why it matters:
Validate personalized experiences, catch issues early, and publish with confidence.
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Personalize resource pages with merge tags
Resource pages now support Contact and Group merge tags, along with live previews before publishing.
Why it matters:
Deliver personalized content without maintaining multiple versions of the same page.
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Sort embeds to match your website
Order speaker and session embeds using standard or custom fields, instead of being limited to alphabetical order.
Why it matters:
Showcase your agenda and speakers exactly how you want visitors to experience them.---
Build embeds with a live preview
Create and edit embeds while seeing changes update in real time with a side-by-side preview.
Why it matters:
Publish faster and get your embeds right the first time.
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Measure event performance with confidence
Compare event performance across your organization. Benchmark submission pacing across events and monitor task completion across participants, groups, and sessions.
Why it matters:
Identify trends earlier, keep programs on track, and take action before submissions or tasks fall behind.
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Manage media and transcriptions through the API
New API endpoints and documentation make it easy to create, update, retrieve, and manage media and transcription data programmatically.
Why it matters:
Automate content workflows and eliminate manual uploads.---
Questions about anything you see here?
Our team is around whenever you need us—reach out anytime and we'll walk you through what's new.