Platform / Push notifications
The right message, at the moment it matters
Instant or scheduled, targeted by attendee category: notifications give the event its rhythm instead of drowning it.
Announcement feed
NOW
The opening quiz is starting in the plenary
9:50
Room change: plenary → Horizon
SCHEDULED · 12:15
Lunch is served on the patio
What the module can do
Instant delivery
Last-minute change: the message goes out and lands on attendees’ phones.
Scheduled delivery
Write the messages the day before, pick the date and time, then forget about them.
Category targeting
Only the attendees concerned get the announcement: one team, the speakers, the VIPs.
Readable history
Every attendee can catch up on past announcements, even when they arrive late.
Your own title and copy
No imposed template: you write exactly what the room should read.
Mobile and webapp
Pushed to the mobile app, with the history available in the webapp.
Event push notifications, explained
What is an event push notification?
It is a short message sent straight to attendees' phones during the event. In WeChain it announces a session opening, a room change or the start of a quiz. Unlike an email it arrives within seconds and can be read without leaving the room.
When should you send a notification during an event?
At the moments where the information changes something: a delay, a moved room, a highlight starting. Two to five notifications a day is usually enough. Beyond that, attendees turn the module off, and it stops working for the announcements that matter.
Can you alert only some attendees?
Yes. Notifications can be targeted by group — a subsidiary, a workshop, the speakers — or sent to the whole event. They can also be scheduled in advance, so the day is prepared the night before and runs itself.
Do attendees need the app installed to receive notifications?
On the web app, messages appear on opening and in the event feed. Notifications pushed outside the app require the native version. It is one of the criteria that decides between the two, and we discuss it before you choose.
Can you tell whether a notification was read?
Yes. Open rates appear in the engagement statistics, message by message. That is useful less for monitoring than for calibration: two well-read announcements beat eight ignored ones, and the figures settle the question quickly.
What if an attendee turns notifications off?
They still see the messages in the event feed, simply without an alert on screen. So nothing essential should rest on a notification alone: a room change belongs in the programme too, which everyone consults.
It plays as a team
The notification is what triggers the other platform modules.
Send your first notification from the sandbox
A demo event is waiting: write an announcement and watch it appear.