SmartSimple Blog

"How does that feature apply to the work I do?” “Can it be applied to the industry I work in?" We get asked these questions pretty often. The vast functionality of the platform is great, but at times we hear from the SmartSimple community they need help figuring out how to use all that functionality effectively

Guest blog written by Jesper Johannesson, Economist for SmartSimple partner, DAMVAD.

The November 2019 SmartSimple upgrade contains several exciting enhancements. We have made a number of platform changes to improve the user experience of your system. A full upgrade summary of all features and enhancements can be found on our Wiki, or by attending our Upgrade webinars.

For our biggest event of the year, we traveled to sunny San Diego, CA to host our annual Elevate conference. It was an incredible 3-day celebration of the amazing work being done in our global community along with opportunities to learn, connect, and evolve with so many great minds in one room. From October 23 - 25 at the amazing Omni San Diego Hotel, attendees from around the world came together and engaged at Elevate 2019.

There are many moving and complex facets in running an event, often all happen in tandem. Using SmartSimple tools, Kim Thao from Bader Philanthropy and Annie Brinkman from the Spencer Foundation managed to streamline their entire event management process in one centralized system, keeping everyone on the same page, from the finance department to the caterers. Both Annie and Kim presented their event management systems at ELEVATE San Diego. Here’s how...