We need to track the number of RSVP vs. non-RSVP invitees as well as the Registrations vs. Non Registrations.
Currently, "Registered", "Not Registered", and "N/A" don't allow us to differentiate between an RSVP of "I am not going to attend" vs. "I am planning to attend but need to be reminded to finish registering". There are also participants who are actually Not Applicable for registration but are not a "Not going to attend" RSVP (NetCommunity does this - Jennifer registers as Jen, she's both Do Not Register and a Registered Guest of herself). I'm sure there are more examples of how Registration and RSVP/Response are very different stages in Event participation and which we report on to the Event committees, but these are the first 3 that come to mind.
RSVP status in NXT should come from Response in Database view
Today, we shipped a release that expands the registration status field into an RSVP status field to allow you to define a participant's RSVP status and whether they're attending declined, interested, cancelled or waitlisted. Check out this blog post (https://community.blackbaud.com/blogs/13/7068) for more information on our solution to this problem, and be sure to check out today's What's New for all of the documentation around this change!
Samantha McGuin
Principal Product Manager
In response to your feedback, we've been designing a change that will allow you to more accurately track whether a participant plans to attend an event. We expect to release this feature to you later this summer, but before we start on the final phase of the work we'd like your feedback on one of the details. Please take this quick 3 minute survey to help us finalize some decisions on labels! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfcn-_yklZ8UchOdjm_McI0-CuBEu5A9U3vou809xGPDFbjrQ/viewform
Thanks,
Samantha McGuin
Principal Product Manager
Hi everyone! I just wanted to give a quick update on this Idea (and all of the corresponding ones that we've linked to it.) We are currently in development for expanding the existing Registration statuses (which will be renamed Participant status) to include responses including Interested, Declines, Waitlisted and Cancelled. We expect to release this later this summer. Here's a sneak peek of some corresponding redesign of the participant tile on the Event page:
I'll post again when we're closer to release!
Samantha McGuin
Principal Product Manager
Hello! We have some preliminary designs for a first class "RSVP status" field and accompanying backoffice functionality that I'd love to run by some of you! If you'd like to join a 30 minute call to review these designs the week of October 28th, please email me at samantha.mcguin@blackbaud.com and we'll get you setup with a time.
Thanks!
Samantha McGuin
Principal Product Manager, Events