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TargetX Events and Appointment Scheduler

Sample Training Objectives

Event Management

  • Explain the difference between Org Events and Contact Schedule Items
  • Create a new event
    • Institution-Specific/Event-specific nuances (payments, waiting lists, etc)
  • Describe how to manage registrations for an event
    • Registration, Check-in, Cancellation, Updating guest count/custom questions

Appointment Scheduler

  • Describe the student-facing experience in Appointment Scheduler
  • Create new appointment availability
    • Including exceptions, locations, reasons
  • Explain how to manage registrations for an appointment
    • Attended vs. Canceled

Training Outline Example

Approximately 2 hours

Event Management (60 minutes)

  • Registrant Experience
    • Public Events Site
    • Registration, Confirmation
    • Cancellation
    • App Dashboard/Portal Review (if using)
  • Events in the CRM
    • Terminology
    • Data Architecture
  • Event Lifecycle
    • Event Planning and Creation (incl. exercises)
    • Registering Contacts for Events
    • Checking in your Registrants

Appointment Scheduler (60 minutes)

  • Registrant Experience
    • How students register
    • Registration, Confirmation
    • Cancellation
  • Staff Experience
    • Setting your Profile
    • Specifying Availability
      • Optional: Calendar Integration
    • Managing Appointments (incl. exercises)
      • Registration
      • Cancellation
      • Notifications

Training Activity Examples

Event Management

  • Create a list of events:
    • Happening this week, last week, and next week
    • All events of a specific type, category or with a specific keyword
  • Event Preferences Jeopardy
  • Event Creation Exercise
    • Provide specs, users create events based on specs
  • Role Playing:
    • Pretend to be a student and register or check-in using a QR code
    • Student calls and asks you to register them for the event
    • On event day someone shows up with double their stated guests. What do you do?
    • On event day there is a walk-in. How do you handle them?

Appointment Scheduler

  • Create your profile and set your availability and minimum lead time
  • Role Playing:
    • Pretend to be a student and create an appointment with yourself in the next 5 minutes
  • Start and include notes for the meeting

Supplemental Materials

Contains reference material from Pathways in addition to supplemental resources designed to assist in creating and delivering your events training.

End-User Training PowerPoint Template 

 

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