Attendee engagement
From live session interactions to AI-powered networking and gamified experiences, give attendees more reasons to participate and more ways to connect with Zoho Backstage.
Before your event goes live, decide who can network, what earns points, and which sessions attendees can access. The result is a personalized experience that feels relevant to every attendee.
Keep attendees in the room mentally, not just physically. Speakers can run polls, take questions, and project materials live while attendees follow along, download what they need, and revisit recordings afterwards.
Give every attendee a directory of who's there, a way to request meetings, and a direct line to message anyone. So attendees can build new relationships, not just strengthen existing ones.
Most attendees stick to sessions and skip everything else. Gamify and reward the interactions—from session check-ins to exhibitor visits to networking meetings—so attendees experience all of your events.
Get a fully branded mobile app that covers everything—sessions, networking, gamification, and personal agendas—and looks like it came straight from your team.
You shouldn't be guessing which sessions landed and which didn't. Track every interaction across your event so you can prove what worked and plan a better event next time.
Attendees had been asking us for years to be able to browse sessions, add them to their calendar, and set up meetings. With Backstage, people were coming in saying they already had six or eight meetings lined up. The feedback on that was fantastic.
The most memorable events are the ones attendees actively participate in. Zoho Backstage helps create experiences they'll remember long after it ends.
From registration and ticketing to agenda building and exhibitor management, see how you can run your entire event from one place.
Multi-tier pricing, online payments, and registration approval flows—all from one place.
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Build and publish a professional event website without code. Customize, update, and go live in minutes.
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A fully branded attendee app for agendas, networking, push notifications, and gamification.
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QR-based check-in with onsite badge printing. Fast entry, no queues, and full attendee visibility.
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Live polls, Q&A, session feedback, slide reactions, and post-session analytics—all from the mobile app.
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Digital booths, lead capture (Hot/Warm/Cold), and exhibitor analytics that prove ROI to sponsors.
Learn moreYes, whether your attendees are in the room, joining remotely, or a mix of both, they can participate in session polls, submit questions, chat with other attendees, and earn gamification points through the same platform. Plus, actions completed on the event website and mobile app both count, so no attendee is at a disadvantage based on how they join.
Attendees can interact through live polls, Q&A, session chat, emoji reactions, and downloadable handouts. You can launch polls in real time, display results instantly, and review a full engagement summary after the session covering attendance, poll participation, and questions asked. No third-party integration required.
Zoho Backstage uses AI-powered matchmaking to recommend attendees based on shared interests selected during profile setup. From there, attendees can browse a searchable directory, send direct messages, or request a 1:1 meeting from the other person's available time slots. You decide which participant types can access networking, so you stay in control of who connects with whom.
Yes, attendees can make their profile public or private, and turn direct messaging and meeting requests on or off at any time. This opt-in model means every connection is intentional, which typically leads to higher quality interactions for the people who choose to engage.
Each session has a summary dashboard showing total attendees, polls launched, and questions submitted. You can also view a per-attendee breakdown of engaged time and poll participation, and export it for reporting. For gamification, the leaderboard export includes each participant's rank, name, email, and total points earned.
Yes, polls, Q&A, and session chat can each be enabled or disabled independently per session. For networking, you can restrict access to specific participant types or ticket categories. Gamification challenges can also be toggled individually, so you only incentivize the behaviors that align with your event goals.
