IoF introduces mobile app for National Convention
Howard Lake | 2 July 2014 | News
The Institute of Fundraising has produced a mobile app for delegates at this month’s National Convention in London.
Designed by event mobile app specialists CrowdCompass, the app offers detailed information and networking tools for the delegates. This is the first time that the Institute has offered an app for an event that it runs.
Content from IoF’s first National Convention app
Functions available include:
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- Detailed schedule of events and sessions at the three day event
- Facility to build and personalise your own schedule
- Full delegate list
- Speaker profiles
- Interactive maps of the venue (essential given the scale of the venue)
- Map of the expo and exhibitors
- Details of the Proud to be a Fundraiser campaign
- Facility to take notes
- Feedback on each session to the IoF
- Link to Twitter feed for #iofnc hashtag
- Sign up for news updates from IoF
- Details of IoF members’ benefits
- List of IoF Groups and Events
- IoF Academy courses
- IoF Code of Practice
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The app also offers an array of social login options (using LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook or Google) which make it easier for delegates to login but which could also help the Institute learn even more about its’ delegates interests.
Some of the content is native to the app while some sections simply link to the relevant content on the Institute’s website, which is not currently optimised for mobile devices.
If you are not attending the National Convention you can still access a web version of the app.
The free app is available for iPhone, iPad and Android.
Once signed up, there is the potential for the Institute of Fundraising to extend the app to cover other events and conferences.
The Institute has previously published an app to help calculate tax-effective giving.
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He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.