Eventbrite and Accessibility

Eventbrite

Last week, when I wrote about moving our Refresh Detroit event registration from Meetup.com to Eventbrite, I explained the main reason was to create a more usable and accessible experience for our members.

I talked about how the Meetup.com design released in late 2017 resulted in a frustrating and less accessible experience for organizers as well as people registering for events.

As Refresh Detroit co-organizers, Nick DeNardis and I talked about event registration alternatives to Meetup.com and ultimately chose to use Eventbrite.

Why? Continue reading Eventbrite and Accessibility

Refresh Detroit: Creating a More Usable and Accessible Experience

Attendees at Accessibility Summit 2016

I’ve been a Meetup.com event organizer for around 10 years.

During that time, I’ve managed events for five meetup groups. I estimate I hosted 400+ events in the past decade with the Meetup.com platform.

When Meetup.com first came out, I was ecstatic to have a unified event management tool.

It was free, over time they started charging low fees. Which I didn’t mind, because it offered what I needed for managing meetup events. Continue reading Refresh Detroit: Creating a More Usable and Accessible Experience

Event Registration Alternatives to Meetup.com

Meetup announcement that pricing has changed for organizers and attendees.

With this week’s announcement that Meetup.com was changing its pricing policy, many meetup organizers are looking for alternatives to using Meetup.com for their event registration.

The news of the pricing change spread quickly among meetup organizers on Twitter.

While the decrease in cost to organizers at $24/year was welcomed, the $2.00 fee for attendees was not. Continue reading Event Registration Alternatives to Meetup.com