Glossary · Engagement and media

What is “I-Am-Attending poster”?

An I-Am-Attending poster is a personalised, shareable graphic generated in the app that announces a participant's attendance, turning registrants into promoters before the occasion.

Also called: attending poster, share-your-attendance poster

I-Am-Attending poster in detail

Attendance posters borrow a LinkedIn habit and give organisers free reach. After registering, a participant can generate a graphic bearing their name, photo and the occasion's branding, ready to post on social platforms or WhatsApp. For exhibitions and fraternity meets, where visitors and exhibitors want to be seen, it has an obvious appeal: each poster is a small advertisement placed by someone the audience trusts. Sociana's version is generated inside the app from the member's profile, so no design tool is needed. Design choices are the template, the profile fields shown and whether a photo is required. Organisers should supply a hashtag and a suggested caption, and measure shares by monitoring tagged posts, though platform visibility is limited. Remember consent: a poster publicises a person's attendance, so the participant should choose to create and share it. It complements the social wall and public post links by giving the pre-event period some social energy as well.

How Sociana uses it

The poster generator is part of the identity and entry cluster, using profile data and the occasion's look. Sharing is the participant's choice.

Example

A wedding-industry fraternity meet let delegates generate attendance posters before the event.

Questions

What does the poster show?

The participant's name, optionally photo and the occasion branding, as a graphic ready to share on social platforms or WhatsApp. An I-Am-Attending poster is a personalised, shareable graphic generated in the app that announces a participant's attendance, turning registrants into promoters before the occasion.

Does the participant have to share it?

No. Creating and sharing is the participant's choice, since the poster publicises their attendance. Remember consent: a poster publicises a person's attendance, so the participant should choose to create and share it. Attendance posters borrow a LinkedIn habit and give organisers free reach.

How can organisers use it?

Supply a hashtag and suggested caption, and watch tagged posts to see pre-event reach. Organisers should supply a hashtag and a suggested caption, and measure shares by monitoring tagged posts, though platform visibility is limited. It complements the social wall and public post links by giving the pre-event period some social energy as well.

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