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Does your department or office sponsor
fee-based conferences, workshops, or seminars
to the public
for which advance registration is required?
Would you like enhanced professionalism and
streamlined
processing in your management of events?
Do you wish to offer online registration and payment to
participants?
NKU Connect provides university sponsors of public events and
activities the advantage of a range of support services for
revenue-generating events to save your department resources and
increase the professionalism of your event.
ADVANTAGES - NKU Connect Center
provides the following services:
Internet Registration
Streamline your registration process with our secure online system.
Participants register and pay online. Registrants immediately receive an
email acknowledging their registration, followed shortly
thereafter by an e-mail confirmation of the processed
registration.
Online Payment Processing
Our system accepts payment via credit card during the online
registration. With SSL encryption your attendees need not worry
about the security of their credit card accounts.
Customer Service
Participants contacting NKU Connect by phone, email or in
person, Monday through Friday, 8:15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., reach a
live person for assistance with questions and to register.
Registrants may also visit NKU Connections online anytime for
event detail and to register.
Budgeting
Strict financial oversight is maintained by reconciling event
revenue and expenditures, with a performance report prepared
upon completion of the event. Monetary close-out includes
invoicing and collections, with monies deposited to department
accounts through the bursar’s office.
Registration Database
Registrations for attendees, guests, speakers and staff are
processed via phone, internet or mail with receipts and
acknowledgements issued to attending participants without delay.
Regular reports provide an accurate account of registration,
class count, cancellations, outstanding invoices, etc.
Promotions
Promote your event to over 35,000 individuals through NKU
Connections, the university’s tri-annual publication of
events open to the public. The university's online schedule of public
events, nkuconnections.nku.edu,
is updated daily to provide an up-to-the-minute listing of the
university’s public programs.
The monthly NKU Connections E-Newsletter Update is available via
e-mail by subscription. A special NKU Connections Educators
Edition is also electronically published to northern Kentucky
and Greater Cincinnati educators three times annually.
Program Evaluationn
NKU Connect administers online questionnaires to participants
and provides program sponsors with online access to the evaluation reports.
Measurement of Promotional Effectiveness
Reports provide an accurate account of the effectiveness of
targeted mailings. Program organizers can track registrants by
promotional code and create more targeted mailings by analyzing
the rate of return broken down by state or zip. Reports show the
registration fees resulting from an individual or series of
mailings and the number of registrations compared to the number
of materials distributed. Measurements allow department sponsors
to see the return on their investment for each dollar spent on a
particular type of promotion.
Registration Table
For events with same-day registration, NKU Connect staff will
ensure that registration procedures on the day of the event run
smoothly. A 6'x2' registration banner with NKU logo is
available.
Event Materials
We provide registration lists, sign-in sheets and name badges.
Co-Sponsorship
With revenue sharing co-sponsorship of an event we handle
instructor recruitment and compensation, as well as manage event
preparation and start-up to include the purchasing of texts and
materials, reproduction of materials and manuals and setup of
venue.
Support Services Fee
The NKU Connect Service Center provides NKU departments with
multi-level support for department sponsored events. The support
services fee is based on the level of service required for a
particular event.
Community Connections
Founders Hall 305A
Nunn Drive
Highland Heights, KY 41099
859.572.5600 (phone)
859.572-5174 (fax)
connect@nku.edu
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