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Event Setup: Attendee Types
Documentation on creating and using Attendee Types for event management, including setup, uses, and configuration options.
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General FAQ - Importing Registration Data
Guidance on creating registrations from existing data via external files or profile-based methods.
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Adding Questions to Agenda Items
Legacy feature enabling custom questions to be assigned to agenda items to support event policies such as ticketing.
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Profiles Area Options
Details about managing profiles and their relation to registrations in the Certain Help Center.
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Dynamic Emails Guide (PDF)
A PDF guide in the Certain Help Center that explains how to build dynamic email templates using Content Blocks and Display Rules, driven by registrati...
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Promo Codes – Quick Guide
A brief PDF guide describing how to set up Promo Codes for use in an event.
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Pending Roommates
Help article describing Pending Roommates in the event planning platform.
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Accommodations (Attendee)
Guide to managing attendee room reservations, sharing, confirmations, and room guarantees.
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Registrations FAQ - Updating a Group of Registrations
Mass actions enable bulk updates to registrations; the article explains updating a group of registrations and contrasts with editing each record indiv...
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Unmatched Roommates
Guide to matching unmatched roommates for room reservations in Certain's Help Center.
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Matched Roommates
Help article describing the Matched Roommates feature in the Certain platform, listing matched roommate pairs and related behaviors.
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Registrations FAQ
FAQ page listing questions about managing registrations in the Certain Help Center.
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Search For Registrations
Instructions to search registrations across events and accounts, including criteria, operators, wildcards, paging, and navigation.
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Forms FAQ - Linking Website to Forms
Instructions to link a Certain form from an external website by copying the form URL from the plan form preview.
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Forms FAQ - Creating Form Section Headers
Guidance on configuring Section Header fields for form sections, including Text Above Header, Header Text, and Text Below Header.
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Registration Groups – Quick Guide
An illustrated PDF guide to setting up and using Registration Groups in an event, including how to enable the Registration Groups sub-module and acces...
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Group Reports
Information about the Group Reports page in the Certain platform, including Group Summary Report, filtering, columns, and export options.
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Assign Groups
Learn how to assign a group to selected registrations in Certain's Help Center, including filtering and group selection.
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Custom Fields
Custom Fields for groups enable storing extra information about each group via the Groups > Group List page for the same event.
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Group List
Guide to creating and managing registrant groups for events, including assigning attendees and configuring related options.
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Custom HTML Section Details (Registration Form)
Instructions for adding and configuring Custom HTML sections within a registration form.
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Accommodations (Attendee Form)
Documentation for adding accommodations in the Attendee Form, including setup, entry, selection, and customization options.
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Confirmation (Attendee Form)
Instructions to configure the confirmation page for an attendee registration form, including email confirmations, itinerary, calendar additions, and s...
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Verify / Edit Info (Attendee Form)
Instructions for the Verify/Edit Info page of the attendee form, including features, labels, and section headings.
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Questions (Registration Form)
Instructions and options for using the Questions section in a registration form, including prerequisites, sections, verify and confirm, and backward c...
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Attendee Types (Attendee Form)
Documentation on configuring and displaying Attendee Types in the Attendee Form for event registrations.
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Create a Registration
The registration page contains attendee contact information and basic registration details, including Attendee Type and Status.
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Create a New Form
Guide to creating and configuring a new registration form within a Certain event.
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Forms List
Overview of the Forms List feature in the Certain Help Center, including how to use the list, configure form sections, and common tasks.
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Financials
Documentation of online and offline payment options, security settings, tax codes, and related financial configurations for events in Certain.
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Attendee Types
Guide to attendee types, their configuration, and related fees in an event.
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Supplier Detail Information
Help page detailing how to edit or add supplier information, including required fields and related hotel and venue details.
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Report Subtotals
Overview of subtotals in reports, including display formats, per-group counts, grand totals, and how to enable and configure subtotals.
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Digital Events Email Templates
Email template sent to new registrations for digital events; defaults created when the Digital Events module is enabled; editable; includes best pract...
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Event Session Status Summary Report
A summary of the numbers of attendees registered for each instance of the event's sessions.
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All Registrations By Status
The standard summary report All Registrations By Status shows complete and incomplete registrations grouped by status, with two pie charts and a repor...
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Registration Dashboard
Overview of the Registration Dashboard in the Event Dashboard, including access, header details, actions, and charts/tables.
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Create a New Profile, or Edit a Profile
Guidance to create or edit a profile, including required fields, contact data, addresses, and notes.
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E-commerce Account Details
Guidance for configuring e-commerce accounts, processors, currencies, and payment options in Certain.
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Custom Event Data
Details on Custom Event Data in Certain: access, usage, questions, and management per account.
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The Event Platform That Turns Engagement Into Revenue
Certain's enterprise-grade event management platform orchestrates attendee journeys, AI-powered personalization, and data-driven insights to drive ROI...
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Registration Groups in Certain
Guide to using the Registration Groups sub-module in Certain, including setup, usage, and reporting.
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Adding percentage based discounts to your Event
Guide on creating and applying percentage-based discounts to event registrations, including promo codes and logic-based discounts.
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Adding Existing Profiles to a New Event
Instructions to add existing Profiles to a new Event either by importing Registrations or by inviting Profiles.
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Countries Available in Certain
How Certain uses the ISO Country list to determine which countries are available in the Country drop-down and how to enable the Country field in regis...
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Settings: Custom Statuses
Guide to creating and managing custom registration statuses in Certain's event planning platform.
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Accommodations Guide
Overview of the Accommodation Module in Certain, including enabling, workflow, hotels, room types, blocks, sub-blocks, forms, roommates, and registrat...
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Missing Potential Duplicates under Registrations To Review
Guide on locating potential duplicate registrations when an event has many registrations, including using Excel for large data sets.
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Modifying Registration Details
Instructions to locate and modify a registration in Certain.
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Troubleshooting - Payment Info Saving but not Processing on Complete Registratio...
Step-by-step troubleshooting for payment processing on complete registrations in Certain's form-based payments.
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Troubleshooting - Unable to Change Event's E-Commerce Account
Troubleshooting steps for changing an event's E-Commerce account in Certain, including currency lock and restoring deleted accounts.
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Tips – Chargebacks, Adjustments, Test Payments, and Refunds
Guidelines for handling chargebacks, adjustments, test payments, and refunds within payments and transactions.
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E-Commerce Accounts - Errors Received Through Cybersource Payment Attempts
Overview of common Cybersource payment errors and steps to resolve them.
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Administrators - Enabling E-Commerce for Payment Processing
Information for administrators on how e-commerce works and how to configure within Certain.
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Managing Registrations - Cancellations and Refunds
Instructions to set up cancellation fees, cancel registrations and agenda items, and process refunds.
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Assigning Speaker Attendee Type Using Logic
Steps to auto-assign a Speaker Attendee Type to speakers via form logic in Plan.
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Attendee Type Waitlisting - How does it work?
Instructions for manual waitlisting: identify waitlisted attendees, set Reg status, configure rules, and notify waitlisted attendees via custom HTML.
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How to enable a Forgot Password Reset Link
Guide to enabling the Forgot Password reset link for Registration Forms on the Certain platform.
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How to set up Custom Registration Questions
Guide to creating and configuring custom registration questions for events, including question types and display options.
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General FAQ - Managing Registrations
Overview of how registrations and profiles are created and managed for events in Certain.
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General FAQ - Setting UP Online Forms
Overview of online registration forms and their sections for event registration.
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General FAQ - Setting Up Online Forms
Instructions for creating and using online registration forms, including form sections and setup details.
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General FAQ - Setting Up an Event
Comprehensive guide to setting up an event in Certain, including event details, attendee types, agenda items, and display settings.
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Reports FAQ - Collecting Multi-Event Data for Consolidation Reports
FAQ about collecting multi-event data for Consolidation Reports and using custom questions in Certain.
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Reports FAQ - All Registrations by Status Report
The All Registrations By Status report shows complete and incomplete registrations grouped by registration status for an event.
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Payments and Refunds Summary – Current Account
A summary of all payments and refunds for all of the events in the current account, grouped by the payment type and date processed.
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Payments and Refunds Summary – Including Sub-Accounts
A summary of all payments and refunds for all events in the current account and sub-accounts, grouped by payment type and date processed.
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Event Intelligence - Review the performance of multiple events
Overview of the Event Program Analysis dashboard within Certain's Event Intelligence, detailing how it tracks registrations, attendees, and cost metri...
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Event Intelligence - Review the performance of a single event
Guide to using the Performance Dashboard for a single event in Event Intelligence, including totals, demographics, and session data.
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Event Intelligence - Key Metrics
High-level Key Metrics dashboard for event performance across registrations, attendance, engagement, and ROI.
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Importing Registrations
Instructions for importing and updating Registrations using key fields such as Profile Unique ID, External ID, and Username.
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Creating a Registration Profile in an Event for Existing Speakers
Instructions to create or link a Registration Profile for an existing Speaker in an Event, using a Form or not using a Form.
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Deleting and Restoring Single or Multiple Registrations
Instructions for deleting and restoring test registrations in an Event, including single registrations and multiple registrations.
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Administrators - Account-Level Custom Profile Data
Overview of account-level profile data, default fields, and how to manage custom questions and mappings in Certain Platform.
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Adding Questions to a Form
Guide on adding Custom Profile and Registration questions to a form using Registrant Details, Question Sections, and Logic Rules.
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Pay.gov - Response 4054
Guidance on Pay.gov Response 4054 data validation errors and fixes.
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ACH Refunds
Information about ACH refunds when using Certain Platform and instructions for processing refunds outside the platform.
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Incomplete Registrants And Cancellation Fees
Cancellation fees are not assigned for incomplete registrations; guidance to ensure fees apply by marking Complete and reviewing Attendee Type.
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Using Agenda Items and Logic Rules to Apply Discounts
Instructions for using an agenda item and a logic rule to apply discounts on a registration form.
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Fees - Expiration and changing amounts
Explains how fees expire and how to change fee amounts in Certain, with examples and screenshots.
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Partial Payments with Additional Registrations
Guidance on managing partial payments for additional registrations, including marking registrations complete and handling separate payment and registr...
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Mass Download of Profile Images using a Report
Instructions to mass download attendee profile images by creating a Registrations report and adding a custom column for image file paths.
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Reports: How to create a Registration Changes Report
Step-by-step guide to creating a Registration Changes Report in the Certain platform, including setup, locking, wizard steps, and export formats.
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2025 Fall Release #4 (8.3.40)
Release notes for 2025 Fall Release #4 (8.3.40), including enhancements, bugs, tool tips, and user updates.
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2025 Fall Release #2 (8.3.38)
Fall 2025 release notes for version 8.3.38, detailing bug fixes across Content Blocks, Forms, Attendee Types, Payment Processing, and Reporting.
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2025 Fall Release #1 (8.3.37)
Release notes for 2025 Fall Release #1 (8.3.37), including bug fixes for Agenda Display Options, Registration search, and Session Import.
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2025 Summer Release #4 (8.3.34)
Release notes for Summer 2025 Release #4 (8.3.34) covering fixes across Agenda Sections, Country List, Email, Forms, Locations, Session Blocks, Speake...
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2025 Summer Release #3 (8.3.33.1)
Release notes for the 2025 Summer Release #3 (8.3.33.1), detailing enhancements, On-Demand Badges, and bug fixes.
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2025 Summer Release #1 (8.3.31)
Release notes for the 2025 Summer Release #1 (8.3.31) in the Certain Help Center.
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Build and Manage an Event - Step 10
Post-event tasks including closing registrations, refunds, and reporting for the Certain event platform.
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Build and Manage an Event - Step 8
Instructions to publish an event for live registrations, including updating status, opening registration forms, and preparing for live use.
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Step 9: Plan and Create Reports
Guidance for planning and creating registration reports for events in the Certain platform.
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Build and Manage an Event - Step 7
Checklist to get ready for registrants before accepting online registrations.
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Build and Manage an Event - Step 4
Instructions for adding optional options to an event in Certain, including Agenda, Accommodation, Payments, Logic, Additional Registrations, Entry, an...
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Build an Event - Step 6
Step 6 explains how to create marketing elements for an event, including links, website integration, and email templates.
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Build and Manage an Event - Step 2
Step-by-step guidance to fill in basic details for an event in the Certain platform.
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Inline Additional Registrations
Summer Release 8.3.8 introduces an Inline Addl Registrations feature to capture multiple attendees on a single form page with up to 200 additional reg...
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Build and Manage an Event - Step 3
Step-by-step instructions for creating and customizing registration forms in the Certain platform.
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Email a group of registrations
Instructions for emailing a group of event registrations using templates in Certain.
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Custom Questions
Overview of how to use custom questions to collect event-specific registration data in Certain, including definitions, types, headers, and profile que...
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Group List
Group List enables managing registrant groups for events, including adding, editing, importing, and assigning attendees, with optional agenda items, s...
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Sel? and Web? options
Warning about using Sel? and Web? options for Agenda Item Questions and how these options can remove agenda items from registrations.
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Travel Packages (Flights) Guide
Guide to configuring and using Flights and Flight Packages within the Travel Packages sub-module of the Travel Module in Certain.
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Promo Codes Guide
Guide to using the Registration Groups as Promo Codes module in Certain.
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Recurring Classes - What you need to know...
Overview of recurring sessions, delayed creation, fees, conflict checks, check-in, and edits.
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10 Things to Look for in the Best Event Management Software
A concise guide listing ten key features to evaluate in an event management platform.
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Connect More! 19 Ideas for Greater Event App Engagement
A six-section guide detailing practical ideas to boost engagement with mobile event apps through personalization, gamification, agenda management, cro...
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Seamless Event Payments with Certain + Stripe
Certain’s integration with Stripe enables fast, familiar payments for event registrations, sessions, and add-ons with secure, global infrastructure.
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Training for Successful Events
Training resources to maximize event success on the Certain platform, including Certain University and Training Webinars.
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Certain Integrates Stripe to Expand Global Payment Flexibility and Real-Time Rev...
Certain announces expanded Stripe payments integration to support 100+ methods, global payments, and real-time analytics.
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Stripe | Partner
Certain’s integration with Stripe enables fast, familiar payments for registration, paid sessions, and add-ons, backed by Stripe’s secure global infra...
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Capture Technologies | Partner
Capture Technologies delivers efficient on-site event solutions, specializing in badge printing, registration, and attendee management, with access co...
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Create Exceptional Attendee Experiences. Capture Every Buying Signal.
Certain helps run engaging events, personalize attendee experiences, and turn engagement into buying signals to accelerate buyer journeys and deliver ...