Standard Events

In this Alosant™ Product Highlight, we dive into features utilized for a Standard Event.

A Standard Event does not require payment, reservation, or a maximum capacity. Plan Standard Events such as weekly trivia or open yoga in the park using communication features like Curated Lists andCall/Text/Email Buttons.

To highlight the most commonly used features for a Standard Event, we split them up into four simple sections.

1. Scenario
2. Solution
3. How You Set it Up
4. How it Works for Your Resident

Display an event within the app using four formats.

‍Scenario: Promote a Community Barbeque.

Single Day Event

Most commonly used for a one-day event.

• How You Set it Up: Create an event and select regular as the category. Enter the details, date, and time of the event.
• How it Works: Resident sees general event information in the event Custom Menu.

Scenario: Host Friday morning yoga in the park.

Recurring Event

An event that frequently repeats. Manage and update occurrences from one place.

• How You Set it Up: Create an event and select recurring regular as the category. Enter all of the details, dates, and times of the event.
• How it Works: Resident views the upcoming event and all future event dates in the event Custom Menu.

Scenario: Plan a summer kids camp.

Multi-Day Event

Manage and update event details in one place for an event that spans over multiple continuous days.

• How You Set it Up: Create an event and select multi-day as the category. Enter all of the details, dates, and times of the event.
• How it Works: Resident sees a single event tile with all included days and times in the event Custom Menu.

Scenario: Organize a father and daughter dance at the clubhouse for children 12 and younger.

Family Event

Allow residents to reserve family members for an event. This format includes age restrictions.

• How You Set it Up: Create an event and select family event as the category. Enter all of the details, dates, and times of the event.
• How it Works: Resident adds family members associated with their profile when reserving. See Family Profiles within the Activation Hub for more details.

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Use buttons to pre-populate information allowing a resident to perform quick actions.

Scenario: Make it easy for a resident to contact you about an event.

Call/Text/Email Buttons

Give access to a community contact using buttons that open the default phone, messaging, or email application on a device.

• How You Set it Up: Create a smart button with the call, text, or email function. Insert phone numbers and email addresses.
• How it Works: Resident taps the Call, Text, or Email Button within the event tile to activate the device app with pre-populated information.

Scenario: View the menu of the Friday night food truck in advance.

File Download

Display documents like a PDF or image file.

• How You Set it Up: Create a smart button with the file download function. Upload the relevant file and add the button to your event.
• How it Works: Resident clicks on the smart button within the event tile to open the file. They save the file to their device by selecting download.

Scenario: Add a community event to your calendar.

Put in Calendar

Add an event date and time in the device default calendar app.

• How You Set it Up: Create an event and select regular as the category to generate the calendar feature.
• How it Works: Resident clicks on the smart button within the event tile and opens the default calendar with pre-populated information.

Scenario: Easily navigate to an event location.

Directions

Provide directions to an event by connecting to the device default mapping app.

• How You Set it Up: Create an event and add the location to generate Directions.
• How it Works: Resident clicks on the smart button within the event tile and opens the default mapping app to show turn-by-turn directions to that event.

Scenario: Share images from a past event.

Image Gallery

Display multiple images in a gallery format.

• How You Set it Up: Create a smart button with the image gallery function. Upload your desired pictures and add the button on the event.
• How it Works: Resident clicks on the smart button and views images through a modal over the event tile.

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Provide automated and customized opportunities to curate the in-app experience.

Scenario: Customize your Home Feed.

“Like” to Home Feed

Save an event to the Home Feed to keep personalized interests front and center.

• How You Set it Up: Create an event and select regular as the category to activate the “Like” heart icon.
• How it Works: Resident clicks the heart icon within an event to generate a saved Status Flag and duplicate it onto the Home Feed.

Scenario: Display a list of events hosted by a community partner.

Curated Lists & Tags

Make it easy to find a list of similar events by adding a Tag.

• How You Set it Up: Create a smart button with the list events function. Add a Tag to an event to display it within that specific list.
• How it Works: Resident clicks on a designated smart button located at the top of the Home Feed and views associated events.

Scenario: Inform prospective homeowners of a community event.

Public Views

Allow an unknown app user to view a community event.

• How You Set it Up: Work with an Alosant Customer Success Manager to create a public User Role.
• How it Works: Public user accesses the community app and sees event details within the event tile.

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