Managing an event: Manage your attendees

Effectively managing attendees is key to hosting a successful event. This guide walks you through the steps to manage attendees before, during, and after your event.

Managing Events

1. In the Thrive menu, go to Learn > Events.
   

2. In the Upcoming Events tab, click your event to go to the event screen.
   

3. In the event page, click MANAGE to go to the event Management Area where you can edit the event, view attendance, and add users to the waitlist.
   

Adding Attendees to Upcoming Events

1. On the Management Area, under Upcoming Events, click ATTENDANCE for the relevant event.

2. Click Add Attendees.

3. In Attendees, select one or more users or audiences to register for the event.

4. Click ADD ATTENDEES to confirm.
   

The selected users or audiences will now appear on the Attendees screen for that event.

Removing Attendees from Upcoming Events

1. On the Attendees screen, select the user(s) you want to remove.
   The Bulk Actions dropdown appears at the bottom of the screen.

2. In the Bulk Actions dropdown, select Remove Attendees.
   

3. Click Apply.

The user(s) are removed from the event and marked as Cancelled - Manual cancellation.

Viewing the Waitlist

If an event is full, users can click JOIN WAITLIST on the main event page to be notified if a space becomes available.

Admins and event creators can view the waitlist in the Management Area. To manually add users, click Add people in the Waitlist section.

Note:

Users who are already registered for the event cannot be added to the waitlist.

See More

For information on marking attendance for completed events, see: Marking Attendance for an Event.