This article is a Bevy dictionary to define terms that are used in Bevy.
Bevy is an event-driven platform to help brands manage their chapter-led communities and large-scale virtual conferences.
Community Site Experience
The community site is the front-end, public site that members use to engage in the community, find resources, and sign up for specific events. Sites are highly customizable and have three primary page experiences:
| Community Home | Chapter Home Pages | Event Pages |
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The primary landing for the community. May feature upcoming events, regional groupings for quick visibility into various chapters, and a link to join.
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The primary landing for a particular chapter. May feature upcoming and past events, photos, and a link to join the chapter, and more.
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The primary landing for a particular event. May feature event details, agenda, host information, a link to RSVP, and a link to join (if virtual).
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Dashboard Experience
The dashboard is the back-end, private interface for managing the community site and chapter settings. The dashboard includes different levels of access:
| Admin Dashboard | Chapter Dashboard |
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The interface for managing global settings for the community, including home page design, chapters, emails, analytics, members, and more.
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The interface for managing individual settings for a chapter within the community, including page design, team members, chapter members, events, blogs, and newsletters.
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Admin Dashboard access is granted by the Bevy Support team. Chapter Dashboard access is granted to team members within the Chapter Dashboard settings.
Additional Terminology
| Term | Definition |
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| Member | A user who signs up for an account on your community site. Members can optionally join individual chapters and/or sign up for events. |
| HQ Admin | A member that has been be given access to the Admin Dashboard. |
| Region | A grouping within which several chapters may exist. Most commonly, regions designate different continents and time zones, but regions can be segmented in any way. Regions typically display on the community home page and are visible within analytics. |
| Chapter | An independent group set up by an HQ Admin, typically segmented by a specific location or interest. |
| Chapter Team Member | A member that has been given access to the Chapter Dashboard for a specific group, depending on role. (Check-in staff do not typically have dashboard access but can be added to the team.) Chapter team members may also be referred to Lead Organizer, Group Leader, Ambassador, etc. |
| Chapter Member | A user who joins a chapter and receives newsletters, announcements, and attends events. Users can attend events without becoming a member of the hosting chapter. |
| Chapter Status | Indicates whether or not a chapter is live and counted towards analytics. A chapter can have a status of Active or Inactive. Only team members can see inactive chapters when they are signed in. |
| Event | A one-time occasion that caters to a specific group of attendees. Events can be in-person or virtual. All events--including HQ-led and virtual conferences--are run from within the Chapter Dashboard for that chapter. |
| Attendees | Number of people who have a ticket to an event (registered) in the selected time range. |
| Unique Attendees | Unique ticket holders for the selected time range. |
| Manual Attendees | Number of people who came to an event without a ticket and were manually added during the check in process. Manual attendees aren't associated with an account, and are not included in unique counts. |
| Check-ins | Number of people who have attended an event in the selected time range. Check-ins are automatically tracked for virtual events and manually tracked for in-person events. |
| Host | A user with access to advanced settings when joining a Bevy Virtual event or conference, such as promoting attendees to speakers, recording the event, moderating chat, and more. Hosts always have microphone, camera, screenshare access. Chapter Team members are automatically added as hosts for any Bevy Virtual event run within their chapter(s). Admins have host permissions for all events in their community. |
| Presenter | An attendee of a Bevy Virtual event or conference who has been given microphone, camera, and screenshare access. Hosts can enable/disable presenter access throughout the event. |