**At this time, SMS messages are not supported internationally.**
Sometimes the best way to get in contact with our event participants (speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors) is through text messaging. With Sessionboard, you can send messages to your event contacts to provide alerts, updates, or reminders.
NOTE: SMS Messages can not be responded to by the recipient. This is best used for one-time messages (EX: "As a reminder, today you have your headshots due. Please refer to your Sessionboard portal for more information.").
Add mobile numbers to contact records
Navigate to the "People" module and search for a contact's record.
Within the field "Mobile Phone" add the contact number to which they would like to receive messages.
NOTE: If this field is not available on your dashboard view, add it using the "Show/Hide Fields" on the left-hand side.
How to send messages
Navigate to one of the below modules and select the contacts/rows you would like to send a message to.
Contacts
Speakers
Exhibitors
Sponsors
NOTE: SMS messages are not able to be sent from the "Sessions" module.
Select the box to the left of the contact/group name and click the "Send" button at the top of the page to select "Send SMS".
NOTE: For sponsor and exhibitor groups, you will have the option to send a message to either all of the group contacts or just the primary contact.
Type your message within the text box and select the orange "Review" button at the bottom of the pop-up window.
NOTE: SMS messages DO NOT support hyperlinks. Admins can include links within the message which most phones detect URLs and make it clickable.
Within the "Review" tab, you will be able to see messages that will be sent to specific people (this is great if you will be using merge tags) and well as be able to resolve any system issues within individual contacts before the message is sent (i.e. no mobile number attached to the contacts profile).
Once you have reviewed all of the messages, click the orange "Send" button at the bottom of the window.
SMS Message Example
Below, is an example message that will be received by recipients. At this time, the phone number that the message is sent from can not be changed.
Sessionboard supports opt-out and re-opt-in for SMS via the shortwords STOP and START.
Review SMS Message History
Navigate to History > SMS to see all messages that have been sent by your team.
