Seating Charts

Madelyn Stadinger

We have a huge event that offers table seating downstairs and balcony seating upstairs. We would ideally like to have Blackbaud control our seating upstairs with a seating chart.

Alex Wong

@Madelyn Stadinger
what does “Blackbaud control our seating” mean?

You can use RE database view > event seating module to create a “seating” for your full event, if there's “2 maps” create 2 sections and how ever many tables in each section.

if you looking for a “seating map” thing, then RE does not have solution for that.

Madelyn Stadinger

@Alex Wong Hi. I was referring to Blackbaud controlling our seating rather than a 3rd party. And yes, I am looking for a seating map!

Alex Wong

@Madelyn Stadinger
Blackbaud does not have anything offering for seating map (physical location of tables on the floor plan of the venue). There are not any “partner” apps out there neither that I know of, nor is this in any Blackbaud roadmap to build out in the near future.

CVENT has this, but does not integrates with Blackbaud so meaning export import is needed.

or have someone from your team with webdev and developer experience to build this out for you that integrates with RE NXT, which is what we did, or hire a partner/contractor to build this out. These 2 options depends on how significant your “seating event” is to your org.

Kurt Barnes

@Alex Wong @Madelyn Stadinger - When is your event? I'm about to start looking for Beta customers for our (AppsNXT's) upcoming Seating Charts add-in.

Alex Wong

@Kurt Barnes
we have them year round. ~30 events that are gala dinner with seating needs.

Madelyn Stadinger

@Kurt Barnes February 24, 2024