Do You Check These 65 Details When Reviewing Your Online Forms?

In daily
life, I often dismiss writing a list because I say to myself, “how could I
forget?” But I do forget, and truth be told, I know that I’ll forget. And for
some reason, I go through this frustration even though I once trained as a pilot
and pilots go through some of the greatest checklist tedium imaginable.

There
were interior and exterior pre-flight checklists, checklists to go through
before starting the engine, while starting the engine, during taxi, during
engine run-up, before takeoff and it went on and on. Some of the checks seemed
very obvious; Doors and window closed and latched, Windshield clean, Seat belts
and harness fastened. Although I got faster at going through the lists, nothing
was ever skipped over because the consequences were too great.

The same
can be said for checking your online registration form. The form is designed to
look simple and be simple to use, but you may even be surprised at how many
details should be checked on the form. Unlike the pilot, you’re not risking
lives if you don’t go through every item on your checklist, but you could be
avoiding much anxiety if registrations start to come through at the member rate
instead of the non-member rate.

To
simplify the review process for the event planner, we’ve provided a downloadable
online event registration checklist which you can use every time you are
reviewing a form. Rest assured that your online registration provider has
already gone through a similar checklist, but there’s no question that you know
your event details best.

This
checklist will focus on the first step in the process which is to do a visual
review of the form design, formatting and event details.

If you
can’t wait to see the Online
Registration Form Checklist, download it now.

Form Design
Here, you’re simply doing an inspection of visual elements
such as overall appeal, logos and colour use. This is particularly important if
you want to create a consistent look with your website or other event material.

Think simple and user friendly when you’re reviewing the
form design. For example, the form shouldn’t be so cluttered with large logos
that you’re scrolling down before you see any registration details and colour
use shouldn’t reduce legibility.

Formatting
Now it’s going to
sound like we’re back in school! But the event planner is generally great at
noticing any small oversights in elements such as spacing, alignment, spelling
and punctuation.

In most circumstances, it’s possible for things to appear on the form just
as you want them so if you think that something should be moved slightly to the
left then make note of this.

Online Registration Form Checklist
It may suddenly sound like
you need to devote hours to reviewing your online form, but the checklist
greatly reduces the time spent verifying details and gives you the confidence
that nothing has been overlooked.

Next
month, we’ll move on to the fun stuff and provide you with a checklist to use
when you’re testing the functions of the form and submitting test
registrations. At this point you’ll try your hardest to trick and break the
form!

Download the
Online Registration Form Checklist.

Please feel free to contact us if you have any
questions or comments about this article.

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Event details

You know your event details best, so it’s important to go through every detail
from the event name to payment types.

Keep in mind that an online form can often be greatly simplified so it may not
include every detail that is on your paper registration form. For example, if
you have regular, student and member pricing, instead of multiple selections on
your paper form, the online form can build all of the prices into one simple
selection.

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