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The Events type allows you to create and manage events on your website. They were recently redesigned in September 2023 to help you showcase your event on clean, structured, and customizable page.

Table of Contents:

  • Editing in WordPress: All Events
    • Fields
  • Editing in WordPress: Single Events
    • Best practices for featured images
    • Fields
    • Displaying event speakers or organizers
    • Promoting related pages

Editing in WordPress: All Events

You can add blocks to the top of the page. Paragraph blocks with Drop cap or an Intro Paragraph block add visual interest and help introduce visitors to the events.

Example for EXT Alumni

Fields

When there are no events: 

  • Add a custom message such as “No upcoming events at this time, please check back later.”
  • Add CTAs to promote other pages or subscribe to newsletters!

 

Past events: 

  • Add a custom heading and description for past events.
  • Add a CTA to  promote other pages such as the past events page (site-url/past-events)
  • Display the four most frequent past events (Default) OR feature any four past events.

 

Editing in WordPress: Single Event

Best practices for featured image: use wider images

Wider images will pull content up on the page.

Narrow or tall images push content down the page.

Event Date and Time fields

Single day events that last all day or have no set time:

  • Only Start: 08/17/2023 12am

Single day events with set time:

  • Start: 08/17/2023 12pm
  • End: 08/17/2023 1pm

Single day events with multiple times: *Do not set any end dates

  • Start: 08/17/2023 9am
  • Start: 08/17/2023 1pm
  • Start: 08/17/2023 3pm

Spans multiple days: Different dates with same time 12am

  • Start: 08/10/2023 12am
  • End: 08/17/2023 12am

 

Single day event with multiple times example:

New Time zone field

New Description field:

  • displays on the All Events + Current Events pages only.

Event types: Virtual, In-Person, or Hybrid

  • In-Person and Hybrid types let you add an address.
  • The address will generate a link to Google Maps.

New Message field: Add a message you want to share such as:

  • “Registration is now closed.”
  • “Submit questions for our event speakers.”

New Custom CTAs field: Add important links or resources such as:

  • Webinar recordings
  • Photo albums of the event
  • ‘Submit Your Questions’ forms

Registration link: Appears as a red button.

  • Add link text to make sure the button appears!

New message and Custom CTA fields in the editor

Past event listing with a Custom CTA link:

Event page with a Custom CTA link:

Displaying event speakers or organizers

Use the column layout block to organize bios and images.

Mark Esposito, Ph.D.

Mark Esposito, Ph.D., is a global thought leader at the intersection of business and technology.

In addition to his work as an instructor for Harvard Professional Development Programs, Esposito is a co-founder of Nexus FrontierTech, the Circular Economy Alliance, and Excellere; Coauthor of The AI Republic: Building the Nexus Between Humans and Intelligent Automation; and Senior Advisor to PwC, World Economic Forum, and national governments.


Tessa Misiaszek and Michael McCarthy

Tessa Misiaszek

Tessa Misiaszek is the Head of Research for the Korn Ferry Institute. Prior to joining Korn Ferry, Tessa was a professor at Hult International Business School and conducted research examining the intersection between organizational culture and brand strategy. Tessa co-authored the book, Branding That Means Business.

Michael McCarthy

From 1994–2004, Michael McCarthy was the #1 Stock Market Timer in the United States. He now focuses on teaching entrepreneurship, sales, leadership, and public speaking. He developed the Leadership Sailing Program for MIT Sloan Executive Education in 2016 and is the founder of Boston Executive Training.


Point users to other related pages such as:

  • Blogs
  • Events
  • Programs
  • Student Stories

Related Articles Block


Inline CTA Block

Column Layout Block

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