Event websites
A public page for each event with the details attendees look for, matched to your organization’s name and branding.
Event technology built for public service.
One digital home for your public-sector events.
CivicVenue is an event management and engagement platform designed for governments, associations, and nonprofits — the organizations that plan conferences, trainings, and public gatherings in service of their communities.
CivicVenue is in development. Early access is open to organizations that want a say in how it takes shape.
2026 Regional Planning Summit
Registered
412
Checked in
26865%
Sessions
24
Speakers
31
Upcoming sessions View agenda
10:30
Funding Infrastructure Without Raising Rates
Ballroom A · 180 seats
1:15
Public Engagement That Actually Reaches People
Room 204 · 60 seats
3:00
Grant Reporting Roundtable
Room 118 · 40 seats
Speakers
D. Rivera
County Administrator
M. Okonjo
Planning Director
S. Bennett
Executive Director
Announcement sent to 412 attendees
“Room 204 has moved to Room 210. Signage is posted at the elevators.”
Sponsors & exhibitors
Designed for the organizations that serve communities
- Municipal governments
- Counties
- State & regional agencies
- Councils of governments
- Chambers of commerce
- Nonprofits
- Economic development
- Professional associations
The problem
Public-sector events run on too many disconnected tools.
A registration form here. A spreadsheet of attendees there. An agenda in a PDF that changed twice since it was posted. Most event software is built for corporate marketing teams, and public-serving organizations end up working around it instead of with it.
Information lives in five places
The website, the registration tool, the agenda PDF, the email list, and someone’s spreadsheet. Nothing updates the others.
Small teams carry the whole event
A clerk, a communications coordinator, and two volunteers. Software that assumes a dedicated events department doesn’t help them.
Pricing and procurement don’t fit
Enterprise platforms are priced and structured for corporate conferences, not for a county with one annual summit and a public budget.
Attendees are asked to do too much
Downloading an app, creating an account, and hunting for a room number is a lot to ask of someone attending a one-day training.
CivicVenue is being built to replace that patchwork with one place attendees can trust and one place your team actually maintains.
The platform
From the first announcement to the final report.
CivicVenue is designed to cover the full arc of an event — publishing, registration, the days themselves, and everything you need afterward.
Step one
Publish
Build an event website with the agenda, speakers, venue details, and sponsor information — all editable without a developer.
Step two
Register
Open online registration, collect what you need from each attendee type, and keep the roster in one place instead of a spreadsheet.
Step three
Run the day
Check people in, send announcements when a room changes, and give attendees a schedule on their phone that is always current.
Step four
Report
Collect survey feedback and pull attendance and session numbers into reporting your board, council, or funder can read.
Capabilities
What CivicVenue is designed to do.
A public sector event software platform covering the pieces most organizations currently assemble from separate tools.
Online registration
Configurable forms, multiple attendee types, and confirmation messaging — without a separate registration vendor.
Attendee management
One roster for the whole event. Search it, segment it, correct it, and export it when someone needs a list.
Agendas & schedules
Multi-day, multi-track agendas that update everywhere at once when a session moves. No more reprinting a PDF.
Speaker profiles
Bios, photos, titles, and session links kept together, so the program and the website never disagree.
Sponsors & exhibitors
Sponsor tiers, exhibitor listings, and booth information presented consistently across the site and attendee views.
Mobile attendee experience
A schedule, map, and updates that work on the phone in someone’s hand — designed to work without an app-store download.
Announcements & updates
Send a notice to everyone, or just one session’s attendees, when a room changes or the schedule shifts.
Check-in
Check attendees in at the door and see arrival counts as they happen, rather than reconciling a paper list afterward.
Surveys & feedback
Ask about the event or an individual session, and gather the responses you need for reporting and next year’s planning.
Attendee engagement
Tools that help people find the right sessions, connect with the right colleagues, and get answers during the event.
Reporting & analytics
Registration, attendance, session, and survey numbers in a form you can hand to a board, a council, or a grant report.
Multi-event management
Run this year’s conference, next month’s training, and the quarterly meeting series from one organizational account.
For attendees
Everything they need, on the phone already in their pocket.
Your attendees include department heads, elected officials, front-line staff, and residents. The experience has to work for all of them on the first try.
- No app-store download required. Designed so attendees open a link and see their schedule.
- A schedule that is always current. When a session moves, the agenda they are looking at moves with it.
- Speakers, sponsors, and venue details in one place. No hunting through a printed program or a folder of emails.
- Updates that reach people during the event. Room changes, weather notices, and reminders where attendees will see them.
- Built with accessible contrast and clear type. Because the people you serve include people who need it.
Riverbend Council of Governments
Events this year
6
Total registrations
1,847
Survey responses
612
All events Add event
Event
Registration
Status
2026 Regional Planning Summit
Mar 12–14 · 412 registered
Fall Municipal Clerks Institute
Oct 6 · 188 registered
Grant Writing Workshop Series
Monthly · 96 registered
Transportation Advisory Retreat
Draft · not published
For your team
One workspace for every event your organization runs.
Most public-serving organizations don’t hold one event a year. They hold a conference, a training series, an annual meeting, and a handful of workshops — often with the same two or three people behind all of them.
- Every event in one account. Reuse last year’s setup instead of rebuilding it from scratch.
- Roles for the people who need them. Staff, volunteers, and committee members can help without full administrative access.
- Update once, publish everywhere. A change to the agenda reaches the website and the attendee view together.
- Reporting your board can read. Attendance and feedback in a form that goes straight into a council packet or grant report.
- Your records stay yours. Export your rosters, responses, and reports whenever you need them.
Who it’s for
Built around public-sector and nonprofit workflows.
Different organizations, similar problem: meaningful events, careful budgets, and small teams doing the work alongside everything else.
Cities & municipalities
Public meetings, town halls, department trainings, volunteer days, and community events run by clerks and communications staff.
Counties
Countywide summits, emergency-management exercises, elections training, and multi-department programs across many locations.
State & regional agencies
Statewide conferences, certification programs, and recurring stakeholder meetings with attendees from across a service area.
Councils of governments
Regional convenings, member trainings, and technical assistance workshops that bring several jurisdictions together.
Professional associations
Annual conferences, chapter meetings, and continuing-education programs where the event is central to member value.
Nonprofits
Fundraisers, volunteer orientations, program convenings, and annual meetings — usually run by staff wearing several hats.
Economic development organizations
Site-selector visits, investor briefings, industry roundtables, and workforce events with distinct audiences to track.
Chambers of commerce
Member luncheons, ribbon cuttings, banquets, and business expos with sponsors and exhibitors to organize.
Community development organizations
Neighborhood meetings, planning charrettes, and public input sessions where turnout and follow-up both matter.
The people who use it
- City managers
- Municipal clerks
- Communications directors
- Association executives
- Conference planners
- Executive directors
- Program managers
- Membership coordinators
- Training coordinators
- Volunteer coordinators
Why CivicVenue
General event platforms weren’t built with your work in mind.
Plenty of capable event software exists. Almost all of it was designed for corporate marketing teams and adapted afterward. CivicVenue starts from the other direction.
Designed for public-serving organizations
The default settings, the vocabulary, and the workflows assume a government, association, or nonprofit — not a product launch.
Straightforward enough for a small team
Built for the person who runs the event alongside their regular job. If it needs a specialist to operate, it isn’t finished.
Professional in front of the public
Your event page is a public-facing document. It should look like it came from your organization, not from a template with someone else’s branding on it.
Records you can hand over
Public bodies get asked for their information. Rosters, reports, and responses are exportable rather than locked in.
One platform instead of four
Registration, the agenda, announcements, check-in, and reporting connected to each other, so your team maintains one source of truth.
Shaped by the people using it
CivicVenue is in active development. Early access organizations help decide what gets built and in what order.
Use cases
The events public-serving organizations actually run.
Not just large conferences. CivicVenue is designed to handle the recurring, everyday events that take up most of a team’s year.
Annual conferences
Multi-day, multi-track programs with registration tiers, speakers, sponsors, and an exhibit hall to coordinate.
Training & certification
Recurring professional development where attendance records and session credit need to be tracked and reported.
Public meetings & hearings
Posted agendas, notices, and attendance for meetings the public is invited to attend and expected to find easily.
Community input sessions
Open houses, charrettes, and listening sessions where sign-in and follow-up feedback are part of the process.
Member & board meetings
Annual meetings, chapter gatherings, and committee sessions with RSVPs, materials, and a roster to keep current.
Workshops & roundtables
Smaller working sessions with capacity limits, waitlists, and a schedule that changes right up to the day.
Fundraisers & banquets
Ticketed events with sponsor recognition, table assignments, and a program attendees can pull up on their phone.
Volunteer & service days
Sign-ups by shift and site, check-in in the field, and hours captured for reporting afterward.
Business & investor events
Expos, briefings, and site visits where distinct audiences need distinct information and follow-up.
CivicDynamics
About
CivicVenue is built by CivicDynamics.
CivicDynamics builds websites and software for local governments and the organizations that work alongside them. That work is where CivicVenue came from: the same teams kept running into the same problem when it was time to hold an event.
CivicVenue applies what we’ve learned building for clerks, administrators, and nonprofit staff — people who need software that is clear on the first use and dependable on the day it matters.
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Public sector is the focus, not a segmentGovernment and nonprofit organizations are who CivicDynamics builds for.
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Built for how public work actually happensSmall teams, public scrutiny, fixed budgets, and records that have to be produced on request.
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FAQ
Questions we’re hearing.
What is CivicVenue?
CivicVenue is an event management and engagement platform for governments, associations, nonprofits, and other organizations that serve communities. It brings the event website, registration, agenda, attendee communication, check-in, and reporting into one place.
How is CivicVenue different from general event platforms?
Most event platforms were designed for corporate conferences and marketing teams. CivicVenue is designed around public-sector and nonprofit workflows from the start — the vocabulary, the default settings, the expectation that a small team runs several events a year, and the reality that your event page is a public-facing document.
Is CivicVenue available now?
CivicVenue is in active development. We’re working with a limited group of early access organizations who want to shape what gets built and in what order. Requesting early access starts a conversation about your events and your timeline — it isn’t a purchase.
What kinds of events does it support?
Multi-day conferences, training and certification programs, public meetings and hearings, community input sessions, member and board meetings, workshops, fundraisers, volunteer days, and business or investor events. If it has a date, an audience, and information people need in advance, it fits.
Do attendees have to download an app?
The attendee experience is being designed to work in a mobile browser, so someone can open a link and see the agenda without an app-store download or a new account to create. Asking a one-day training attendee to install software is a barrier we’d rather not build.
Can we manage more than one event?
Yes. CivicVenue is organized around an organizational workspace that holds all of your events — this year’s conference, a recurring training series, the annual meeting — so setup and materials can be reused rather than rebuilt each time.
What does it cost?
Pricing is still being finalized. It’s being set with public budgets and procurement in mind rather than enterprise conference spend. Tell us about your organization and events through the form below and we’ll talk specifics as pricing is set.
Can our data be exported?
Yes. Public bodies get asked for their records, and organizations change tools over time. Rosters, survey responses, and reports are designed to be exportable so your information stays usable outside the platform.
We have specific accessibility, records, or procurement requirements. Can we discuss them?
Please raise them. Requirements around accessibility, open records, retention, and procurement vary by state and by organization, and hearing them during development is far more useful than hearing them afterward. Include them in the message field below and we’ll go through them with you.
Who is behind CivicVenue?
CivicVenue is a product of CivicDynamics, which builds websites and software for local governments and public-serving organizations. Early access organizations work directly with the team building the platform.
Early access
Tell us about your events.
We’re talking with governments, associations, and nonprofits about how they run events today and what they need from a platform. If that sounds like your organization, we’d like to hear from you.
- A conversation, not a sales call.
- A look at the platform as it develops.
- Input on what gets built and when.
- No obligation and no commitment required.
Request received
Thanks for your interest in CivicVenue. We’ll be in touch soon.