Novi Event setup for Mailchimp and Zoom integration

Created by Tim Atkinson, Modified on Tue, 08 Nov 2022 at 12:23 PM by Tim Atkinson

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Features

If these procedures are followed then you will be able to:

  • Create Mailchimp emails from Novi Events at the touch of a button
  • Create Zoom webinars from Novi Events at the touch of a button
  • Automatically award CEs when a webinar finishes
  • Generate a list that shows the status of each event including emails sent and scheduled


How to setup Novi Events to enable automations

Here are some guidelines for the event setup in Novi that must be followed:

  • Only use the Primary Details (Long Description) for text information that will be in the Mailchimp email
  • Never include information like Price, date or location in the Primary Details Box
  • You can always put other information into secondary details
  • Make sure the ticket names are self explanatory as they will appear in the event email


How to ensure consistency and great results in Mailchimp

Follow this guide for the "Long Description" Box

Element

Example

Heading to use

From "Formats/Headings"
Section Titles "Program", "Presenters"H2
Presenter NamesDr. Joan JonesH3
Presenter Titles Medical Director, Wonderful Animal HospitalH4
Bulleted Lists
  • Item 1
  • Item 2
Do NOT use - they don't come out well in mailchimp.
Or use in Novi and edit in mailchimp
Event Location
(include only if it is not a webinar)
Holiday InnH4
Event Contact
Do not include in the long description box. People can get that by replying to the email or going to the website



What other settings are required?


Event Location: For a webinar use the following:

"Zoom Webinar: Your login details will come direct from zoom. Please check you receive them soon after you register. We will send them again one-hour before the webinar."


Event Contact: Choose non-member and enter

NYSVMS staff - Email address: support@freshdesk.nysvms.com


Order and Fonts for a typical description

Please follow this order and fonts for the Primary Details box


Presenter H2

Presenter Name H3

Presenter Title H4


Description (use the formats dropdown - Blocks/Paragraph)


"Location" H2

Location Details - Paragraph (only if not a webinar)


"Bio" - H2

Presenter Name H3

Bio text - paragraph



How to Create a MailChimp Email from a Novi Event

Go to the form above (or here) and enter the Novi Event API ID.

To create an email - select "email" and also enter the template name.   See available templates

The email will then appear in Mailchimp.

To create a webinar simply select webinar instead and adjust settings as desired.




Font Reference Information


HeadingNovi Event setupMailchimp
H1Not used26 px Blue #5778a2;
H228px, Blue #5778a2;As Novi
H322px, Blue #5778a2;As Novi
H418px Charcoal #333333As Novi
H5, H6Not used
Body text16px black
LiDo not usedo not use

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