Welcome to the GEST Society. This site offers GEST users comprehensive information and tips to support their work. Whether you are a seasoned veteran or a complete beginner, this site has everything you need to know to use GEST smoothly.
The essence of GEST, Smart Event Flow, move your production forward smoothly. GEST organizes pre-production, communicates internally, collects and compiles data, structures production, makes external communication easy, and helps you sign people in. Finally, you get statistical information that helps you plan for the next year.
As a first timer, it might make the most sense to start from Settings. To get the most out of the tool, open GEST on your desktop as you go through the instructions. Watching the videos help you get most out of GEST.
Payment functions and adding products to individuals
This section will walk you through setting up and managing GEST's payment functionality. You will learn how to define the products you want to sell, select the appropriate payment methods, send payment links, and track payment transactions. It will also explain how to add products to people and how to edit payment messages and receipts.
Settings & usernames
Here you get to know the settings of GEST in more detail, so that the implementation of the system will be as smooth as possible. In this section, we discuss user account settings, creating usernames and data protection.
Project management
On this page you can get acquainted with the different project management functions and create a clear foundation for your project before starting the actual production work. You can structure your project into easily manageable entities using the project management tool. You can divide tasks and responsibilities, communicate internally and stay up to date on the progress of production.
External communication
This section will walk you through GEST's external communication tools. You will learn how to create and manage email templates, utilize personal links to different functions, and send emails and text messages to individuals, groups, or limited target groups. You will also learn how to target communications and filter recipients in different situations.
Products
This section will walk you through creating and managing products in GEST. You will learn how to define product information, prices, and capacities, and track their availability. You will also learn how to assign products to people, sell products through payment functions, and manage capacity in different situations.
Personnel groups and creating a form
This section walks you through creating person groups and enrollment forms in GEST. You will learn how to build and edit forms, add different field types, and collect and manage person-related information. You will also learn about form settings, permissions, and best practices for effective data collection and person management.
Person form management & settings
In this section, you will learn about the people group dashboard and its most important functions, such as settings, publishing, permissions, logging, and form management.
Publish a form
This section will walk you through form publishing settings and managing appearance. You will learn how to publish and close forms, configure registration-related settings, and edit form text, messages, and visual appearance.
Follow-up
This section will walk you through using post-fill. You will learn how to ask registrants to complete or update their information, define editable fields, and send personalized post-fill links via email.
Input of additional contacts
This section will walk you through the additional contact entry feature, which allows you to register multiple people on the same form. You will learn how to enable the feature, configure the information to be collected from additional contacts, and manage group registrations effectively.