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- Create your event ahead of time. You can then use your event for marketing and allow attendees attendees to indicate intent to attend.
- Think about how you'll collect data.
- Small event? It may be easier to use a paper sign-in form to collect usernames, and manually enter into the textbox.
- Large event? You may want to think about acquiring a batch barcode scanner and scanning the LIMS barcode, to paste in batch.
- Who will upload participation? Do you have a dedicated person in your group, or will you have the event creator upload data?
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