Event websites & portals
Custom landing pages, registration forms, calendar links and confirmation journeys.
Event technology solutions
Every guest accounted for, from invite to insight.
We build the registration, ticketing, check-in and reporting technology behind in-person, virtual and hybrid events — so your team runs the event instead of chasing spreadsheets.
One guest record from the first invitation to the final report.
Built for
Black Sludge is an event technology partner. We design, build and support the digital systems that let organisers and agencies deliver in-person, virtual and hybrid events — from the first invitation to the final report.
The short version
What is EMT?
It comes up in every brief, and it's rarely explained. Here's the plain answer.
Event Management Technology
The software layer that runs an event: the site guests register on, the ticket they carry, the scanner at the door, the app in their pocket and the report that lands afterwards. One connected system doing the job that a spreadsheet, an email tool, a ticketing site and a clipboard normally split between them.
Running an event without it
- The guest list lives in a spreadsheet somebody keeps a copy of
- RSVPs arrive as email replies and get typed in by hand
- Arrivals are ticked off a printed list at the door
- The real headcount is an estimate, days later
Running it on EMT
- One live guest record everyone works from
- Guests respond and pay on your own branded form
- A QR scan checks them in and prints the badge
- The numbers are final before you leave the venue
How it works
The end-to-end RSVP process.
From the moment you build the event to the report that closes it — here is every step a guest and your team move through.
One guest, six steps — and the same record updating at every one.
01
Before
Set up
- Build the branded event site
- Load the guest list
- Set ticket types & form questions
02
Before
Invite & RSVP
- Invitations go out by email or SMS
- Guest responds or buys a ticket
- Confirmation and QR ticket issued
03
On the day
Arrive & engage
- QR scanned at the door
- Badge prints on the spot
- Live agenda, updates and sessions
04
After
Measure
- Numbers move in real time
- Follow-up messages go out
- Full attendance record exported
Onsite, handled
The queue moves. The data lands.
Registration desks are where events are won or lost. Ours are built to clear a room quickly and capture clean data while they do it.
- Scan-and-go QR validation at every entry point
- Badges printed on demand as guests arrive
- Walk-in registration without breaking the flow
- Session-level attendance tracked as it happens
What your guests see
Self check-in, without the queue.
This is the real check-in screen, recorded end to end — welcome, tap, scan, and straight back to ready for the next guest. No app to download, no staff member to find, and if someone has lost their ticket their name still works.
What we do
Four modules. One connected platform.
Each module handles its own part of the event, and all four write to a single shared guest record. Here is what sits inside each one.
What you bring
Your guest list
Your branding
Agenda & ticket types
Registration & RSVP
Sites, invitations, tickets
Onsite check-in
QR scanning, badges
Engagement
Apps, streaming, comms
Admin & analytics
Dashboards, reporting
One guest record
Every response, scan and session lands on the same record — so the number on your dashboard is the number in the room.
01 — Registration & RSVP
Online ticket sales
Turn RSVP interest into secure ticket transactions, with payments integrated into the same flow.
Delegate management
Segment audiences for targeted invitations, reminders and personalised communications.
02 — Onsite check-in
QR tickets & validation
Secure QR-code tickets with real-time validation at every entry point.
Check-in & badge printing
Instant attendee check-in with professional, on-demand badge production.
Walk-ins & session tracking
Handle walk-in registrations and track session attendance as it happens.
03 — Engagement
Event apps & portals
Branded apps and web portals with agendas, networking, speaker profiles and live updates.
Live streaming & webcast
Seamless streaming integration for hybrid and fully virtual audiences.
Comms & notifications
Automated email and SMS reminders, updates and personalised delegate journeys.
04 — Admin & analytics
Real-time reporting
Monitor registrations, participation and attendance live, throughout the event.
Dashboards & access control
Clear metrics at a glance, with secure role-based admin permissions.
Post-event data & exports
Clean attendance and engagement data, exported in the formats your team already works in.
Any format
One room, or one continent.
Whether your audience is in the venue, at their desks, or split across both, the same platform runs the event — one guest list, one set of numbers.
In-person
Virtual
Hybrid
Let's make it happen
Tell us about your event.
Share your audience, format and goals, and we'll help shape the right digital experience around them.
info@blacksludge.co.za Your delegate data stays yours