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Event staff scheduling
Event staff scheduling software turns each booking into shifts, offers them to qualified people and collects confirmations in one place, instead of spreadsheets and group texts. ForgeCrew is planned scheduling software built for that booking-by-booking work, now in early access.
Early access
Tell the team about your agency and the workflow you want to improve. This is an early-access inquiry; it does not create a live portal or confirm a pilot start date.
In brief
Event staff scheduling software helps staffing agencies and event teams turn each booking into shifts, offer those shifts to qualified people, collect confirmations and keep call times and instructions in one place, instead of spreadsheets, group texts and email threads. General shift apps assume the same staff at the same location every week, while event staffing changes with every booking: a new venue, a new client, a different mix of roles and often short notice. ForgeCrew is planned scheduling software built around that booking-by-booking workflow. It is in early access, and the public demo is an interactive preview with sample data.
Most shift apps assume the same staff at the same location every week. Event staffing changes with every booking: a new venue, a new client, a different mix of roles and often short notice.
ForgeCrew is being built around that booking-by-booking workflow, connected to the rest of the job: event staffing, mobile check-in, field content and client recaps.
Need to work out roles and headcount before you schedule anyone? Start with the event staffing plan template.
Compared
A capability comparison for event staffing work. It compares types of tools, not named products, and individual tools vary. For specific products, see the comparison pages.
| Capability | ForgeCrew | Spreadsheets and group texts | General shift-scheduling apps |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shifts for each booking by role, venue, date and call time | Planned Built around each booking | Possible, with a new sheet or tab per event kept by hand | Usually built around recurring shifts at fixed locations |
| Offering shifts to a filtered roster | Planned Filter by market, role, availability and notes | Manual lookups, then texts or emails | Often by location or team |
| Seeing who has confirmed and who hasn't answered | Planned Confirmations in one view | Tracked by hand across replies | Commonly included |
| Swaps and last-minute fills | Planned From the same schedule | Group texts and phone calls | Commonly included |
| Call times, parking, dress code and instructions per person | Planned Shared with each confirmed person | Separate messages | Varies by tool |
| Check-in, field content and client recaps tied to the shift | Planned Connected to the same job | Separate tools | Usually separate tools |
ForgeCrew is in early access, so every ForgeCrew row describes the planned workflow. The public demo is an interactive preview with sample data.
Scheduling questions
It is software that staffing agencies and event teams use to turn an event's staffing needs into shifts, offer those shifts to qualified people, collect confirmations and keep call times and instructions in one place, instead of spreadsheets, group texts and email threads.
Not as a live product yet. ForgeCrew is in early access: the scheduling workflow described on this page is planned, and the public demo is an interactive preview with sample data. An early-access conversation confirms scope and availability for your team.
Event staffing agencies, experiential and promotional teams, and field marketing operations that book many short shifts across cities, roles and clients.
General scheduling apps are built for a fixed workforce at fixed locations. Event staffing changes every booking: new venue, new client, new role mix and short notice. ForgeCrew is being designed around that booking-by-booking workflow, alongside check-in, field content and client recaps. See our comparison pages for specific tools.
Related
See planned tools for brand ambassador teams, street teams and field marketing operations, or compare ForgeCrew with When I Work, Deputy and Shiftboard. Agencies weighing event-specific tools can read ForgeCrew vs. Liveforce and see how ForgeCrew pricing works.
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