Events: Self-Produced vs Collaborative

A Self-Produced event is organized and managed entirely by a single entity (the venue OR the producer).
The entity handles all planning, staffing, inventory, ticketing, and management internally.
Example: Venue Woodsbury Center hosts its own “Holiday Gala” for the community.

A Collaborative event is organized in partnership with an external producer/client.
In Sho-Soft, a venue can invite a producer/client to collaborate on a specific event. Once invited, both parties can view and share event information in their respective profiles.
The venue provides the space and may supply resources (workforce, inventory, etc), while the producer/client collaborates in managing event operations.
Example: Producer Aurora Event Group rents Venue Woodsbury Center’s Ballroom to host their “Aurora Gala.”

Tip: Be sure to select the correct event type during setup, since this choice impacts your available features and workflow.

Self-Produced events: Enable the Box Office tool for ticketing.
Collaborative events: Allows the venue to invite and link producer accounts, and use tools like Quotes, Invoices and share systems like daily Activities.
These tools are mutually exclusive: the type of event you select (Self-Produced or Collaborative) determines which set of tools you’ll have access to for the created event.

Venue:

See how to add an event for the first time and choose if it is self-produced or collaborative

See how to edit events at anytime to change the event from self-produced to collaborative or vice versa

Invite a client as a producer for a collaborative event

Producer:

Learn how the venue can invite a producer to collaborate on an event

In Sho-Soft, when creating an event, you’ll be asked to choose whether the event is Self-Produced or Collaborative. This selection helps define how the event is managed and who is responsible for its execution.