Use cases

Planning an event

An open day, a conference or a ball: weeks counting down to the day, rows for venue, speakers and promotion, and a checklist for the day itself.

Updated 11 Nov 2026 · 1 min read

Events have a fixed date, lots of small jobs and many people. Count the weeks down and give each area a row.

Set this up	How
Template	Event planning, from Start something new
Rows	Venue, Speakers, Promotion, On the day
Milestones	“Venue booked”, “Programme final”, “Event day”
Weekly metric	“Tickets sold”
Kanban	For the last week: To do, Doing, Done

The last week before the event, as a Kanban board.

Example

Jo runs a society open day in eight weeks. The board counts down from Week 8 to “Event day”. Sam has Venue, Priya has Promotion. The weekly metric shows tickets sold: 40, 85, 130.