It's been a hot minute, but we're back and we've just launched a bunch of new features! 

Since our invitation-only launch in May, we’ve had a lot of amazing feedback from users. We’re listening, and today, we’re excited to share the latest updates in response to their suggestions. 

**Free Public Liability Insurance**

We know that insurance can be one of the biggest hurdles to a successful booking and event. So we've taken care of it. 

When talent are booked for $10,000.00 or less through acta, they are now automatically included as an interested party under acta’s Public Liability Insurance policy. 

Excitingly, this means that talent can save on annual PLI costs, simply by using acta to manage their bookings. Additionally, for talent that wish to use their own policy, we also now allow custom policies to be uploaded to their profile. 

In both cases, the Certificate of Currency is automatically uploaded to every booking once the contract has been exchanged which is excellent news for event organisers given how important this requirement is for talent attendance and the overall production of events.

**Broadcast Messages for Event Organisers**

Managing an event where you're booking multiple talent can be stressful. Everything has to be communicated 2,3,4,5 times right? Not anymore. 

With acta's new Broadcast Message feature, in addition to being able to message talent 1:1, event organisers can also send a single broadcast message that will be received by all the talent attached to an event Event Organisers can also choose to specifically broadcast messages to all talent that are either in enquiry or booked stage.

Given the amount of event organisers that are utilising acta to book their entire entertainment program, we anticipate this will greatly improve the productivity of event organisers on acta by making it quick and easy to instantly share communication with all relevant parties. A real-time industry needs real-time solutions. 

**Message Reply By Email**

Moving to new online platform can be difficult and daunting at first. It's another bloody system to learn how to use and can sometimes leave you worried that you'll mess something up. Not really something you can afford to be worrying about when you work in events. Now whilst we know that we'll eventually win everyone over, in the meantime we understand that emails are the dominant mode of communication. 

So, to make everyones life easy, we've introduced the ability for users to reply directly to the “unread message” email notification. Simply hit reply, type your message into the body of the email and once sent and we'll magically copy your message into the platform so that it doesn't get lost.  

All new “new chat message” emails will now include the body of the message right inside the email for extra convenience.  

Now like we said, we're improving the product every week and soon, we'll be releasing a lite version of our mobile app which will make it even easier to reply to messages and check event documents. For now though, when you're on-the-go using your mobile or just strapped for time, this will do the trick! 


**We'd love to hear from you!**

So that's it, just a few little features from us to you that we know are going to really improve your experience when using acta. 

As always, your feedback means a lot to us, so we’d love to know what you think of the new features and also if you have any suggestions for what we should be focusing on next. 

If you'd like to share your feedback or suggestions, send us an email to support@actaapp.com or get in touch with one of our amazing customer success managers via the support chat on the platform. 


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Introducing Insurance, Message Broadcasts & Message reply via email

*italic text*A prominent agency executive has called on the events and entertainment industry to adopt new technology to streamline their processes and bring business practices into the digital era.

Caleb Bush (pictured above), managing director of George P. Johnson (GPJ) Australia, reckons there is still some very old school thinking within the events industry.

“Whilst some agencies have rapidly adapted to the ever-changing marketing environment, I think the events industry is probably behind the eight ball generally on [new technology] in the age of experiences,” he said.

GPJ was an early adopter of acta – a blockchain-based, peer-to-peer app that launched in late November and is set to revolutionise the way agencies source and book entertainers, MCs and speakers.

Transparency is key; with the removal of intermediaries, acta ensures agencies avoid common pitfalls when procuring talent through a third party.

With hundreds of celebrities and some of Australia’s biggest names in music, comedy, media, sport and television, acta enables clients to browse, communicate, contract and pay talent and their official representative directly via their secure, Ethereum-built blockchain platform.

Big names such as Sophie Monk, Megan Washington, Robert Whittaker, Jimmy Barnes, Paul McDermott, James Mathison and more are already listed on the service.

@acta_app is cutting the red tape in corporate gigs.
From @sophiemonk to @JimmyBarnes, celebrities are loving this unique talent booking platform! #AusBiz #YourMoneyAUS

— Your Money (@YourMoneyAus) December 11, 2018

A legacy agency with over 100 years under its belt, GPJ has offices all around the world, producing over 250 experiential events every year in Australia alone for clients such as L’Oréal, IBM, Toyota, Amazon, National Australia Bank, and QuickBooks.

“Of those 250 events a year, I’d say 90 per cent of those have some form of entertainment or engagement that’s required, whether that’s a speaker to talk on a specific topic, a band to entertain, or a combination of both,” Bush explained.

According to an independent study conducted by acta, celebrity appearances at Australian corporate, private and charity events total an estimated $336 million of the $4.4 billion value of the local events and entertainment industry.

There are between 30,000 and 40,000 events that require talent every year in Australia and a talent pool of 2,700 celebrities including actors, musicians, comedians, top speakers and elite sports stars.

Furthermore, booking the right talent, especially finding those with a specific skill set, is significantly time-consuming work.

And if finding an AI-expert-in-a-haystack (and their manager) wasn’t difficult enough, there’s nothing to ensure they will be available, that their booking price is reasonable, and that there’s no conflicting relationship with another brand.

“Talent’s schedules can change on a dime,” Bush said.

“The other challenge is from a contract perspective. If someone comes along on the same date with a better offer, unless you have all your ducks in a row, it’s quite easy to lose that performer.

“Getting all that information to present to the client is a significant amount of work. The reason that acta is such a good service is it houses all that information in a central portal, so it makes our lives so much easier.”

He cites a recent pitch presentation in which GPJ used acta to “cut 15 to 20 hours of work” otherwise spent lining up performer options.

By using the app, GPJ also knew the talent’s pricing and alternative availability in case the date of the event was changed.

Bush said the accessibility of information not only keeps the client happy, but also makes entertainers’ lives easier.

“Talent don’t like getting calls to ask their availability, and at the end of the conversation you say, ‘Oh, by the way, we haven’t actually won the job yet,” he said.

“It’s a waste of both party’s time – but at the same time, presenting good talent options could be the difference between winning and losing a job.”

While the idea of acta is not globally revolutionary, it is the first time the concept underpinning apps like Airbnb and Uber has been used to streamline event services.

“I think this app really meets the market – there are no other companies who are able to make the booking of talent a smooth and easy process like this,” Bush said.

***Date Published** - 17th December 2018*

***Source** - https://www.bandt.com.au/agency-exec-urges-industry-embrace-new-app-cuts-hours-work-booking-talent/*

**Associated Celebrity Talent Application (A.C.T.A) and Global Event Talent (G.E.T) were the Beta platforms that have now been combined to comprise the newly revamped 'acta'.*

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I’ve now used <strong>acta</strong> to process a few corporate bookings for my talent clients and on all occasions, its been a really enjoyable experience. 

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I’ve been using <strong>acta</strong> from the moment it launched. What a dream to be able to have one centralised platform that hosts all the information I need for an event. I particularly love the standard contract feature that allows me to send a contract in seconds.

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I was booked through acta for a recent speaking engagement. The invoice and contracting templates provided by acta made it really easy to process the booking and having direct communication with the client was great.

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I've really been enjoying acta's automated contracting and invoicing, as it saves so much time for me as a performer! 

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Ever since adopting acta as my tool to receive and manage booking requests, I’ve only had positive feedback from my clients. It’s easy to use, professional and ensures booking security which I love. 

Neo Song

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acta is the easiest way I've used to book my own gigs. I love the 50% upfront payment!

Al Del Bene

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I have found using acta to be incredibly easy and seamless.  In particular, the way the system allows us to communicate directly with clients, draw up contracts and process payments all within one platform has been really valuable. I look forward to assisting many more clients with their events through acta! 

Sassy Entertainment 

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acta has been incredibly helpful when booking gigs and makes things so much easier to connect the artist to the booker. It has also made scheduling events much easier as they are all listed in the one place.

James Sutherland 

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acta has been in invaluable for easily connecting us with potential clients for corporate and private bookings. Great platform!

One Hit Agency 

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Using acta really streamlined the booking experience. Having all communications and documents in the one place allowed us to progress smoothly from the initial inquiry through to contracting and invoicing. The acta team were also really responsive and helpful with any questions I had during the process.

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