Sessionboard + Bear Analytics

Bear Analytics helps associations prove event ROI with MeasureUp and related analytics products.

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Clarion Events
Financial Times
Dynatrace
ACEP
AVIXA
NACD
ASHG
American Society of Anesthesiologists
Google
Docebo
NRECA
CyberRisk Alliance
AdventHealth
Questex
IAAPA Expo
NAEYC
Informa
Clarion Events
Financial Times
Dynatrace
ACEP
AVIXA
NACD
ASHG
American Society of Anesthesiologists
Google
Docebo
NRECA
CyberRisk Alliance
AdventHealth
Questex
IAAPA Expo
NAEYC

Quick answer

Bear Analytics MeasureUp measures association and event outcomes. Sessionboard owns program and content events — sessions, attendance signals, shares, and registration attribution — that Bear Analytics aggregates for executive reporting via API.

Sound like your team?

Match your role to the job Sessionboard solves — program, content, or marketing attribution.

Marketing analytics lead

Bear measures funnels — Advocacy share-to-registration chain must originate on Sessionboard program events.

VP marketing

Analytics without program context — session and speaker truth should feed Bear from Sessionboard.

Registration owner

Reg platform stays incumbent — Bear reads attribution while Sessionboard owns the program graph.

Content marketing

Content metrics siloed from committee workflow — Live Transcribe and Attendee Hub on the same record Bear measures.

What Sessionboard delivers natively

Keep Bear Analytics mid-contract when you need to — Sessionboard owns call for papers, speaker operations, and content marketing on the program graph.

Bear Analytics — their lane

  • Association ROI measurement

    MeasureUp and related analytics for executive stakeholders.

  • Benchmark reporting

    Cross-event analytics for association portfolios.

  • Analytics API ecosystem

    Partner integrations for data warehouse and BI teams.

Sessionboard — built in

  • Program event stream

    Session publish, attendance, and content consumption signals.

  • Advocacy attribution

    Share → click → registration chain from Advocacy campaigns.

  • Public API write/read

    Sessions, transcriptions, and media artifacts for downstream analytics.

How the data flows

Program and session data live in Sessionboard — with optional sync to and from Bear Analytics.

  • Sessions and speakers managed in Sessionboard — canonical program IDs for analytics joins.
  • Registration and advocacy events emitted with UTM and campaign attribution.
  • API or export feeds Bear Analytics warehouse — Bear owns executive dashboards.
  • Leadership views ROI in MeasureUp — Sessionboard remains program system of record.

Integration status: Sessionboard emits program events via public API for Bear Analytics to aggregate in MeasureUp.

Ask your AI about the event — not a spreadsheet export

Sessionboard connects to the assistants your team already uses through MCP (Model Context Protocol). Sessions, speakers, and agenda data stay in Sessionboard — Claude, ChatGPT, and Copilot read it live.

Connect in minutes

Sign in with OAuth — no API keys to copy. Ask about session status, speaker readiness, committee progress, or agenda gaps in plain English.

MCP setup guide →

Works beside your stack

Registration and capture tools stay in place. Sessionboard holds the program graph — sync transcripts and media back when you run another vendor beside us.

API & coexistence overview →

Running Bear Analytics today?

See how Sessionboard fits beside your existing stack — no rip-and-replace required.

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Native first — add their tool only if you must

Sessionboard already includes transcription, attendee experiences, and content marketing. A separate subscription makes sense only in narrow cases.

Keep Bear Analytics only when

  • Association already standardized on Bear Analytics for board reporting
  • BI team wants Sessionboard events in existing MeasureUp pipeline

Sessionboard alone — usually the answer

  • Analytics needs stop at in-platform Sessionboard reports
  • No executive mandate for third-party measurement layer

Frequently asked questions

How Sessionboard works beside Bear Analytics.

No — Sessionboard supplies program events; Bear Analytics aggregates for association ROI storytelling.

Session lifecycle, advocacy shares, and registration attribution — available via Sessionboard public API.

Not for basic program analytics — Advocacy unlocks share-to-registration chain Bear can measure.

Depends on stack — Sessionboard attribution joins when reg integrates or UTMs pass through.

Work with both vendors on data processing agreements for your association.

Using Bear Analytics MeasureUp?

Talk through your event workflow — abstracts, speakers, content, and marketing on one program graph.

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