The agenda lets you build a timeline for your event and share it with guests so everyone knows what to expect.
Creating agenda activities
Go to the Agenda tab of your event and click Add activity. Each activity has:
- Title — what’s happening (e.g. “Welcome drinks”, “Dinner”, “Cake cutting”)
- Start time — when the activity begins
- Duration — how long it runs
- Description — optional notes or details
- Location or room — optional, useful for multi-room events
- Links — optional. Attach a URL and label to an activity (e.g. a menu link, a presentation, or a map).
- File attachments — optional. Attach up to 5 files per activity (see below).
Activities are sorted automatically by start time. If two activities overlap, FastParty flags it with a warning so you can adjust.
Attaching files to activities
You can attach up to 5 files to any agenda activity. Supported file types include:
- PDF documents
- Excel spreadsheets
- Word documents
- Photos and images
- Other common file types
Attached files are visible to guests when you publish the agenda. This is useful for sharing presentation decks, menus, briefing documents, or reference materials alongside a specific activity.
Publishing the agenda
Your agenda is private until you publish it. Once published, guests can view the full timeline from their invitation link — no account required.
If you update the agenda after publishing, guests see the latest version immediately. There’s no need to re-publish after edits.
Exporting the agenda as PDF
You can export the full agenda as a PDF from the agenda page. This is useful for printing, sharing offline, or keeping a record of your event schedule.
Unpublishing the agenda
You can unpublish the agenda at any time. Once unpublished, guests can no longer see the timeline, but your agenda data is saved and can be republished later.
Guest Check-In from the agenda
Hosts can check in guests directly from the agenda page. The Guest Check-In view shows your guest list and lets you mark each person as arrived. For events using QR codes, guests can also scan a code at the door to self-check-in.
Guest Check-In is available to hosts and co-hosts only. See Check-In for the full guide including QR code check-in and integration with Registered Events.
Example agendas
Here are a few examples to help you get started.
Birthday party
| Time | Activity | Duration |
|---|
| 6:30 PM | Arrival and welcome drinks | 30 min |
| 7:00 PM | Dinner | 90 min |
| 8:30 PM | Cake and singing | 20 min |
| 8:50 PM | Dancing and games | 70 min |
Work team lunch
| Time | Activity | Duration |
|---|
| 12:00 PM | Arrival and drinks | 15 min |
| 12:15 PM | Lunch | 45 min |
| 1:00 PM | Team update | 20 min |
| 1:20 PM | Wrap up | 10 min |
Potluck dinner
| Time | Activity | Duration |
|---|
| 6:00 PM | Guests arrive, set up dishes | 30 min |
| 6:30 PM | Dinner | 60 min |
| 7:30 PM | Dessert and conversation | 60 min |
| 8:30 PM | Wind down | 30 min |
You can ask Antsy to build the agenda for you: “Set up a timeline — cocktails at 6, dinner at 7:30, dessert at 9 — and publish it.” Antsy creates all the activities and publishes in one go.