Events (Singles)
Designed to foster engagement, streamline communication, and boost productivity, this tool transforms the way you connect within your organization. This template rotates through each event based on date order for displaying events like social club gatherings, staff sports, and important date-based reminders. Keep your audience informed and engaged with a visually appealing and organized event presentation.
Content Source
Once you have created your slide using the Events (Singles) template, choose a content source to start adding your content:
Web Portal
- Select Web Portal from the Content Source dropdown
- Add an event
- Click [Add Content] to enter your event information using the content editor, then click [Save].
OR, - Optional: Drag-and-drop event image(s) into the Upload field.
- Repeat to add more events
File Upload (XLSX)
- Select File Upload (XLSX) from the Content Source dropdown
- Download the Events (Singles) XLSX data template
- To manage events via the XLSX data template, use the available columns to key in the event details (one event per row).
Learn more about the supported formats for this data template. - Save your changes and upload the saved XLSX file into the slide editor.
- When you are ready to go live, add your slide to one or more playlists.
Google Sheets
Follow the prerequisite steps to set up your integration and get started with Google Sheets seamlessly.
- Vibe Portal - Download the VIBE-DATA-TEMPLATE_EventSingles.xlsx
- Google Drive - Upload the the VIBE-DATA-TEMPLATE_EventSingles.xlsx to your connected Google Drive folder and add your data
- Vibe Portal - Choose Google Sheets in the Content Source dropdown and select your saved Google Spreadsheet
Recommend reading: Prep your Google Sheets
SharePoint (XSLX)
Follow the prerequisite steps to set up your integration and get started with using SharePoint Folders to store your Excel files.
- Vibe Portal - Download the VIBE-DATA-TEMPLATE_EventSingles.xlsx
- SharePoint - Upload the the VIBE-DATA-TEMPLATE_EventSingles.xlsx to your connected SharePoint folder and add your data
- Vibe Portal - In the slide editor, choose SharePoint (XLSX) in the Content Source dropdown and select your saved Excel file.
XLSX Data Template
If you have selected 'File Upload (XLSX)', 'Google Sheets' or 'SharePoint (XLSX)' as your content source, use this section as a guide for formatting the data in your spreadsheet.
Supported Data Format
| Column | Supported Formatting |
| Date | MMMM DD YYYY or DD/MM/YYYY or MM/DD/YYYY |
| Time | HH:MM (24hr) or HH:MM AM and HH:MM PM |
| Title | Free format |
| Location | Free format |
| Summary | Free format. Supports Bold and Underline format |
| Image | Secure public Image URL (e.g. https://demo.vibe.fyi/Images/logo.png) |
Recommended Reading:
- Vibe Data Templates (for tips on how to download and connect your data to a slide)
- Common Data Entry Formats (for more information on managing your data)
Design
- Time - Use the toggle to show or hide the event time.
- Slide Title - Select your preferred style and use the colour picker to set your slide title background.
- Shape - Use the colour picker to set your event background colour.
Learn more about our template Slide Design Options (Text | Elements | Themes) including backgrounds and logos.
Use-Case Scenario
Launching a Focused Office Event (Vaccination Day / Blood Donation Drive)
A mid-size company runs important community and wellbeing initiatives throughout the year, including vaccination days and blood donation drives. To make sure employees don’t miss these moments, the communications team promotes one standout event at a time—using the Events Single Template to deliver a clear, consistent “event spotlight” experience.
For each campaign, the team creates a dedicated Events Single slide and publishes it to a shared internal feed that pushes to all in-office screens. The slide is built to communicate the essentials at a glance: a bold event title, a prominent date tile, and a concise agenda showing what’s happening and when staff can participate. A clear time window (for example, 9:00 AM–1:00 PM) helps employees immediately understand the best time to stop by, even if they’re rotating through shifts or moving between departments
FAQ
Can the slide handle multiple day event?
Yes you can set the slide to recur every year using the recurring date/time settings. This lets the same slide automatically reappear on the chosen annual date range (e.g., every year on Oct 1–Oct 2) without manual updates, ensuring ongoing awareness for annual events.
Can I set the slide to recur every year?
Yes you can set the slide to recur every year using the recurring date/time settings. This lets the same slide automatically reappear on the chosen annual date range (e.g., every year on Oct 1–Oct 2) without manual updates, ensuring ongoing awareness for annual events.
Can I change the location of the date on the slide?
Yes. You can change the date location. Just go to Elements tab and select the layout options.
Asset Download
Take advantage of downloading our default assets as a guide to create your own, if you wish to change them.