KNŌ x The Institutes
The Institutes Knowledge Group

Ditch the chaos.

KNO Events is the only event operations platform built to replace your back-of-house planning spreadsheets.Automate complex logistics, reduce financial risk and gain real-time visibility across your entire portfolio.
Discovery

What we heard from you

From Monday morning reporting to detailed hotel specs, we heard how much you and your teams are juggling.
Here’s where we believe KNO can make the biggest difference.

Less busywork. More continuity.

Automate weekly reporting and vendor updates while bringing planning into one shared system. Preserve the detailed specs hotels already trust, without relying on individual planners to keep everything moving.

Automated reporting Vendor loops Shared knowledge

Financial visibility & historical benchmarks.

Give planners and leadership a clearer picture of spend, F&B commitments, room pickup, and attrition exposure. Stella helps surface risks and answer questions across events, with opportunities to incorporate historical benchmarks.

Portfolio visibility Financial risk Stella AI

A smarter, more connected tech stack.

Keep Cvent and Passkey in place while KNO becomes your central operations hub. As KNO expands, explore opportunities to consolidate project management tools, potentially offsetting subscription costs.

Cvent + Passkey Consolidation
Outcomes

What changes when operations live in one system

01

Financial precision, automated

Automatically calculate hotel attrition and F&B expenses

02

Instant executive visibility

Surface key financial and operational insights in real time

03

Knowledge that stays

Keep event history accessible, even when your team changes

04

Less manual work

Replace spreadsheets with connected workflows

05

Technology + talent

Powerful event tech and experienced event pros, together

06

Built by event experts

Designed by people who actually understand the way you work

Better data for better decisions

Turn structured operational data into reporting, forecasting and AI-driven insights.

The platform

One platform. Every operational workflow.

KNO home dashboard

Start every day with priorities across your active events including risks, upcoming deadlines and Stella in one view.

Event calendar

See every event across your organization at a glance, with key dates, locations, status and attendance.

Budget overview

Gain real-time financial visibility by automatically tracking event costs, hotel attrition and budget variances.

F&B selections

Automatically manage F&B costs, minimums, menus and deadlines in one place.

BEO detail

Combine F&B, furniture and AV into one BEO per session, so production and hotels work from the same package.

Hotel room blocks

Stay ahead of attrition risk and make smarter decisions with real-time pickup, inventory and reservation data.

Pricing

Plans that scale with you

The Institutes already has the systems to register attendees, manage housing, and track projects. What’s missing is a connected operational layer that brings planning, financial visibility, vendor coordination, and institutional knowledge together.
We heard how much collaboration means to your team. To make adoption even easier, we're offering The Institutes complimentary viewer access for finance and leadership stakeholders during your first year with an annual commitment.
Business
$149 /user /mo

For teams managing more complexity, spend and multiple stakeholders.

Teams of 4+ event pros
Full platform access
Unlimited events
AI teammate, Stella
Guided onboarding
Integration support
Priority assistance

*Billed monthly or annually

Enterprise
$199 /user /mo

For organizations who want scalability, control and visibility.

Full platform access
Unlimited events
AI teammate, Stella
Guided onboarding
Integration support
Priority assistance
MCP connectivity
Keep your IT team happy!
Connect KNO Events to the AI tools your company already uses.

*Billed annually at $2,388 per user

Next steps

Let's build the right workflows for The Institutes

We've really enjoyed learning about how The Institutes manages events, and we're excited about the opportunity to make that work easier. We'd welcome the chance to bring your planning teams together for a deeper look at KNO and explore how we can support your workflows today and as the platform evolves.

Shelby Crisan
Shelby Crisan
Founder & CEO
KNŌ Events
shelby.crisan@knoevents.com
Anna Gryglewska
Anna Gryglewska
Co-Founder & President
KNŌ Events Collective
anna@knoeventscollective.com