Lunch and learn RSVP

A head count so you order the right amount.

A lunch and learn RSVP with one question about what people can't eat, so the number is right by the morning of, which is when you have to call the order in. People respond without signing in to anything.

Start oneIt opens with the time, the guests and a question already set. Pick the date, and change anything before you share it.

What's filled in for you

Title
Lunch and learn
Time
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm.
Guests
None. It's only the people you send it to.
Question
“Anything you can't eat?”
Description
Let us know if you're coming to the lunch and learn, so we order the right amount. If there's anything you can't eat, say so in the question box.
For
Work

You add your name, the date and where it is. Anything here can be changed before you share it.

An example

  • 22 coming · 3 maybe · 4 can't
  • Room for 8 more
  • Priya · Sam · Alex · Jo
What people see

How to set it up

  1. Set the time and roomPick the date, check the hour, and put the room in “Where”.
  2. Set the room sizeGuests are off. Set “Total room for” to the room's capacity if it fills up.
  3. Send the linkPost it in the company chat or an email. Nobody needs an account.
  4. Order the foodThe morning of, open your private link for the total, and the spreadsheet for what people can't eat.

What helps

  • Set “Stop taking responses after” for the time your caterer needs the order.
  • Order for the yeses plus about half the maybes. Some always turn up.
  • Put the topic and the speaker in the description. People say yes to a talk, not to a lunch.
  • The answers about food aren't shown on the page, only in your spreadsheet.

Something to send with the link

Copy it into a text, an email or the group chat, change what you like, and paste your link at the end.

We're holding a lunch and learn, and lunch is on us.

Let us know if you're coming, and if there's anything you can't eat, so we order the right amount. You don't need an account.

Here's the link:

Questions people ask

Who sees the answers about food?
Only you and anybody helping you run the page. They're in the spreadsheet you can download from your private link, and they aren't shown on the page.
Can I cap the numbers?
Yes. Set “Total room for”, and “Yes” closes once you're full. People can still answer maybe or no.
Will people get a reminder?
Yes, about a day before, to everyone who said yes or maybe and left an email.

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Start one

It takes a minute to set up, and nobody else has to install anything.