This June, SUMO Scheduler is proud to sponsor three major Salesforce events across the UK and US. From community-led innovation to global enterprise showcases, we’re joining the people who are shaping the future of Salesforce — and we’re bringing scheduling intelligence with us.
Whether you’re attending in person or following online, here’s where you’ll find us and what we’re bringing to the table.
🎤 London’s Calling | June 6, 2025 | London, UK
The UK’s biggest community-led Salesforce event, London’s Calling, is celebrating its 10th anniversary — and we’re excited to be part of it. Held at The Brewery in London, this event brings together over 600 Salesforce professionals, developers, architects, and admins for a full day of knowledge-sharing and connection.
What we’re bringing: SUMO will be on site showing how our Salesforce-native scheduling software helps organizations automate bookings, coordinate across teams, and improve service delivery — all with no custom code. Whether you’re managing interviews, campus tours, client meetings, or service appointments, SUMO simplifies it.
🧠 Expect inspiring sessions, community energy, and a hands-on look at smarter scheduling.
🇬🇧 Agentforce World Tour London | June 11, 2025 | London, UK
Hosted by Salesforce, Agentforce World Tour London brings the best of the ecosystem together to explore the next generation of AI-powered engagement. SUMO is proud to be an official sponsor of this event, which focuses on how intelligent tools are transforming customer-facing teams.
What we’re bringing: We’ll be demoing our AI scheduling assistant for Salesforce — from self-booking links to advanced time zone logic, calendar automation, and smart reminders that reduce no-shows.
📍 Come see how SUMO helps Sales, Service, Education, and Government teams manage complex scheduling — at scale.
🏙 Agentforce World Tour Boston | June 26, 2025 | Boston, USA
To round out the month, we’ll be at Agentforce World Tour Boston, joining the East Coast Salesforce community to showcase tools that help businesses do more with less.
What we’re bringing: SUMO Scheduler helps Salesforce organizations reduce scheduling complexity, free up staff time, and increase productivity across distributed teams. Our platform connects calendars, CRMs, and people — without custom development.
Let’s meet in Boston to talk about how scheduling can power real outcomes.
✨ Can’t Make It in Person?
We’ll be sharing photos, behind-the-scenes stories, and product highlights from all three events on our channels.
“Batman needs a butler to keep track of his tasks, but you won’t. Find out how Time Management can be the game-changer for your business. ”
A new pressing issue to be resolved every day? Check. Some incredibly effective and trustworthy teammates? Check. An incredible arsenal of tools, gadgets and technology? Check.
There isn’t much that separates a business owner from a superhero, with both regularly facing a constant stream of issues to solve, targets to reach, and problems to eliminate.
But not every brand owner or entrepreneur can afford a snarky British butler, or buy an entire tech company to fund the daily activities. That is why Time Management plays a crucial role in a business’ day-to-day efforts.
After all, Steve Jobs once said that “time is the most valuable resource”, and Time Management is a skill that can take your business (and you) to the next level… without leaving a comically large hole in your budget.
But first, let’s start with the basics.
What is Time Management?
Time management is the ability to plan, organize, and effectively deploy an allocated amount of time you have during a timeframe. Successful Time Management involves setting priorities, managing pressing tasks, and making conscious decisions to maximize the productivity of your own job, your team and your overall business.
Your timeframe could be anything between an 8-hour workday, to a corporate meeting, to a university lecture, and your ability to prioritize the main talking points, key events and actions discussed during the timeframe define how you’re successful with time management.
Time is a priceless resource
Imagine that you are the manager of a creative marketing team in your organization.
Even for a modest agency, your daily responsibilities could include tasks such as:
– Developing new marketing materials for clients – Setting up meetings with new potential partners – Negotiating new/improved contracts with key stakeholders – Brainstorming ideas and solutions for a new client – Miscellaneous meetings with managers and employees
Add to that the constant travel and random last-minute meetings, it is safe to assume that time is a resource that plays a huge role in your daily activities.
But that’s just one example! Here are some more Time Management statistics that tell the deeper story.
Time Management Statistics of 2025
According to Business Insider, Smaller companies (around 100 workers) could save nearly $2.5 million, while enterprises (more than 5,000 employees) would save more than $100 million annually, if more of their meetings could be turned into an email.
Based on a survey from NetQuote, around 45 minutes of an employee or manager’s time is wasted per day because of unorganized workspaces or communication breakdowns. This amounts to more than 4 hours a week.
According to elearningindustry.com, more than 90% of workers admit to wasting time while in the office or working from home. This can range from 30 minutes to 3 hours in procrastination, water-cooler conversations or frequent breaks.
Interestingly, large-scale businesses are just as affected by time mismanagement, as company resources and priority of tasks can get lost behind internal silos, communication breakdowns and a tower of email backlogs.
Employees can struggle… in time-sensitive industries
In fact, even time-sensitive, large sectors such as education, IT, retail, banking and government bodies struggle to find ways that can reduce the time spent on monotonous tasks.
Case in point, A comprehensive study clearly indicated that time management has a positive impact on productivity in the Ghanaian Central Bank. However, it was found that staff of the bank mismanaged transaction time and delayed task completion due to faulty time allocation.
Furthermore, the American Psychological Association found that approximately 46% of stress among frontline workers and psychologists is due to an excessive workload, which is either caused by time mismanagement, or lack of support from the business owners.
This is exacerbated by the fact that, according to research by Development Academy, a staggering 82% of people don’t use any time management system within small or large scale business operations.
Therefore, acknowledgement and support of the workforce, regardless of industry, is absolutely vital when attempting to improve the output and efficiency of a business.
How can Scheduling Software help?
Scheduling Software allows businesses (or business owners) to organize schedules, appointments, tasks, and resources without losing time on manual, monotonous labor.
A scheduling software is designed to automate the process of management, organization and task prioritization among a business, which makes it easier for the employees and managers to coordinate tasks, events, meetings, and allocate resources effectively.
Let’s go back to your creativemarketing team. By using a Scheduling Software to better manage your time efforts, you will be able to:
– Insert more hours into creating marketing materials for clients
– Automatically set-up meetings with potential partners
– Self-schedule negotiations with key stakeholders at your desired time
– Gain complete visibility over your team’s solutions for a new client
– Maximize attendance during meetings with your workforce
How is SUMO Scheduler unique?
SUMO Scheduler is a powerful online scheduling software that automates record creation and maximizes your business’ performance.
With a state-of-the-art interface, SUMO provides a 360-degree view of every time-sensitive event, which offers visibility into the entire time management process of a business.
With Appointment Scheduling, managers (and employees) can automate tasks such as phone call reminders, email confirmations, SMS notifications, and automate follow-ups for unconfirmed appointments, helping manage every stakeholder meeting meticulously.
For instance, if your customer service department is divided among customer retention and customer support teams, another asset such as SUMO’s Assignment Engine can help match the specialists and the clients together based on the business’ pre-assigned metrics, thus automatically assigning the right team for the right client instantly.
“Technology and innovation aren’t going to slow down, and neither should education for the next generation.”
According to Valuates, Corporate EdTech is a $27.5 billion industry that is growing yearly, with companies such as Coursera, Chegg and Zoom becoming mainstays within the modern educational system. The rapid gamification of EdTech has allowed brands like Duolingo, Kahoot, and Apple Smartwatches to utilize adaptive learning algorithms and reach a larger audience, from universities, to corporations, and even government bodies.
In this article, we look at the most exciting innovation, trends and opportunities for businesses in EdTech, and how data-backed, modern scheduling software for education can simplify day-to-day tasks on every organizational level within a company.
What are the benefits of EdTech?
Whether you are an educator, school administrator, educational technology enthusiast, or simply an avid follower of growth in education, technology within education serves multiple benefits.
EdTech, in industries across the world:
Increases the reach and scope of education across the globe
Tailors the education for regional needs (ex: language, training)
Improves access to education in rural areas
Increases the potential of learning through gamification
Promotes individual learning with immediate access
Equips educators with efficient tools for student management
Invites students to examine new areas of interest and growth
Moreover, EdTech allows seamless collaboration between educators and students, allowing them to bypass international borders, with many EdTech platforms and applications simply requiring a stable access to the internet.
But modern Education Technologies have gone beyond just the internet, with many incorporating Artificial Intelligence, machine learning to further develop their products. Here are the 5 most prevalent trends in technology for 2023, and the bold innovations accompanying them.
5 Trends shaping EdTech in 2025
Virtual and Augmented Reality
According to a FutureEdTech survey, 85% of students love VR and AR experiences, and 73% believe these technologies increase their understanding of subjects. One of the most common ways of utilizing VR in education is via virtual reality classrooms, or immersive training sessions.
Artificial Intelligence According to the EdTech Association, 92% of educators recognize the potential of AI in tailoring learning courses for individual students. This allows the student with personalized education material focusing on the individual’s weaknesses and strengths, while it provides the educator with time to appropriately analyze and suggest improvements.
Gamification for the #win
In a study conducted by the National Technical University, It was found that challenge-based gamification can improve student performance by 89.45% compared to lecture-based education. Take a look at how students move towards the gamified systems of brands like Duolingo, where they learn with virtual partners and view their personalized progress.
Remote Learning
70% of students say online learning is better than traditional classroom learning, and the trend is visible with market development. Estimates suggest that America’s online learning industry will be worth $687 billion by 2030, and businesses are taking notes. Zoom was the most used platform during the COVID19 pandemic for meetings, classes, and even government proceedings. It continues to lead the market.
Skilling and Mentorship Online-education companies are expanding and emphasizing their enterprise offerings to meet the demand for upskilling and reskilling, according to McKinsey. For example, corporations such as Microsoft have created an ever-expanding database of products and white papers aimed towards providing clients with reliable skilling solutions.
What are the challenges for EdTech?
As with all technology, scale & size are not the only potential blockers.. With a rapidly evolving target audience, EdTech can both be revolutionizing the industry and playing catch up at a moment’s notice, as critical issues can hinder an EdTech’s growth, such as:
Resistance to change within the market → which leads to slow adoption
Slow rate of advancement in technology → that can cause delayed rollout
Issues transferring solutions across touchpoints → which can alienate the audience
The rise of Artificial Intelligence → that can cause the solutions to seem rushed
Lack of User Experience data → which can negatively affect customer personas
And some of the most esteemed educational institutions have faced similar issues trying to modernize their organizational systems.
In March 2020, the President of Columbia University announced a new policy to shift student learning from in-person to online interactions with tutors and mentors.This unprecedented change initially faced pushback from students and tutors alike, and threatened to disrupt the entire organizational infrastructure.
The University of Kentucky stated that many students had to make multiple phone calls to schedule an appointment with their coaches. Frequently, students would be unable to contact them across multiple touchpoints(phone, email), leading to lapsed classes, frustration, and disgruntled clients.
Another educational institution faced time, space, and program constraints, which made it hard for the departments to prepare their schedules and ensure consistent progress, due to an outdated, manual system.
EdTech’s hidden helper: Scheduling Software
When there is a rise in digital technology used to facilitate learning, there is a need for time management. And where there is effective time management, there is scheduling software.
Modern technological solutions designed for education tend to focus on maximizing time efforts for clients, as seen with Duolingo and Kahoot. Interestingly, market research shows some impressive statistics regarding the use and objective success of scheduling softwares.
Using an appointment scheduling software can lead to a 30% to 45% revenue increase, according to Yolantis.
Forbes reports that 78% of customers are more likely to buy from a business if they receive customized services, something that scheduling software can deliver.
Ultimately, GetApp summarizes that 94% of customers would be more likely to find a new business, especially if it has its own booking schedule website
How is SUMO Scheduler unique?
Our online appointment scheduling software automates record creation and maximizes performance.
With the state-of-the-art interface, and clever integration with AI, SUMO provides a 360-degree view of every appointment booked, which offers visibility into the entire scheduling process of a business.
Moreover, SUMO allows clients to book appointments at their leisure while guaranteeing that the meeting would take place at the correct time with the correct specialist that meets the specific needs of the customer.
Through Appointment Scheduling, organizations can automate tasks such as phone call reminders, email confirmations, SMS notifications, balancing all touchpoints.
Most importantly, SUMO is a Salesforce native tool, which means it is up-to-date with the latest technology, and can thus offer bespoke solutions to clients across the industry.
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The Washington Center has managed to cut out the time-consuming and error-prone process of manual scheduling, improving customer engagement.
Columbia University has seen a dramatic increase in efficiency with manual tasks being eliminated across all departments.
The University of Kentucky improved appointment flow, and greatly streamlined the student’s (customer) experience.
Book your free demo to learn more about SUMO Scheduler, and take your EdTech scheduling to the next level.
