Tips & Tricks

Hey everyone! Just wanted to share a quick tip on using your community to increase event registration for your next event! We recently ran an event on the importance of Customer Success in 2020 and we saw a massive 70% of our event registrations come from signups on our community! What did we do? We simply set up an event on our community—announcing what we planned to cover and who would be speaking—and enabled event registration directly on the community. We also found that those who wanted to ask questions about the event did so in the comments section, which really got people excited about the topics we would be covering. What was also fantastic was that we saw those that attended the event kept the discussion going in the weeks after on the community too! So, definitely, for your next event be sure to use your community! ? 

Create a travel and expense “super system” for your business On its own, Concur Travel is an industry-leading travel platform and an investment you’ll never regret. When you combine it with Concur Expense, you create a total spending solution that includes a consolidated view of spending data, travel bookings that automatically populate expense reports, and the ability to reimburse employees faster.

Spending is climbing back toward where it was before, up 73% last year over 2021 with travel expenses leading the charge, positive but not shocking news with the economy opening back up. But as companies climb closer to business as usual, the recent Spend Insights Report also reveals a troubling number reflecting a business-as-unusual after-effect of the pandemic: Employee out-of-pocket cash spending jumped 81% and is the top category we found, clouding insight and compliance. So after a stretch of policies shifts and companies spending freely and differently to keep operations rolling, are employees confused, resistant, or taking advantage when using cash instead of purchasing cards? Well, it can be hard to know if you don’t look closely at purchases – and violations – or take advantage of technology that can help you uncover improper expenses and enforce the spending policies you have put in place. The insights report, produced in partnership with Oversight, an industry-leading provi

IT leaders want to collaborate more with CFOs, based on findings from the 2025 SAP Concur CFO Insights report: 58% of IT leaders want to establish more regular cross-functional meetings with C-level colleagues. This comes at a critical time for collaboration as finance leaders seek ways to begin realizing returns from their AI investments.As finance leaders lean into AI for automation, with over half (57%) saying general finance tasks are already highly automated by AI, increased collaboration is critical for mutual understanding and growth. When working in tandem, IT and finance leaders can prioritize IT initiatives to substantiate growth and create higher organizational impact.This year’s CFO Insights report draws on data from a survey of 350 finance leaders, 115 IT leaders, and 115 HR leaders across eight countries, exploring the unique challenges of 2025 and actions that the C-suite can take to help their organizations grow.These are some of the key themes from the IT leader editio