Question 1

How do I show events on a SharePoint intranet?

Accepted Answer

Native SharePoint Online provides a basic events list and a calendar view, but the presentation is functional rather than designed. Most modern intranets either use a custom-built events page, the SharePoint Events webpart (limited customisation), or a third-party events webpart like Athena's Events Hero. The Events Hero provides a filmstrip carousel, an editorial date hero block (large day numeral with month and time), pulse-dot UPCOMING labels, and split date/time inputs that avoid the OS-native time-spinner quirks.

Question 2

Does Athena replace Eventbrite?

Accepted Answer

For internal events on the intranet, yes. Athena's Events Hero is purpose-built for this use case. For external events with public ticketing, payment collection, attendee registration, and integration with marketing tools, Eventbrite and similar platforms remain stronger. Most organisations use Athena for internal events (town halls, training sessions, social events, lunch-and-learns) and a dedicated platform for external ticketed events.

Question 3

How do staff add events to the calendar?

Accepted Answer

Athena's Events Hero has fullscreen admin CRUD inside the webpart: admins create, edit, and delete events without opening the SharePoint list view. Split date/time inputs avoid the OS-native time-spinner problems. Event records support title, description, date, time, location, image, and category. For organisations that want broader event submission, the backing SharePoint list can be permissioned for additional contributors.

Question 4

Does the events calendar integrate with Outlook?

Accepted Answer

Athena's Events Hero stores events in a standard SharePoint list. Microsoft 365 connector workflows can push events from this list into Outlook calendars (manager-led communications schedule) and surface upcoming events in Teams. Athena does not include a built-in Outlook synchronisation; events are intentionally separate from staff personal calendars, sitting on the intranet as the canonical source of internal events the organisation cares about.

Question 5

How is the Events Hero designed?

Accepted Answer

Filmstrip carousel positionable right or bottom of the hero. Editorial date hero block: 56-pixel day numeral, month and year, time, atmospheric mesh background. Date-chip overlay on horizontal cards. Pulse-dot UPCOMING label drawing attention to imminent events. The visual treatment is intentionally editorial; events feel like content, not list rows.

Question 6

How much does Athena cost?

Accepted Answer

Athena Essentials is £290 per month per tenant. Events Hero is one of 19 webparts included alongside org chart, knowledge base, policy management, noticeboard, and internal job board functionality. No per-user fees.

Internal events that look like content, not list rows.

Filmstrip, date hero, pulse-dot UPCOMING.

What Events Hero does.

Self-provisioning Athena Events list

Filmstrip carousel

Editorial date hero block

Date-chip overlay on horizontal cards

Pulse-dot UPCOMING label

Split date/time inputs

Fullscreen admin CRUD

Image upload per event

25 design palettes

Where a dedicated event platform is the better choice.

Frequently asked questions.

Events that feel like events.

Related reading.