diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/osem-dashboard.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/osem-dashboard.scss
index b2d0d125..3b5685ad 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/osem-dashboard.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/osem-dashboard.scss
@@ -18,12 +18,6 @@
     padding-bottom: 20px;
 }
 
-.dashbox .icon {
-    padding-left: 8px;
-    display: block;
-    font-size: 3.8em;
-}
-
 .dashbox label {
     display: block;
     font-size: 1.1em;
diff --git a/app/helpers/admin/widgets_helper.rb b/app/helpers/admin/widgets_helper.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..213b0918
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/helpers/admin/widgets_helper.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module Admin
+  module WidgetsHelper
+    # DRY up rendering of visual elements
+
+    def big_statistic(icon, subtitle, value, delta, reverse_delta = false)
+      content_tag('div', class: 'dashbox text-center') do
+        content_tag('span', class: 'fa') do
+          fa_icon(icon) +
+            value.to_s.html_safe # rubocop:disable Rails/OutputSafety
+        end +
+          content_tag('p') do
+            content_tag('small', subtitle.pluralize(value)) +
+              ' '.html_safe + # rubocop:disable Rails/OutputSafety
+              login_delta_label(delta, reverse_delta)
+          end
+      end
+    end
+
+    def login_delta_label(delta, reverse = false)
+      variant = if delta.to_i.positive?
+                  reverse ? :warning : :success
+                elsif delta.to_i.negative?
+                  reverse ? :success : :warning
+                else
+                  :info
+                end
+      bootstrap_label(
+        format('%+d', delta.to_i),
+        variant,
+        title: "#{delta} since you last logged in"
+      )
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/helpers/widgets_helper.rb b/app/helpers/widgets_helper.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dd9e3927
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/helpers/widgets_helper.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+module WidgetsHelper
+  # DRY up rendering of visual elements
+
+  # https://getbootstrap.com/docs/3.3/components/#labels
+  def bootstrap_label(value, variant, options = {})
+    content_tag('span', value, class: "label label-#{variant}", **options)
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/views/admin/conferences/index.html.haml b/app/views/admin/conferences/index.html.haml
index b81cfa26..0c5e5bab 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/conferences/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/admin/conferences/index.html.haml
@@ -1,53 +1,15 @@
 = javascript_include_tag 'Chart'
 .row
   .col-sm-3.col-xs-3
-    .dashbox.text-center
-      %span.fa.fa-user.fa-lg
-      %span.fa.fa-lg
-        = @total_user
-      %p
-        %small
-          #{'User'.pluralize(@total_user)}
-          - if @new_user
-            %span.label.label-success{ title: "+ #{@new_user} since you last logged in!" }
-              +
-              = @new_user
+    = big_statistic('user', 'User', @total_user, @new_user)
+
   .col-sm-3.col-xs-3
-    .dashbox.text-center
-      %span.fa.fa-check-square.fa-lg
-      %span.fa.fa-lg
-        = @total_reg
-      %p
-        %small
-          #{'Registration'.pluralize(@total_reg)}
-          - if @new_reg
-            %span.label.label-success{ title: "+#{@new_reg} since you last logged in!" }
-              +
-              = @new_reg
+    = big_statistic('check-square', 'Registration', @total_reg, @new_reg)
+
   .col-sm-3.col-xs-3
-    .dashbox.text-center
-      %span.fa.fa-file-text.fa-lg
-      %span.fa.fa-lg
-        = @total_submissions
-      %p
-        %small
-          #{'Submission'.pluralize(@total_submissions)}
-          - if @new_submissions
-            %span.label.label-success{ title: "+#{@new_submissions} since you last logged in!" }
-              +
-              = @new_submissions
+    = big_statistic('file-text', 'Submission', @total_submissions, @new_submission)
   .col-sm-3.col-xs-3
-    .dashbox.text-center
-      %span.fa.fa-archive.fa-lg
-      %span.fa.fa-lg
-        = @total_withdrawn
-      %p
-        %small
-          #{'Withdrawn'.pluralize(@total_withdrawn)}
-          - if @new_withdrawn
-            %span.label.label-success{ title: "+#{@new_withdrawn} since you last logged in!" }
-              +
-              = @new_withdrawn
+    = big_statistic('archive', 'Withdrawn', @total_withdrawn, @new_withdrawn, true)
 
 .row#registrations
   .col-md-8
diff --git a/app/views/admin/conferences/show.html.haml b/app/views/admin/conferences/show.html.haml
index ad4cef31..cd4bd341 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/conferences/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/admin/conferences/show.html.haml
@@ -6,56 +6,16 @@
 %hr
 .row
   .col-sm-3.col-xs-3
-    .dashbox.text-center
-      %span.fa.fa-user.fa-lg
-      %span.fa.fa-lg
-        = @total_reg
-      %p
-        %small
-          #{'Registration'.pluralize(@total_reg)}
-        - if @new_reg
-          %span.label.label-success{ title: "+#{@new_reg} since you last logged in!" }
-            +
-            = @new_reg
+    = big_statistic('user', 'Registration', @total_reg, @new_reg)
 
   .col-sm-3.col-xs-3
-    .dashbox.text-center
-      %span.fa.fa-check-square.fa-lg
-      %span.fa.fa-lg
-        = @total_submissions
-      %p
-        %small
-          #{'Submission'.pluralize(@total_submissions)}
-        - if @new_submissions
-          %span.label.label-success{ title: "+#{@new_submissions} since you last logged in!" }
-            +
-            = @new_submissions
+    = big_statistic('check-square', 'Submission', @total_submissions, @new_submissions)
 
   .col-sm-3.col-xs-3
-    .dashbox.text-center
-      %span.fa.fa-file-text.fa-lg
-      %span.fa.fa-lg
-        = @program_length
-      %p
-        %small
-          #{'Hour'.pluralize(@program_length)}
-        - if @new_reg
-          %span.label.label-success{ title: "+#{@new_program_length} since you last logged in!" }
-            +
-            = @new_program_length
+    = big_statistic('file-text', 'Hour', @program_length, @new_program_length)
 
   .col-sm-3.col-xs-3
-    .dashbox.text-center
-      %span.fa.fa-archive.fa-lg
-      %span.fa.fa-lg
-        = @total_withdrawn
-      %p
-        %small
-          #{'Withdrawn'.pluralize(@total_withdrawn)}
-        - if @new_withdrawn
-          %span.label.label-success{ title: "+#{@new_withdrawn} since you last logged in!" }
-            +
-            = @new_withdrawn
+    = big_statistic('archive', 'Withdrawn', @total_withdrawn, @new_withdrawn, true)
 
 .row
   .col-md-12