45+ Tools to Plan Your Next Wedding
10 comments so farWe are amazed by the advancement of the wedding planning industry in using online tools. @carmenhere put together this post which collects what we think is the best you can find out there. We are sure you will find more in the comments so make sure you keep track of it.
As always remember to save it on delicious for future reference or to share it via StumbleUpon
Software:
- OurWeddingDay: Complete wedding planning, from task management to budget tools
- iDo Wedding Couple Edition: planning software complete of wordings and songs widget feature. Free 20-day trial
- EZ Wedding Planner: Free online wedding planner software
- Perfect TablePlan: As seen on this blog
Google Docs Wedding Templates
- Free Gantt with Google: As featured on this blog
- Guest List
- Photo Album
- Planner
- Budget Manager
- Checklist
Free online tools
What Social Media for my event?
3 comments so farIt’s the buzzword of the day, Social Media. Does it make sense to use it for your event? Here is what you need to know about time and budget required.
We had a great web conference (aka conversation) last night about the use of technology within events. It is recorded in the Event Manager Blog Channel for your use. We were overwhelmed with questions and we are looking forward to answering them on next events.
A graph to sum it up
The highlight of the night was a graph outlining the time and budget required to do both: promoting your event on Social Media and embedding social media and extra technology to events.
Here it is:
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Are You Listening?
1 comment so farFew months ago we were talking about Meetups, user generated events and about getting back networking.
As part of the late venture with amiando, we sparked a series of user generated events across the world, to display the power of our online community.
Obviously clever people were listening, they implemented what we pioneered and are now getting great successes.
Photo by b_heyer via Flickr
We feel good about it, because we creatively shared that.
Good News
Good news is that we are sharing right now as we speak and we are way forward compared to what’s going on right now. It’s a fact.
Leave us alone
We strongly suggest you unsubscribe from this blog if you are perpetrating practices of a distant past.
On the other hand, if you like challenges we have few suggestions for you:
- We think that Pecha Kucha is the way to go.
- We think that technology should be part of the present event industry as it increases streams of revenue while decreasing intangibility of the event in itself.
Start now
If you read this blog you are well aware of new trends and whatever is going on with Event Planning 2.0, but make sure:
- You read most of it, search categories and get out of your comfort zone.
- Interact, commenting on each post.
- Engage in our communities, specially on Linkedin where we are more than 6500 (yeah you remember when we were 400).
- Get in touch directly with Julius, if you want targeted guidance with your project.
[Event Technology] Pathable
3 comments so far
This post starts a new series about technology you should embed in your event.
Name: Pathable
Twitter: @pathable
Category: Networking
Description: Pathable allows organizers (which is you) to set up a community for their event. It enables networking with a powerful tagging system.
Your attendees are able to identify their interests and match them with others.
Networking begins before the event. To us this is one of the strongest contribution technology deliver to events. Networking is indeed one of the top reasons to attend events. Therefore you can do the math.
What I like: You can print out special badges carrying on your name as well as those of the people you should meet. The platform works out matching profiles, breaking ice in a powerful fashion.
What could be better: Stronger integration with LinkedIn and Facebook. We don’t want to fill in a new profile given the amount of time we spent to generate our official ones. Help us with a one click import.
Want to improve your event technology? We can help you
85+ tools to manage projects
27 comments so farEvents are indeed projects or at least they should be managed as such.
Here is yet another free list that will help you to be more productive.
Remember to save it in your del.icio.us for future reference and to let others know through StumbleUpon.
Project Management Software
- Vitalist
- Redmine
- Qtask
- Basecamp
- WhoDoes
- GanttPV
- Faces
