| For that big day, you will need some effective | | | | help capture your target participants, or put them |
| management. Whether you are tying the knot or | | | | off? |
| planning another important event, or are a | | | | In February of this year, Event Payment Services, |
| professional and do this every day for other people, | | | | launched the ePSPay(SM) SmartCard application. |
| you will probably want to take advantage of an | | | | Designed for use by both profit and non-profit event |
| online package to help you. There are so many to | | | | planners, it streamlines registration, purchasing, and |
| choose from , you will want to choose the one with | | | | post-event financial processes. Registration lines are |
| the best features for your event. the following | | | | minimized by credit card swipe technology. A swipe |
| checklist of essential features should help you decide. | | | | at a portable terminal allows donors to be assigned a |
| Remember, the software should save you time, so | | | | bidder number. Until they check out of the event, |
| you do not want something overcomplicated. It | | | | they can then make purchases freely. At a 2006 |
| should be user friendly and have excellent online | | | | Rotary Club event in Washington State, volunteers |
| support. It should only take a few minutes to publish | | | | spent over eight hours just entering credit card |
| the event and mass-mailing should be possible at the | | | | numbers. With ePSPay(SM), this can be done at |
| click of a button. A to do list is a must - and | | | | pre-registration in just a few seconds," said |
| reminders should be included. The size of the event | | | | McConville. "Our technology allows volunteers to be |
| will be a determining factor - many packages offer | | | | more involved in the event, rather than having to |
| planning for up to 50,000 participants, which is well in | | | | focus on registration and coordinating donor |
| excess of most individual needs but will be of interest | | | | information." You can visit for more information on |
| to the professionals in this field. Online forms should | | | | event planning tools. |
| be customisable, to be compatible with your own | | | | Event planning software really can make a difference |
| system. Reports should be vary varied and easy to | | | | to costs as well as sign-ups. Spindustry, for example, |
| compile. | | | | helped The Iowa Credit Union League to cut costs. A |
| Attendance should be optimized by the feature of | | | | major overhaul was achieved in a matter of months. |
| automatic reminder e-mails. Credit card payments | | | | When choosing your software, it makes sense to go |
| should be integrated real.time, to ensure safe and | | | | with an established firm, because the online support is |
| prompt processing. Accounting should be facilitated | | | | more likely to be well established and past the |
| with easy tracking. The ability to easily set up a | | | | teething stages. Most firms provide a free simulation, |
| personal webpage should be included, with features | | | | which will give you a very clear idea of whether the |
| for personalized ticket creation, which will maximise | | | | application meets your specifications. |
| ticket sales from the word go. The graphics and | | | | Happy planning! |
| pop-ups will be of great importance to you - will they | | | | |