Sure, you can do it all manually—it's been done that way for years—but why do that when there's a better way? Whether it's registering guests or show attendees, keeping track of inventory, diagramming seating charts, or just generally managing your events, more than likely there is a software program available to assist with the process.
ABC Signup
Developed By: JTC Technologies LLC
Used for all types of industries including event planning, education, and more, ABC Signup features all.phpects of the registration process, from managing the financial side of an event to registration, discounts, and multiple add-ons. This product also gives you the ability to manage not only the main event, but also all auxiliary activities that may take place within its context. Flexibility is key with this program, as it allows you to manage and create the necessary questions and options for your event. Basically, it can be customized to your needs. ABC also allows for managing evaluations after an event has occurred and collecting and reporting data. By making event registration easier, event planners can potentially reach a larger audience and increase the number of events that registrants attend, not to mention decreasing the cost of mailing and printing expenses. This software helps to minimize administrative hassles, eliminate re-keying of information, and substantially reduces telephone calls.
ePlanner 2.0
Developed By: eMeetingExperts LLC
The ePlanner is for anyone in the meeting planning industry, from the planners to marketing managers to administrative assistants. Anyone involved with executing a meeting will benefit from using ePlanner 2.0, which can be integrated with Microsoft office products. The ePlanner works easily with Excel, Word, and Outlook, and is recognized by Microsoft as a Microsoft Office solutions provider. Features include attendee, property, budget, and travel management. The software also allows for personalized schedules for attendees plus name badge printouts. It's a timesaver. The ePlanner allows the user to work efficiently wherever and whenever.
Event Project Manager
Developed By: Project Events
Used across the entire event industry, Event Project Manager is an audio and visual package of tools and templates that is used as a virtual consulting guide. It helps teach users about the process of managing events, how to use templates and procedures for each event, how to assess risks and issues, how to design an event's communication system, and how to improve client management. Event Project Manager claims to be a one-of-a-kind software that will help the events industry grow by giving professionals the step-by-step tools needed to pull off a well-organized event.
Cast Software Ltd.
Developed By: Cast Software Ltd.
Cast Software is primarily used in event planning. It is devised to design the look of the room, venue, or stage. It will also generate renderings. The software's "previsualization technique," creates a virtual environment, allowing clients to see designers' event design concepts. There are drawing, inventory, and reporting components, and for each, a system to track suppliers, schedules, and other details. This software is intended as a sales tool that will bring designs to life. It will help in the preproduction, plus facilitate the physical setup process of an event.
Caterease Software
Developed By: Horizon Business Service
Caterease is an event management program devised for caterers and event planners. It is often used in hotels, casinos, and restaurants, and features data entry booking, letters, invoices, event tracking querying, and group room blocking. It is a comprehensive event management system for before, during, and after the event. The program is popular for its user-friendliness; it offers a help wizard that walks the user through all the processes. The program is also customizable to best fit each individual business.
CaterMate
Developed By: The CBORD Group Inc.
The software is designed for catering and event management. It works for venues and facilities management. It prepares reservation of space, contracts, proposals, contact management for prospects, and acts as a database for sales or rentals of food, events, flowers, equipment, entertainment, and other items. It is also able to do all the accounting, generating of invoices, sales analysis, employee scheduling, job costs, retail prices, wholesale costs, and calculates a bottom-line profit-loss total. CaterMate also provides room drawings to facilitate setting up exhibits and meetings. CaterMate has the ability to improve communication with clients and staff. It allows all staff to access the information from their individual computers. In a detail-intense industry, it increases efficiency and profitability and simplifies business.
Room Viewer
Developed By: TimeSaver Software Inc.
The Room Viewer is a drawing program that makes designing interiors simple. Geared specifically toward event professionals, it will work for an event planner or venue manager. Encompassing all facets of the hospitality business, the Room Viewer offers an efficient and user-friendly program for diagramming. Complete with room item icons, it is just like playing with Colorforms-just stick the icons where they need to go, no drawing necessary. Because a picture's worth a thousand words, and if you can't draw, this software is the next best thing.
Register 123
Developed By: Certain Software
Whether managing one event or multiple events, this registration tool can be customized to match the look and feel of any organization or event brand, ensuring consistency and brand image. The integrated email marketing feature enhances the event communication process through automated, personalized emails for invitations, confirmations, event updates, and surveys. Planners have the flexibility to produce standard or custom reports in real time, and then download or view those reports in a variety of formats including HTML, PDF, or Microsoft Excel. With its easy-to-use interface, Register123 makes managing sessions, inventory, hotel room blocks, and roommate matching simple. Other benefits include secure online credit card processing, or the option of payment by check or invoice. Register123 allows planners and organizations to gain greater control over the event management process. This technology automates the registration and attendee management process, thereby increasing the efficiency of planning meetings and events, improving service, as well as saving time and money. Using this technology makes tracking attendee data more accurate and complete.
bSynergy.net
Developed By: Synergy International
Created to service all.phpects of the event industry, bSynergy works for everyone from event planners to food-service management to equipment rental companies. Written in the Windows format, this system can assist in all facets of planning-from phone call reminders to invoicing. The software program generates all contact management and production information for special events, including photography and videography. This user-friendly, Microsoft-compatible development software is a tool to help manage operational issues. The users can work from anywhere in the world.
Meeting Room Manager (MRM)
Developed By: Netsimplicity Software
Meeting Room Manager's automated reservation process lets users quickly arrange meetings and locate available rooms and other required resources. MRM automates the entire facility scheduling process: reserving rooms, requesting equipment, ordering food, sending invitations, creating reports, and more. The reservation can be completely customized. Schedulers can request room setup, catering, equipment, A/V and other meeting services as they book meetings. Order details, time, and location are automatically transmitted, as are updates and cancellations. This product is easy to use. It automates the scheduling of meetings and all associated logistics, thereby streamlining the meeting planner's job. It takes what can be a series of manual, error-prone processes and incorporates them into one multifunction software solution.
—Ceci Valdes-Shaw
ABC Signup
Developed By: JTC Technologies LLC
Used for all types of industries including event planning, education, and more, ABC Signup features all.phpects of the registration process, from managing the financial side of an event to registration, discounts, and multiple add-ons. This product also gives you the ability to manage not only the main event, but also all auxiliary activities that may take place within its context. Flexibility is key with this program, as it allows you to manage and create the necessary questions and options for your event. Basically, it can be customized to your needs. ABC also allows for managing evaluations after an event has occurred and collecting and reporting data. By making event registration easier, event planners can potentially reach a larger audience and increase the number of events that registrants attend, not to mention decreasing the cost of mailing and printing expenses. This software helps to minimize administrative hassles, eliminate re-keying of information, and substantially reduces telephone calls.
ePlanner 2.0
Developed By: eMeetingExperts LLC
The ePlanner is for anyone in the meeting planning industry, from the planners to marketing managers to administrative assistants. Anyone involved with executing a meeting will benefit from using ePlanner 2.0, which can be integrated with Microsoft office products. The ePlanner works easily with Excel, Word, and Outlook, and is recognized by Microsoft as a Microsoft Office solutions provider. Features include attendee, property, budget, and travel management. The software also allows for personalized schedules for attendees plus name badge printouts. It's a timesaver. The ePlanner allows the user to work efficiently wherever and whenever.
Event Project Manager
Developed By: Project Events
Used across the entire event industry, Event Project Manager is an audio and visual package of tools and templates that is used as a virtual consulting guide. It helps teach users about the process of managing events, how to use templates and procedures for each event, how to assess risks and issues, how to design an event's communication system, and how to improve client management. Event Project Manager claims to be a one-of-a-kind software that will help the events industry grow by giving professionals the step-by-step tools needed to pull off a well-organized event.
Cast Software Ltd.
Developed By: Cast Software Ltd.
Cast Software is primarily used in event planning. It is devised to design the look of the room, venue, or stage. It will also generate renderings. The software's "previsualization technique," creates a virtual environment, allowing clients to see designers' event design concepts. There are drawing, inventory, and reporting components, and for each, a system to track suppliers, schedules, and other details. This software is intended as a sales tool that will bring designs to life. It will help in the preproduction, plus facilitate the physical setup process of an event.
Caterease Software
Developed By: Horizon Business Service
Caterease is an event management program devised for caterers and event planners. It is often used in hotels, casinos, and restaurants, and features data entry booking, letters, invoices, event tracking querying, and group room blocking. It is a comprehensive event management system for before, during, and after the event. The program is popular for its user-friendliness; it offers a help wizard that walks the user through all the processes. The program is also customizable to best fit each individual business.
CaterMate
Developed By: The CBORD Group Inc.
The software is designed for catering and event management. It works for venues and facilities management. It prepares reservation of space, contracts, proposals, contact management for prospects, and acts as a database for sales or rentals of food, events, flowers, equipment, entertainment, and other items. It is also able to do all the accounting, generating of invoices, sales analysis, employee scheduling, job costs, retail prices, wholesale costs, and calculates a bottom-line profit-loss total. CaterMate also provides room drawings to facilitate setting up exhibits and meetings. CaterMate has the ability to improve communication with clients and staff. It allows all staff to access the information from their individual computers. In a detail-intense industry, it increases efficiency and profitability and simplifies business.
Room Viewer
Developed By: TimeSaver Software Inc.
The Room Viewer is a drawing program that makes designing interiors simple. Geared specifically toward event professionals, it will work for an event planner or venue manager. Encompassing all facets of the hospitality business, the Room Viewer offers an efficient and user-friendly program for diagramming. Complete with room item icons, it is just like playing with Colorforms-just stick the icons where they need to go, no drawing necessary. Because a picture's worth a thousand words, and if you can't draw, this software is the next best thing.
Register 123
Developed By: Certain Software
Whether managing one event or multiple events, this registration tool can be customized to match the look and feel of any organization or event brand, ensuring consistency and brand image. The integrated email marketing feature enhances the event communication process through automated, personalized emails for invitations, confirmations, event updates, and surveys. Planners have the flexibility to produce standard or custom reports in real time, and then download or view those reports in a variety of formats including HTML, PDF, or Microsoft Excel. With its easy-to-use interface, Register123 makes managing sessions, inventory, hotel room blocks, and roommate matching simple. Other benefits include secure online credit card processing, or the option of payment by check or invoice. Register123 allows planners and organizations to gain greater control over the event management process. This technology automates the registration and attendee management process, thereby increasing the efficiency of planning meetings and events, improving service, as well as saving time and money. Using this technology makes tracking attendee data more accurate and complete.
bSynergy.net
Developed By: Synergy International
Created to service all.phpects of the event industry, bSynergy works for everyone from event planners to food-service management to equipment rental companies. Written in the Windows format, this system can assist in all facets of planning-from phone call reminders to invoicing. The software program generates all contact management and production information for special events, including photography and videography. This user-friendly, Microsoft-compatible development software is a tool to help manage operational issues. The users can work from anywhere in the world.
Meeting Room Manager (MRM)
Developed By: Netsimplicity Software
Meeting Room Manager's automated reservation process lets users quickly arrange meetings and locate available rooms and other required resources. MRM automates the entire facility scheduling process: reserving rooms, requesting equipment, ordering food, sending invitations, creating reports, and more. The reservation can be completely customized. Schedulers can request room setup, catering, equipment, A/V and other meeting services as they book meetings. Order details, time, and location are automatically transmitted, as are updates and cancellations. This product is easy to use. It automates the scheduling of meetings and all associated logistics, thereby streamlining the meeting planner's job. It takes what can be a series of manual, error-prone processes and incorporates them into one multifunction software solution.
—Ceci Valdes-Shaw
