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The Next Best Thing to a Time Machine... Backing Up Your Data

2012-04-26T16:03:00.000-06:00

“Oh no! Please no!” It’s happened to all of us, that sudden shock when you realize you’ve deleted something really important. Unfortunately, no one has created a “Go Back in Time” button but we have a near equivalent…

Backing up your data.

If you don't already back up your data, start now. Today. You should backup your data at least once a day, or more, depending on how much information you enter in a day. Also, it's a good idea to create an extra backup every time you undergo a big process that will make a lot of changes. Then, if something goes awry (human error, virus, hard drive crash, etc.), you can simply go back and recover the pre-screw-up data. It's like going back in time and righting wrongs, but without something as cool as the Tardis.

EventPro Planner doesn't have a built-in backup option because backup software is a specialized area and there are so many different products you can buy or get for free. We'll leave backup software to the backup experts.

There are expanded instructions on taking backups in the EventPro Planner User Manual at Chapter 19: Utilities and Help, Data Backup.

Organizing Your EP Planner Company/Contact Screen

2011-12-20T08:36:00.022-06:00

Are you using the Companies/Contacts grid in EventPro Planner to its best potential?

Take advantage of all its features to organize it the way you want, so that you get the view best suited to your work style.

First, choose whether you want to view all companies/contacts or just one upon first opening the screen. Go to your System Settings, and check or uncheck the “Show All Companies/Contacts on Grid by Default” option under the Contacts tab.
Second, which view do you want the screen to open to by default: Single Company, Single Contact, Company List or Contact List? In your System Settings, click on the General tab and find Companies/Contacts in the menu tree under Tab Visibility. Click on the tab you want to appear by default, and click the Default button; the font will change to red.
Finally, do you want to change the order of the sub-tabs – Communications, Actions, Events, etc. – or remove some of them altogether? Still in the General tab of System Settings, unselect the checkboxes next to the tabs you want to hide. To switch the order, select a tab you want to move and click the up or down Order arrows to the right until the tab is in the right place.
Remember to save your System Settings before you leave the screen.

Now, the Company/Contacts screen should be better organized for the way you work.

Remember that if the screen is only displaying one record, you can click the Show All button to the right to display all records.

Also, remember that the grid is color coded to help you easily identify certain companies and contacts: Companies and contacts marked as ‘Inactive’ are now highlighted in orange, and Companies that are marked as ‘Warning’ are now highlighted in purple.

You can find all sorts of tips for organizing EventPro Planner to work better for you in the EventPro Planner User Manual.

For more information about System Settings, refer to Chapter 2: Setting Up EventPro Planner, Step 1: System Settings, in the EventPro Planner User Manual.
For help managing your companies and contacts, see Chapter 3: Companies/Contacts.

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How to Increase Productivity with EP Planner Training

2011-12-06T09:27:00.003-06:00

Time is your most valuable resource. It is important to get things done in the most efficient manner possible. Right now, you may be overlooking something that can save you valuable time: EventPro Planner Training.

EventPro Planner Training is an excellent way to increase productivity through more efficient use of EventPro Planner Software. When you maximize your knowledge of EventPro Planner, you can work faster, reduce repetition, automate procedures and optimize your database to improve performance.

Even if you have received training before, supplemental training is still a great resource for your company. With our twice-annual Software Updates, we are constantly adding new features and benefits that you may not know about.

A refresher course will take your EventPro Planner skills to a whole new level and help you complete even the most complicated event planning task with confidence.

If you have had staff turnover and need to train new employees working with EventPro Planner, our expert trainers will get them started and bring them up to speed.

There are two options for EventPro Planner Training:

Onsite Training sessions are conducted in the comfort of your own facility with a class size of one to six people to allow for hands-on instruction. Our trainer specially customizes the session to cater to the needs of your organization and staff members.
Online Training sessions are conducted through the internet and telephone with an individual or small group from your company. Online meeting technology allows the trainer and trainees to share a computer screen, essentially replicating an in-person environment.

Contact our Account Representatives for a quote: Sales@eventpro-planner.com

Our consultative approach is focused on helping you understand EventPro Planners's features and options so that you can determine whether our software and services are right for you.

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How to Save Time with Planner's Communication Defaults

2011-11-22T09:20:00.021-06:00

If you want to save some time when working with EventPro Planner Communications, make sure that you have set your communication defaults in your System Settings. They have been specifically designed to fill in defaults that will reduce the clicking and typing you have to do for each communication.

If you take a few minutes now to adjust these settings, you can avoid repetitive data entry in the future.

In the program, select Setup - System Settings from EventPro Planner’s main menu, and click on the Communications tab.

For some of the default settings, you can choose whether EventPro Planner will always perform the task, never perform the task, or prompt you each time to ask whether you want to:

Save the communication after the email is sent
Save the letter content after the email is sent
Create a follow up action after the communication is saved
Save incoming attachments after the communication is saved (Enterprise Edition only)
Save outgoing attachments after the communication is saved (Enterprise Edition only)

For the other settings, you can choose the default entry that will appear in the field, so that you do not have to select one every time you create a communication. In your system settings, you can choose the default:

Outgoing communication method
Incoming communication method
Incoming communication reference
Subject format for an event report communication
Whether to show the company name in the subject of a report communication

Saving a few seconds each time you send a communication will add up to a lot of time over the year! To learn more about Communication System Settings, refer to the EventPro Planner User Manual at Chapter 2: Setting Up EventPro Planner, Step 1: System Settings, Communications.

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Simplify a Complex Job - Attendee Management with EventPro Planner

2011-11-08T08:43:00.020-06:00

If you keep track of attendees at the events you plan, you know that it is difficult to organize all of the details involved in attendee management: Who is attending? Are they bringing guests? What attendance fee do they pay? Have they received invitations and responded?

EventPro Planner’s Attendee Module simplifies all these tasks.

Registrations
Create any kind of registration package you need. The flexible charge structure allows you to set up per-package, per-function, or per-table rates, or rates based on attendee type or time of registration.

Seating Arrangements
Make the most of available space. After registering attendees and entering tables, simply drag and drop attendee names onto place settings in the Event Function Seating chart.

Communications and Task Reminders (Actions)
The Communications area helps you record and organize the steady flow invitations, RSVPs, registrations, event information, invoices, and so on. The Actions area allows you to schedule reminders so that attendee-specific tasks get done on time.

Mail Merge
If you need to send a communication to multiple attendees, such as a batch of invitations, the Mail Merge feature makes this task quick and effortless, while still personalizing messages for each attendee.

Billing
The flexible billing structure allows for third party billing, multiple batch invoicing, percentage invoices, manually created invoices, credits, deposits and more.

You can read more about Attendee Management in Chapter 8 of the EventPro Planner Manual.

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Flexible Invoicing Options to Suit Your Event Planning Business

2011-10-25T08:19:00.018-06:00

Every event planning business is unique, which is why EventPro Planner offers many different options in its software, including multiple invoicing and billing options. We want to make sure you can bill the way you need to, right in EventPro Planner.

The most convenient invoicing option for EventPro Planner, and therefore the most often used, is the Automatic Invoice, which automatically calculates the total for all chargeable items in the event, or directed to an attendee or exhibitor.

However, did you know that there are other invoicing options, too?

If you are ready for a more advanced feature in the Automatic Invoice, you can choose to invoice only certain Items, certain Types of items or a Percentage of the total charges. When you later invoice the balance of the charges, EventPro Planner will calculate the correct remaining charges to invoice. So, for example, you could split event costs between two parties 50/50, or invoice a customer for 75% of all costs before the event and invoice the remainder (automatically calculated for you) after the event occurs.
If you have many invoices to create, and time is of the essence, the Batch Invoicing feature allows you to create multiple invoices for all events or all attendees/exhibitors in an event with one easy-to-use Invoice Wizard.
If you want more flexibility in creating invoices, you can create Manual Invoices, which can begin blank or with a calculated percentage of the total charges. You can freely add, edit or remove line items in the invoice.
Special Deposit Invoices allow you to deduct amounts from future invoices. For example, if you create a deposit invoice for an event, and later create an automatic invoice for the event charges, you will have the option to deduct the amount of the deposit invoice from the event charges invoice.
Finally, Credit Invoices allow you to credit a customer for items that were invoiced, but for which you will not receive payment. This eliminates the need to void and recreate invoices if an item must be removed from an invoiced event.

Use EventPro Planner’s flexible invoicing options to create a billing system that works perfectly for your business. Take a look at the EventPro Planner User Manual under Chapter 6: Finance, Invoices for extensive instructions on creating invoices of every kind.

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Simplify Attendee Accommodation Management with EventPro Planner

2011-10-11T09:02:00.016-06:00

If you arrange accommodations for attendees, you know that there can be hundreds of details you need to keep straight:
- When do attendees arrive?
- When do they leave?
- Which hotel should you book?
- What kind of rooms?
- How many rooms to block off?
- When do attendees check in and check out?
- Will attendees share accommodations?

Instead of keeping stacks of paperwork and notes, you can keep all of this information organized and integrated in EventPro Planner with the Travel and Accommodation Module.

Hotel Bookings - Individual or Block
It’s easy to create a hotel booking for a single attendee or reserve an entire block of rooms for an event. If you assign an attendee to a reserved block of rooms, all of the pre-entered details are automatically filled in for that attendee’s booking.

Flexible Billing
You can direct the billing of the hotel charges as necessary – to the attendee, the attendee group or the event client.

Time-Saving Features
This module is designed to help you save time with features such as Multi-Add and Multi-Edit. For example, if five attendees book the same kind of accommodations, you can select those attendees and record the accommodation arrangement just once. EventPro Planner will automatically add the same details to all of the selected attendees. If those attendees change or cancel their arrangements, instead of dealing with each record separately, you can quickly and easily multi-edit or multi-delete all of the relevant records.

Data You Need with Built-In Reports
EventPro Planner’s detailed and ready-to-use reports will help you keep track of which attendees are coming and going. Reports included with the module, such as the Attendee Accommodation List and Event Accommodation Summary, allow you to easily review the information you need, such as arrival and departure times, check in and check out dates, and more.

Read more on how to create and organize accommodation reservations in the EventPro Planner Manual under Chapter 10: Attendee Accommodations.

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Sync Your Email with EventPro Planner for Fast Communication

2011-09-27T08:34:00.014-06:00

Did you know that you can synchronize EventPro Planner communications with your email program? No need to copy and paste text – just a few clicks will assign an incoming email to a communication, transferring all the information you need.

It’s really easy to use. In any Communication area, click the New From Email button. The Synchronize Email window appears, displaying the emails from your Incoming Folder, which would typically be your email program’s Inbox.

Select the email and click Assign. Most of the communication information, such as the method, reference, related event, email address, subject and text, will simply default in. Make any adjustments you need and click Save.

The communication will be automatically attached to the correct attendee, exhibitor, or contact for the event.

If you have the Enterprise Edition of EventPro Planner, you can also save any email attachments.

For more information about using this feature, see Chapter 13: Communications, Synchronize Email and Communications in the EventPro Planner User Manual.

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Make Your Life Easier - Move Your Attendee Registrations Online

2011-09-13T08:55:00.061-06:00

You need to collect so many details when registering event attendees. Instead of painstakingly gathering information through illegible handwritten forms and confusing phone calls, why not let the attendees take some of the work off your hands?

Attendee Online allows attendees to enter their own registration details online, so that you can transfer that information back to EventPro Planner in one easy step.

Furthermore, why pay another online registration company a fee per registrant with expensive setup fees for every new event? With EventPro Planner's Attendee Online, you purchase the application outright, and can have as many events and registrants as you want without paying again and again!

Here's just a quick summary of Attendee Online's many great features:

Easy to Setup: You just have to pick which pages you want to show attendees, and choose the fields you want them to fill out.
Customized Registration Packages: Set up your own totally customized registration packages for each event. Attendee Online will monitor event attendance and other restrictions so that the right people get registered for the right functions.
Travel & Accommodation Reservations: Attendees can enter their own travel and accommodation details, or select from travel and accommodation reservations you set up in the event.
Sell Merchandise and Provide Equipment: Attendees can buy event merchandise or request required equipment from items you set up in the event.
Guest Registration: Attendees can also register guests, including their registration details, accommodations, travel, and requirements.
Registrant Help: Define your own “Help” pop-ups for your registration website.
Payment System: The Attendee Online payment system integrates with most online payment services, such as PayPal and Beanstream.
Automatic Confirmations and Notifications: Attendee Online will send automatic confirmation emails to the attendees, and registration notifications to the organizers.
Easy Information Import: After attendees enter their information, you easily import it all back into EventPro Planner, right to the place it needs to be.

Check out online samples of Attendee Online HERE.

Download the full feature brochure HERE.

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Streamline Booth Management with Integrated EventPro Planner Module

2011-08-30T08:17:00.002-06:00

Do you organize Trade Shows, Exhibitions, Fairs, Conferences, Festivals or any other kind of event that involves Booths and Exhibitors?

Then you should be using EventPro Planner’s Booth Module. It's designed to help you manage every detail related to exhibitors and booths.

Define Your Booths
You can set up general booths for each event, defining the Booth Type, Dimensions and Detail Items for each, or use the “New – Multiple” function to create several booths simultaneously.

Assign Booths to Exhibitors
When you assign a booth to a company, you can adjust the booth supplies, characteristics and rental dates according to the requirements of the specific exhibitor.

Custom Rental Codes
It is easy to set the rental fees exactly the way you want them, whether you use your pre-defined Rate Codes, create an entirely new charge for an exhibitor or provide a special discount.

And more...
Several other features in the Booths Module will make your job easier.

Registration Packages help you keep track of which exhibitors will be attending the event.
The Mail Merge allows you to send out personalized letters or emails to numerous recipients in one easy-to-follow wizard.
Communications and Actions ensure that you stay in touch with the exhibitors and complete all the required tasks within the deadlines.
The Finance section allows for adjustable third-party billing, batch invoicing, invoice mail merge and other flexible, convenient invoicing options.

To ensure that you can easily find the records you need, the Booths Module stores all of this related information in one convenient folder within the event.

Read more about the Booths Module in Chapter 11: Booths and Exhibitors in the EventPro Planner User Manual.

Want to give the Booths Module a try for free? Contact our Account Consultants for a Free Trial.

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Drag-and-Drop Your Way to Easy Seating Arrangements in Planner

2011-08-16T08:01:00.033-06:00

Planning a seating arrangement for an event can be a time-consuming headache. Just when you get everything right, a guest drops out or another two attendees are added, and it’s back to the drawing board. Are the sticky notes just not cutting it anymore? Let the Tables and Seating feature in EventPro Planner take care of seating arrangements for you.

It is so easy to set up tables of any capacity for an event function. With the New-Multiple option, you can add as many tables as you need in one easy step.

Tables are automatically assigned numbers and basic names, but if you have a special themed event, you can even give a unique name to each table. For example, perhaps the wedding you are planning has a “Flowers of Spring” theme; guests can be assigned to the Tulip Table, the Iris Table, the Daffodil Table, and so on.

Once attendees are registered for the event function, all of the function tables, seats and attendees will appear in one Event Function Seating window. You simply need to drag and drop Attendee Names onto the correct seats.

If attendees are not yet registered for the function, but you know that you must save certain seats or tables for special VIP guests, you can reserve seats and/or tables in advance.

If an attendee drops out, just drag and drop the attendee off the seat.

If new attendees are added to the function, their names will automatically appear in the Event Function Seating window, and you can drag and drop them into place. EventPro Planner will automatically keep track of how many seats are assigned and available.

When the seating arrangement is done and ready for review by the client, you can print a Seating Chart by Table or Attendee in one quick step.

To learn more about Tables and Seating, see Chapter 7: Manage Attendees, Attendance and Seating in the EventPro Planner User Manual.

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How to Manage Attendee Travel Arrangements the Easy Way in Planner

2011-08-02T08:18:00.019-06:00

If you look after travel arrangements for attendees, you know that there are many details you need to keep straight:
- Which travel agency will you use?
- When does the attendee arrive?
- When does the attendee leave?
- What kind of transportation?
- Which carrier?
- First class or economy?
- Who pays for the trip?
And those are just the details you need for one person, not to mention a whole event full of attendees!

To keep all of this information organized and easy-to-access, try using EventPro Planner’s Travel and Accommodation Module. This module can track all the attendee travel details you need, keeping them integrated with the rest of your event planning information.

Create Reservations - Individual or Block
You can easily create an individual travel booking for a single attendee, or create a block reservation for the whole event. If you assign an attendee to a pre-made block reservation, all of the pre-entered details will be automatically entered for the attendee’s booking.

Flexible Billing
You can direct the billing of the travel charges as necessary – to the attendee, the attendee group, or the event client.

Multi-Add and Multi-Edit
To help you work at maximum efficiency, EventPro Planner’s Travel and Accommodation Module is designed with time-saving features like Multi-Add Detail and Multi-Edit. For example, if five attendees travel at the same time from the same destination, you can select those attendees and record the travel arrangement just once; EventPro Planner will automatically add the same details to all of the selected attendees. If several attendees change or cancel their travel arrangements, you can quickly and easily multi-edit or multi-delete all of the relevant records instead of dealing with each record separately.

Travel Reports
EventPro Planner’s built-in, detailed reports will help you keep track of how and when attendees will arrive and depart. Reports included in the module, such as the Attendee Travel List and Event Travel Reservation Summary, allow you to keep all the dates, times and details you need at your fingertips for quick review.

Read all about how to create and organize travel reservations in the EventPro Planner Manual under Chapter 9: Attendee Travel.

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Use Planner's Letter Templates for Professional Communications

2011-07-13T08:04:00.001-06:00

Hopefully, you are already using EventPro Planner's Letter Templates to quickly load pre-written content into the body of your emails and communications.

Letter Templates help to save valuable time by cutting out repetitive typing. They also ensure a professional consistency through all of your communications to clients, attendees, exhibitors, sponsors and presenters.

If you haven't set up your letter templates yet, reviewing Chapter 14: Letter and Label Templates in the EventPro Planner User Manual will get you up and running. A little bit of time spent setting up your standard letter templates now will save you hours of typing in the future.

In this chapter you will learn:

How to set up the letter templates: Create Letter Templates
How to type up the documents in the built-in Word Processor: Word Processor
How to add merge fields that will pull in the specific information for each recipient, such as name, address, event name, and dates: Merge Fields

You can also add your Letter Templates to Event Category Templates. This means that each time you book an event using an Event Category Template, the relevant Letter Templates will automatically be pulled into Event Setup. At this point, you can simply edit the letter templates to be specific to that event, if required, and they will be ready whenever you need to send them.

To learn how to add letter templates to Event Categories, see Chapter 16: Event Category Templates, Create Letter Templates.

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Don't let anything slip through the cracks with the Task Notification Service

2011-07-05T08:15:00.027-06:00

Do you want to keep tabs on everything that happens at your event planning business? Well, the Task Notification Service* can help you out. It ensures that important deadlines or tasks never slip through the cracks again.

The Task Notification Service is designed to work in sync with EventPro Planner’s Actions. As you know, you can set up Actions in EventPro Planner to remind you of impending tasks. You can set the start times for the Actions, and assign them to the correct users.

Now, the Task Notification Service will scan your EventPro Planner database, looking for Impending, Starting and Overdue Actions, and will automatically send notification emails to the user or user groups assigned to the Action.

For more information about setting up and using this service, see the User Manual at Chapter 22: Task Notification Service.

You can also contact our Account Consultants if you have any questions or would like a quote.

*This new service is only available in the Enterprise/SQL Edition of EventPro Planner. For more information about how to upgrade to the Enterprise Edition, please contact one of our Account Consultants.

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Manage Resources and Avoid Conflicts with EventPro Planner

2011-06-21T08:05:00.023-06:00

Keeping event resources organized can be a challenge, but did you know that you can organize resources, avoid conflicts and speed up data entry with the EventPro Planner's Master Inventory module?

As the name suggests, the module allows you to create a Master Inventory of commonly used resources. When it comes time to add resources to an event, you simply need to select from the list of already recorded items. Better yet, use the Multi-Add function to quickly and easily add a batch of resource items without re-keying information.

The resource inventory will patrol in-stock quantities of items and warn you if you try to assign more items than you have available. EventPro Planner will check for Resource Conflicts within an event and across multiple events by either the time scheduled for the item's use or the entire event duration, depending on how you use the resource.

The Resource Usage tab in the Organization Calendar will display all of the resources used in an event for quick and easy review. You can edit all event resources and check for conflicts in one convenient location.

For more information about using the Master Inventory module, see the User Manual at Chapter 2: Setting Up EventPro Planner, Step 10: Resources.

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How to Organize Event Activities with Functions

2011-06-16T12:58:00.000-06:00

EventPro Planner allows you to create "Functions" within events. A function is basically an activity within an event. For example, in a conference, you may have information sessions, lunches, dinners, workshops, and so on.

TIP: If you can't decide how to break up your event into functions, consider these points:

If you need to create a Seating Chart for part of the event, you probably need to create a function for that portion.
If you have a Program for your event, each of the main headings assigned a time should probably be a function.
If you have the same session or meal occurring in multiple rooms or multiple days, with different attendees in each room or on each day, you probably need to create separate functions for each occurrence. However, if the attendance is open to all people across all rooms and/or days, then you probably only need one function to encompass the session or meal.
If you change rooms in the middle of an event, this usually indicates that you need to create a new function.

To learn how to create functions for your event, see the EventPro Planner User Manual at Chapter 5: Set Up an Event, Organization Setup: Functions. To learn how to add functions to an event, see Chapter 7: Organize an Event, Add Functions to Venue Locations.

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Software Update: EventPro Planner Version 2.4.4.552

2011-06-15T16:02:00.000-06:00

There is a new EventPro Planner Software Update available: Version 2.4.4.552.
There is also a new version of Attendee Online available: Version 3.0.4183.15324

To download these latest software updates, log in to the EventPro Planner Support Website and select the links under the Downloads tab.

Why update your software? With each new version, EventPro Planner becomes more comprehensive and powerful. To see the changes and updates in EventPro Planner, go to Help - What's New in your EventPro Planner Software program.

To access software updates, you need a current Upgrade Protection Plan, a yearly contract that gives you access to software upgrades and updates, unlimited software support via email and phone, and more. If you need to renew your Upgrade Protection Plan, please contact your Account Consultant.

Do you want to hear about updates to EventPro Planner as soon as possible? Follow us on Twitter at @plannerupdates.

Budgeting Made Easy with the Right Tools

2011-06-03T11:23:00.001-06:00

A well-organized budget is a crucial part of organizing a successful event, but creating an event budget can be an overwhelming ordeal. Balancing income and expenses is difficult at the best of times, but it is particularly frustrating if you don’t have the right tools.

Many event planners still struggle through the process of keying income and expense amounts into outdated spreadsheets. In addition to the potential for error every time you type something, problems can result from broken links, different layouts in different documents, or multiple users saving different copies.

Why struggle with spreadsheets when you can streamline the budgeting process with EventPro Planner’s Budget Module? The Budget Module tracks revenue and cost items as you work, increasing the speed of data collection and eliminating errors.

To make data entry quick and easy, you can create Budget Templates for each type of event. With one click, you can copy a template into any event. Templates can easily be customized for a specific event by simply adding or removing categories or items.

As you add revenue and cost items to an event, the records contain Budget fields that reflect the categories and items you set up in your budget earlier. After you identify the price of the item, select the correct budget designation from the automatically generated drop-down list. EventPro Planner automatically populates the budget, compares the predicted budget to the actual, and calculates the percentage of the difference.

Don’t let an event’s budget run away on you! To learn more about the Budget Module, consult Chapter 6: Finance, Budget in the User Manual.

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Software Update for EventPro Planner and Attendee Online

2011-05-20T11:16:00.000-06:00

There are new Software Updates available for EventPro Planner and Attendee Online.

EventPro Planner: Version 2.4.4.551
Attendee Online: Version 3.0.4157.18041

Log in to the Support website to download the latest versions.

Remember that you need an Upgrade Protection Plan to access software update and upgrades.

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Your Opinion Counts at EventPro Planner!

2011-04-21T14:03:00.000-06:00

Right now, we are surveying all EventPro Planner clients to hear what you think about our products and services. Client feedback is the driving force behind new development and services at EventPro Planner, so don't miss this important opportunity to voice your opinion.

If you haven't received your survey invitation, email Sales@eventpro.net to request your EventPro Planner Survey link. Hurry - you only have until Wednesday, April 27th!

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EventPro Planner's ACCED-I Trade Show Roundup

2011-04-07T08:45:00.008-06:00

Just last week, account representative Troy Wruck attended the 31st Annual ACCED-I Conference (Association of Collegiate Conference and Event Directors-International) in Orlando, FL. This was the 6th year in a row that EventPro has attended the ACCED-I conference trade show.

As Troy reports, the trade show was buzzing with energetic Conference Directors and Staff on both days. Troy had a chance to visit with some current clients, and was introduced to many new prospective clients. He had numerous conversations with many friendly ACCED-I members about software pros and cons, and plans to pass this valuable feedback on to our developers so our software can become better suited to ACCED-I members’ needs.

At the Region IV business meeting, Troy learned more about the challenges faced by those who run campus conference centers. Because funding registration for ACCED-I events is always a challenge, particularly for smaller universities, EventPro Software has agreed to sponsor a Region IV professional at the next Region IV meeting.

In addition to all this, Troy somehow found the time to be interviewed by Chris Augeri, Director of Conference & Event Services at Stonehill College, who was researching his Graduate Studies thesis on introducing a “real-time” campus-wide master calendar system at the college level. This sounds like a very interesting project and we look forward to hearing the results.

So, once again, Troy found the ACCED-I Conference and Trade Show to be a great experience, and we look forward to returning next year. We always look forward to these opportunities to meet our clients personally! Keep posted about future face-to-face events with EventPro Planner's News website and sign up for our Newsletters - The EventPro Connection.

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Notice anything new? Why, yes, we do have a new logo!

2011-04-05T14:53:00.003-06:00

Welcome to the unveiling of our new EventPro Planner logo! It’s not a dramatic change that will make you gasp in shock. We just wanted to freshen up our logo a bit – something a little cleaner, a little brighter and a bit more current. Our software is pushing forward into the future; we want our logo to come along with us. Here’s the new logo in all its glory:

What do you think?

You will soon see our new logo splashed all over our web pages, newsletters, blogs, Facebook pages, and so on. You may also come across the new logos for our sister products, EventPro and PMXpert, as well as our parent company, Profit Systems Inc.

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See EventPro at ACCED-I Conference starting tomorrow

2011-03-26T09:56:00.003-06:00

The ACCED-I Conference starts tomorrow! Don’t forget to stop by EventPro Software at Booth 7. This is a great chance to see a live software demonstration and talk to our rep, Troy.

Before it slips your mind, jot down Booth 7 (EventPro).

Have fun at the ACCED-I Conference, and we hope to see you there!

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See EventPro at ACCED-I Conference, Booth 7

2011-03-17T09:52:00.000-06:00

Are you attending the ACCED-I Conference in Orlando, March 27-30? Come meet with Troy from EventPro Software at Booth #7.

Troy will be happy to provide you with a free, live demonstration of our professional event management and room booking software. In a few minutes, he can show you how EventPro will help you schedule event spaces, track resources like A/V and setup equipment, manage catering, create professional floor plans, and much more.

Take a moment to jot down "EventPro - Booth 7" in your schedule. We hope to see you there!

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New Versions of EventPro Planner and Attendee Online

2011-03-04T09:14:00.000-06:00

There are new software updates available for EventPro Planner and Attendee Online. To download these updates, log in to the Support Website, choose the Downloads tab and select the latest download links.

Why update your software? With each new version, EventPro Planner becomes more flexible and powerful. To see the changes and updates in EventPro Planner, go to Help - What's New in your EventPro Planner Software program.

REMEMBER - to access software updates, you need a current Upgrade Protection Plan, a yearly contract that gives you access to software upgrades and updates, unlimited software support via email and phone, and more.

To receive notifications of EventPro Planner Software Updates as soon as they are available, follow us on Twitter @plannerupdates.

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