Online Event Registration gets a Google FaceLift
Sunday, May 15, 2011
(Members Only Software, Inc.)
More
pieces of Members Only Software's new
browser-based "Cumulus" suite for
non-profits are rolling off the assembly line.
This month we're proud to announce the
availability of our completely updated Online
Event Registration Portal. We've re-engineered
our entire Event Registration mini-app in
Google Web Toolkit, to provide a fast and
responsive online registration experience for
your users.
[You can find out more about the
Google Web Toolkit in this months featured
article]
The EventReg
web application allows your members to register
for your events, select
and pay for sessions and tracks, purchase
tickets for guests, claim
special rates, indicate dietary preferences and
communicate any special
accommodations that they require. Since it's
completely integrated into
Members Only, the site knows immediately if a
registrant is a member or
not, and to what rates the registrant is
entitled.
Here are a few
questions we've been asked about
EventReg:
Q: How difficult is it to transfer event
information to the EventReg site?
A:
No transfer is required. All the information
is pulled directly from
the live Members Only database. All you need to
do put an event on the
web is check "Show on Web" when you are
ready!
Q: So this means no import is needed
to get new sign-ups back into Members
Only?
A:
Correct! When people sign-up on the site, they
are added directly into the Members Only
database.
Q. Is it possible for a staffer at
one of our member organizations to sign up
several of her colleagues in one
transaction?
A.
Yes. In fact, EventReg allows you to offer
special rates when multiple
employees of the same company sign up at once.
Each registrant will
receive a confirmation that includes the name
of the person who signed
them up, so they will not be left wondering how
they became registered.
Q.
We tend to build fairly complicated
pages for our events, with
downloads of conference materials, links to
nearby hotels, and photos of
prior meetings. Can we do this with
EventReg?
A.
Of course. Our WYSIWYG html editor will allow
you to design the "Event Detail Page" however
you see fit.
Q. Can EventReg
be skinned to look like our primary
website?
A. Of course. Skinning is
part of every installation.
For
more information, write to Doria Howe at
doria@mosionline.com