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Dean Evans & Associates Roles Out Innovative Web-based Master Calendar Product
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DEAN EVANS & ASSOCIATES ROLES OUT INNOVATIVE WEB-BASED MASTER CALENDAR PRODUCT
CONTACT INFORMATION
Contact: Tom Schek
Company: Dean Evans & Associates
Phone: 800-440-3994 ext 830
Fax: 303-796-7429
e-mail: tom@dea.com
DENVER (September 21, 2004) -- Dean Evans & Associates
Dean Evans & Associates (www.dea.com) today announced the release of its new EMS Master Calendar™ product. While it can pull event data from their EMS (Event Management System) facility scheduling tools and other databases by way of an optional connector module, the Master Calendar is a stand-alone, Web-based system designed to be an organization's primary online source of event information. Users can view the events from one calendar, multiple combined calendars, or all calendars. They can also download specific events to their personal calendars and request that emailed reminders automatically be sent to them prior to events.
“On campuses, in communities and in other large organizations, event information tends to be disseminated in a dizzying variety of ways,” says Kevin Raasch, executive vice president of Dean Evans & Associates. “Everything from multiple, disjointed online calendars to printed documents to email. The EMS Master Calendar gives event organizers and the community a convenient and effective forum for the exchange of information.”
Not only can the system be used to display event information, it can, depending on how security has been defined, be used by Web site visitors to view private calendars, submit event requests or even post events directly to a calendar. “The ability to set calendar-specific permissions ensures that the process for posting and maintaining events is both simple and secure,” says Raasch. “What's more,” he adds, “distributing the management of group or department calendars lightens the workload on site administrators and communications staff.”
A high degree of customization can be performed from within the Master Calendar system for organizations that wish to “brand” the product to match their Web site. System colors can be pulled from style sheets or chosen within the software. Calendar defaults (format, maximum number of events displayed, etc.) can be modified easily by site administrators. Page labels, system messages and help text can all be edited. People submitting events can supply additional information, such as registration guidelines and admission fees using built-in custom fields.
In addition to displaying events, the Master Calendar system can display links to other calendars and Internet sites, thereby serving as a focal point for all of an organization's event-related communications and enhancing the sense of community. Other calendars and sites can link back to the Master Calendar system using URLs that can be generated by the system.
About Dean Evans & Associates
Founded in 1986 and based in Denver, Dean Evans & Associates develops, markets and supports a line of sophisticated software products for facility scheduling, event management and calendaring. Their Event Management Systems (EMS) family of products is ideal for scheduling and managing the rooms, services and resources needed for events as well as for maintaining a Web-based Master Calendar of events. Thousands of organizations, including four of the six largest U.S. banks, more than a dozen Fortune 100 companies and hundreds of higher education institutions, religious organizations, hospitals, conference centers, cultural venues and sports facilities rely on EMS software. Online demonstrations, screen shots and detailed product information are available at www.dea.com. Or contact the company at 800-440-3994 ext. 863, or sales@dea.com.
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