Event Wizard 5.0 is here!

We are very pleased to announce that after many long hours and approximately 5,458 cups of coffee later, Event Wizard 5.0 is now available!

We've taken your feedback and over a decade of our experience and created what we believe to be the industry's most advanced event registration software available today.  There are many changes you will notice right away; among them are:

• Modern, attractive and very customizable themes
• Increased user management control
• More powerful reporting
• Multi-language and currency support
• Value added registration services (i.e. only pay for what you need)
• and lots more!

To support this release we have also launched a newly redesigned website where you can find out everything you need to know about Event Wizard 5.0.  We've even created an FAQ page to help answer your questions about how this release will affect you.

Event Wizard 5.0 is built using an entirely new database structure, so for anyone wanting to use the new software you will be required to sign up for a separate account.  Your trial will never expire so feel free to test it out as long as you'd like, and for current clients you can access either version quickly and easily.

Well, enough with the build up, we have lots to show you! What do you want to do next?

• I've been waiting a long time for this. Sign me up for the free trial so I can check it out!
• Head over to www.event-wizard.com and see what all the fuss is about.
• View the press release

Once you've had some time to look around, let us know what you think.  We invite all feedback to feedback@event-wizard.com.

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2010 Calgary Stampede - Were you there?

Calgary’s greatest networking show of the year has just wrapped up and what a ride!  I’m talking about our famous Calgary Stampede and its never-ending party circuit. The competition to be at the best party in the city is more fierce than the finding a ticket for the rodeo finals. The Stampede is Calgary’s version of the Oscars, where you are defined by the people you are seen with and the parties you attend. Well…almost. Trade in your limo for a chuck wagon and your Chanel dress for a denim mini and cowboy boots.

Our company, e=mc2 event management, produces many of these high-profile events. It’s like planning every company Christmas party in Calgary in a 10-day period! Luckily, we have the support of our trusted and tireless partners. DotCom Your Event, we would have “fallen all to pieces without cha”.  With your exceptional registration tools, we were able to process thousands of guests over stampede week. With your system, we registered people quickly, easily and weeded out all those pesky, would-be, party crashing varmints…a very important matter for our clients.

Much obliged DotCom Your Event and happy trails.

Guest post by Joann Chatterton Director, Conference Production/Registration at e=mc2 event management.  To learn more about e=mc2 event management visit www.emc2events.com.

HST News for our Canadian Users

On July 1, 2010, HST comes into effect in the province of Ontario. For our Canadian customers, DotCom Your Event will be required to charge this combined tax (PST + GST) on all registration purchases, due to the fact these transactions are charged in Ontario.

If you need to top up your registrations, and want to save a bit on the additional tax, now is the time to do it.  Log in to your account here.

If you have any questions about HST and how it will affect your registrations please don't hesitate to ask us.

Introducing our new website!

Well, here we are, the brand new DotCom Your Event website!  It's been a long time coming, in fact the last time we did a website update was in 2005, which some might argue is decades in the web world.

The focus of our new website is to better inform and connect with our new visitors and existing clients.  Not only did we want to completely overhaul the look and flow of the site, we also wanted to be more accessible just like the home page says, "Events Are Social, Let's Socialize!".  We feel with the addition of this blog, our newsletter (sign up on the right), the integration of our Twitter feed, and the ability to join us on Facebook, we have accomplished this.  Of course, talking the talk is one thing, but we plan on wholeheartedly walking the walk too!

In addition to socializing, we plan on better informing our visitors.  You'll notice throughout the site that our registration software products and services are organized in such a way you can easily find what item you are looking for. Of course, if you don't, let us know.

Our new website launch is just step 1 in a list of new releases we have coming up.  The next will be the re-launch of our Event Wizard website which will be in conjunction with the launch of our new Event Wizard software.  Our development team has been working hard for the past 18 months building what we believe is the new standard in online event registration software!  If you haven't noticed, we are quite excited about all this, you could even say giddy as evidenced by the number of exclamation points so far in this post (apologies ahead of time, there is one more coming up). 

So, let us know what you think.  Post a comment or send us a message, we'd love to hear your feedback!