Attendify Launches Mobile App Platform to Make Event Apps Easier to Develop

5/16/2013
Attendify recently launched a mobile app platform that makes it easier and more affordable to create fully customized, native apps for events. Using Attendify, conference and event planners can create a mobile event guide, or a powerful social app that helps attendees network more effectively.

Regardless of the package selected, Attendify offers something other custom app providers don’t: flat pricing with no hidden fees or sponsorship revenue sharing.

Many event planners investigate building a custom app, but drop the idea when they get a quote for well over $5,000, or are offered confusing revenue share offers that send a portion of the event’s sponsorship revenue to the app developer.

“We kept hearing the same thing from event planners, they wanted to know exactly what it would cost to get a mobile app built” says Attendify Co-Founder Michael Balyasny, “that’s why we created two simple packages with flat pricing and a straightforward list of what’s included. Event planners can create an app in minutes, and have it published in the App Store and Google Play within a few days” continues Michael.

Attendify has helped more than 300 conferences and events go mobile with one of two packages:

1. Guide App ($399/year) – replaces your printed event guide, saving time and money. The Guide App includes features such as a schedule, speaker and sponsor profiles, maps, and much more.

2. Social App (Beta) ($599/year) – features all the capabilities of the Guide App, but also allows attendees to create profiles, send messages to one another, share photos, and it gathers social content in a single activity feed.

Both packages include fully customized, native, iPhone and Andorid apps, as well as a HTML5 web app. Attendify is constantly improving their product with the goal of making the lives of event planners a little easier, and the event experience for attendees more productive. Recently the company rolled out a free content import service, which allows event planners to upload an Excel file, and Attendify’s content management team will take care of importing it into the app.

New features are added on a monthly basis and are always included for current and new clients.
Further information including interactive app demos can be found at www.attendify.com.

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Attendify: Event Planners Can Now Build Event Apps for a Simple, Flat Price

We created two simple packages with flat pricing and a straightforward list of what’s included. Event planners can create an app in minutes, and have it published in the App Store and Google Play within a few days.

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) May 06, 2013

Attendify recently launched a mobile app platform that makes it easier and more affordable to create fully customized, native apps for events. Using Attendify, conference and event planners can create a mobile event guide, or a powerful social app that helps attendees network more effectively. Regardless of the package selected, Attendify offers something other custom app providers don’t: flat pricing with no hidden fees or sponsorship revenue sharing.

Many event planners investigate building a custom app, but drop the idea when they get a quote for well over $5,000, or are offered confusing revenue share offers that send a portion of the event’s sponsorship revenue to the app developer.

“We kept hearing the same thing from event planners, they wanted to know exactly what it would cost to get a mobile app built” says Attendify Co-Founder Michael Balyasny, “that’s why we created two simple packages with flat pricing and a straightforward list of what’s included. Event planners can create an app in minutes, and have it published in the App Store and Google Play within a few days” continues Michael.

Attendify has helped more than 300 conferences and events go mobile with one of two packages:

1.    Guide App ($399/year) – replaces your printed event guide, saving time and money. The Guide App includes features such as a schedule, speaker and sponsor profiles, maps, and much more.

2.    Social App (Beta) ($599/year) – features all the capabilities of the Guide App, but also allows attendees to create profiles, send messages to one another, share photos, and it gathers social content in a single activity feed.

Both packages include fully customized, native, iPhone and Andorid apps, as well as a HTML5 web app. Attendify is constantly improving their product with the goal of making the lives of event planners a little easier, and the event experience for attendees more productive. Recently the company rolled out a free content import service, which allows event planners to upload an Excel file, and Attendify’s content management team will take care of importing it into the app.

New features are added on a monthly basis and are always included for current and new clients.

More Information: Further information including interactive app demos can be found at http://www.attendify.com.

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Bridal glow surfaces at Gentle Star

Planning a wedding is notoriously stressful, especially for the bride. On top of planning what’s expected to be “the best day of one’s life,” there’s the pressure to look “like a princess” while doing so. It’s enough to cause a breakout just thinking about it.

Now, joining the ranks of fitness trainers and event planners helping brides do the heavy wedding lifting, Gentle Star Medspa’s Thomas Ellis and Craig Shishido bring another tool to a bride’s arsenal: the Bridal Bootcamp. And this time, the focus is on beauty.

“Of all the wedding countdowns, this really made the most sense,” says Crystal Sholts, who said she had “terrible skin” when she became a client more than five years ago. When she got engaged in September 2011, her job working for Google Maps meant she didn’t get a lot of sleep – and her skin often paid the price. But after Bridal Bootcamp, she says her skin looked better than it ever had.

Ellis, an aesthetic physician and anesthesiologist, and Shishido, a medical aesthetician, recommend a six-month timeline to remedy a range of issues from breakouts and uneven skin tone to the errant fine line or unwanted hair. Services range from a $150 micro-dermabrasion to “the works,” and can include everything from makeup consultations to Botox and laser hair removal.

“They made the wedding experience less stressful,” Sholts says. “The photographer is such a big expense of the wedding, and they’re getting so close, but the Bootcamp worked really well.”

And when it comes to prepping a bride or groom (or any guy or gal in need of a beauty boost), Ellis and Shishido point out it’s not just about the face.

One client was a marathon runner, and while she dutifully protected her face with sunscreen, her decolletage suffered hyperpigmentation – brown spots that reflected her hours outdoors pounding the pavement. Through a series of lasers on her chest and back, they were able to create an even complexion for the big day.

“Some patients don’t have any of those issues, but they really want to be reassured that everything’s going to be OK,” Ellis said. The unconventional name – Gentle Star, which they had used conversationally to describe friends before forming the business – is fitting. Kind and – yes – gentle, they had a talk early on about not wanting to create just “another laser center or skin spa,” Ellis says. When they found the SoMa office space in 2005, what had been built as a candy factory in 1906 had become a “plain, rectangular dot-com office.” But they liked the energy, and worked to re-create a fun atmosphere. They keep gloves in candy jars, change the decor with the seasons and even take a client’s Zodiac sign into consideration. “Our vibe is very San Francisco,” Shishido says.

They’ve put themselves in the shoes of the consumer in more ways than one.

Shishido grew up in Hawaii and would hang out on the beach and “just roast.” He also suffered cystic acne. “We didn’t have a lot of choices to treat acne,” he remembers. Eventually, Accutane cleared it up, but to this day, he especially enjoys helping acne-prone clients.

Meanwhile, Ellis remembers lying out in the sun before visiting Shishido’s family in Honolulu while he was training at Stanford University. Then they reached their early 30s. “We started realizing we’re not spring chickens, and things are changing,” Shishido says. At the time, he was working in the pharmaceutical industry, which paired really well with Ellis’ clinical aptitude. But they realized that to start the business they envisioned, they’d have to shift gears.

“So he went to train with some of the top beauty docs in Hollywood and Beverly Hills,” Shishido says, “and I went to beauty school at Miss Marty’s in the Tenderloin.”

Both easily look a good 15 or 20 years younger than 46 (Shishido) and 48 (Ellis). They enjoy sharing research and experience on everything from diet (no more dairy!) to certain derm-approved face washes.

The pre-wedding process often starts with a deep pore facial, during which Shishido is able to map out a plan of action. “I can tell them what I think we need to do, but I need to make sure I address what really concerns them,” he’s found. “Often, that’s regressive back to childhood.”

They’re also known to recommend a bit of restraint.

They’ve found that technology trends are driving more aesthetic inquiries. One client, who works at Google, came in “freaked out” after a video conference call. “Because we’ve become more focused on multimedia communication, people are becoming more aware of their appearance,” Shishido says. “And they aren’t liking what they’re seeing.”

“But that’s not how you actually look,” says Ellis, who tries to calm clients when those situations arise. “There are some things we can do so you’ll feel more comfortable, but no one’s looking at you that closely.”

But all eyes are on the bride when she walks down the aisle, and when it comes to that big day, Ellis says, “It’s our job to make people say, ‘Oh, you look great!’ “

Maghan McDowell is a freelance writer. E-mail: style@sfchronicle.com

Pier 48 parking lot: San Francisco’s next big event venue?

Classic Party Rentals was on full display last night at Pier 48. The company provides flooring, tables and scenery — transforming a parking lot into anything you want.

Renée Frojo
Reporter- San Francisco Business Times

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With plans for a new neighborhood and a major retailer recently staking claim, the Giants are helping shape San Francisco’s Pier 38 into one of the waterfront’s biggest revitalization projects.

As part of the Giant’s Mission Rock Development — San Francisco’s newest proposed neighborhood — Anchor Brewing Distilling Co. recently said it would open its seventh brewery in the city on the pier. But since construction will not begin until 2014 and other developments are still years away, the Giants have figured out another use for the space — events.

This week, Giants Enterprises, the event planning arm of ATT Park, teamed up with Classic Party Rentals and Got Light to showcase the space to the media, event planners and other industry professionals, pitching it as the city’s next premier event space.

Classic Party Rentals set up a number of elaborate event themes to show what the space can look like when it’s all dolled up.

“We want to show the flexibility of space, which can be set up for receptions or a seated lounge,” said Giant’s spokesman Jens Weiden. “It’s a huge blank canvas that people can do whatever they want with.”

With 120,000 square feet event space, the venue is enormous — almost too enormous. It has both an indoor and outdoors area and can fit up to 7,000 guests or 2,500 seated.

Last year, the Giants held dozens of events in the space, including holiday parties for companies based in the South Bay and a World Series post-game party for approximately 2,000 people.

Weiden said it has yet to be determined how the brewery’s development will limit private rentals, but will continue to rent the space as is until the end of next year when construction begins.

Renée Frojo covers hospitality, restaurants, retail and nonprofits for the San Francisco Business Times.

Forget the printed program: QuickMobile app lets event planners update on the fly

For Patrick Payne, inspiration struck when someone pulled the fire alarm in the middle of a travel marketing conference. In the time that it took to get everyone out of the hall and back in again, the whole conference schedule had to be rearranged. Suddenly, the printed programs were useless, and there was a scramble for iPhones (then in their early years) with which to check the new itinerary.

“That’s when the light went on in my head,” says Mr. Payne. “This could have a big impact on the way that people run meetings and events.”

Today, Mr. Payne is the CEO of QuickMobile, a Vancouver firm of 116 employees that’s made good on that insight. Its apps help some of the world’s largest corporations facilitate in-house conventions and events and move beyond logistics by replacing printed schedules and speakers’ lists with document management and social networking. Its clients include the likes of Google Inc., Intel Corp., Coca-Cola Co., McDonald’s Corp., Microsoft Corp.and Visa Inc.

“In 2010, we did over 300 apps, and last year we did well over 1,000,” says Mr. Payne. Now, presented with clients who run not dozens, but hundreds or thousands of events a year, QuickMobile is reinventing its platform to match.

QuickMobile started off as a purveyor of text-message marketing in 2006, and moved into custom app development after the iPhone arrived in 2007.

Once Mr. Payne hit on the idea of moving into the event sphere, things fell into place. QuickMobile grew its business by producing custom applications for big, one-off corporate events, the kind of internal conventions that could host up to 15,000 or 20,000 attendees. But custom app-making is labour-intensive, and some clients host many smaller meetings, all subtly different. Abbott, a Québec-based health-care company  for instance, hosts 800 training events a year, says Mr. Payne.

So, to grow with demand, QuickMobile has relaunched its core offering as a content management system that companies can use to design their own events. Instead of downloading a new custom app for each event, corporate attendees download one corporate-branded app, which authenticates them and shows them whichever events they’re set to attend. QuickMobile typically charges an annual licensing fee, plus professional services. The firm recently raised $3.3-million led by the BDC-IT Venture Fund.

The single-app approach has also allows QuickMobile to add a social-networking layer to its service, so attendees can seek out attendees with similar interests at an event, forge connections within the company and use that same app to stay in touch once the event has ended. Corporate social networking is a booming space, but Mr. Payne says that the event environment offers a unique opportunity.

“When people go to events, they’re actively in social mode They’re trying to meet people and connect with people,” he says. “It’s kind of a grassroots connection tool for these companies to start to connect their employees together.”

QuickMobile app lets event planners update on the fly

For Patrick Payne, inspiration struck when someone pulled the fire alarm in the middle of a travel marketing conference. In the time that it took to get everyone out of the hall and back in again, the whole conference schedule had to be rearranged. Suddenly, the printed programs were useless, and there was a scramble for iPhones (then in their early years) with which to check the new itinerary.

“That’s when the light went on in my head,” says Mr. Payne. “This could have a big impact on the way that people run meetings and events.”

Today, Mr. Payne is the CEO of QuickMobile, a Vancouver firm of 116 employees that’s made good on that insight. Its apps help some of the world’s largest corporations facilitate in-house conventions and events and move beyond logistics by replacing printed schedules and speakers’ lists with document management and social networking. Its clients include the likes of Google Inc., Intel Corp., Coca-Cola Co., McDonald’s Corp., Microsoft Corp.and Visa Inc.

“In 2010, we did over 300 apps, and last year we did well over 1,000,” says Mr. Payne. Now, presented with clients who run not dozens, but hundreds or thousands of events a year, QuickMobile is reinventing its platform to match.

QuickMobile started off as a purveyor of text-message marketing in 2006, and moved into custom app development after the iPhone arrived in 2007.

Once Mr. Payne hit on the idea of moving into the event sphere, things fell into place. QuickMobile grew its business by producing custom applications for big, one-off corporate events, the kind of internal conventions that could host up to 15,000 or 20,000 attendees. But custom app-making is labour-intensive, and some clients host many smaller meetings, all subtly different. Abbott, a Québec-based health-care company  for instance, hosts 800 training events a year, says Mr. Payne.

So, to grow with demand, QuickMobile has relaunched its core offering as a content management system that companies can use to design their own events. Instead of downloading a new custom app for each event, corporate attendees download one corporate-branded app, which authenticates them and shows them whichever events they’re set to attend. QuickMobile typically charges an annual licensing fee, plus professional services. The firm recently raised $3.3-million led by the BDC-IT Venture Fund.

The single-app approach has also allows QuickMobile to add a social-networking layer to its service, so attendees can seek out attendees with similar interests at an event, forge connections within the company and use that same app to stay in touch once the event has ended. Corporate social networking is a booming space, but Mr. Payne says that the event environment offers a unique opportunity.

“When people go to events, they’re actively in social mode They’re trying to meet people and connect with people,” he says. “It’s kind of a grassroots connection tool for these companies to start to connect their employees together.”

Fabolous ft. Pusha T & Ryan Leslie – "Life Is So Exciting (Remix)" [VIDEO] – Hip

» by Kazeem Famuyide (@RealLifeKaz) January 10, 2013, 10:50am

Living Good Loso grabs up Pusha T and Ryan Leslie for the new video for the “Life Is So Exciting” Remix from The Soul Tape 2. 

Taking place in Miami during Art Basel, Pusha T and Fabolous stunt in some Lamborghinis and trick on some females doing the stroll in the mall. Ranging from the clubs in South Beach to the streets of Dade County.

Not one to be left out, Ryan Leslie also drops in the video suited and booted and getting his business done in New York City. This stand out record from The Soul Tape 2 made its video premiere on MTV and we get the rip courtesy of Mr. World Premiere.

Mos Def and A$AP Rocky also make quick cameos in the studio with the producer/artist Leslie while he pops bottles and do all that stuff that rappers do; he even raps! This black and white video is one of the slicker efforts from Fab.

If you haven’t copped The Soul Tape 2 yet, which topped many year-end mixtape lists, you can download it right here. After you do that, hit the jump and check out the video for “Life Is So Exciting” with Pusha T and Ryan Leslie.

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Creative ideas for planners

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07/01/2013

The daily task of an event planner revolves around an innovative approach and creativity. At times planners get saturated and find it very hard to add new ideas to the ongoing projects. Nowadays, there are many new tools available which can aid an event planner to work more innovatively.

Technologies such as web, social medias and cloud computing continuously adding values to event industry and making the life easier for planners. There are few web based tools which assist the planners with new references or ideas to provide the best solutions to their clients. A well-thought out and orchestrated event is comparable to a good stage production.

Use Pinterest: besides regular social channels like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, an emerging social media called Pinterest can be useful for planners. It’s fantastic as not only an event planner can create a pinboard just for clients but also allow clients to add pins to that board. Planner can see other event examples, their color combinations, looks and ideas that they like in those examples.

Invitation Tools: these tools are very helpful while writing invitation to the attendees or prospects. There are many event invitation tools are available in the market such as Evite.com, Anyvite.com Punchbowl.com and Signupgenius.com . You can also use the event scheduling features of some social networks to create events and invite guests: Paperlesspost, Facebook event, Google Calendar etc.

Use of Google Docs: this tool is freely available, very easy to use and accessible with any smart phone, palmtop and laptop. With Google Docs, a planner can create documents like spreadsheet, word files, presentations etc., modify and share them with their other team members. It’s a cloud based application and therefore a planner doesn’t have to carry these documents on a USB drive.

All our Ideas: this web based software is simple and free. It allows groups to transparently collect and prioritize ideas. It’s very fast and has user-friendly set ups. It provides a platform to different communities where they can vote for different ideas on any topic.

EventQuote.net : this application is very useful for event planners as it allows planners to receive quotes from different suppliers. Here, planners need to fill just one event form and an executive from EventQuote.net will contact him and will provide quotes from suppliers that suit the planner’s budget.

CrowdTorch Allows Consumer Event Organizers to Create Custom Native Apps

Meetings Tech

By Matt Alderton
December 18, 2012

App developer CrowdTorch, acquired earlier this year by meetings technology firm Cvent, has launched a new platform that helps event planners create their own customized native apps for consumer-focused events, such as festivals, concerts and fairs, it announced last week.

To create an app using the new platform, event organizers simply visit a website; select what features they want their app to have; input event details, such as schedules, sponsors and maps; customize the app’s design by uploading backgrounds and choosing color palettes; then submit the app to Google’s and Apple’s app stores for approval.

“We are opening up the native app market in a way that’s never been done before, democratizing the process and making apps more affordable than ever,” said Todd Rogers, co-founder of CrowdTorch. “Any event, festival, concert or fair that has several hundred people or more is a great candidate for a native app, and there are millions of events like this annually. Yet only a small percentage of events currently benefit from mobile apps. This new platform will change that dynamic.”

Added Brian Ludwig, vice president of sales, Cvent, “Native apps help participants become even more deeply immersed and engaged in events and share their excitement with others through social media. We see an incredible growth opportunity by bringing native apps to organizers of virtually any kind of event or activity. These apps are fundamentally transforming the way organizers can drive engagement and an amazing attendee experience.”

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