Event Management
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Event management extends project management to the development of large scale events such as festivals, conferences, concerts or conventions. FileMaker is an ideal database to coordinate the budgeting, scheduling, site selection, permitting, transportation, arranging for speakers or entertainers, arranging decor, event security and catering for events. Using WebDirect, service providers can make real-time entries in the database to advise the event manager of their status and any problems that might have come up. FileMaker also allows for “flags” to advise the event manager of changes entered by or issues needing resolution from the service providers.
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John Murray Productions
John Murray's events range from first-birthday parties to political fundraisers, anniversaries, bar and bat mitzvahs, fashion shows, product launches, conferences, graduations, and reunions, to name just a few! John Murray keeps track of them all with FileMaker database. According to a recent report in The Wall Street Journal, it takes about 150 hours for a planner, working with her staff, to produce a major event from start to finish. This creates a real need to keep clients, venues, suppliers, supplies, dates and times all straight. |
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Blue Frog Productions
Blue Frog managed events with an Excel spreadsheet - not uncommon for many organizations. They needed to move ahead to the next step, which (fortunately) was a FileMaker database. In this way they could track clients, equipment, venues, vendors, expenses and billing. |
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