Shared On-line Calendars

A key requirement for most organizations is an easy to use event calendar that helps coordinate activities and schedules. Using NeatWorx.COM, members can see the different activities that are planned as well as the general public where appropriate. The NeatWorx.COM interface allows any authorized user of the system to create calendar entries or events. Users can register for activities just by clicking on the appropriate event in the calendar. Activities that appear in the calendar can include information events, recurring activities such as meetings or practices, events requiring registration or payment to attend, subscription events or on-line sales events with associated shopping cart functionality.

The figure below shows a simple calendar for a sporting club. There is also an event listing view because some types of events (donations or on-going sales of goods on-line as examples) may not have a particular date associated with them. You can associate registration deadlines with events, and these deadlines will be reflected in the events calendar as well. The simple event listing view is also accessible directly from a cell-phone or personal digital assistant with an XHTML compliant browser, and the event listing will change every day to show only the events that are coming up in the near future rather than events in the past.

The calendar will show only those events that users of the website are authorized to view. The system also supports reminders for activities in the calendar. E-mail messages or cellular text messages can be provided to advise people of last minute scheduling changes or to advise them of things like a change of venue for an event either automatically or at the discretion of the activity organizer.

Calendar activities employ easy to read graphics symbols so that it is easy to understand the nature of a particular events at a glance. Deadlines for registration may be specified and are automatically placed on the events calendar. Users can simply click a link on calendar entries to expand the view of the event, register for the event or (if authorized) see who else has registered for an event. T

he shared calendar is at the heart of the NeatWorx.COM service. Having a private, shared events calendar for your organization that is able to remind your membership of pending deadlines is a key requirement for effectively organizing your on-line community or business.