Dave Pogue from the NY Times posted this article regarding how there is no perfect calendar. In the article he expresses his needs as an individual for form and function to match. Unfortunately there are no real standards that allow calendars store in different databases to be properly displayed in a different calendar program.
Selecting the right scheduling software for your company
From call centers to service companies, from real estate office to public relations companies, from government agencies to freelance design firms everyone needs to manage schedules. Fortunately, online solutions for scheduling exist that make the process a simple and intuitive one – reducing your stress level while maintaining an accurate flow of scheduling information. When looking for a simple scheduling solution there are a number of factors you need to consider in order to find the best solution for your needs.
Traditional programs vs. Web applications
Printing schedules is always a problem. A web based scheduling solution gives you and your employees the ability to log in and collaborate on your staff schedules in real time. Being entirely web based, there are no IT requirements other than a web browser and no need to download or install software. Online scheduling software not only provide a convenient, central location for all scheduling data but also offer a quick and easy solution that can be accessed anywhere, from any web browser.
Simple & intuitive interface
The key to staff scheduling is in its ease of use and access to everyone’s calendar. Effective online scheduling software needs to provide an intuitive and informative interface. Administers can quickly add, view, and amend schedules as well as employee information and other details. In turn, employees receive email notifications of events and will receive reminder notices. They can easily log in and view and accept their schedule. Complex interfaces tend to lead to an unwillingness to use the software.
Smart phone access
You should consider services that offer a smart phone experience. This enables all users who have smart phones to see their schedules from their phone browser via a special URL. This URL is automatically updated like an RSS feed.
Additional features
Just because an scheduling software program offers easy staff scheduling doesn’t it shouldn’t offer more advanced options. You need to be able to Generate reports about staff, allow some people to see the personal events of others, publish company events to the web, track RSVPs to events, and insure that there are double booking controls in place. A portal page allows staff to be updated of any important dates or announcements. Budget tracking will let you forecast and keep track of your costs. All these features make for powerful but simple scheduling software for your organization.
Online Calendar for SMB
Same-Page collaboration software is used by individuals, teams and supervisors. That is why we designed our online calendar with three views–to address the particular requirements of these different user categories. The Member Event calendar enables individuals to keep track of events and meetings that involve them. The Team Event calendar is used to broadcast events to group members, and the Supervisor calendar view enables supervisors to monitor their team’s activities.
The online calendar can be used to schedule meetings, send out e-mail notifications, and send RSVPs. You can publish company events to your website, send out reminders automatically, and post reports via e-mail. Hyperlinks are inserted directly into the online calendar and events can be exported to Outlook. All of the features needed to keep your team on time, on track and on the same page are available via our user-friendly web-based interface.
You can add as many users as you like for a low monthly fee. When you have outgrown the 150 megabyte storage allocation, you have the option to purchase more. The online calendar is part of a suite of more than 20 tools included in our eStudio suite of online collaboration applications.
We host the software on our servers and keep it updated and backed up. You have no software to purchase or download. Try it free for 30 days. You will be amazed at how quickly your employees will be using the online calendar and other groupware applications to communicate more effectively. They will be adding their calendar activities, sharing documents, posting to discussion boards and maintaining their contacts with ease and efficiency.
Scheduling Calendar Can Put Your Team on the Same-Page
The difference between a wildly successful business and one that is struggling to survive is often quite small. Successful businesses have employees that know what to do and when to do it. Struggling businesses are often scenes of chaos, with employees unaware of the status of their assignments or even their role in a particular project. The key to coordinating employee efforts is groupware or collaboration software, and the scheduling calendar is the cornerstone of great groupware.
At Same-Page, we have included an easy-to-use online scheduling calendar in our eStudio collaboration software. With no software to download, update or backup, your employees can access the scheduling calendar from any computer with an internet connection. The web calendar is part of a comprehensive groupware suite that includes project management, task tracking, document management, file sharing, contact management and more–20 tools in all.
Scheduling Calendar view
Your employees can post meetings, schedule appointments, initiate event notifications and set up auto-reminders and RSVPs. The scheduling software features supervisor views and reports that make it easy to keep your business moving forward and on track. You can post deadlines and assign next step responsibilities.
Events can be updated by group or by individual, and they can be exported to Outlook or even published to your website. There is no limit and no charge for the number of users that can be added to the system. Best of all, you can have the eStudio online scheduling calendar working for you in minutes by signing up for our 30 day free trial.
eStudio 7 Soft Launch
Starting today 07/08/09 everyone can log in to the new eStudio 7 interface. Over the last four years Same-Page read all your feedback emails and noted your comments during webinars and phone support. Based on this information a new eStudio 7 design has evolved. It has taken almost 12 months to rebuild the underlining eStudio code with our latest round of improvements and to craft the new design elements. We’d like to thank those that help contribute to Alpha & Beta testing.
Top 5 Benefits
Easier To Use – new layout is sleek with iphone button navigation.
No Pop-ups – no more annoying alert prompts from Internet Explorer.
Customizable – use the new color picker widget, drag & drop, and rich text editing to engage your users.
Faster – using web 2.0 standards database calls are 10X faster.
Safer – new security protocols and backup procedures.
Calendar Software
Same-Page software is used by entrepreneurs, work groups and supervisors. That is why we designed our calendar software with three views–to address the particular requirements of these different user categories. Our Member Event calendar lets users manage events and meetings that involve multiple users. Our Team Event calendar is used to share events with everyone and the Supervisor calendar view allows supervisors to monitor everyone’s events.
Same-Page’s calendar software can be used to schedule meetings, send out e-mail notifications, and send RSVPs. You can publish company events to your website, send reminders automatically, and post reports via e-mail. Hyperlinks are inserted directly into the online calendar and events can be exported to Outlook. All of the features needed to keep your business on time, on track and on the same page are available via our user-friendly web-based interface.
You can add as many users as you like for a low monthly fee. When you have outgrown the 150 megabyte storage allocation, you have the option to purchase more. Our calendar software is part of a suite of more than 20 tools included in an eStudio.
We host the software on our servers and keep it updated and backed up. You have no software to purchase or download. Try it free for 30 days. You will be amazed at how quickly your employees will be using the online calendar and other groupware applications to communicate more effectively. They will be adding their calendar activities, sharing documents, posting to discussion boards and maintaining their contacts with ease and efficiency.
