We are very excited help WordCamp Orange County possible by being a “Stoked” sponsor. WordCamp Orange County (#wcoc) is already sold out but we’d love you to stay tuned for news and special offers going on during this event. The organizers of WordCamp Orange County are Event Espresso Users, and we even know them personally from the Las Vegas WordCamp in 2010. Checkout their nice introduction of Event Espresso as a “Stoked” sponsor.
Event Espresso Wins $40,000 in Entrepreneur Competition
Event Espresso has been awarded $40,000 as winner of the 2010-2011 Utah Entrepreneur Challenge. This recognition comes after four months of preparation and three rounds of judging with only a fraction of the businesses moving on through each round. The final round culminated in 10 businesses competing for the top prize.
Because this is one of the largest cash prize business competitions in the country, many other great businesses entered with excellent ideas. We didn’t expect to win, but are very pleased to be recognized with such an award. The prize money will be put to good use and help us further the success of Event Espresso. We are very excited about our future and the great products and services we will continue to offer our customers.
The potential prize money certainly gave us the incentive and motivation to compete in the Utah Entrepreneur Challenge, but what we are taking away from this competition is much more than the monetary award. After preparing business plans, presentations, and learning from mentors, we are better prepared for the future and know what we really offer to the market, where we want to take this business and how we are going to get there.
We would like to thank several people and organizations that helped us succeed:
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About the Utah Entrepreneur Challenge:
Each year, the Utah Entrepreneur Challenge (UEC) helps hundreds of students across the state of Utah make their business ideas realities. The UEC is a student-run entrepreneurial competition. Utah college and university students with a business plan are encouraged to submit their ideas for review. Entries begin in January, and the winner is announced at an awards banquet in April. The winner receives $40,000 to help start their business, and over $80,000 of cash and in-kind prizes are awarded to the runners-up. As one of the largest student entrepreneur cash prize competitions in the United States, the UEC has enjoyed much success throughout its history; jump starting the careers of many students.
Another stable version of Event Espresso is available to download. We recommend you upgrade now. This upgrade includes the improvements made in version 3.0.18.
Event Espresso Jobs
Our mission is to empower business and organization leaders with the event registration, ticketing and management tools that maximize the success of events. Although we are uniquely qualified to offer customization services to all our clients, with limited resources, we can’t do everything for everyone. This is where Event Espresso Jobs comes in.
Event Espresso Jobs is about bringing a community of developers, designers and clients together for these types of jobs & projects, when we aren’t available to help directly:
Our goal is to help you be as successful as you can be, so we hope you find this resource helpful.
PS ~ Sometimes we need your help; we’re looking to work with the most talented WordPress programmers and designers, so if you’re one of them, please apply.
We are very happy to announce that we have begun development on a new iPhone and Android app to scan tickets at the door. If you are using our QR Code ticketing addon. This will be an innovative new way (for Event Espresso users) to check-in attendees at the door.
Update: iPhone/iPod and Android Apps Now Available.
More information coming soon! If you would like to support the development and get the app and ticketing system at up to 50% off, please let us know.
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Development on Event Espresso continues and we wanted to give our event managers a sneak peek of the new event admin coming in version 3.0.18. This may be replacing the Attendees/Payments page and Event Setup pages. These two pages will be combined into one “Event Overview” page where you can click to add a new event or view all the information (previously available on two pages.)
We’ve added the following event management options:
Here is a comparison of the new version (on the left) with the current version (on the right)
Event Manager Admin Comparison Dec. 2010
Here is a closer view of the new event manager admin.
Event Manger New Admin, Version 3.0.18
We believe this new design, will make Event Espresso more convenient and efficient for event managers, than ever before.
What do you think? Any additional suggestions?
We’d like to announce the most advanced version of Event Espresso. Version 3.0.17 makes improvements upon the existing features and paves the way for new ones. See the release notes for complete details and upgrading.
Some of the Important Improvements in 3.0.17
Event Espresso Calendar
See the release notes for complete details and upgrading.
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List of Attendees |
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See the release notes for complete details and upgrading.
This is our 3rd WordCamp sponsorship in the past year! I grew up in Phoenix, Arizona. So I am truly honored to be a part of WordCamp Phoenix.
In 2011, WordCamp Phoenix will be a multi-day event held all over Greater Phoenix, including free workshops, a full-day conference with four tracks, a day just for WordPress developers and networking opportunities for all.
WordCamp is organized and run by unpaid volunteers, underwritten by sponsors, and profit free. Remaining funds are donated to local charities. Since I am coming a little to the game, our sponsorship funds are going directly to one of the local charities.
Follow all the happenings of WordCamp Phoenix on Twitter via the #wcph hash tag. We’ll see you there…and follow us on Twitter to watch for discount to WordCamp Phoenix attendees.
Premium Membership Only $5 a Month for a Limited Time!
The last month has been insanely busy. I have been adding new features, fixing bugs, and working late every night to bring the best of WordPress to Event Espresso.
This is probably going to be the most exciting version of Event Espresso to date.gfg Version 3.0.17 will bring us custom post types for events and the very much anticipated Recurring Events Manager.
Event Development Framework
A very new and exciting feature in WordPress 3.0 is the ability to create custom post type, that is maintained in the WordPress posts table. This can help developers to build a theme that relies less on custom fields and makes it easier for clients.
The custom post type integration in Event Espresso will bring all kind of customization possibilities to your events. Allowing website owners and event professionals to harness the full power of WordPress and Event Espresso by using the premiere Event Development Framework for WordPress.
Our comprehensive Event Development Framework takes full advantage of WordPress using custom fields, post metadata, categories, tags, and taxonomies. You can even create pages or posts for each event that can be integrated into any theme within minutes.
This is probably one of the most anticipated addons of Event Espresso. For months I have received at least three emails a day inquiring about recurring events.
Well it is finally here! The Recurring Events Manager addon will bring the possibility to put your event registration system on auto-pilot.
This is going to be a huge benefit to anyone that has many of the same events throughout the year. Start by creating an event, then just tell the system how many days, weeks, or months you want the event to extend into the future. Events created using the Recurring Events Manager will auto-post on the registration start date and close when the registration date has passed or the event has been filled. That way you can continue to spend more time enjoying life.
For an up to date overview of all the recent changes to Event Espresso, be sure to view the change log.
View all of the available shortcodes and variables that will be available in version 3.0.17.
