What can we do for conference organisers
The Internet Services Team at Maple Systems provides web
design, web hosting and site marketing services.
We can provide these services to event organisers who wish
to market and promote their web sites in furtherance of a
conference or product launch.
Because we run our own web server we can have web sites up
and running quickly. We can provide a service where time is
of the essence and where flexibility and responsiveness are
mission critical.
Why have a conference web site?
If you have a web site specifically for a conference, it
can
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be set up very quickly
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be amended quickly to reflect changing information
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provide news and availability details
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allow delegates to book on line on a 24-7 basis
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provide on-line interactive maps, showing delegates how
to travel to the location
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allow links into train timetables, airline bookings,
hotel accommodation or local parking facilities
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provide links into local attractions, sports or entertainment
facilities
Will it bring in more registrations?
Having a web site provides the conference organiser with
an extra plank for marketing, advertising and promoting the
event.
Our web designers are specialists in on-line marketing and
promotion. They can support conference organisers in making
details of the conference available on the Internet. This
does not replace conventional advertising but provides a complementary
medium. It can result in some transfer of budgets away from
print to digital.
How would a web site help my conference?
A web site can
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allow you to get information into the public arena quickly
and to amend it as frequently as you feel fit - daily
if necessary.
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Allow people to book into your event 24 hours and day,
7 days a week. Delegates can pay for registrations on-line
using a credit card or switch.
Running conferences on-line
There is much more to the Internet than web sites. Whole
conferences can be held on line or run in parallel to live,
face-to-face conferences.
People from overseas can listen to conference presentations
over the Internet, contribute their ideas to it by e-mail.
Proceedings or transcripts can be sent out by e-mail as soon
as they are produced or made available via a web site.
Speakers can address the conference using video links or
Internet based video links.
On-line booking of conference places can generate entries
for a database or produce an e-mail which can be sent to several
different locations - such as one person who does delegate
registration and another somewhere else who does accommodation
bookings.
Why choose Maple Systems to handle your Internet requirements?
The Manager of the Internet Team - Trevor Locke - was for
many years an Event Manager. Trevor has run over 200 events,
from major national conferences, to small group seminars.
So he knows the event management industry. He moved from face
to face event management into electronic conferencing and
web design as the Internet grew.
Trevor has already designed several conference web sites
and has handled the marketing and promotional contracts for
some UK and European conference organisers.
The web design staff at Maple Systems specialise in business
to business site production. They are consultants in content
development and Internet marketing.
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