New SCHED*: International Music Festival Conference

We are pleased to annouce that the International Music Festival Conference will be using SCHED* for their conference starting December 6th. Check out the SCHED* here.

“The International Music Festival Conference (“IMF”) is the only conference addressing the issues facing the music festival industry. The IMF’s mission is to promote and strengthen the global music festival industry through through education, networking, dissemination of information, and the cultivation of high standards for the industry.”

For more information, visit the website at http://www.imfcon.com/

New SCHED*: International Film Festival Summit

We are pleased to annouce that the International Film Festival Summit will be using SCHED* for their conference starting December 6th. Check out the SCHED* here.

“The International Film Festival Summit (IFFS) is the largest international organization representing the film festival industry. The IFFS mission is to promote and strengthen the global film festival industry through education, networking, dissemination of information, and the cultivation of high standards for the industry.”

For more information, visit the website at http://www.filmfestivalsummit.com/

New SCHED*: Underground Construction Tech.

We are pleased to annouce that Underground Construction Technology International Conference & Exposition (UCT) will be using SCHED* for their conference starting January 19, 2010.

“For more than 15 years, UCT has been the meeting place for the underground utility construction and the rehabilitation markets. Attendees worldwide come to UCT to stay connected to all things underground – in both the trenchless and conventional methods.

“UCT is for engineers, contractors, manufacturers and utility owners — from organizations of every size looking for a strategy to drive revenue, boost sales, increase customer loyalty and differentiate themselves from the competition. Additionally, association and professional organization meetings will take place before, during and after UCT providing even greater networking opportunities.”

Registration opens in mid-August so visit the website at http://uctonline.com/ for more information.

iPhone App Released

We believe people should have access to data in any format they choose. It’s one of the main reasons SCHED* websites and personal agendas are accessible in so many ways. With the growth of “smart phones” with internet browsers, mobile access is rapidly becoming a crucial distribution channel and one of the most important ways attendees can stay informed at events.

While mobile access is obviously important, one of the frustrating issues at many events is that internet and cell phone service can be less than ideal. This is because cell phone networks are seriously stretched by having a large number of devices in a concentrated area.

To help address this issue and expand the number of places that your event’s scheduling information is available, we’ve released an iPhone application!

The SCHED* iPhone app offers offline access to your entire event schedule and attendee’s personal agendas. It also allows access to all schedule updates and changes to events. Check out the app in the App Store by searching for Bumbershoot SCHED* or by clicking this link if you have iTunes installed on your computer.

While the v1.0 of the SCHED* iPhone application is great we will be adding new features every few weeks. We’re very excited about the SCHED* iPhone app and hope you are too because now, all SCHED* events will have an iPhone application! If you’d like to learn more, contact us here.

Facebook + Twitter + SCHED* = AWESOME!!!

A few days ago we released our Facebook & Twitter integrations and they are awesome! These new integrations will let you do several things including:

Sign In - use your Facebook and Twitter ID’s to log into SCHED* and plan your day

Profile Picture - automatically imports your Facebook or Twitter avatars and adds as your profile picture

Friends at the Event - see your Facebook and Twitter friends at the event including a group schedule of all friends

News Posts & Automatic Tweets - automatically posts the event to the user’s Facebook wall and Twitter stream

Check out sched.bumbershoot.org to see it in action!

This is a great new features and certainly helps expand our commitment to Simple. Social. Scheduling.

New SCHED*: Black Hat

We are pleased to annouce that Black Hat will be using SCHED* for their conference starting July 24th. Check out the SCHED* here.

“The Black Hat Briefings have become the biggest and the most important security conference series in the world by sticking to [their] core value: serving the information security community by delivering timely, actionable security information in a friendly, vendor-neutral environment.”

For more information, visit the website at https://www.blackhat.com/

New SCHED*: Lights. Camera. Help.

We are pleased to announce that “Lights. Camera. Help.” will be using SCHED* for their film festival.

“Lights. Camera. Help. is the premiere film festival for non-profit and cause-driven organizations.”

“Through this annual event, films and videos with a cause directly related to a non-profit or cause-given organization will be subject to a rigorous criteria by a panel of judges. The films and videos will gain recognition by being considered the best in one of several distinct categories.”

For more information or to help out visit the website at http://www.lightscamerahelp.com/

New SCHED*: Old Pecan Street Festival

We are pleased to annouce that the Old Pecan Street Festival will be using SCHED* for their Fall & Spring Festivals.

“The Pecan Street Festival is a free, bi-annual juried arts, crafts [and music] festival held on 6th Street in Austin, Texas…Festival goers can find paintings, sculpture, woodwork, candles, jewelry, cowboy hats, home decor, games, and other useful and whimsical household items….Local musicians also provide entertainment on five stages….attracting over 300,000 people per event. The show benefits local charities including the Austin Boxer Rescue, Friends of the Planetarium and United Care USA. “

For more information visit the website at http://www.oldpecanstreetfestival.com/ or contact the organizers by calling 512-469-6060.

New SCHED*: Performance Arts Exchange

We are pleased to announce that the Southern Arts Federation will be using SCHED* for the Performance Arts Exchange.

“The Performing Arts Exchange is a four-day conference that creates opportunities for networking and transacting business in the performing arts. PAE is also the primary forum for professional development for artists, artist managers and presenters in the Southeast.”

For more information please visit the website or contact the organizers on Twitter @southarts

Sponsorship Opportunity: CMJ Music Marathon & Film Festival

We are pleased to announce that CMJ Music Marathon & Film Festival will be using SCHED* again this year.

“CMJ Music Marathon & Film Festival 2009 will hit New York City from October 20-24 and for 5 days and nights, over 1,200 artists and 120,000 fans will take over more than 75 of the city’s greatest nightclubs and theaters. Headquartered once again at New York University’s Greenwich Village campus; don’t miss your chance to participate in New York City’s largest music festival.

“CMJ ‘09 will feature exclusive nighttime parties, daytime exhibit areas, registrant lounges, a technology fair, artist and press lounges, meet and greets, panels, seminars, mentoring sessions, community initiatives, networking events, Q&As and special events.”

The exclusive schedule sponsorship will provide an excellent branding opportunity so contact us for details today!

Sponsorship Opportunity: Bumbershoot

We are pleased to announce that Bumbershoot® will be using SCHED* for this year’s events.

“Bumbershoot®: Seattle’s Music & Arts Festival is now in its 39th year. Since 1971, Bumbershoot has drawn artists representing the best in music, film, comedy, spoken word, dance, theatre, performance, and visual arts to the Seattle Center over Labor Day weekend. North America’s largest urban arts festival, Bumbershoot takes place in the heart of the city at the 74-acre Seattle Center. Over 150,000 visitors from near and far spend the weekend reveling in the world of Bumbershoot, experiencing everything from regional favorites to international superstars across all arts disciplines.”

SCHED* will provide an excellent branding opportunity for any company involved so contact us if you are interested in sponsoring the Bumbershoot SCHED* today!

New SCHED*: Austin Fashion Week

We are pleased to annouce that Austin Fashion Week will be using SCHED* for their events starting on July 13th. Check out the SCHED* here.

“Austin Fashion week is a showcase of Austin’s fashion forward elite. Local fashion and home decor boutiques and salons will play host to a week lone fete of in-store events and spotlight local fashion designers. The events will feature several fashion shows, the Austin Fashion Awards and the Austin Fashion Party.”

For more information visit the website at http://www.fashionweekaustin.com/

New Feature: Bookmark & Share

Our motto at SCHED* is “Simple. Social. Scheduling.” so we’re always looking for ways to make your life easier and helping you to create a more connected event. To this extent, we’ve incorporated the AddThis widget across our platform allowing users to instantly share the calendar of events and their personal schedules in over 50 different ways.

Upon incorporating the widget, we experienced rapid adoption. Users immediately shared their event plans across a wide range of the most commonly used social networks including Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and MySpace and are continuing to share.

The widget will be especially useful for Planners hoping to increase awareness of their events by allowing them to tap into the power of their attendees’ social networks. This could lead to increased registrations, increased revenue, enhanced involvement by and among attendees and increased awareness of your event’s schedule.

This is only the first of a number of new features we will be releasing over the next several weeks so stay tuned. We can’t wait to help you even more!

New SCHED*: Dfest Music Conference & Festival

We love music festivals which is why we are especially proud to announce that the Dfest Music Conference & Festival will be using SCHED* for their event starting July 24th. Check out the SCHED* here.

Dfest has a very interesting history which you can learn about here. While the festival started out as a small event at a local bar to rally support to win a contest in 2002, it has grown and is expected to attract over 60,000 people to Tulsa, OK to attend this year’s event.

For more information or to purchase tickets please visit the website at http://dfest.com

New SCHED*: Dublin Irish Festival

We are pleased to annouce that the Dublin Irish Festival will be using SCHED* for their festival on July 31st. Check out the SCHED* here.

The festival is, “A three day celebration of all things Irish. Experience Irish music, dance, culture, history, art and shopping at what is widely regarded as one of the best Irish festivals in the world.”

For more information, visit the website at http://www.dublinirishfestival.org/ and click the “Contact” link on the top right, near the search bar.