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September 29, 2005
200 Attendees Discuss "Scheduling with an Altitude" in Beaver Creek Colorado
EMS Users' Conference Includes Educational Sessions, Vendor Presentations and Customer
Showcases
DENVER -- Taking place at an elevation of nearly 9000 feet, Dean Evans & Associates
(www.dea.com) aptly named “Scheduling with an Altitude”
users’ conference brought 200 users of their Event Management System (EMS) software
to the Beaver Creek mountain resort. Attendees from around the U.S. and abroad spent
two days learning about ways to optimize the use of their EMS system, listening
to “best practice” presentations by other EMS customers, meeting representatives
from EMS business partner companies and networking with their peers.
“The conference was useful and productive in ways that I could not have imagined,”
says Kelly Shaefer, assistant director of the DePaul University Student Center.
“I now have ideas not only for how to improve the event planning process, but also
on how to make work flow easier in the office, how to integrate service providers
into the planning process, and most importantly, how to improve the overall experience
for my end users – DePaul students and university departments.”
“The location for the conference was spectacular,” she adds. “It gave me a chance
to relax and network with peers without the pressure that is sometimes felt in an
urban environment. I built fantastic relationships with the folks from Dean Evans
& Associates as well as several colleagues in my industry who use EMS.”
The benefits of “getting away from it all” were echoed by many customers. “In talking
with our clients at the conference, the impression I got was that getting away from
the office to a mountain retreat helped them put their daily work concerns on the
back burner temporarily and focus on the product information that was being presented,”
said Kelly Hormuth, marketing coordinator for Dean Evans & Associates. “Each
year we strive to put together an event that is informative, fun and an engaging
experience for our clients. I think the striking setting for this year’s conference
was truly an asset in helping us reach this goal.”
About Dean Evans & Associates
Founded in 1986 and based in Denver, Dean Evans & Associates develops, markets
and supports a line of sophisticated software products for facility scheduling,
event management and calendaring. Their Event Management Systems (EMS) family of
products is ideal for scheduling and managing the rooms, services and resources
needed for events as well as for maintaining a web-based Master Calendar of events.
Thousands of organizations, including four of the six largest U.S. banks, more than
a dozen Fortune 100 companies and hundreds of higher education institutions, religious
organizations, hospitals, conference centers, cultural venues and sports facilities
rely on EMS software. Online demonstrations, screen shots and detailed product information
are available at www.dea.com. Or contact the company
at 800-440-3994 ext. 863, or sales@dea.com.
Media Contact:
Tom Schek
303-740-4830
tom@dea.com