Event Management Made Easy with New Software
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www.vintagercsociety.org Vintage R/C Society 2013 Event Calendar
May 11 & 12, 2013 - Glory Days Fly-In Location: Julian, North Carolina
May 18, 2013 - Springfest Location: Wellsboro, Pennsylvania
May 23 & 24, 2013 - Kentucky Bluegrass Festival Location: Lexington, Kentucky
July 13, 2013 - Culpeper Challange Location: Culpeper, Virginia
Aug 24, 2013 - VR/CS Fly-In Location: Denver, Colorado
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KRANITZ ENTERPRISES, INC., 9345 E. Star Hill Trail, Littleton, CO 80124,
www.rcflightdeck.com
APRIL 2013
Kranitz Enterprises, Inc., a leading software developer in the radio control hobby space since 2001, has announced the release of RC FlightDeck Version 2.0, which has all the makings of a ground-breaking advancement in the way event coordinators and pilots manage and register for events. This is the very first system to do a whole list of things that this hobby previously did manually or very inefficiently through spread sheets and discussion forums. Clubs and large event organizers have been jumping on the system. At the time of this release, more than 500 organizations had enrolled on the FlightDeck system. Kranitz envisions RC FlightDeck unifying the entire flying hobby around a single syndicated event network so that event promoters can post their event once and have it seen on hundreds of partner websites that host the free FlightDeck event module. Pilots would no longer have to dig through discussion forums to locate events; they would simply visit
RCFlightDeck.com or their favorite website that hosts the calendar to locate and register for events. Pilots who register for any event on the system never have to re-enter their information to register for any other event.
With the only search tools of its kind in the entire industry, RC FlightDeck lets visitors not only filter events as they type in a name, location or event category, but also stretch, squeeze or slide a graphical timeline that further filters events by date. More adventurous users can narrow their event search by radius, location, event host, sanction status and more. But the real power lies inside the event management tools. Within a few clicks, an event coordinator can print a comprehensive pilot list, an aircraft list, address label sheets, a pilot check-in list, and an announcer’s sheet with pilot bios and aircraft. Event hosts can still accept paper registrations and quickly enter them into the system, which funnels the manual entries into the host’s unified management system. The system can handle any type of fee the organizer can dream up. You can create sales items for tents, tables, meals, t-shirts, whatever you can imagine. For sanctioned events, RC FlightDeck provides an automated tool that makes quick work of listing official AMA categories and any associated fees. Organizations can accept paid pilot registrations with funds going directly into their PayPal account. PayPal lets the organization accept credit cards and PayPal payments and it’s highly secure.
The efficiencies continue beyond event creation and management to promotion. Posted events automatically propagate to hundreds of hobby websites in one click because any RC website is free to host the FlightDeck event module and events show up on all partner modules. The more sites that host the calendar, the more effective the network is at getting the word out on events. Kranitz strongly encourages vendors, hobby shops and other industry participants to host the free calendar. It gives your website fresh new content automatically and helps match your customers with events they might like to attend. RC FlightDeck is hosted by FlyRC Magazine, Hobby Lobby, DuBro,
2BFly.com, Hobbico, Frank Tiano Enterprises, 3DForums, RCJetAddiction and hundreds of club websites that not only host the calendar but use it for their private club events.
The software has been simplified and advanced to the point where anybody with rudimentary skills can create a beautiful event listing or apply to fly in an event. Viewers can see nearby hotels, location facilities, a map, driving directions, AMA classifications, fees and more. Pilot applications are equally simple and hosts can specify the bits of information they need in each event application. The service is free to both event hosts and pilots. To see how the Flight Deck System can help you plan and run your next event, download more information at
www.rcflightdeck.com/FlightDeckForCDs.pdf.
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