Meeting Maker Calendar Scheduling Software Features & Benefits

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Meeting Maker contains several features and benefits designed to improve productivity by saving you one of your most valuable assets - your time. It does so by simplifying and streamlining your personal and group scheduling into a single, collaborative work environment. In fact, there are so many features, we had to break them up into categories.

To view a comparison chart that outlines the differences between the Meeting Maker Connector for Outlook module, the Meeting Maker HTML client and the Meeting Maker native client, click here.

Group Scheduling Features & Benefits
Email Integration Provides the ability to contact attendees and send them attachments using your own email client
Group Views View the availability and schedules of teams or groups of people from a single window
iCalendar Support Send meeting invitations to people and calendars outside of your organization using iCalendar
Meeting Auto Selector Automatically select the next timeslot when all attendees are available
Proxy Access View coworker calendars in a side-by-side view with your own
Real-time Meeting Invitations Schedule meetings in real-time - you request a meeting and the attendees are notified immediately
Recurring Meetings Schedule customized recurring meetings - daily, weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, etc.
Resource Scheduling Reserve conference rooms, A/V equipment or other shared resources for your meeting
Share Availability Share your free and busy time with others, vastly simplifying the group scheduling process
Simplified Scheduling Eliminates the complex hassle of scheduling meetings – no more juggling other people’s schedules, telephone tag or email delays and subsequent rescheduling

 

Personal Calendaring Features & Benefits
Calendar Navigator Quickly and easily select a date to view
Customized Views Customize your calendar with colors and labels, various layouts, and numerous viewing options
Direct Event Editing Edit your activities and meetings directly in the daily view
Ease-of-Use Intuitive GUI and functionality makes it easy to learn
 Email Reduction Doesn't contribute to email "inbox overload" when scheduling meetings because you're doing it straight in the Meeting Maker environment
European Date/Time Formats View dates and times within your calendar using the standard European formats
Event Calendar Integration Integrate the WebEvent (products – webevent overview page) event calendaring solution with Meeting Maker to add published events directly into your personal calendar.
Event Creation Create activities, banners (i.e. vacation, birthdays, etc.) and to-do items for yourself
Font Customization Adjust the font type and size based on your preference in the main calendar view
Multiple Calendar Views View your calendar in day, week, month or text views
Pencil-in Events Proposed meetings automatically populate your calendar where they can be directly accepted or declined
Printable Formats Print your calendar out using common printout forms
Private Events Mark events private so they can’t be seen by others
Recurring Banners Set standard banners to display on a daily, weekly or monthly basis
Time Zone Support Adjusts automatically to any of the 319 time zones around the world

 

Mobility and PIM Features & Benefits
HTML Client Provides Web access for remote users that need quick access to their calendar
Mobile Device Connectivity Synchronize meeting invitations and reminders to mobile phones and other wireless devices (Palm, PocketPC & Blackberry) with NotifyLink for Meeting Maker from our partners at Notify Technology Corporation.

 

IT Features & Benefits
Email Virus Immunity Doesn't fall victim to email-born viruses or go down if your email system fails, so it's a smart way to manage your IT systems risk
Hubbed Environment Multi-server (hubbed) environment support, which provides collaborative scheduling capabilities to tens of thousands of users within an organization. It also offers the flexibility for different departments within the same organization to be administered separately.
Limited IT Overhead Doesn't soak up network or system resources the way messaging-based calendaring and scheduling systems do
Multi-Language Support Available in English, French & German
Multi-Platform Support

Runs on all major platforms - Windows, Macintosh, Linux, and Solaris -- even in your enterprise portal using the Arrival SDK

Scaleable

Doesn't constrain organizational growth in any way - it scales from ten to tens of thousands of users
Simple Administration Easy to install, adopt and administer

 

Add-On Modules for Even More Functionality
Outlook Connectivity Integrate Microsoft Outlook users to form a collaborative work environment with the Meeting Maker Connector for Outlook
Wireless Calendar and Email Connectivity Using NotifyLink for Meeting Maker you can cradle synch or wirelessly access your calendar, view, accept and propose new meetings while sending, receiving, reading and deleting email directly from your mobile device at any time from anywhere.
Enhanced Security The LDAP Gateway module improves security by validating user accounts against an LDAP server without the need to create user accounts in Meeting Maker
Simplified Administration The Administration API/CLI module helps IT administrators automate certain administration tasks such as adding/deleting users, changing passwords and retrieving account information

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