NOTE: If you are already on the page with the graphic in the right column, skip to step 3.

If you have not already registered your organization, click here for the Tutorial.

2. The "Register Here" page will appear. You have already registered your organization so on this page you enter the login name and password you recorded. If the Login name and password are correct, you will gain access to the "Post Your Event" page (skip to step 3 below).

5. Enter the name of the event.

NOTE: (1) The event name is a key field and the first seven letters are critical to event recognition on the graphical calendar. In our example, The "Jeff Wheeler Annual Poker Tournamet" is listed as "Poker Tournament - Jeff Wheeler Annual" so that "Poker" will appear on the calendar.

NOTE (2) When the underlined date number, in each cell, is clicked, the entire title for each event on the date is listed. Still, it is good to provide the most enticing work first in the event name.

6. Enter the beginning date and ending date for the event. When you click on the calendar icon, to the right of the date field, a calendar appears. Just point and click on the date you want. Repeat the date selection process for the last date of the event.

NOTE: If the event is only on a single date, leave the end date blank.

Our example is a poker tournament that spans two weekends, for this reason, two listings will be required, one for each weekend. Each listing will cover the event Friday, Saturday and Sunday. This first listing has the dates January 10 - 12.

For multiple days, enter the beginning and ending dates.

8. Fields are provided to enter the name of the chairs, co-chairs, honorees, and accetable attire. If the event is by invitation, click on the "By Invitation Only" radio button. If there is an event Website, or cause Website, enter the universal resource listing (web address) in the field provided.

Sample Event Details.

Slated to become the most prestiguous poker tournament of the State, The Annual Jeff Wheeler Poker Tournament benefits The Cistic Fibrosis Seach For The Cure Fund. Three categories of players, compete for prize money; $50,000 for Professional, $30,000 for Intermediate, and $20,000 for Beginners. Winner takes all in Texas Holdum. There will be only 100 players per category. For the participation donation of $1,000, each player received $20,000 in Wheeler Money. When his/her funds drop below table stakes, the player is eliminated. There is a "Pot Limit" chip.
In addition to the $20,000 in Wheeler Money each participant receives: two tickets to each of the Friday Night and Saturday Night floor shows; Dinner on Friday Night; Breakfast, lunch, and Dinner on Saturday; and breakfast, lunch, and dinner on Sunday night. Eliminated players are invited to stay through the prize awards ceremony.

Please do the following: (1) Click on the "Registration" tab and enroll, and (2) Click on the "Spread-The-Word" tab and invite your friends using the email invitation tool provided.

There will be a clinic for beginning players before the tournament. Call for details.

Thanks for helping us cure Cistic Fibrosis.

10. If the event is loaded by the Organization Contact Person, as entered during organization registration, click in the check box next to "Click here if you are the contact person". The event contact fields will automatically be populated.

10A. If you are not the contact person for the organization, fill in all the contact information.

IMPORTANT: Be certain the contact information is accurate. Also, make certain your telephone number will either be answered or has voice mail. You do not want to loose the opportunity to enroll participants in your event.

11. This is the most complicated part of listing an event. Browsers find events by primarily through the emails sent from the "Spread-The-Word" page, from phone calls made by volunteers, or by searching certain types of events by keyword or category. The EZ site provides you the opportunity to enter keywords and categories that will bring more attention to your event. Enter the keywords that potential participants can enter to find your event.

15. Decision Time. Do you want to just list the event on the calendar and possibly in the publication OR do you want to list the event AND have a Website where members can register, make donations, and spread-the-word. When used effectively, the EZ Website should increase your event participation significantly. Kintera event Websites have increased some pre-event donations over 500%.

When you create an EZ Website with no registration, there is no fee charged for the site or the listing. Yes, you get both for FREE. Yes, you can still "Spread-The-Word" using the email tool provided on the EZ site. Yes, if you use "Spread-The-Word" effectively, you will raise awareness, participation, and donations.

When you create an EZ Website with registration and donations, there is a very nominal fee of 4.75% + $1.50 per transaction. This means for every extra $100.00 you get in donations, you spend $5.25. Some non-profit organizations even add the online charges as a convenience fee and still take to the bottom line $100+. The difference is convenience and "point and time of contact involvement". This means when the email recepient clicks back to your EZ site, it is easy to fill in the registration form, enter the amount and number of participants, and click "GO.

On the first and 15th of each month, your Non-Profit Organization receives a check from Kintera, Inc. for your portion of the donations. We have provided these checks to large and small non-profit organizations throughout the United States. For a listing of the non-profits we have supported, click here

16. To post your event to our calendar, submit the listing information to our calendar editor for possible printing in a future magazine, and to create the four page EZ Website, click on the right "GO" under the statement "Submit for posting and create an event website"