New Software Product Provides Event Organizers with Solution for Submission, Selection & Scheduling Processes

NORWALK, Conn., May 3, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- etouches has announced the general availability of eSelect, its latest software product designed to automate the laborious collection and selection processes associated with events such as call for papers/abstracts, contests and award nominations. The announcement was made at the American Society of Association Executives' (ASAE) Annual Springtime Expo conference held in Washington, DC.

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"We saw a growing need, especially within our association and non-profit client base, for a more robust application to handle abstracts and awards," explained Leonora Valvo, visionary founder and CEO of etouches. "Call for sessions, speakers, abstracts and awards involves a lot of heavy lifting for the administrator of the program. We saw a gap in the market for an integrated way to streamline these processes and eliminate redundant work. As with all of etouches' tools, eSelect is highly configurable, allowing the administrator to decide the workflow, design the selection criteria and slot chosen individuals and sessions directly into the agenda."

Nicola Rossetti, Vice President of Strategy at etouches, was a major contributor to the product design of eSelect. Prior to joining etouches, Rossetti was a member of the Colloquium Group, a large European professional conference organizer (PCO) that chose etouches as its event management platform. Colloquium was a key stakeholder in the design of eSelect and led by Rossetti. "The key requirement of the eSelect product was to ensure that selected speakers and sessions were deeply integrated into the scheduling process for the conference agenda. We lost hundreds of hours each year managing our clients on software tools that treated abstract management as a stand-alone process. eSelect's connection with the overall conference agenda is truly breakthrough."

The flexibility designed into eSelect also makes it an ideal tool to handle award submissions and selection processes. The International Special Events Society (ISES) New York City chapter chose etouches' eSelect to power its 2012 Big Apple Awards. Already an etouches enthusiast, ISES New York City added eSelect to its etouches Pro line being used to manage the event website, email marketing, and ticket sales for the awards gala.

The eSelect product is available through etouches' +Plus Program and can be used with the Quad or Pro product lines.

About etouches

etouches is a global corporation that develops an event management software platform and offers supporting services to corporations, not-for-profits, educational institutions and agencies. The multilingual, multicurrency cloud-based software offers a complete set of online tools to allow organizations to plan, manage and market their meeting and event portfolio.

Designed for non-technical individuals, the multilingual, multicurrency software platform offers budgeting, project management, scheduling, badge management, registration, speaker/exhibitor/sponsor management, lead retrieval, event websites, seating, surveying, email marketing, venue selection, booth purchasing, social networking and mobile applications.

Organizations choose etouches for its ease-of-use, unlimited flexibility in the options, registration process workflow, and look/feel of resulting event registration websites that can be changed instantly through point-and-click configuration. The product line offers built-in tools for custom reporting, data import/export, and a full API to make integrations with other software systems as easy as possible. The software offers a full ecommerce capability that is PCI compliant and easily connects to popular payment gateways.

In addition to the event software, etouches also offers a professional services division that provides pre-and onsite event management, housing management, abstract and speaker management. The professional service team also offers implementation services to configure organizations' registration sites, one-to-one and hosted buyer meeting registration sites, and event landing pages and websites.

With offices in the United States, Sweden, United Kingdom and Australia, etouches is offered direct and through a growing channel of value-added reseller (VAR) partners. Led by visionary and founding CEO, Leonora Valvo, etouches is continuously cited for its innovative software products and entrepreneurial leadership.

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Suzanne Carawan etouches, 2034039013, scarawan@etouches.com

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