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Event planners are always looking for
something new. They want to help guests get involved and excited -- to
make a party extra-special and worth talking about..
It's a whole new party when guests can
toast (or "roast"!) the guest of honor by sending a text message onto
the video screens. The crowd is dancing, the live simulcast is playing
on the screens, and the messages scroll across like a stock ticker:
An automatic response can be sent back to
the senders:
B sure 2 have fun 2nite - Hayden
The party's MC can also engage the kids by
asking trivia questions and voting on the screens: Who is
the best dancer? Who is the cutest couple?
Partygoers can even send text requests
to the DJ, to request songs.
Texting activities like
these are especially popular
and fun for the younger generation, for whom texting is part of their everyday
life.
It's easy to add live texting to your event
 It's
really easy to do create this novel excitement. All it takes is a video
projector or large-screen monitor to display the interaction, and a
computer to run Pangolin's Interactive Messaging System. Partygoers
use their cell phones to send SMS text messages and MMS picture messages.
A cellular modem (included with IMU)
receives the messages and puts them into the computer. The IMU
program filters the messages, removing objectionable ones, and then queues
the remaining messages for display. This is all done automatically.
Add to the action if you want
 For
even more interactivity, the system can also be handled by an operator.
They can further filter and sort messages, plus they can act as a "DJ" to
display their own comments, get the action going, set up new
votes, and even send personal text
messages back to callers. Think of it as a cross between a DJ and a talk
show host.
In fact, it's ideal for DJs, as they can
monitor and host the conversation between songs.
After the party
IMU captures the incoming callers'
cell numbers. This lets you send targeted SMS messages after the party. It
can be a simple "Thank you for coming. See you next week", or it can be a
subtle ad: "Thanks for texting at last night's party -- Bob's Mobile DJ
Service, 212-555-1234."
For more information
To find out more about how the technology works, see
our pages about the IMU
message handling software, and the
VMU video display software.
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