Face it. Not all meeting software works the same way. A lot of times you have to call people, and sometimes they are not available, so you leave a voicemail and hope they call you back prior to the start of the meeting. Even with Outlook, you have to track people down that haven’t responded to the meeting invitation, making sure they have the right time zone set on their computer units.

Meeting Maker will help you save time and eliminate these hassles of setting up the meeting. Mac lovers agree that Meeting Maker is one of the best calendar and scheduling solutions around. It has been quoted as “the leading real-time, cross-platform enterprise calendaring and scheduling solution, designed to meet the diverse and complex scheduling requirements of organizations from small workgroups to the largest enterprises.”

A lot of organizations are already reaping the rewards of the software. Whether the platform is Java, Macintosh, Windows or UNIX, Meeting Maker is already installed in over 700,000 desktops at major corporations and academic institutions worldwide including amazon.com, Apple Computer, Cisco Systems, NASA, Qualcomm, Time, Inc. and the University of Michigan. To integrate Meeting Maker with existing infrastructures and to enable the software to adapt to all 319 time zones across the world were some things the IT department did with ease. The features that Mac users liked the most include the following:

A Calendar that’s More than the Usual. With Meeting Maker, there’s more to calendars than the usual rows and columns of dates. Simply click on Meeting Maker’s URL from your favorite web browser to get a quick view of the calendar. If you’re itching to know what your colleagues’ schedule looks like for the week or month, you can view their calendar too; proxy access makes this possible. Use the Calendar Integration feature to directly publish web events of your choosing into your personal calendar. Utilize the HTML Publisher feature to publish your calendar as a web page – links, events, updates and all. You can even print your calendar if you want to.

A Scheduling Program that Makes You Work Like a Pro. The scheduling program of Meeting Maker is equipped with features that help you set up web conferences and manage invitations as if you’ve been doing so all your life. Create a work group and use the Master Schedule feature to get an idea of each member’s availability. You can let the software do the figuring out for you too; simply select the Auto-Pick feature to automatically find everybody’s common time. Once you’ve set the meeting, the software automatically sends an invite to your guests, including non-users of Meeting Maker. Those using the software can utilize the Notify Link to get back to you to either decline or confirm their attendance. With Meeting Maker, you can finally bid farewell to unwieldy meeting setup attempts.

Navigation. You have easy navigation tools for commonly used functions. You can view to-do lists, banners and events at a glance, as well as create up-to-date address and contact lists. You also have the ability to share these lists if you wish.

Quick Synchronization and Simultaneous Viewing. Microsoft Outlook, Palms and Blackberry users have no problem with synchronizing the software. The reading and writing of proxies also readily allow the users to create, share and view calendar and meeting schedules among a group. The best part is that since Meeting Maker has a limited IT overhead, heavy traffic within the network is hardly heard of.

It’s all possible for your organization to run smoother and more efficiently – with lower overhead costs. What’s not to like about Meeting Maker for Mac? Nothing! It has proven itself to countless organizations. It’s time for you to cross that threshold and experience the power.