CROFTON, Md. - s4story -- Somewhere right now, an office manager is planning the holiday party, a ministry leader is herding volunteers for the women's conference, and a teacher is wondering how the fundraiser became her problem. Impact Events, the event planning platform for people who never applied to be event planners, today launched a fresh new look and its Event Efficiency Dashboard to rescue them.

The dashboard, live since October 12, shows planners at a glance what's done, what's next, and what's about to go sideways. No more scrolling through 147 group-text messages to find out who's bringing the folding tables.

"I planned trainings and conferences as 'other duties as assigned' for nearly 20 years, armed with nothing but spreadsheets and a prayer," said Kandice Whitaker Baldwin, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Impact Events. "Canva made everyone a designer. We want Impact Events to make everyone the person who has it all together, even if they're secretly eating lunch in their car."

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The dashboard joins a lineup built for real life:

• Artificial intelligence (AI) planning assistance that remembers the details, so you don't have to write them on your hand.
• Text message (SMS) updates that reach people on the phones they actually check, unlike that email from three weeks ago.
• Run of Show, a minute-by-minute event-day schedule that fills itself in as you plan. Type it once, done.
• A Lessons Learned tracker, so next year's event doesn't repeat this year's "incident with the chafing dishes."

Impact Events plans start at $20.99 per user per month, with an Executive plan for organizations with five or more users. New users get a free 14-day trial, and early adopters lock in 50% off for life.

Ready to stop winging it? Start a free trial at myimpactevents.com (https://www.myimpactevents.com) or schedule a demo at myimpactevents.com/contact (https://www.myimpactevents.com/contact).

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About Impact Events
Impact Events is an event management platform built for the people who plan events on top of their day jobs, including church leaders, human resources teams, nonprofit staff, and community organizers. It brings AI-powered planning, text message communications, and day-of tools like Run of Show into one simple app. Founded in 2023 by a team of IT professionals who know the "other duties as assigned" life firsthand, Impact Events helps everyday planners deliver professional-quality events without enterprise cost or complexity.