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Center'd is Yelp with Event-Planning Tools



You can begin by leaving a review on a specific location or searching for a local event. If you'd like to post an event, you can do that as well, listing the time and location. Of course, the beauty of having this feature included in a local review site is that you can see what others have said about a particular location prior to organizing your own event. From there, you can upload your own image, enter the URL for an image online, or choose from one of the stock images that Center'd already has. This would also be a great place for a Web image search that pulls from public images on sites like Flickr, adding to the customization of this event-posting option.

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From there, you provide the rest of the data like the time and place. I found this portion of the process somewhat frustrating, as Center'd seemingly requires you to choose from one of its pre-populated venues based on the information your provide, which could be an intersection, a landmark, or even an exact address. Seeing as I provided Center'd with an exact address, I was frustrated with the Center'd suggestions for venues, seeing as none of them were the venue I was trying to insert.

Aside from this, Center'd does a pretty good job of what it's set out to do. If you're organizing something like a fundraiser, then you can indicate whether or not you need volunteers. Public events can be added to your Outlook or iCal, but given Center'd focus on user-generated information and community, I'd love to see similar integration with Facebook Events and other third-party services that can help with the promotion of a particular event, especially those that can tap into an existing friend base which is likely housed elsewhere on the Web.

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