IMA Award for mso-education

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(Free-Press-Release.com) February 16, 2012 -- Kent based digital agency, mso-education are excited to be adding an Interactive Media Award (IMA) to their portfolio. The award has been granted for the innovative booking system mso-education have created for St Bede’s School.
mso-education have been working with St Bede’s School since 2010 when they designed and developed a new website for the school. Today, the site is dynamic and rich in content to aid the school’s promotion and running.

A winning system

In the autumn of 2011 mso-education developed a bespoke booking and payment system for school events. St Bede’s wanted a system that was easy for parents to use and created a professional impression of the school. The school stipulated specific functions for the booking system such as allocated seating and allowing for online payment for a commercial event. In addition they needed to cater for staff discounts and VIP seat reservation.

The delivered front end booking system fits in seamlessly with the existing branding and design of the site. Intuitive navigation and icons allows parents to select the seats they'd like to book; pay online (if it's a paid for performance); and print out their tickets. The booking information is enhanced with the interactive Google Map facility which can give tailored directions to the user. When paying for tickets, users are passed to Barclay’s secure payment gateway service, allowing the school to be fully compliant with PCI standards.

All aspects of the booking for an event are set up by the school using the CMS. It is simple to toggle on or off whether the event needs seat allocation or if the seats are to be paid for. The CMS allows staff to instantly see how many seats have been booked.

The system was tested with the December 2011 production of Bugsy Malone. mso-education and St Bede’s have been thrilled with the complementary feedback from staff and parents. Account director on the project, Adrian Brown comments ‘we’re all really proud of the system, the design and ease of use is comparable to those found in multi million pound companies such as Ticketline, so it’s great to get recognition from the IMA awards.

About the Awards

The Interactive Media Awards competition is open to individuals and organisations involved in designing, developing, managing, supporting and promoting websites. The world wide contest aims to increase the standards of excellence on the Internet.

About MSO Education

mso-education is a dedicated website design service for schools in the UK. With over fourteen years’ experience of working within the education sector, mso-education is dedicated to creating high value, high quality websites that deliver results for schools, students and communities. Their expertise spans website design, digital marketing, branding, communications and multimedia.

For more information please visit www.mso-education.co.uk or call a member of the team on 01474 704400 .