Distributed at the AASLH 2012 Conference in Salt Lake City, this handout describes new features of The History List, the calendar system for history organizations, including entering events once and having them appear on your site and on sites across the web.

1. The History List: The calendar system for history organizations Saves time and money
• No cost to list—ever.
• Hosted service—no IT resources.
• Enter your organization and events
in one place and publish them on
your site and across the web.
• Easy event entry for every
repeating pattern imaginable.
• Anyone can enter and edit. No
need to manage one login among
staff, interns, volunteers.
Reinforces your brand
• Only history organizations.
• Nearly unlimited space for text,
pictures, and video.
• Doesn’t have the jarring
appearance of a Google Calendar.
Extends your reach
• Embed your calendar on your site
and on partner, community, travel,
and media sites. All calendars
update automatically.
Helps member organizations
• Large organizations can create
state-wide calendars that
automatically pull events entered
Embed your calendar on
your site or on partner,
by member organizations
community, travel, or media throughout the state. The
sites using one of the statewide calendar is always up to
provided frames: A scrolling date without requiring staff time.
list (right) or a full Coming in 1Q2013
description (above). Enter
your events once and they
• Seasonal and holiday hours.
appear on all calendars • By subscription: User accounts to
immediately. control who can add and edit.
Automated posting to Twitter
and Facebook.
www.TheHistoryList.com