Introduction
ORBIT is a tool to help you create invitations to invite your friends to Kansas City Symphony events. Registered users can track their guests' responses online and be notified when guests post their replies. MY ORBIT is where you can keep track of your invitations and update your personal settings.

1. CREATE INVITATION
   • Choose Event
   • Choose Template
   • Enter your personal message
   • Enter your guest list
2. PREVIEW Your Invitation
3. REGISTER or Log In
4. SEND Your Invitation
5. VIEW Your Sent Invitation
6. TRACKING Your sent invitation
7. MY ORBIT
   • My EVENTS (Invitations I've Sent)
   • My PROFILE (Personal Settings)

1 - Creating Your Invitation
Create your invitation by following the 4 easy steps below. After completing the fourth step you can preview and send your invitation. At any time in the process you can start over or change or discard your invitation. If you log on and register with ORBIT, your invitations can be saved and viewed online. You can create a more personal invitation by including your name in the registration process. Recipients of your invitations will see your name rather than merely your e-mail address. You can also track the responses to your invitation online. Here's the process:

1. CONFIRM YOUR EVENT: First select the event you would like to use. If no event is selected in this section of the invitation, then simply click on the link "The Music." Use the "Select" button to select this event and bring you back to the "Create Invitation" page.
2. CHOOSE YOUR TEMPLATE: Once you have selected your event, then you can choose your template. Please note that if no event is selected then the template previews will not be available. There are a number of choices to use. Click on one from the drop down menu and click on the Change button to preview it. You can always go back and change your template selection later.
3. ADD YOUR MESSAGE: In this section you can type whatever message you would like to include in your invitation. This is a good place to talk about where you might meet for dinner, about how you will be paying for the tickets, or your personal connection and interest in the particular program or artists, or why this is a special occasion.
4. ADD GUEST LIST INFORMATION: Enter the e-mail addresses of those people to whom you would like to send invitations. You can even send a copy of the invitation to yourself by including your own e-mail address in your list. Please note that this information is completely confidential and no one has access to this list but you. Be sure to click on the "Get Notified" button if you would like to receive an e-mail notification when your guests reply. (This feature is for registered members only.)

Once this information has been completed then you are ready to preview your invitation. Just click on the "Next" button. You can always go back and change your invitation.

2 - Previewing Your Invitation
In order to preview your invitation you need to be sure to complete the four easy steps noted above. You can not preview the invitation unless you've completed these sections. From the "Preview" page you can always go back and change your template, your message or even your guest list.

3 - About Logging In and Registering
We encourage you to register so that you may take advantage of the special online features of the invitation tool. You can register with just your e-mail and a password, or you can enter more complete information so that we can provide better service to you. You can create a more personal invitation by including your name in the registration process. This way, the invitations will be from your name rather then just your e-mail address.

Registering also allows you access to "My Orbit." In the "My Orbit" section, you can change your personal settings and track your invitations and responses online.

4 - Sending Your Invitation
Once you have previewed your invitation you will be asked to choose from 3 sending options:

1. Log In - Returning users should enter their e-mail address and password.
2. Sign Up - New users can register now.
3. Just Send - For this option, enter your e-mail address and the invitation will be sent to your guests using your e-mail as the return address.

5 - Viewing Your Sent Invitation
You can view your invitation at any time by Logging In to "My Orbit."

6 - Tracking responses
Once your invitation has been sent, your guests will receive invitations in their e-mail boxes. If you selected the "Notify Me" option either on your invitation or in the "My Profile" section, then you will receive an e-mail notification whenever one of your guests replies. These notifications include a link to your invitation so you can view their responses online.

7 - MY ORBIT
This section includes the invitations you've sent previously as well as your personal profile information.

"My Events" - This is where you can view the invitations you've previously sent. You can also send an e-mail to your entire guest list here.

"My Profile" - Change your personal settings in the "My Profile" section. You can create a more personal invitation by including your name here. This way, the invitations will be from you rather then just your e-mail address.

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