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"Zoji  is a new event planning tool that basically lets you create a profile for each event, and socialize around it.  The point is to \"talk-it-up\" in order to get everybody excited about the event beforehand, similar to Socializer and GroupVine.  So what you get is a MySpace-looking, wiki profile for your event, where others can contribute to the hype.  Zoji has raised $1.5 million in funding from an undisclosed source.\nUsers can collaboratively add pictures from their computer or the web, and vote on the date for the event.  You can also clone an event, if you like how it's set up then just tweak the info a bit in order to make it your own.  As with several event creation sites now, there is a good amount of social networking going around these events.  \nZoji also features user-submitted blogs, groups for you to join, and searchable directories for restaurants, bars, clubs and bands.  Your profile acts as a hub for all this activity occurring around you, with an event calendar, messages, easy-access icons for your photos, etc. There's also a mini feed for you to keep up with what your friends are doing.  \nIt looks as though social event-planning sites are taking the same direction as travel planning for individuals and groups, and this is evident in the ability to create an event around a date that multiple users can vote on.  I imagine event-planning will begin to form around other aspects of an event, such as a location, where a personalized recommendation engine will offer suggestions on time and date accordingly.  With Zoji's other search tools for locations, it's already moving in this direction.\nIn other event-planning news, MyPunchBowl  has launched several new themes, and Live Spaces has incorporated event-planning tools as well.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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