Conference Scheduling Lifehack
Exporting Shed’s iCal information in Google Calendar
• First log into your Sched account
• Click on your schedule which is in the upper left-hand side
• Click on iCal in the upper right-hand side
• Save it locally (I’d suggest your computer’s desktop)
• Login to Google and go to My Account
• Click on Calendar
• Select Settings in the upper right-hand side
• Select the Calendars tab
• Select Import Calendar
• Click on the Browse button
• Locate your iCal file (ICS file extension)
• Select which calendar to upload it to
• Then click on the Import button
• You should receive a confirmation page like this
• Your Google calendar should now have the events you’ve scheduled in Shed
But what if you want reminders sent to
your mobile phone?
Easy enough…
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• Go back to Settings and Click on the Mobile Setup tab
• Follow the instructions to add your phone if you haven’t already
• Keep in mind that you may accrue charges if you are not on a text messaging plan with your carrier. For me (Verizon), that’s 0.10 per message.
• You should see this screen once your phone has been verified
• VERY IMPORTANT: Make sure to change the drop down menu from Pop-up to SMS.
• Of course there are other free online apps besides Google Calendar
• Two of the more popular ones that you can upload an iCal file to and receive SMS reminders are – CalendarHub (http://www.calendarhub.com) – and 30 Boxes (http://30boxes.com)
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