Food and beverage is the largest portion of a meeting budget, but most meeting and event planners have no formal background in purchasing and managing this expense. This guide helps event, meeting, and convention planners save money, negotiate contracts, deal with catering managers, and successfully manage the food and beverage aspect of their event. Covering everything from styles of service to on-premise and off-premise considerations to food and beverage contract negotiation, this book is a comprehensive and accessible reference for event planners and students.
This bestselling all-in-one guide to the event planning business is back and better than ever, fully updated and revised to reflect the very latest trends and best practices in the industry. This handy, comprehensive guide includes forms, checklists, and tips for managing events, as well as examples and case studies of both successful and unsuccessful events. Judy Allen (Toronto, ON, Canada) is founder and President of Judy Allen Productions, a full-service event planning production company.
Developing and producing a successful conference is an art form. It starts with efficient, highly detailed planning and ends with smooth on-site execution. Along the way, event planners must remain creative, knowledgeable and in control. As organizers often have an enormous amount of responsibility and very limited support, The Complete Conference Planner: Your Step-By-Step Guide to Producing Successful Events provides a powerful blueprint to success. Designed for both beginning and seasoned planners, The Complete Conference Planner contains 24 lists in a unique workbook format that allows conference planners to keep every detail at their fingertips. It provides new ideas and gives the entire framework to organize any conference, regardless of size or budget. The comprehensive contents are easy to follow, can be used as a whole or in parts for different events, and can be customized with important documents added right into the book. Executivevents, a full-service, international event management firm based out of Colorado, developed The Complete Conference Planner through extensive research, interviews and brainstorming sessions with professional conference planners. Every element of producing a successful and creative event is included in the guide, giving conference planners an inexpensive solution to limited resources while adding confidence in today's competitive marketplace.
Conference Organizing Made EasyIf you find yourself organizing a complicated event with limited time, little money, and with people who aren?t paid for their work, you must enjoy doing the impossible. Either that, or you?re putting together a Christian conference. But don?t despair ? conference planning can be fun! Given the right tools, the right people, and the guidance of the Holy Spirit, you can organize an event that God can use that?s beyond anything you ever dreamed. Whether you?re planning a simple retreat for a small group or a multi-day national event for a vast multitude, this practical book covers every detail. Step-by-step instructions and friendly advice guide you through the unique challenges that Christian organizations face in planning an effective event. This nuts-and-bolts book provides the organization, examples, and ideas to help you create an event that will make a significant impact.Includes:? Strategies for developing your event?s goals and purpose? Organizing financial planning and sponsorship development? Recruiting an effective conference staff, including job descriptions and detailed chapters for each person? Ways to develop the support of community, church leaders, and prayer partners? Ideas for establishing the spiritual foundation of the conference? Step-by-step plans for site selection, program design, logistics coordination, evaluation, and more? Samples of forms, checklists, maps, and schedules? Tips to save money, plan for success, and maximize technology? Lists of resources for speakers, sites, and organizationsHelpful advice from conference planners around the country? Post-conference wrap-up details that will help the next year?s event even better!Great for Christian Education departments, pastoral staff, ministry leaders, meeting planners and Christian organizations.
Your professional association just asked you to plan next year′s conference. But where do you begin? Cynthia Winter, a professional meeting planner with 25 years′ experience planning academic conferences, guides you through the many details necessary for planning a successful, smoothly run conference. Winter addresses the planning process for the novice conference chair, from the initial design to the final wrap-up, with useful advice on some of the major tasks involved: program planning, budgeting, pricing, finding a suitable location, advertising, scheduling rooms, finding speakers and entertainment, and organizing banquets. This volume also describes the benefits to and activities of savvy conference attendees. A series of appendixes and resource listings provide you with the tools you′ll need to run an enjoyable, informative conference.
Expert advice on how to stage the perfect event every time "A terrific resource of information for anyone in the event-planning business." --James Spellos, CMP, President, Meeting U. Meeting & Event Planning For Dummies is a practical step-by-step guide to the strategies and techniques event-planning professionals use to bring people together. This comprehensive resource covers all the angles from the little details to the big picture to make sure your business meetings and special events come off without a hitch! Praise for Meeting & Event Planning For Dummies "Packed with valuable information in an easy-to-use format. [It] covers all the basics for the meeting planning novice." --Diane Silberstein, President, Diane Silberstein & Associates "A great resource book every event professional should have.... Checklist heaven! We all love our checklists, and this book is full of them!" --Cathy Breden, CAE, CMP
Book & CD-ROM. This is the most thorough, concise, and easy-to-follow event planning book available. From the initial concept of the event to ongoing management, this book provides techniques to increase your chances of success and systems to avoid many common mistakes. It shows you dozens of ways to save time and money and introduces you to every facet of the planning process. This ultimate guidebook equips readers with new ideas, support, and creative problem-solving skills. The chapters follow the dynamics of the actual event planning process and are supported by extensive checklists and timelines. As readers undertake the complexities of daily responsibilities and tasks, the guide inspires efficiency and confidence and makes it possible to stay on track. This revised 2nd edition includes information on timely practices such as planning environmentally friendly parties, using technology applications and gadgets to orchestrate a modern event, and generating enthusiasm for your events using social media and social networking. The companion CD-ROM included with the book contains helpful checklists, worksheets, and contracts and agreements to help you co-ordinate an organised event. On the CD-ROM, you will find sample speaker agreements, timelines for planning your event, status reports, budget sheets, site selection checklists, and much more.
