Event management for dummies /
By: Capell, Laura.
Series: For dummies.Publisher: Chichester : For Dummies, 2013Description: xii, 319 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781118591123 (pbk); 9781118591123:; 1118591127 (pbk).Subject(s): Special events -- Management | Special events -- PlanningDDC classification: 394.2068Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes index.
Introduction -- Part I : getting started. Chapter 1 : why put on an event? Chapter 2 : knowing your audience. Chapter 3 : deciding on the type of event to put on. Chapter 4 : managing your team to manage your event. Chapter 5 : budget planning and management -- Part II : planning your event's look and feel. Chapter 6 : crafting the message. Chapter 7 : designing the experience. Chapter 8 : making sur people know about your event -- Part II : when, where and who : the devil's in the detail. Chapter 9 : timings, timings, tmings. Chapter 10 : deciding where to hold your event. Chapter 11 : who does what : front and back of house -- Part IV : considering potential problems. Chapter 12 : keeping healthy, safe and secure. Chapter 13 : fail to prepare, prepare to fail! Contingency planning -- Part V : on the day and beyond. Chapter 14 : measuring the success of your event. Chapter 15 : building on the event -- Part VI : the part of tens. Chapter 16 : ten types of suppliers you need in your address book. Chapter 17 : ten online resources for event planners. Chapter 18 : ten things to have in your event kit during the build and show day. Chapter 19 : about ten tips for building a career in event management -- Index.
Whether you want to break into this industry, or you simply need to plan an event and don't know where to start, there's something for all would-be event planners in this book. Packed with tips, hints and checklists, it covers all aspects of planning and running an event - from budgeting, scheduling and promotion, to finding the location, sorting security, health and safety and much more.