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.

Abstract: This book is a step-by-step guide to planning productive conferences and meetings. The authors begin with a discussion of conferences and meetings, including definitions of terms commonly used in the planning process. Next, each aspect of designing a conference is presented. Included are the following topics: site selection, meeting rooms, speakers, audiovisuals, food and beverage events, exhibits, marketing, public relations, transportation, entertainment, budgeting, registration, and program books. The authors conclude with chapters on evaluation, conduting the conference, and resources for those who plan conferences and meetings. Each chapter begins with a checklist of items which should be considered in that particular step of the process and then addresses each of the items on the checklist in more detail.

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.

You’re no idiot, of course. You know you can’t throw a corporate function together overnight—especially if you want to impress clients, shareholders, and upper management. Whether you’re prepared to tackle the task yourself or you’re considering hiring a professional, you want your event to be a stellar occasion to remember. The Complete Idiot’s Guide® to Meeting and Event Planning, Second Edition, will show you how to organize any company gathering on time and on budget, whether you’re hosting 10 or 10,000. In this revised and updated Complete Idiot’s Guide®, you get: • Up-to-date information on planning and budgeting software, phone and data lines, audio and video, and satellite bookings. • Expanded coverage on international conferences—via remote, abroad, or by international components. • Ideas for smoothly dealing with last-minute glitches and crises.

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.

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

The definitive career guide for grad students, adjuncts, post-docs and anyone else eager to get tenure or turn their Ph.D. into their ideal job Each year tens of thousands of students will, after years of hard work and enormous amounts of money, earn their Ph.D. And each year only a small percentage of them will land a job that justifies and rewards their investment. For every comfortably tenured professor or well-paid former academic, there are countless underpaid and overworked adjuncts, and many more who simply give up in frustration. Those who do make it share an important asset that separates them from the pack: they have a plan. They understand exactly what they need to do to set themselves up for success. They know what really moves the needle in academic job searches, how to avoid the all-too-common mistakes that sink so many of their peers, and how to decide when to point their Ph.D. toward other, non-academic options. Karen Kelsky has made it her mission to help readers join the select few who get the most out of their Ph.D. As a former tenured professor and department head who oversaw numerous academic job searches, she knows from experience exactly what gets an academic applicant a job. And as the creator of the popular and widely respected advice site The Professor is In, she has helped countless Ph.D.’s turn themselves into stronger applicants and land their dream careers. Now, for the first time ever, Karen has poured all her best advice into a single handy guide that addresses the most important issues facing any Ph.D., including: -When, where, and what to publish -Writing a foolproof grant application -Cultivating references and crafting the perfect CV -Acing the job talk and campus interview -Avoiding the adjunct trap -Making the leap to nonacademic work, when the time is right The Professor Is In addresses all of these issues, and many more.

Conference relates to the executive management of a conference either in-house within a company or for a client of a professional conference organizer (PCO). The conference management industry is part of the tourism industry and can be used to generate revenue for a community, town, country, or region. This book is about how to operate and manage conference venues, hotel conference and banqueting departments, and how to run meetings, conferences, conventions, and related events. The book is intended as an introduction to the subject for those starting their careers in this role, and for students, interns, and new members of staff in the conference field. It covers the general background to the conference industry and its chapters are Introduction to Conference Management; Market demand; Structure of the Conference Industry; Venues and meeting rooms; Venues and catering; Marketing venues; Visits and bookings; Conference planning; Budgeting and financial issues; Organisation and staffing; Day to day management, and Closedown and evaluation.

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.

This book outlines the principles of planning, implementing, and evaluating successful professional meetings and conferences in education. The following are among the topics discussed: (1) the knowledge base of effective meetings and conferences (nine principles held by effective meeting designers; characteristics of effective meetings and conferences; principles of effective adult learning); (2) early planning (identification of target audiences, conference budgets, identification of cosponsors or partners; selection of locations and dates; delegation of responsibility for conference design and planning); (3) design issues (selecting activities and approaches; identifying the view of participants assumed in the design; using the authentic task approach; choosing and supporting speakers; communicating with leaders, facilitators, and presenters; marketing conferences; preparing preconference participant mailings; managing conferences); (4) evaluating a conference or meeting (focusing the evaluation; identifying the evaluation's audience; choosing data collection methods; evaluating the meeting design and process; selecting evaluation methods; using evaluation information to make improvements; and conducting regular evaluations of small meetings and working sessions; and (5) producing conference proceedings (purposes of proceedings and ways to capture the meeting and add analysis to reporting). The following items are appended: examples of topics addressed by professional meeting planners; sample agendas; and sample evaluations. The bibliography lists 23 references. (MN)