A Very Simple Guide to Event Planning
This quick 12 point guide will help you make sure you are on the right track for a successful event.
Holding a successful event involves a lot of knowledge and planning. Even an experienced event planner needs to do their research, and meticulously itemise every action that needs to be taken, to ensure the event is a huge success.
- Event Vision – why are we putting this event on, what are our key objectives, will we know when we have reached there?
- Budgets and Resources – How much money and people do we have?
- Date and venue – Dates impact availability and pricing
- Book date and venue – check for other event industry clashes
- Book speakers and entertainment – make sure your delegates will not be disappointed.
- Begin marketing and PR – Start now at the very latest, you can begin this process as soon as you are aware that your event will go ahead
- Buy insurance, check licensing requirements and obtain approvals – Make sure you comply with the legal side of things
- Keep marketing and selling – sounds obvious, keep the energy going
- Issue delegate/sponsors/speakers information packs – How else will they know where to go
- Deliver event – This is your showtime – keep calm at all times
- Send out your press releases – Too many events do not make the most of the publicity available.
- Evaluate event and determine whether vision was met and budget achieved – Did it all work well, what have you learned for the next event
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