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    The Guide to Event Management: A Guide to Setting Up, Planning and Managing an Event Successfully
    The Guide to Event Management: A Guide to Setting Up, Planning and Managing an Event Successfully
    The Guide to Event Management: A Guide to Setting Up, Planning and Managing an Event Successfully
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    The Guide to Event Management: A Guide to Setting Up, Planning and Managing an Event Successfully

    By Rus Slater

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    This book aims to guide you through all the elements you need to consider to make an event go well, avoiding the firefighting, crisis management and squabbling that can erupt if you fail to plan. It will take you through the whole process from setting and agreeing the intention of the event, through clarifying who can make what decisions, through all the different facets of making sure that the event actually runs smoothly on the day. Whether you are planning a wedding or a street party, a corporate conference or a fundraiser this book will be a very useful little helper to ensure that you come out of the whole thing looking, sounding and acting like a seasoned professional.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAUK Authors
    Release dateMay 1, 2012
    ISBN9781781662236
    The Guide to Event Management: A Guide to Setting Up, Planning and Managing an Event Successfully
    Author

    Rus Slater

    Rus Slater is a management consultant and trainer in the UK who has worked in many areas of industry, commerce, public service and a military. He has managed people and advised on the management of teams for many years.

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    The Guide to Event Management - Rus Slater

    Front Cover

    Contents

    Front Cover

    Title Page

    Publisher Information

    The Guide to Event Management

    Event Management

    Introduction

    Project Management and Events

    Organise Your Thoughts...

    Before You Start

    1. Is This Actually an ‘Event’?

    2. Is There a Robust Justification for This Event?

    3. Where Does the Responsibility of the Event Team Start and Stop?

    4. Why Do I Have to ‘Plan’ This Event - Can’t I Just ‘Wing It’?

    Some Practicalities To Be Researched

    Theme

    Venue

    Date

    Catering

    Facilities

    Travel and Transport

    Entertainment

    Security

    Publicity

    Financial and Legal Considerations

    Pricing

    Income Management

    Funding

    Insurance

    Legal Issues

    Event Objective

    The Objective for an Event Should Be Smart

    Is There More Than One Objective?

    The People Involved

    Event Sponsor

    Event Boards

    Partners

    Staffing/Manpower

    Event Team

    Team Building

    Event Initiation Document

    Risk Assessment and Management

    Risk Assessment - Health and Safety

    Competitors

    Task List

    Task Checklist

    Scheduling the Tasks

    Gantt Charts

    Changing the Plan

    Controlling Changes

    Re-Doing the Plan - Downstream Impact

    Delivering the Event

    Basic Principles

    Motivate Those Involved

    Keeping Check - Validate

    Communicate

    Appreciate

    Evaluate

    Celebrate

    Educate - Lessons For the Future

    Teambuilding and Strategy Days- A Few Event Specific Pointers

    Teambuilding

    Strategy Days

    And Finally....

    Back Matter

    Also Available from Andrews UK

    Title Page

    The Guide to Event Management

    A Guide to Setting Up, Planning and Managing an Event Successfully

    By

    Rus Slater

    Publisher Information

    The Guide to Event Management published in 2012 by

    Andrews UK Limited

    www.andrewsuk.com

    This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, resold, hired out or otherwise circulated without the publisher’s prior written consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published, and without a similar condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.

    The characters and situations in this book are entirely imaginary and bear no relation to any real person or actual happening.

    Copyright © Rus Slater

    The right of Rus Slater to be identified as author of this book has been asserted in accordance with section 77 and 78 of the Copyrights Designs and Patents Act 1988.

    The Guide to Event Management

    Event Management

    In the course of the year, it is likely that any organisation will want to manage a range of different events, varying from some that are small, straightforward, internal and informal to others that are logistically complex, multi-departmental, public and with high visibility.

    Examples might include

    A farewell dinner for a long serving staff member

    A product launch party

    A company conference

    A team away day for teambuilding or strategy development

    A company supported charity event

    An open day or school/college visit

    A Christmas party

    A street party

    A stand at a trade show

    An industry conference initiated by your company

    You might also be looking to arrange a wedding or anniversary party in the family; this guide is just as useful for people in a non work environment.

    This guide aims to help you to do it efficiently.

    It was originally written for the purposes of a charity but has been developed for more general use. The author, Rus Slater, has many years of experience of planning and managing events, ranging from theatrical productions, such as elements of the now defunct Royal Tournament, to Fundraising Balls, company conferences and team offsites.

    Introduction

    If you have volunteered, or been selected, to manage an event, you will want to make sure that it goes ahead to the satisfaction of all and with the minimum amount of difficulty. To get these results will require

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