The Meeting Planning Process: A Guide to Planning Successful Meetings - Softcover

Wiseman CMP, Mary Jo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1535511842 ISBN 13: 9781535511841

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

Synopsis

A go-to guide for professional meeting planners, administrative and/or other professionals at all levels. Revised Copy effective January 2019 includes valuable information on safety and security questions to ask during site visits and tips on navigating the contract review process. -- ESTABLLISH meeting goals, objectives and key messages; DEFINE target audience. -- IDENTIFY action items; DEVELOP task lists and time lines. -- LEARN keen insights and valuable tips to help CREATE the perfect meeting EXPERIENCE."The Meeting Planning Process: A Guide to Planning Successful Meetings" by Certified Meeting Professional Mary Jo Wiseman offers a common sense approach to managing the meeting planning process based on the knowledge and experience she acquired over time as a corporate meeting and event coordinator. The author’s systematic approach to project management helped her to get and stay focused on the task at hand while handling multiple details, projects and deadlines throughout her career and she shares her secrets for success throughout this book. The Guide also includes handy templates developed by the author, including: a Meeting Time Line; an Overall Meeting Action Plan; a Request for Proposal, and descriptions and diagrams of possible room set-ups.

About this title

About the Author:

Certified Meeting Professional Mary Jo Wiseman, (known to many as MJ), spent 24 years in the meeting industry as a corporate meeting and event coordinator where she managed the full spectrum of the event planning process across all levels of management with an emphasis on high profile, executive level groups including senior management, Board of Directors and key customers (agents and brokers). She was a long-time member of Meeting Professional International (MPI), an international organization of planners and suppliers, and served on the Education Committee and the Board of Directors of the Minnesota Chapter. She considers herself a lifelong learner and enjoys best teaching, coaching and leading others by example. Mary Jo lives in White Bear Lake, MN with her husband and enjoys spending as much time as possible on their sailboat Unity which they keep in Bayfield, WI.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1535511842
• ISBN 13: 9781535511841
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 61