The Comprehensive Guide to Successful Conferences and Meetings: Detailed Instructions and Step-by-Step Checklists - Softcover

Nadler, Leonard; Nadler, Zeace

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1555420516 ISBN 13: 9781555420512

Publisher: Jossey-Bass, 1991

Synopsis

Plan Your Meeting or Conference with Confidence

From creating the program book to making special arrangements forVIPs, this celebrated resource contains all the guidance, tools andinspiration you need to organize, manage and conduct a trulyoutstanding meeting or conference. The detailed advice--fromauthors with more than fifty years of planning experience--can beapplied to most any type of gathering, from events for twenty-fiveto an extravaganza for thousands. A sampling of subjects includessite and function room selection, activity coordination,accommodating handicapped participants, public relations,audio/video equipment, booking entertainment, budgeting, andconducting evaluation and follow-up. Extensive checklists andcharts ensure total success.

About this title

From the Inside Flap

From creating the program book to making special arrangements for VIPs, this celebrated resource contains all the guidance, tools and inspiration you need to organize, manage and conduct a truly outstanding meeting or conference. The detailed advice--from authors with more than fifty years of planning experience--can be applied to most any type of gathering, from events for twenty-five to an extravaganza for thousands. A sampling of subjects includes site and function room selection, activity coordination, accommodating handicapped participants, public relations, audio/video equipment, booking entertainment, budgeting, and conducting evaluation and follow-up. Extensive checklists and charts ensure total success.

From the Back Cover

Offering detailed advice on organizing, managing, and conducting a successful conference or meeting, the authors provide extensive checklists and charts to guide meeting planners through every step of the process, including deciding on the purpose and design of the conference, selecting a site and choosing function rooms, creating a participant program book, coordinating related activities to make the conference more successful, making special arrangements for VIPs and handicapped attAndees, and evaluating and following up on the conference.

Edition details

• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 1555420516
• ISBN 13: 9781555420512
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 447