For event planners, there’s no such thing as a dress rehearsal!

Any event you plan and stage is a reflection of your organization’s image — from the initial invitation to onsite operations. Whether you’re planning a product launch, conference, sales meeting, an incentive event, or a gala fund-raiser, remember that the magic of a truly memorable event is in the details, but so is the devil. Whether your event is for 50 or 2,000 people, whether it has a budget of a few thousand dollars, or hundreds of thousands, it has to be perfect. Fully revised and updated, Event Planning, Second Edition, gives you a blueprint for planning and executing special events with flair and without any unexpected surprises and expenses. This unique book is loaded with practical advice on:

Choosing the best venue Preparing and managing the budget, with sample costing forms included Scheduling, staffing, and collaborating with other related professionals Coordinating food and beverage, décor, entertainment, and themes.

 

It’s still the comprehensive guide that it always has been, but much has changed in the industry in recent years, and this new edition of Event Planning includes:

 

What you don’t know or know to ask can have a major effect on the success of your event and on your budget. Event Planning takes you behind the scenes and through every aspect of organizing and executing a successful event: the planning stages, timing and logistics, budget preparation, operations, and on-site management, providing practical tools for anyone who has to plan and execute a truly special event:

Corporate in-house event planners Public relations and communications companies, and their clients Marketing and corporate communications professionals Fund-raisers and not-for-profit organizations Professionals in the hospitality and entertainment industries. Business professionals in charge of planning and handling their company’s events

 

Praise for Event Planning 

"Allen is a good teacher. Wise planners will add Event Planning to their personal reference library as a useful working guide."
—Meeting Professional Magazine

"A blueprint for executing events for 50 or 2,000, with budgets of a few thousand dollars to hundreds of thousands."
—Success Magazine

"Event Planning will save beginning event planners from plenty of heartbreak and headaches."
—Lisa Hurley, Editor, Special Events Magazine

"Event Planning gives readers a blueprint for planning and executing special events with flair. Consider the book as preventative maintenance."
—Sales Promotion Magazine

"A guide to well planned events. Event Planning is a must for any PR maven."
—Marketing Magazine

"This book will be a help to all event planners, from rank beginners to seasoned professionals. It provides excellent guidelines as well as helpful details."
—Katherine Kossuth, Director of Operations and Special Events, Canadian Film Center

"Sometimes a name just says it all. That's the case with the updated second edition of Judy Allen's Event Planning: The Ultimate Guide to Successful Meetings, Corporate Events, Fundraising Galas, Conferences, Conventions, Incentives, and Other Special Events. Allen not only delivers on the title's comprehensive promise, but also addresses changes in the industry since the first edition was published in 2000, such as the increased role of procurement and the growth of virtual events. Each chapter provides tips and sample checklists and outlines the paths to follow and the pitfalls to avoid in every aspect of meeting planning, from venue selection to on-site execution."     —Corporate Meetings and Incentive Magazine / MeetingsNet.com

"I recommend that Judy Allen's book, Event Planning: The Ultimate Guide 2nd edition, become your Bible for approaching your next affair, whether it's a meeting, conference, incentive travel function or fundraising gala. My copy has highlighting on virtually every page. Yours will, too. After you've read this book (or one of ten others she's authored), you'll be an expert on creating unforgettable events your attendees will enjoy and remember for a very long time."     —Dave Egan, Head Writer, Writers Direct Group

 

For downloadable versions of the checklists, additional forms and tools, author Q&A, and more, please visit our companion website at www.wiley.ca/go/event_planning.

 

Author: Judy Allen
Hardcover: 448 pages
Company: Wiley (2009-02-10)
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Business meetings can either be incredibly productive or a complete waste of your company’s bandwidth. Download “How to Run Effective Business Meetings: The Sock Puppet School of Business” now and ensure that every meeting moves your team a giant step forward. This is not your typical stuffy business guide; prepare to laugh and learn!

With this Vook, you’ll discover simple proven strategies for conducting productive and informative business meetings, from setting the stage to getting ahead of potential problems. You’ll learn to first determine why a meeting is necessary, and the most effective time and location for the event. You’ll also discover how to populate each meeting with the right staff and how to organize and prep your team, set goals, and establish the best possible meeting environment. Finally, you’ll explore ways to defuse controversy and encourage participation, establish an effective flow of communication, and anticipate and overcome common meeting hurdles. Tips and lighthearted video demonstrations featuring sock puppets provide humor and added dimension to this one-of-a-kind guide.

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A study by MCI found that most professionals believe that over 50 percent of meeting time is wasted. More than 90 percent admit to daydreaming in meetings, 73 percent have brought other work, and 39 percent have fallen asleep. You might think that there would be fewer meetings. However, in the survey 46 percent said they attended more meetings than a year ago. Meetings cost time and money. Many meetings end with no results or outcome. How can you be sure you are using your time and money effectively? The answer: with proper training. Even MBA graduates have never had a course in how to plan, organize, and present an effective meeting. That is the subject of this new book which will teach the proper skills and training to get great results with every meeting, every time! You will learn the checklists for planning your meeting, setting the agenda, strategic planning, how the physical setting can be improved, how to properly open a meeting, handling difficult people and maintaining control, how to assess and evaluate your meetings, and the correct method to end a meeting. Good meetings do not just happen, they are planned and created.

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Casey McDaniel had never been so nervous in his life.

In just ten minutes, The Meeting, as it would forever be known, would begin.  Casey had every reason to believe that his performance over the next two hours would determine the fate of his career, his financial future, and the company he had built from scratch.

“How could my life have unraveled so quickly?” he wondered.

In his latest page-turning work of business fiction, best-selling author Patrick Lencioni provides readers with another powerful and thought-provoking book, this one centered around a cure for the most painful yet underestimated problem of modern business: bad meetings.  And what he suggests is both simple and revolutionary.

Casey McDaniel, the founder and CEO of Yip Software, is in the midst of a problem he created, but one he doesn’t know how to solve.  And he doesn’t know where or who to turn to for advice.  His staff can’t help him; they’re as dumbfounded as he is by their tortuous meetings.

Then an unlikely advisor, Will Peterson, enters Casey’s world.  When he proposes an unconventional, even radical, approach to solving the meeting problem, Casey is just desperate enough to listen.

As in his other books, Lencioni provides a framework for his groundbreaking model, and makes it applicable to the real world.  Death by Meeting is nothing short of a blueprint for leaders who want to eliminate waste and frustration among their teams, and create environments of engagement and passion.

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Everyone wants to shine in business meetings-whether they are leading them or just participating. Perfect Phrases for Meetings provides hundreds of winning, ready-to-use phrases, arming you with the right words to say in eight crucial types of meetings. This book is a valuable tool for anyone who needs to get a message across and stand out as a leader.

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Business meetings can either be incredibly productive or a complete waste of your company’s bandwidth. Download “How to Run Effective Business Meetings: The How-To Guide” now and ensure that every meeting moves your team a giant step forward.

With this Vook, you’ll discover simple proven strategies for conducting productive and informative business meetings, from setting the stage to getting ahead of potential problems. You’ll learn to first determine why a meeting is necessary, and the most effective time and location for the event. You’ll also discover how to populate each meeting with the right staff and how to organize and prep your team, set goals, and establish the best possible meeting environment. Finally, you’ll explore ways to defuse controversy and encourage participation, establish an effective flow of communication, and anticipate and overcome common meeting hurdles. Tips throughout - including case studies and useful facts - provide extra dimension to each chapter.

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Use eye-popping visual tools to energize your people!

Just as social networking has reclaimed the Internet for human interactivity and co-creation, the visual meetings movement is reclaiming creativity, productivity, and playful exchange for serious work in groups.

Visual Meetings explains how anyone can implement powerful visual tools, and how these tools are being used in Silicon Valley and elsewhere to facilitate both face-to-face and virtual group work. This dynamic and richly illustrated resource gives meeting leaders, presenters, and consultants a slew of exciting tricks and tools, including
Graphic recording, visual planning, story boarding, graphic templates, idea mapping, etc.Creative ways to energize team building, sales presentations, staff meetings, strategy sessions, brainstorming, and moreGetting beyond paper and whiteboards to engage new media platformsUnderstanding emerging visual language for leading groups

Unlocking formerly untapped creative resources for business success, Visual Meetings will help you and your team communicate ideas more effectively and engagingly.

Author: David Sibbet
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How many times have you dreaded going to a meeting either because you viewed it as a waste of time or because you weren’t prepared. Dread no longer: Read This Before Our Next Meeting not only explains what’s wrong with “the meeting,” and meeting culture, but suggests how to make meetings more effective, efficient, and worthy of attending. It assesses when it’s necessary to skip the meeting and get right to work. Al Pittampalli shares examples of transforming workplaces by revamping the purpose of the meeting and a company's meeting culture. This book belongs on the shelf of any employee, employer and company looking to revolutionize what it means to do "work" all day and how to do it. Simply put: Stop wasting time. Read This Before Our Next Meeting is the call to action you (or your boss) needs to create the company that does the meaningful work it was created to do.

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