Planning a Successful Conference

Cynthia Winter

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Year: 1994
• Print ISBN: 9780803955257, 9780803955240
• eBook ISBN: 9781452255088
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Research in Education

Your professional association just asked you to plan next year?s conference. But where do you begin? Cynthia Winter, a professional meeting planner with 25 years? experience planning academic conferences, guides you through the many details necessary for planning a successful, smoothly run conference. Winter addresses the planning process for the novice conference chair, from the initial design to the final wrap-up, with useful advice on some of the major tasks involved: program planning, budgeting, pricing, finding a suitable location, advertising, scheduling rooms, finding speakers and entertainment, and organizing banquets. This volume also describes the benefits to and activities of savvy conference attendees. A series of appendixes and resource listings provide you with the tools you?ll need to run an enjoyable, informative conference.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Chapter 1 - Getting the Most From a Professional Conference
• Chapter 2 - Designing a Meeting
• Chapter 3 - Site Selection and Budget
• Chapter 4 - Preparing the Program Schedule
• Chapter 5 - Promotion and Marketing
• Chapter 6 - Last-Minute Advance Preparations
• Chapter 7 - On-Site Conference Logistics
• Chapter 8 - Postconference Activities
• Appendix A: Sample Job Descriptions
• Appendix B: Speaker Contract
• Appendix C: Sample Site Prospectus
• Appendix D: Comparison of Sites
• Appendix E: Room/Time Chart
• Appendix F: Food and Beverage Function Sheet
• Appendix G: Sample Staging Guide
• Appendix H: Program at a Glance
• Appendix I: Financial Impact Statement
• Appendix J: Meeting Planning Associations
• Appendix K: Other Resources
• References
• About the Author