Planning a Successful Conference

By Cynthia Winter

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803955243
• ISBN13: 9780803955240
• Release Date: August 1994
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.7"