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Mar 01 2009

Event Planning

Published by mickie31 at 7:18 pm under Uncategorized Edit This

Other aspects of event planning includes;

  • Decorations including banners, flowers, balloons, and much more.
  • Develop a decoration plan that will also be used on tickets and posters.
  • Decorations could include giving direction to guests for the main location of your event - for example, signs placed around the venue and the surrounding area informing guests of the parking location and check-in area would be extremely useful.
  • Develop a price list for drinks and snacks.
  • Find entertainment staff including dancers and singers.
  • Find volunteers to work on the door , welcoming people and giving them a sticker with their name on.
  • Volunteers should be serving drinks and snacks.
  • Formulate a list of people attending the event.
  • Select a list of venues that could include church halls, hotels, conference rooms, and public buildings.
  • Call each venue to check capacity, pricing, and availability.
  • It would be good to print out a map and timetable of events.
  • Make a written plan of what you want to achieve through your event, and how you plan to make it happen. Include approximate guest figures and a budget. The budget should be specific, and include revenue opportunities; sponsorship, ticket sales, donations. concession sales, expenses, printing, permits, insurance, speakers, food, supplies and security. Evaluate the size of space or building needed, utility support, set-up; tables and chairs, tents, portable toilets, parking and sign age.
  • We could advertise the event in schools, work shops, theatre schools and Churches.
  • Make a list of contacts that you need to contact before the event.
  • Need to sell tickets

These are just some of the things you will need to check off before you hold your event.

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