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Planning a Successful Conference
Author(s): Cynthia Winter (Author)
- Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
- Publication Date: 7 Oct. 1994
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 152 pages
- ISBN-10: 0803955243
- ISBN-13: 9780803955240
Book Description
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.
