My group was responsible for planning the University President's Holiday Gala. This event is a way of thanking donors for their support of the school. This is a big responsibility and one that will took a lot of planning.
Fortunately, I found an Event Management Plan Checklist and Guide put out by the Gascoyne Development Commission. It covered a lot of areas of planning that I had not thought of until this gala.
In my class we talked a lot about tips for running a successful event. Here are my favorite from this class.
14 Tips for Planning Events
1.
Anticipate
Everything
a.
Where is the biggest potiential for problems?
b.
What are the solutions?
c.
Have a Plan B, Plan C, etc.
2.
Plan
Ahead
a.
ICID- In Case I Die
i. Who
is my back up?
ii. Work
hard from beginning to end
3.
Make
Sure your event has impact
a.
Make sure
everyone understands, set clear expectations, take charge 6. Break it down into manageable tasks
b.
Delegate
or Committee
c.
Know your audience
4.
Managing
the expectations
a.
Set the room smaller
i. What
do you want people to think when they come in
ii.“This is a great crowd”-people coming in
5.
Communication,
Organization, Leadership
6.
Break
it down into manageable tasks
a.
Don’t get overwhelmed
7.
People
support what they help to create
a.
Get people involved
8.
Develop,
listen to, and trust your instincts
9.
Be
yourself
a.
Have fun—but be professional
b.
You are running the event you are not
participating
10.
It’s
all in the details
a.
Be redundant in your details
11.
Rehearse
everything
12. Stage Manage and run your event throughout
the entire event
a. Script
b.
Cues
13.
Follow
up
a.
Thank your people
b.
Evaluate the event
14. In the end, “Nothing is a Crisis!”
a. Things happen, so how are you going to
deal with it?
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