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The Comprehensive Guide to Successful Conferences and Meetings: Detailed Instructions and Step-by-Step Checklists (Jossey-Bass Management Series) [Paperback]

Leonard Nadler (Author), Zeace Nadler (Author)
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1555420516 978-1555420512 October 19, 1987 1st
Plan Your Meeting or Conference with Confidence

From creating the program book to making special arrangements for VIPs, this celebrated resource contains all the guidance, tools and inspiration you need to organize, manage and conduct a truly outstanding meeting or conference. The detailed advice--from authors with more than fifty years of planning experience--can be applied to most any type of gathering, from events for twenty-five to an extravaganza for thousands. A sampling of subjects includes site and function room selection, activity coordination, accommodating handicapped participants, public relations, audio/video equipment, booking entertainment, budgeting, and conducting evaluation and follow-up. Extensive checklists and charts ensure total success.

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From creating the program book to making special arrangements for VIPs, this celebrated resource contains all the guidance, tools and inspiration you need to organize, manage and conduct a truly outstanding meeting or conference. The detailed advice--from authors with more than fifty years of planning experience--can be applied to most any type of gathering, from events for twenty-five to an extravaganza for thousands. A sampling of subjects includes site and function room selection, activity coordination, accommodating handicapped participants, public relations, audio/video equipment, booking entertainment, budgeting, and conducting evaluation and follow-up. Extensive checklists and charts ensure total success.

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Offering detailed advice on organizing, managing, and conducting a successful conference or meeting, the authors provide extensive checklists and charts to guide meeting planners through every step of the process, including deciding on the purpose and design of the conference, selecting a site and choosing function rooms, creating a participant program book, coordinating related activities to make the conference more successful, making special arrangements for VIPs and handicapped attAndees, and evaluating and following up on the conference.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 447 pages
  • Publisher: Jossey-Bass; 1st edition (October 19, 1987)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1555420516
  • ISBN-13: 978-1555420512
  • Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 7 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,377,834 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars great information and full of detail, April 1, 2003
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Conference planners will benefit from this comprehensive guide that covers everything from conference design to conducting the conference. The book includes helpful examples and a checklist for every area. Then the chapters go into detail, answering each question on the checklist. Chapters include site selection, food functions, exhibitions, marketing, transportation, and others.
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A great many people throughout the world are involved in conferences, conventions, meetings, symposia, workshops, seminars, and a variety of similar events. Read the first page
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