Gala!: The Special Event Planner for Professionals and Volunteers (Capital Ideas) [Paperback]

Patti Coons (Author)

Book Description

Series: Capital Ideas | Publication Date: December 20, 1999

If you are responsible for your organization's next big event - whether it is a black tie dinner, a political barbecue, a charity walk-a-thon, a celebrity speech, a school auction, a capital campaign, or a business launch to benefit your favorite cause - everything you need to know and do is in this easy-to-use book. From this handy check-listed guide, you'll learn how to select an event to fit the cause, set your fund-raising goals, plan and execute the entire event using a month-by-month event calendar and checklists, develop an effective charity team to assist you all along the way with the duties of each defined, get media attention using sample public service announcements and great new promotion ideas, build contacts and network with the community and other organizations, find sponsors, prepare inviting invitations and programs, and critique your event and maintain support for the future.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Patti Coons offers her expertise and advice on event planning . . ." -- Event Solutions, March 2000

"This voluminous, yet compact, workbook provides one single, organized spot to track the creation of a gala event..." -- Michelle Gillan Fisher, Successful Meetings Magazine

"We like it . . ." -- Naples Daily News, March 18, 2000

About the Author

Patti Coons is the author of "Gala! The Special Event Planner" and is the senior Vice President of Decorating Den Interiors. She has raised millions of dollars for such groups as the Salvation Army, the American Heart Association, and the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Opera Company, and Museum of Art. She is listed in Who's Who in Professional and Executive Women and Who's Who in America. Ms. Coons lives near Washington, D.C.

Product Details

• Paperback: 120 pages
• Publisher: Capital Books (December 20, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1892123134
• ISBN-13: 978-1892123138
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #895,283 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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81 of 84 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing, August 21, 2000

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Carissa Miller (Vancouver, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gala!: The Special Event Planner for Professionals and Volunteers (Capital Ideas) (Paperback)

I ordered the book thinking that I had found a good resource for starting my event planning business. What I received was a book that would be great for people who organize fund raising events with several committees of people working together. Not at all what I was looking for. In fact, most of the book is related to fundraising and the responsibilities of the various committee members. Overall, I was disappointed in the lack of general event planning information and ideas.

30 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars It's for fundraisers! Not events! Just fundraisers!, August 2, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Gala!: The Special Event Planner for Professionals and Volunteers (Capital Ideas) (Paperback)

When I bought this book I thought it was about planning different kinds of events, fundraisers included. Turns out it's all about fundraisers. Which is fine, but I wish they'd said so ON THE COVER so I wouldn't wasted my money. The info is good for fundraisers, but pretty much irrelevant for any other kind of big event.

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An outstanding book, January 9, 2000

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[e-mail] (Washington, D. C.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gala!: The Special Event Planner for Professionals and Volunteers (Capital Ideas) (Paperback)

This book is a must read for everyone. It is a book that can help not only the person that is a professional in the field of event planning but for the person who has never given an event. The step by step instructions are very easy to follow. The author covered all the aspects of what you need to do to plan a successful event. I just can't praise the author enough for writing this book.