Course Outline
- Events and conferences planning
- Definition of events and conferences
- Types of events and conferences
- Aim of a conference
- Importance and concepts
- Collecting information needed in planning
- Setting smart objectives
- Preparing the event plan with detailed activities and schedules
- Selecting the venue and agreeing on the site of the event or conference
- Organization of the event or conference
- Choosing human resources for the management of the event or conference
- Forming different specialized committees
- Training and motivating the teams in charge of managing the event or conference
- Promotional activities for events and conferences
- Marketing the conference
- Factors attracting participants
- Promotion and advertisement of events or conferences
- Steps needed for the promotion and marketing of the event or conference
- Setting a plan for the promotion of events and conferences
- The different functions for managing events and conferences
- The official airline carrier
- Arrangements for accommodation
- Conference registration process
- Social programs
- Public relations and media
- The financial aspects of the conference
- Preparing the conference budget
- Fixed expenses
- Variable expenses
- Conference revenues
- Determining the registration fees
- The financial committee
- Organizing exhibitions
- Importance of exhibitions in conferences
- Goods and services in a conference
- Pricing policy in exhibitions
- Application for an exhibition
- Promoting the exhibition
- Managing exhibitions
- Criteria for selecting exhibitors
- Contacting exhibitors
- Follow up and evaluation of conference and events activities
- Monitoring the event or conference activities
- ‘SMART’ objectives
- Key factors in the assessment
- Benefits of follow up
- The coordination and follow up committee
- Follow up and evaluation