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This and nearly 300 other Tips and Techniques are in the new More ABCs of Strategic Communication – AuthorHouse, July 2015 – just published. Email Larry for details.
1. Decide event’s purpose (goal and/or objectives).
2. Organize your volunteers.
3. Be ready for anything.
4. Create a timeline (Gantt chart – See Page 222).
5. Create an incentive to attract event participation.
6. Communicate (early on) with participants.
7. Make it a learning experience – determine what participants are going to “take away.”
8. The event, if properly planned, will run itself. (Planning is everything).
9. Evaluate event and total plan at conclusion of event (exit survey).
10.Have fun!
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