Getting organised for events presents plenty of challenges. Here I give you an overview and some insight into how I use the Gantt chart for event planning.
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Tips and tricks on Event Budgeting
I’ve said it before and will never stress it enough, a sound budget most of the times ensures a succesful event. A structured budget helps in monitoring costs, understanding what you can afford, reporting to management and most of all keeping things under control. In this post a bit on budgeting and cutting costs. Budget […]
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) Examples
By now my loyal readers should be aware of the use and meaning of having a WBS. As a matter of fact I received a lot of requests from people looking for WBS examples or templates. Here is a collection of WBS samples. I tried to search for those that apply to most event management […]
Events and Project Management Podcasts
The blogosphere is a bit unfair toward event management. My blog subject is in fact ignored by writers across the globe. When talking about podcasting the scenario gets even worse. It’s been 3 years that I daily follow 50+ marketing, business, sales and management blogs, only once it has happened to me that I had […]
Free Tools for the Open Source Event Planner
In some previous conversation we had, I’ve been talking about Microsoft Office and Event Planning Software. Open Source has shaken the proprietary software stage with free and better products. Here follows a list on how your event could be more “open” and definitely cheaper. The Open Source Event Planner manages her/his project with WinPlanner, BaseCamp, […]
Project and Event Templates for Microsoft Project
Microsoft Project is a software widely adopted to organize projects and coordinate events. It is part of the Office pack which makes it accessible for most households/offices. For those interested in Gantt charts and plans, here are few event templates you might want to consider.
Top 10 tips to generate leads with events
Events are a source of revenue and most of the times a concept to sell to interested people. Nevertheless events are widely used as a marketing tool to generate leads. Here are a few tips on how to maximize leads generation for your event. 10. Collect data. The most obvious yet the least adopted practice. […]
Events and communities: councils and permissions
As previously analyzed, communities have a significant impact on the success of an event. Councils around the globe adopt policies toward particular kind of events that might e.g. attract large audiences or have an impact on the environment. What is councils’ decision process toward events? Of course a big portion of it it’s contextual and […]