How to organise conference and seminar programmes: Seven fatal mistakes organisers make and how to avoid them.

New 4th Edition - Completely updated 2010 Are you organising the programme for a conference or seminar? If you've not had a lot of experience at organising seminar or conference programmes before it can seem daunting. There are so many details to take care of and so much at stake. Let this book make it much easier for you. Find out what you need to know now, before it's too late. Conferences and seminars cost a lot of money, time and effort to put on and organise. So why throw your money and sanity away by making errors in your conference or seminar programming that could have been avoided? To organise a truly brilliant conference or seminar requires you to understand all the elements of a superb conference or seminar programme. Organisers often focus on some aspects of the programme really well but then fail to implement or consider other vital aspects. And then they find that their attendees complain, or that the outcomes haven’t been achieved, or that everything runs overtime. Don’t let this happen to you. For a minuscule amount from your conference or seminar budget, you can find out what the mistakes are and how to avoid them. It could save you much time, effort and embarrassment - and increase your chance of success. One of the biggest problems with conference and seminar programmes is that they run over time, and everyone gets irritated by that: the audience, the presenters, the caterers, the sponsors and the organisers. Seven fatal mistakes organisers make will show you how to stop your programme running over time. Learn the steps to get the timing perfect.

What one of the readers of the book has said "I think it is a winner, just perfect to pass onto colleagues to further assist them when deciding important things within their control. Thank you for continuing to produce bite-sized wisdom for busy people." Tammie Reid, Senior Project Officer, Strategic Development and Corporate Affairs, Department of Environment and Conservation, Western Australia.

Here are just a few of the questions the book will answer for you: What is the best way to open a conference or seminar? What needs to be done in the "graveyard shift" after lunch, so people don't fall asleep? How long should the lunch breaks be? How do we get everyone back on time from their breaks? Do we need an MC or not? How can we keep the energy and enthusiasm up in the audience? How do we stop speakers running over time? What does an MC need to do? How long should the refreshments breaks be? Do we need afternoon tea? How long should the session be after lunch? How do we get the best speakers? How far in advance do we need to plan for good speakers? How many papers should we include per session? What role do 5 or 10 minute presentations have? Why do we need to know how many toilets there are? What standard of presentations can we expect? What demands can we place on the speakers? What do we need to do about the level of power-point presentations? How do we put the programme together? What does a bad programme look like? How do we sort out the timing? What kind of running sheet do we need? What do audiences complain about? How do we organise rehearsals? Do we need a conference organiser to help? Save yourself the hassles - soar with success. Order "Organising programmes for conferences and seminars" now on our secure server.

What another happy reader has said "I found the first edition of "Seven fatal mistakes people make when organising conference and seminar programmes" to be extremely helpful in my planning of events." Lee Richardson, PA to the Director, Bendigo Regional Institute of TAFE, BENDIGO Victoria.

About the author of "Organising programmes for conferences and seminars" This book is written by a highly successful professional speaker who has spoken at conferences and seminars around Australia, and who has personal experience in what can go wrong and what works brilliantly. She understands conferences. She's also been on the other side organising conferences and seminars and has MC'd and helped co-ordinate a large international conference that brought internal accolades for its brilliant organisation and timing.

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