Professional Meeting Management, 3rd Edition

by Barbara Nichols and barbara-nichols

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1885136021
• ISBN13: 9781885136022
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Professional Convention
• Length: 776 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 6.3" x 1.8"

Customer Reviews

This book saved the day

The meeting planner died. The president of the organization asked me to take over. The International Parachute Symposium was just 30 days away. One thousand parachute industry people from 35 countries were descending on Houston and we could not even find the files. Being an author and publisher, the first thing I did was look for a book. There isn't much help available. Professional Meeting Management is by far the best manual on the subject. This book showed me how to: determine objectives, plan the program, create a positive environment, manage the finances, save money on printing, handle the housing, arrange transportation, arrange for food and beverages, interface with a lot of people, negotiate for services, set up registration, save money on AV, set up the program, arrange for security, be aware of legal obligations, comply with the ADA, care for our speakers, set up the classrooms, on-site communication, emergencies, signage, tipping, evaluations, exhibit management, small meeting management, international meeting management, and stage both the opening ceremonies and closing banquet. How did we do? Everyone said it was the best convention ever and we even managed to get George Bush (the only president to ever make a parachute jump) to keynote the opening ceremonies-free. This book saved the day. Get several copies of this book and give them to your key convention staff. DanPoynter@ParaPublishing.com