How To Put On A Great Conference: A Straightforward, Friendly And Practical Guide

How to Put on a Great Conference: A Straightforward, Friendly and Practical Guide

ReviewA candid book about an activity that can bring great confusion, if not disaster. The illustrations are whimsically funny, the design of the book creates an air of informal professionalism, and Dorian Dodson takes us (gently) (and amusingly) through all the ins and outs of putting on a conference.... -- The Book Reader, Fall 1992Dorian Dodson of Adolfo Street Publications recently released How To Put On A Great Conference. The guidebook offers advice from how to set registration fees to how to find the right facility and is dedicated to "all those brave people who have suffered through a miserable conference but who still have the courage to try one of their own." Thank you, Dorian! -- Santa Fe New Mexican, April 11, 1993For meeting planning novices, there's a new beginner's manual out, How To Put On A Great Conference, by Dorian Dodson. This book is a straightforward primer which outlines meeting planning basics to those who need a few more meetings under their belt before they go for their CMP's -- Meetings California, September 1993How To Put On A Great Conference assists with conference and workshop planning and orientation, and is specifically designed for nonprofits with important causes and limited budgets -- CAN Alert, California Association of Nonprofits, June 15, 1994Nothing gets a point across and enhances the reputation of an agency like a first-class conference or workshop. This book is designed to teach nonprofit agency staff everything they need to know to put on an excellent workshop, seminar or conference. It includes all of the important topics, such as developing a planning calendar, working with speakers, setting goals, finding good facilities, handling registrations, getting free resources and much more. The book also contains a planning calendar form for use in scheduling any conference, workshop or seminar.About the AuthorAs a former executive director of a nonprofit agency, a past and present member of nonprofit boards of directors, and a high-ranking state government official, Dorian Dodson has put on and supervised the organization and presentation of hundreds of workshops, seminars and conferences. She has taught conference planning and served as a consultant to nonprofit agencies.Excerpt.