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Event Planning 101: Tips, Tricks & Tools

Presenter
Jessie Steward, Associate Director, Health Affairs Events, University of California, Irvine


Description
This presentation offers attendees several event-planning methods and organizational strategies developed at UC Irvine. From Event Analysis Metrics to detailed Planning Checklists, participants will learn how a highly organized event planner successfully navigates multiple high-level events per year ranging in size and scope. Strategies, tactics, and helpful tools will be dissected within a case-study format, and analyzed for outcomes, results and impact.

Takeaways
  • Event Planning Tools will be provided and shared at the end of the session including: Event Analysis Metrics, Planning Document, Sample Budget, Checklist, Scenario, De-brief Document, Supply Organizer, etc.
  • Attendees will be given case studies at the end of the session that will utilize different organizational tools to test effectiveness and outcomes in different situations.
  • Attendees will be able to identify specific areas in their own event planning processes that could benefit from utilizing the systems that are presented. 


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