A successful event requires just as much behind-the-scenes work as décor and design consideration. At the Event Coordinators’ Network’s 4th Annual Workshop: Rising to the Next Level, one breakout session in particular, Policies and Best Practices in Meeting and Event Procurement, led by Ajay Patel and Sharon Jackson of Business Services, focused on that critical planning.
When planning and executing an event, it is easy to overlook some of the simpler items. In this post, I wanted to highlight a few simple actions that event planners should make a habit at all of their events but are easy to neglect.
To say that April is a busy month at Georgia Tech would be an understatement, but how else can you describe it? It is not just the end of semester, but the end of academic year with the end of fiscal year looming right behind it. However, we cannot move into the calm until we evaluate our past actions. Laura touched on a post-event evaluation in her previous post, Summertime…and the Living is Easy. I’m here to look a little deeper into the process – the who, the what, and the how.
I’ve always felt sending a thank-you note after an event to those who have been of assistance is crucial to the post-event planning phase. As event planners, we know we call upon many peers, colleagues, and volunteers to ensure our events are successful. I consulted the 18th edition of Emily Post’s Etiquette: Manners for a New World for a few thank-you note guidelines that I paraphrase below.
