Designing Successful Professional Meetings and Conferences in Education: Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780761976325
  • Publisher: SAGE Publications
  • Publication date: 8/15/2000
  • Pages: 104
  • Product dimensions: 7.10 (w) x 10.00 (h) x 0.50 (d)

Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface: The Need for This Guide
About the Authors and Sponsoring Organizations
1 The Knowledge Base of Effective Meetings and Conferences 1
Conferences Should Be the Best They Can Be 1
Nine Principles Held by Effective Meeting Designers 2
Why Have a Conference or Meeting - Is This the Best Strategy for Meeting Your Goals? 3
Characteristics of Effective Meetings and Conferences 5
Pay Attention to Design 8
Principles of Effective Adult Learning 10
2 Early Planning 13
Identify the Target Audience 13
Conference Budget 14
Identify Cosponsors or Partners 18
Select Location and Date 18
Assign Responsibility for Conference Design and Planning 21
3 Detailed Design Issues 25
Decide on Activities and Approaches 25
View of Participants in the Design 29
The Authentic Task Approach 40
Choosing and Supporting Speakers 42
Communicate With Leaders, Facilitators, and Presenters 43
Market the Conference 44
Prepare Pre-Conference Participant Mailings 45
Manage the Conference 46
4 Evaluating Your Conference or Meeting 51
Focus of the Evaluation 51
Identify the Audience for the Evaluation 53
Choose Data Collection Methods 53
Evaluating the Meeting Design and Process 55
Methods for Evaluating the Meeting 56
Use of Evaluation Information to Make Improvements 57
Regular Evaluation of Small Meetings and Working Sessions 58
5 Producing Conference Proceedings 59
Purposes of Proceedings 59
Ways of Capture the Meeting 60
Adding Analysis to Reporting 62
Resource A: Examples of Topics Addressed by Professional Meeting Planners 65
Resource B: Sample Agendas 67
Resource C: Sample Evaluations 77
References 83
Index 85
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