Mistakes often made by inexperienced event organizers
(this is geared toward events of size 50-5000, and probably a lot less useful for e.g. a casual gathering with 5-10 friends than e.g. a 100-person weekend conference.) * do before anything else: * goals, date, and venue. why figure out goals, pick a date, and pick a venue before
(this is geared toward events of size 50-5000, and probably a lot less useful for e.g. a casual gathering with 5-10 friends than e.g. a 100-person weekend conference.) do before anything else: goals, date, and venue. why figure out goals, pick a date, and pick a venue before all else? so many other tasks are blocked on those. try doing marketing for an event without knowing where/when/what/why it actually is! once you’ve figured those out, you’ve committed yourself in a way that will mentally prepare you for the fiddly details (i.e. the rest of this doc) figure out your goals , broadly speakin
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