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Meeting & Event Planning For Dummies $13.99 Expert advice on how to stage the perfect event every time "A terrific resource of information for anyone in the event-planning business." –James Spellos, CMP, President, Meeting U. Meeting & Event Planning For Dummies is a practical step-by-step guide to the strategies and techniques event-planning professionals use to bring people together. This comprehensive resource covers all the angles from the little details to the big picture to make sure your business meetings and special events come off without a hitch! Praise for Meeting & Event Planning For Dummies "Packed with valuable information in an easy-to-use format. [It] covers all the basics for the meeting planning novice." –Diane Silberstein, President, Diane Silberstein & Associates "A great resource book every event professional should have…. Checklist heaven! We all love our checklists, and this book is full of them!" –Cathy Breden, CAE, CMP |
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Meeting & Event Planning for Dummies $7.69 Expert advice on how to stage the perfect event every time "A terrific resource of information for anyone in the event-planning business." –James Spellos, CMP, President, Meeting U. Meeting & Event Planning For Dummies is a practical step-by-step guide to the strategies and techniques event-planning professionals use to bring people together. This comprehensive resource covers all the angles from the little details to the big picture to make sure your business meetings and special events come off without a hitch Praise for Meeting & Event Planning For Dummies "Packed with valuable information in an easy-to-use format. It] covers all the basics for the meeting planning novice." –Diane Silberstein, President, Diane Silberstein & Associates "A great resource book every event professional should have…. Checklist heaven We all love our checklists, and this book is full of them " –Cathy Breden, CAE, CMP |
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Event Planning $8.78 Event planning guide to assist novice event planners with organizing, structuring, implementing, and finalizing a event. Highlights cost saving strategies and tips to ensure a successful event. |
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Event Planning Made Easy $20.92 America’s premier corporate event planners reveal the seven secrets of successful planning for every occasion, on any budget Whether it’s the company’s annual party, a product launch, or a fund-raising gala, planning a major event is a daunting task. Now the industry leaders who organized major events for the 1996 Olympics and for several Fortune 500 corporations make it easy for you. In seven simple steps, they share the proven secrets behind any successful function–and show you how to: Choose the right venue at the best price Create an organized event book Book entertainment, staff, and caterers Develop an ideal menu and theme Manage behind-the-scenes operations and security Make every event a smashing success |
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The Business Startup Checklist and Planning Guide $16.42 If you are one of the 40% of American workers who have considered starting a business, but have been held back by fear, funding concerns or the lack of a business plan or idea, this book is for you. |
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The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Meeting and Event Planning $5.12 If you are given the responsibility of planning a meeting for your business, you need to make your company look good. This guide gives you suggestions for planning the budget, negotiating a space to meet, choosing a caterer, setting up the room, and planning programs. You will be able to produce an event that is organized and within your budget. |
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Start & Run an Event Planning Business [With CD-ROM] $3.95 Start & Run an Event Planning Business shows would-be business owners how to start and run a successful enterprise by planning events of all kinds–from weddings and private parties to corporate events, to meetings and conferences, to sporting events. The book covers not only how to organize events, but also how to run the business Keeping track of all the many details involved in putting on a successful event is easy when you have the checklists, schedules, tips and advice of experts. Written in the step-by-step style that has made the Start & Run series the best of its kind, this indispensable guide will help readers to make any event — and event planning business — a resounding success. |
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Event Planning Ethics And Etiquette: A Principled Approach To The Business Of Special Event Management $22.49 The world of event planning can be alluring and dangerous at once-exotic locales, wining and dining, and people traveling without their spouses. In such situations the line between business and pleasure blurs and the nature of relationships gets cloudy. With a thoughtless act or a less-than-tactful word, long-lasting business relationships can be ruined forever. Beyond that, budgets are on the chopping block and competition for business is tight. In that environment, people often cut not just financial corners, but the ethical ones, too. There’s a fine line between innocent perks and inappropriate gifts or kickbacks. Event planners today must navigate a minefield of potentially sticky situations that can easily blow up in their face. Without a professional code, lines of acceptable behavior are easily crossed. And what you do personally can hurt you professionally. Event Planning Ethics and Etiquette provides event planners with the companion they need to stay out of trouble, keep professional relationships healthy and profitable, avoid the riskier temptations of the lifestyle, and win business in a highly competitive market using ethical business practices. Explains how to establish policies and codes of behavior, in the office and onsite at events. Offers guidelines on when it is acceptable to accept a gift, what is acceptable, and what is inappropriate. Shows how to prepare yourself, as well as your staff, for what to expect, and how to handle the unexpected with business finesse. Covers business etiquette in event planning crisis management situations. Helps you to avoid putting yourself and your company at personal and professional risk. Features real-life examples and situations, and advice on how to handle them with poise and professionalism. Includes a list of "Event Planning Do’s and Don’ts." Event Planning Ethics and Etiquette will be of value to the professional event planner; to event planning suppliers and clients working with industry professionals; as well as to those in related fields, such as public relations, administrative professionals, communications; and anyone in the hospitality, culinary, and travel industry. |
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Event Planning Ethics and Etiquette: A Principled Approach to the Business of Special Event Management $22.99 The world of event planning can be alluring and dangerous at once-exotic locales, wining and dining, and people traveling without their spouses. In such situations the line between business and pleasure blurs and the nature of relationships gets cloudy. With a thoughtless act or a less-than-tactful word, long-lasting business relationships can be ruined forever. Beyond that, budgets are on the chopping block and competition for business is tight. In that environment, people often cut not just financial corners, but the ethical ones, too. There’s a fine line between innocent perks and inappropriate gifts or kickbacks. Event planners today must navigate a minefield of potentially sticky situations that can easily blow up in their face. Without a professional code, lines of acceptable behavior are easily crossed. And what you do personally can hurt you professionally. Event Planning Ethics and Etiquette provides event planners with the companion they need to stay out of trouble, keep professional relationships healthy and profitable, avoid the riskier temptations of the lifestyle, and win business in a highly competitive market using ethical business practices. Explains how to establish policies and codes of behavior, in the office and onsite at events. Offers guidelines on when it is acceptable to accept a gift, what is acceptable, and what is inappropriate. Shows how to prepare yourself, as well as your staff, for what to expect, and how to handle the unexpected with business finesse. Covers business etiquette in event planning crisis management situations. Helps you to avoid putting yourself and your company at personal and professional risk. Features real-life examples and situations, and advice on how to handle them with poise and professionalism. Includes a list of "Event Planning Do’s and Don’ts." Event Planning Ethics and Etiquette will be of value to the professional event planner; to event planning suppliers and clients working with industry professionals; as well as to those in related fields, such as public relations, administrative professionals, communications; and anyone in the hospitality, culinary, and travel industry. |
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The Complete Guide to Successful Event Planning [With CDROM] $33.88 Gathering people together for a special event is always a challenge even for the experienced planner for each event is unique. This book is designed to empower any planner to meet all challenges that surround a production. Whether you find yourself in charge of one important event or you have chosen event planning as a career, you want your events to be incredibly successful and remembered for years to come. A memorable event is one that flows smoothly with every detail carefully orchestrated and produced meticulously with the participant in mind. Successful events do not just happen; they are the result of hard work, creativity, awareness, and careful attention to detail. Every detail Successful Event Planning is the most thorough, concise, and easy to follow event planning book available. From the initial concept to ongoing management, this book has techniques to increase your chances of success and systems to avoid many common mistakes. It shows you dozens of ways to save time and money and introduces you to every facet of the planning process. This ultimate guidebook equips the reader with new ideas, support, and creative problem-solving skills. The chapters follow the dynamics of the actual event planning process and are supported by extensive checklists and timelines. As the reader undertakes the complexities of daily responsibilities and tasks, Successful Event Planning inspires efficiency and confidence and makes it possible to stay on track. Whether you are a professional or a novice, you will find this guidebook a must-have if you are planning the Academy Awards or your daughter’s wedding. The information found in this book is suitable for creating any event for any theme, size, location, or budget. Two significant, timely, and relevant advantages this book offers that you will not find elsewhere are Environmental Friendly practices and the latest up-to-date technology applications and gadgets. |
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The Event Marketing Handbook: Beyond Logistics & Planning $15.29 Event marketing is big business: U.S. corporations invest more than $300 billion a year in every kind of event-from webinars, tradeshows, product launches, and golf hospitality functions, to user groups and customer conferences. In "The Event Marketing Handbook," industry expert Allison Saget shows marketing professionals how to maximize return on investment for the dollars their companies spend on events. She believes that event marketing is a strategic, dynamic discipline linked to a firm’s business objectives and sales goals. The key, according to Saget, is a great BLT-Brand recognition, Lead generation, and Thought leadership. In this A-to-Z guide, Saget shows professionals how to drive results through integrated marketing activities, such as advertising, direct mail, and public relations. She also answers crucial questions like: "How do I reach my target audiences?" "Why and when should we use celebrities at our events?" and "How do I plan a press and analyst program within an event?" Packed with case studies, planning templates, sample time frames, event programs, and names of associations, The Event Marketing Handbook is designed for every marketer who wants to think strategically, remember the fundamentals, plan carefully, and achieve results. Beginners and seasoned veterans alike should own this book. Highlights In "The Event Marketing Handbook," readers will discover: -An end-to-end process, from planning through measurement -Cautionary advice to help them avoid pitfalls and problems -Myriad tricks of the trade from industry insiders, such as event producers, management companies, exhibit houses, and event moguls |
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How to Start a Home-Based Event Planning Business $7.8 This informative book reveals how to use organizing and party planning skills as vehicles for a successful home-based business. Jill S. Moran, a Certified Special Events Professsional, shares her insider knowledge of the industry and offers advice on such things as finding customers, purchasing supplies, writing a business plan, marketing your talents, and more. Also included are details on professional organizations to join and "war stories" from other event planners. |
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Event Management $45.4 "Event Management" is packed full of ?true to life? examples of events across the nation–illustrating all the skills needed to become a successful event manager. From this book readers will learn how to design, plan, market, and stage an event. In addition, readers will learn how to manage staff and staffing problems and to ensure the safety of everyone involved. Topics will also discuss what is needed for legal compliance, risk management, financial control and successful event evaluation. Topics include: Size and types of events; Event teams; Concept and design; Feasibility; Legal compliance; Event marketing; Sponsorship; Promotion; Financial management; Risk management; Planning; Protocol; Choosing the event site; Developing the theme; Conducting rehearsals; Managing the environment; Staffing; Leadership; Operations and logistics; Safety and security; Crowd management and evacuation; Monitoring, control and evaluation; and Careers in a changing environment. For anyone entering the rapidly growing field of event management or a reference for professionals such as Event Manager, Meeting Planner, Corporate Meeting Planner, Conference Organizer, Venue Manager, Tourism Event Coordinator, Sports Competition Manager, Sponsorship Manager, Event Designer, Convention Planner, Association Manager, Professional Fundraisers, and Executive Directors for Non-Profit Organizations. |
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The Oliver Wight ABCD Checklist for Operational Excellence $69.98 The Oliver Wight ABCD Checklist for Operational Excellence Since 1977, manufacturing professionals have turned to The Oliver Wight ABCD Checklist to improve their companies’ performance. Must-reading for logistics, distribution, and manufacturing professionals, the ABCD Checklist provides a superbly efficient approach to benchmarking your company’s performance and capabilities against the very best. Its sharply honed questions cover all the essential areas: Strategic Planning People/Team Systems Total Quality Continuous Improvement New Product Development Planning and Control This newly updated edition reflects the dramatic changes in MRP II practices and the explosion of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) tools. Including FAQs and tools from the field compiled by Oliver Wight’s international group of consultants, The Oliver Wight ABCD Checklist for Operational Excellence, Fifth Edition should be a critical part of any program that strives to reach as close to perfection as possible. |
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Marketing Your Event Planning Business: A Creative Approach To Gaining The Competitive Edge $27.29 Recent years have been tough on event planners and the special events industry. September 11, major economic downturns, wars and SARS have all hit the event planning industry hard. There are fewer corporate dollars than ever to go around for travel budgets and special events. In what was already a highly competitive industry, many planners and companies are struggling for their business survival. This book tells you all you need to know about how to market your event planning business and build a client base – in good times or in bad. Marketing Your Event Planning Business shows event planners and event management companies how to gain the competitive edge by setting themselves apart, pursuing new markets, and soliciting sales. It covers all the vital topics in event planning marketing, including how to: Diversify your client base Develop niche markets and areas of expertise Define and customize your customer service Establish a back-up plan for use during downturns Solicit sales and develop new business Market yourself within your company and in the industry Set up your own event planning business Marketing Your Event Planning Business is loaded with practical tips and examples, offering everyone in the event management business creative new ways to showcase their talents, build their business and bring added value to their clients. An indispensable tool for: event planners event planning management companies suppliers public relations, communications, and administrative professionals professionals in the hospitality, culinary, and travel industries |
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Marketing Your Event Planning Business: A Creative Approach to Gaining the Competitive Edge $27.99 Recent years have been tough on event planners and the special events industry. September 11, major economic downturns, wars and SARS have all hit the event planning industry hard. There are fewer corporate dollars than ever to go around for travel budgets and special events. In what was already a highly competitive industry, many planners and companies are struggling for their business survival. This book tells you all you need to know about how to market your event planning business and build a client base – in good times or in bad. Marketing Your Event Planning Business shows event planners and event management companies how to gain the competitive edge by setting themselves apart, pursuing new markets, and soliciting sales. It covers all the vital topics in event planning marketing, including how to: Diversify your client base Develop niche markets and areas of expertise Define and customize your customer service Establish a back-up plan for use during downturns Solicit sales and develop new business Market yourself within your company and in the industry Set up your own event planning business Marketing Your Event Planning Business is loaded with practical tips and examples, offering everyone in the event management business creative new ways to showcase their talents, build their business and bring added value to their clients. An indispensable tool for: event planners event planning management companies suppliers public relations, communications, and administrative professionals professionals in the hospitality, culinary, and travel industries |
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Event Sponsorship $51.32 State-of-the-art methods for finding, securing, and retaining the best corporate sponsors The authoritative guide to creating and closing deals with irresistible ROIs Event Sponsorship provides step-by-step guidelines for attracting, signing, and keeping sponsorship for any event, including festivals, conventions, expositions, sporting events, arts and entertainment spectaculars, charity benefits, and much more. This hands-on resource presents successful strategies and tools for staying competitive in today’s market by offering corporate sponsors the highest return possible on their investment. Leading experts give real-world advice for researching and targeting prospective companies, developing a sponsorship marketing plan, creating an effective proposal, selling the sponsorship, and negotiating a deal. Learn how to bring increased sponsorship dollars to any event by: Placing value on sponsorships Expanding the value of a sponsor Creating the best image for an event Networking with other event professionals worldwide With complete coverage including case studies, legal issues, the Internet, the sophisticated corporate customer, non-sports sponsorship opportunities, and an international view of sponsorship, Event Sponsorship is a powerful tool for event managers and other event professionals. THE WILEY EVENT MANAGEMENT SERIES-Series Editor, Dr. Joe Goldblatt, CSEP THE WILEY EVENT MANAGEMENT SERIES provides professionals with the essential knowledge and cutting-edge tools they need to excel in one of the most exciting and rapidly growing sectors of the hospitality and tourism industry. Written by recognized experts in the field, the volumes in the series cover the research, design, planning, coordination, and evaluation methods as well as specialized areas of event management. |
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The Business of Event Planning: Behind-the-Scenes Secrets of Successful Special Events $27.99 Practical tools and expert advice for professional event planners Before planning an event, there is much that must be done behind the scenes to make the event successful. Before any thought is even given to timing or location of the event, before the menus are selected and the decor designed, there are proposals to be written, fees and contracts to be negotiated, and safety issues to be considered. This book takes you behind the scenes of event planning and explains every aspect of organizing and strategic planning. This book will be of value to both the professional event planner and to clients who are dealing with planners. Its comprehensive coverage includes: how to prepare winning proposals, and how to understand them if you are the client; how to determine management fees; negotiating contracts; safety issues; designing events in multicultural settings; and new technology that makes operations more efficient (such as online registration and response management, database project management tools). The book also includes practical tools such as sample letters of agreement, sample layouts for client proposals, forms, and checklists. Professional event planner Judy Allen offers first-time or professional event planners all the top-class advice they need to make their special events come off without a hitch. |
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The Business Of Event Planning: Behind-The-Scenes Secrets Of Successful Special Events $25.79 Practical tools and expert advice for professional event planners Before planning an event, there is much that must be done behind the scenes to make the event successful. Before any thought is even given to timing or location of the event, before the menus are selected and the decor designed, there are proposals to be written, fees and contracts to be negotiated, and safety issues to be considered. This book takes you behind the scenes of event planning and explains every aspect of organizing and strategic planning. This book will be of value to both the professional event planner and to clients who are dealing with planners. Its comprehensive coverage includes: how to prepare winning proposals, and how to understand them if you are the client; how to determine management fees; negotiating contracts; safety issues; designing events in multicultural settings; and new technology that makes operations more efficient (such as online registration and response management, database project management tools). The book also includes practical tools such as sample letters of agreement, sample layouts for client proposals, forms, and checklists. Professional event planner Judy Allen offers first-time or professional event planners all the top-class advice they need to make their special events come off without a hitch. |
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The Business of Event Planning: Behind the Scenes Secrets of Successful Special Events $15.15 Practical tools and expert advice for professional event planners Before planning an event, there is much that must be done behind the scenes to make the event successful. Before any thought is even given to timing or location of the event, before the menus are selected and the decor designed, there are proposals to be written, fees and contracts to be negotiated, and safety issues to be considered. This book takes you behind the scenes of event planning and explains every aspect of organizing and strategic planning. This book will be of value to both the professional event planner and to clients who are dealing with planners. Its comprehensive coverage includes: how to prepare winning proposals, and how to understand them if you are the client; how to determine management fees; negotiating contracts; safety issues; designing events in multicultural settings; and new technology that makes operations more efficient (such as online registration and response management, database project management tools). The book also includes practical tools such as sample letters of agreement, sample layouts for client proposals, forms, and checklists. Professional event planner Judy Allen offers first-time or professional event planners all the top-class advice they need to make their special events come off without a hitch. |
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The Oliver Wight Class A Checklist for Business Excellence $59.99 The Oliver Wight Class A Checklist for Business Excellence The leading business improvement specialists who educate, coach and mentor people to lead and sustain change on the journey to business excellence and outstanding business performance * Managing the Strategic Planning Process * Managing and Leading People * Driving Business Improvement * Integrated Business Management * Managing Products and Services * Managing Demand * Managing the Supply Chain * Managing Internal Supply * Managing External Sourcing |
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The Oliver Wight Class A Checklist For Business Excellence $46.09 The Oliver Wight Class A Checklist for Business Excellence The leading business improvement specialists who educate coach and mentor people to lead and sustain change on the journey to business excellence and outstanding business performance * Managing the Strategic Planning Process * Managing and Leading People * Driving Business Improvement * Integrated Business Management * Managing Products and Services * Managing Demand * Managing the Supply Chain * Managing Internal Supply * Managing External Sourcing |
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The Community Planning Event Manual: How to Use Collaborative Planning and Urban Design Events to Improve Your Environment $37.69 Want to improve your town? Your city? Frustrated with conventional planning processes? A Community Planning event may be just what you have been waiting for. All over the world people are organizing special collaborative events to improve their surroundings. For a few intensive days, everyone concerned gets an opportunity to have their say and be involved-residents, businesses, professionals and politicians. It’s effective and it’s fun-but how do you do it? From Nick Wates, the author of the hugely successful "The Community Planning Handbook," comes this events manual-the first on the subject-which tells you how to organize Community Planning events-a cooperative and collaborative approach to planning that allows people from different walks of life to participate and work together creatively. The book is aimed at anyone-from concerned individuals to community groups to professional planners in business and government-interested in the potential of Community Planning to make a difference. It includes a step-by-step guide, detailed checklists and other tools for event organizers. The method is user friendly, flexible and easy to employ in any context from small neighborhood improvements to major infrastructure and construction projects anywhere in the world. This book is the must-have manual for all people who want to get involved in improving their communities and local environment-simply indispensable. |
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The Bride & Groom’s Wedding Checklist & Planner Guide [With CDROM] $28.05 The average wedding in 2009, according to www.theweddingreport.com, is $16,000. Just seeing that price can be enough to leave many soon-to-be-married couples holding their breath in anticipation of what could be a long, expensive, and very stressful process. However, it doesn’t need to be so stressful; if you have the right resources at your fingertips, plan properly, and are ready for just about everything you can imagine, wedding planning can become a much easier, more relaxed process that both the bride and groom can fully enjoy, — the way it was meant to be. This book was inspired by every bride and groom who has woken up more than two months from their wedding in a cold sweat wondering if there is anything else they could have possibly forgotten. You will learn how to start the entire process off on a good foot by telling your families and finishing the engagement process. Ring selection, engagement parties, and the expectations of family and friends should be your first priority before any other planning begins. You will then start the process by setting budget parameters, outlining who will be paying for what, and creating guest lists for seating, catering, and further planning. You will learn how to compromise and not expect everything to be done your way when there are so many people involved, but how to still be happy with the end result. Wedding planners and successfully married couples have been interviewed and their stories have been included to provide you with their insight into the world of the planning from start to finish. You will learn how to develop a successful wedding plan and how to decide if you need professional help or not. This book even covers the ins and outs of choosing a religious or civil service, and how to finalize and set the date. Everything you need for your big day will be laid out in a detailed checklist, including transportation, locations, reception options, catering, protocol, photography, guest services, the dress, the groom’s tux, the rings, the gifts, the cake, the best man and maid of honor, and ultimately, the honeymoon. For every freshly engaged couple preparing for their big day, this book and companion CD-ROM will be a guiding force in setting and establishing your wedding plan and checklist. |
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Management of Event Operations $49.95 The Management of Event Operations: project management, planning and customer satisfaction provides an introduction to the management of operations for the event planner and venue provider. Taking an holistic view of an event enterprise, it links the traditional topics within operations management to present a coherent and hands-on approach specifically for the events manager. The approach is pragmatic and is dictated by practical consequences and considerations, which are so important to an event manager who balances many views and needs from diverse stakeholders. * An introduction to the management of operations and project planning for the event planner and venue provider * Examines quality in the events industry and its effects on customer satisfaction, resource efficiency and event success. * The only text to take generic operations management theories and skills and relate them specifically to the events industry |
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The International Dictionary of Event Management $35.42 The first and only comprehensive reference to the growing vocabulary of international event management A-to-Z coverage of nearly 4,000 terms-more than double the First Edition Event management has a language all its own, one that is expanding rapidly as the event marketplace keeps pace with today’s increasingly global economy. Because effective communication is the key to successfully researching, designing, planning, coordinating, and evaluating special events, it is essential to keep pace with the latest terminology. This invaluable reference helps you remain fluent in the language of event management by giving you quick access to the terms, phrases, and concepts you need to know to do your job well. Features include: * Entries updated and expanded with the help of event professionals from around the world * New coverage of catering, marketing, proposal writing, technology, and other important areas * A new section featuring terms grouped according to the key CSEP-identified categories: administration, coordination, marketing, and risk management The Wiley Event Management Series-Series Editor, Dr. Joe Goldblatt, CSEP The Wiley Event Management Series provides professionals with the essential knowledge and cutting-edge tools they need to excel in one of the most exciting and rapidly growing sectors of the hospitality and tourism industry. Written by recognized experts in the field, the volumes in the series cover the research, design, planning, coordination, and evaluation methods as well as specialized areas of event management. |
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Professional Event Coordination $15.62 Introducing a clear path toward event excellence A comprehensive guide to essential competencies for event coordinators, "Professional Event Coordination" examines the full event planning process and provides the tools and strategies to effectively procure, organize, implement, and monitor all the products, services, and service providers that will bring an event to life. After establishing each layer of the anatomy of an event, this in-depth guide covers: Event design Project management techniques Site selection and development Infrastructure services Entertainment possibilities Food and beverage options Safety and security Inviting attendees In addition to dozens of checklists, tables, and figures, this complete guidebook is enhanced with On-Site Insights (real-world examples), Technology Tips, and Exercises in Professional Event Coordination (reinforcement exercises that help in preparation for the CSEP certification exam). A versatile tool that is effective for all types of events-for small functions with ten guests to major festivals with 10,000 attendees – "Professional Event Coordination" is a valuable book for every professional who works events, including event managers, caterers, event planners, and hotel and food and beverage managers. |
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Corporate Event Project Management $59.24 Applies generally accepted project management tools to corporate event planning. Offers unique, focused coverage dedicated completely to corporate events. Includes case studies from North and South America, Europe, and the Asian-Pacific area. Features an accompanying Web site with value-added tools, forms, and checklists. |
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Festival & Special Event Management $3.94 Festival and Special Event Management 4th edition continues the comprehensive overview of the theory and procedures associated with festivals and special events established in previous editions. The new edition of this market leading text introduces new developments, professional ‘tools’ and the globalisation and subsequent internationalism of event management. The role of marketing and communication, environmental planning, the increasing role of governments through the creation of event strategies and the different perspectives of event management are all discussed. The new edition has been thoroughly updated to offer students a current, relevant textbook for their study and professional reference. Festival and Special Event Management has been translated into Portugese, Chinese, and Korean, and has also been adapted for the UK market. The authors have taught event management throughout Australia and in locations as diverse as Kuala Lumpur, Beijing, Edinburgh, Auckland and Cape Town. |
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Export Planning $55.18 The purpose of this book is to show you how to plan and execute internationalisation within your firm. Export Planning explains a method, following a 10 – step approach, to create your international marketing plan It will enable you to:  Systematically select and plan the entry into new international markets;  Enhance the chances of success through its integrated review of analysis and strategy with marketing, logistics, organisation and finance;  Put together a sound line of reasoning from strategy to implementation. This book provides you with:  An Export Planning – Model: a framework to develop your International Marketing Plan;  4 phases showing you how to set up an Export Policy, Export Audit, Export Plan and Export Roll-out;  10 steps and 5P’s for export which can be used as a toolkit;  A checklist to review whether you are ready for export; "The secret of successful international trade can be found in applying the 4C’s of marketing and matching them with the 5P’s for export: product, performance, partners, people and perseverance." A book for practitioners and thinkers; students and managers. |
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Event Planning: The Ultimate Guide to Successful Meetings, Corporate Events, Fundraising Galas, Conferences, Conventions, Incentiv $6.91 For event planners, there’s no such thing as a dress rehearsal Any event you plan and stage is a reflection of your company’s image — from the initial invitation to onsite operations. Whether you’re planning a product launch, conference, sales meeting, an incentive event, or a gala fund-raiser, remember that the magic of a truly memorable event is in the details, but so is the devil. Special events are fraught with thousands of details, and have to come off without a hitch. Whether your event is for 50 or 2,000 people, whether it has a budget of a few thousand dollars, or hundreds of thousands, planning and executing the project is like a high-wire act without the safety nets. Event Planning gives you a blueprint for planning and executing special events with flair and without any unexpected surprises and expenses. This unique book is loaded with practical advice on every aspect of organizing and managing special events: Choosing the best venue Preparing and managing the budget Scheduling and staffing Coordinating food and beverage, decor, entertainment, and themes Working with professionals, such as public relations firms and creative directors. What you don’t know or know to ask can have a major effect on the success of your event and on your budget. Event Planning takes you through every aspect of organizing and executing a successful event: the planning stages, timing and logistics, budget preparation, operations, and on-site management. Event Planning: Includes sample costing forms to help you generate a detailed project plan and budget. Explains what you need to ask before you contract with suppliers. Is loaded with practical tips and examples that will help you avoidexpensive mistakes. Features a companion website with forms from the book, additional forms, author Q&A, and more. Event Planning takes you behind the scenes, and provides practical tools for anyone who has to plan and execute a truly special event: Corporate in-house event planners Public relations and communications companies, and their clients Marketing and corporate communications professionals Fundraisers and not-for-profit organizations Professionals in the hospitality and entertainment industries |
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Bodyguards – How to protect others – A.T.I.S. – Individual Security Concept for Event Planning $6.72 This book goes into great detail what bodyguards need to know about planning and attending high level, high security events. It’s written in an understandable, easy to follow format. Its principals and procedures are standardised the world over and will bring you the reader or bodyguard to the next level. |
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Event Planning: The Ultimate Guide to Successful Meetings, Corporate Events, Fund-Raising Galas, Conferences, Conventions, Incenti $27.78 "For event planners, there’s no such thing as a dress rehearsal " Any event you plan and stage is a reflection of your organization’s image — from the initial invitation to onsite operations. Whether you’re planning a product launch, conference, sales meeting, an incentive event, or a gala fund-raiser, remember that the magic of a truly memorable event is in the details, but so is the devil. Whether your event is for 50 or 2,000 people, whether it has a budget of a few thousand dollars, or hundreds of thousands, it has to be perfect. Fully revised and updated, "Event Planning, Second Edition, " gives you a blueprint for planning and executing special events with flair and without any unexpected surprises and expenses. This unique book is loaded with practical advice on: Choosing the best venue Preparing and managing the budget, with sample costing forms included Scheduling, staffing, and collaborating with other related professionals Coordinating food and beverage, decor, entertainment, and themes. It’s still the comprehensive guide that it always has been, but much has changed in the industry in recent years, and this new edition of "Event Planning" includes: Changes in security planning since 9/11 Innovations in technology and how they can improve – or ruin – an event How to stage an environmentally friendly event New and updated examples and case studies of where things went right – and wrong Event Risk Assessment – What You Need to Consider before Contracting How keep your budget on target and where to find hidden surcharges Ways on how to ease airport stress and make air travel a pleasurable part of the participant’s event experience When and When Event Planners and their Suppliers will need Work Visas What you need to include in your client’s event history in order to design your next event so that it maximizes your client’s return on their event investment A companion website with downloadable versions of the checklists, additional forms and tools, author Q&A, and more at www.wiley.ca/go/event_planning. What you don’t know or know to ask can have a major effect on the success of your event and on your budget. "Event Planning" takes you behind the scenes and through every aspect of organizing and executing a successful event: the planning stages, timing and logistics, budget preparation, operations, and on-site management, providing practical tools for anyone who has to plan and execute a truly special event: Corporate in-house event planners Public relations and communications companies, and their clients Marketing and corporate communications professionals Fund-raisers and not-for-profit organizations Professionals in the hospitality and entertainment industries. Business professionals in charge of planning and handling their company’s events Praise for "Event Planning" "Allen is a good teacher. Wise planners will add "Event Planning" to their person |
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Event Management Simplified $41.44 Creating special events may look easy to those who attend, but to do it well requires a great deal of knowledge, creativity and organizational skill. Event Management Simplified contains a wealth of information and how-to knowledge that can be used by both seasoned event planners and those just learning the ropes. Contained within these pages is information about: Skills needed to be an event professional and where to find jobs Insider tips and strategies for "thinking outside of the box" Identifying event demographics and laying a strong foundation Examples, systems, timelines and worksheets for all event elements Determining if committees are needed and how to keep them on track Ideas for recruiting sponsors, donors, exhibitors and attendees Risk management, obtaining permits, and working with jurisdictions Elements of negotiating contracts with venues, vendors and others Food and beverage tactics for menu planning, service and contracting Ways to market and promote your event Creating site plans and logistics schedules Contracting for stage, sound, lighting, electronic media, entertainment Using volunteers for maximum effect Pre- and post-event activities The easy-to-read format and systems in Event Management Simplified have been successfully used by event planners of all skill levels and by academic institutions as a teaching tool. We guarantee this book will pay for itself many times over in time and financial gain. |
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An Unforgettable After-Grad: Your Guide to Creating and Operating a Successful All-Night Safe, Dry, Grad Event $60.16 AN UNFORGETTABLE AFTER-GRAD takes the guesswork out of planning and operating one of the most important events in a graduation year – the all-night graduation party. Combining her many years of corporate event planning along with her desire to keep her own three teen graduates safe, Linda Hunter has developed an easy-to-understand and easy-to-use guidebook for volunteer committees to produce a successful and memorable After-Grad event. Designed for committee use, this practical guide provides a step-by-step, month-by-month approach, breaking down the almost year long process into a straightforward, uncomplicated and manageable project. Based on a systematic approach, this book includes: inspiration, along with tried and true ideas to help you design your own unforgettable event specific instructions and directions for each committee, eliminating planning guessworka convenient monthly calendar of ‘action items’ to keep your committee on time and on track26 essential, adaptable, easy-to-use, forms to make planning faster and easier. RAVE REVIEWS "Finally there is help for those parent committees struggling with the organizing of their school’s dry grad. I have worked with hundreds of grads over the past 25 years and seen the success and importance of celebrating the once-in-a-lifetime graduation in a safe and organized environment. Linda Hunter’s book is what every grad committee needs – easy to use and comprehensive. Get it, you’ll use it and you’ll be glad you did " – Robert Mesmer, America’s Grad Hypnotist direct from Princess Cruise Lines "With her strong background in event planning, along with her incredible energy and huge commitment, this amazing woman has volunteered countless hours coordinating these very successful, safe and fun filled nights for the kids. Linda has established the "After-Grad" Template for new parent organizers, not just for Parkland Secondary, but for other high schools to learn from her talents and her experience. I hope her strong commitment for the positive and safe After-Grad goes on for years to come." – Heather McAughtrie, Catering and Conference Manager, UVic Students’ Society, University of Victoria About the Author – LINDA HUNTER Linda Hunter has over 20 years of conference and event planning experience, and has successfully produced five unforgettable After-Grad events for Parkland Secondary School, including the founding event in 2006. Linda lives in Sidney, British Columbia where she shares her heart and her home with her husband, 3 grown children and her mother, and where she remains open to possibility and dedicated to service. Her hope for all high school graduates is that they will embrace a safe dry After-Grad event so that their graduation really can be the time of their life and not the end of their lifetime. |
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Criminial Justice: Policy and Planning $15.89 Acquaints readers with scientific techniques and a seven-stage framework for analyzing criminal justice problems and developing solutions. It explains the benefits of "planned change" using a variety of case studies to illustrate suitable planning techniques as well as the pitfalls that can be avoided by implementing such techniques. Chapters are enhanced with outlines, figures, tables, examples, discussion questions and case studies. Appendix includes a seven-stage checklist for program and policy planning. |
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Strategic Sports Event Management $55.35 The hosting of sports events – whether large international events, or smaller niche interest events – has huge and long-lasting impacts on the local environment, economy and industry. Strategic Sports Event Management: Olympic edition provides students and event managers with an insight into the strategic management of sports events of all scales and nature. The framework offers a planning process that can be used to understand the importance of a strategic approach, and shows how to implement strategies that can achieve successful sports events over the short and long-term. The text uses new international case studies throughout to offer real-world insight in both larger and smaller events. Plus, in this new Olympic edition, we see the introduction of a Beijing Olympiad case study in each chapter. Through this topical and timely addition to the text, we can understand the lessons to be learned by events mangers of events of all sizes. Written by an experienced author and using first-hand research the text looks at: * The organisations involved such as the IOC, FIFA and IAAF, and their interactions with charities, the media and promoters. * The short-term and long-term benefits of the planning process * Evaluating the event, its impacts and legacies * Operational strategies including finance, ticketing, transport, venues, IT, communications, equipment and personnel * The bidding process and what is required for a successful bid Strategic Sports Event Management: Olympic edition builds on the substantial success of the first edition and is vital reading for students and practitioners alike. * Provides an established conceptual framework for planning, organizing, managing, and evaluating sports events * Includes a range of new international case studies, with new first-hand research from the Beijing Olympiad including an Olympic case in each chapter * Comprehensive coverage, from start to finish, of the event planning process for sports events of all scales, from smaller events to mega-events |
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The Project Management Templates Sourcebook – 44 Ready to Use How-To Workbooks, Project Plans and Planning Guides, Tools, Template $67.42 This book and the instantly 44 downloadable files (details in book) containing how-to workbooks, project plans and planning guides, tools, templates and checklists helps individuals and organizations quickly and cost effectively deploy best practice in Project Management. Within this book and its downloadable Toolkit, you will find numerous document templates, blueprints and examples, which you can modify/personalize to suit your organizational needs. You will save time and labor funding by using these tested and best practice adaptable templates, or even apply them as stimulus to your own documents – no need to reinvent the wheel. When you calculate the time and money used to create your own.. Time and Money well saved by buying this Project Management Best Practice Template Sourcebook. |
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Special Event Production: The Process $50.94 This must-have guide to special event production looks deep the behind-the-scene of an event, and dissects what it is that creates success. It analyses the process – the planning and business aspects to provide a unique guide to producing events. It explains thoroughly, budgeting and resource concerns, planning and cost projections and the role of the well-crafted proposal. Incorporating pedagogical features, this easy-to-read book is packed with photographs, diagrams, flow charts, checklists, sample forms, and real-life examples. It steps through the whole process from the creativity and proposal at the outset, to budgeting, the contract and risk management with event follow up to conclude. This text is Part one of a two book set – also available is Special Events Production: the resources (isbn 987 07506 85238).’ * Provides a clear and thorough guide to the technical, behind-the-scenes aspects of special events * Covers the steps to take creative ideas into a practical, technical and executable structure * Full colour throughout, illustrated with photos, diagrams, checklists, sample forms and schedules |
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Chest Hair Checklist $10 Chest Hair Checklist |
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Start Your Own Event Planning Business 3/E: Your Step-By-Step Guide to Success $15.73 Celebrate All the Way to the Bank Weddings, parades, fairs, graduations, conferences, political rallies, fashion shows–what do they have in common? Everyone would rather have someone else plan and conduct them That someone else can be you if you’re a professional event planner who knows how to develop a theme, find a location, arrange entertainment, plan transportation and do the myriad things needed to pull an event off successfully. Learn everything you need to know to get started in one of today’s hottest–and most lucrative–businesses: How to stay abreast of the newest entertainment, food and decoration options Hot new industry trends, from environmentally friendly parties to extravagant first birthday parties and more How to build a loyal customer base for large and small events Targeted strategies for planning commercial events, political events, civic events, social events and more The latest information on the use of technology in event planning With gross profits averaging 30 to 40 percent, you can easily earn six figures a year planning and conducting events–and have a blast in the process. If you’re looking for a flexible schedule, a wide variety of responsibilities and new adventures every week, event planning is the business for you. |
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The Expat Checklist $35.29 The Expat Checklist is the Practical and Simple Guide for Developing a Successful Expatriate Agreement. |
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Special Events from A to Z $3.94 A step-by-step guide to planning and implementing a school special event is provided in this book. Gayle Jasso incorporates a comprehensive checklist which can be adapted to fit any type of event including award ceremonies, fundraising events and retirement gatherings. The book addresses areas such as cost management, planning and coordination. |
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Planning Successful Meetings and Events $3.95 Planning a meeting or event is no easy task. Just ask any of the administrative staffers who are increasingly being asked to do it. One minor mistake — a plane ticket that doesn’t arrive on time, not enough vegetarian meals at the luncheon, the wrong kind of audio/visual equipment — can mean big trouble. Now this handy little how-to guide takes secretaries and assistants through the entire process step-by-step. From site selection and registration do’s and don’ts to negotiating with vendors and food and beverage planning, this book gives them everything they need to get a meeting planned right. Packed with floor plans, checklists, glossaries of industry-specific terms, lists of resources, and more, Planning Successful Meetings and Events is sure to transform any take-charge assistant into the Martha Stewart of meeting and event planning. It’s a good thing. |
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Everything Guide To Being An Event Planner $6.29 Do you love throwing parties? Are you the most organized person you know? Can you thrive in a fast-paced environment? If so, event planning could be your perfect career choice! Seasoned event planner Jennifer Mancuso helps you to get started and succeed in this exciting field. This book’s insider tips and step-by-step guidance will teach you how to: Tailor events to each client-from a corporate dinner to an intimate wedding Market and network to keep business coming Hire vendors that your client will love Build a great reputation in your area and beyond Whether you’ve recently earned a hospitality degree or are simply looking for a fun career change, The Everything Guide to Being an Event Planner will help you break out of the routine and start a new, creative endeavor-one celebration at a time! Jennifer Mancuso has been a restaurant and event-planning professional for more than seventeen years. She has held jobs ranging from restaurant management and high-end catering to management of a bed and breakfast in Napa Valley. Mancuso is the marketing and special events coordinator for the Beehive in Boston, MA. She lives in Boston. |
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The Complete Idiot’s Guide To Meeting & Event Planning 2nd Edition $16.99 Takes meetings and conferences to the next levelTakes meetings and conferences to the next level |
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Logics of Worlds: Being and Event, 2 $28.96 Logics of Worlds is the long-awaited sequel to Alain Badiou’s much-heralded masterpiece, Being and Event. Tackling the questions that had been left open by Being and Event, and answering many of his critics in the process, Badiou supplements his pioneering treatment of multiple being with a daring and complex theory of the worlds in which truths and subjects make their mark — what he calls a materialist dialectic. The radical recasting of ontology in Being and Event is followed and complemented here by a thoroughgoing transformation in our very understanding of logic, conceived as a theory not of being but of appearing. Unafraid to resurrect and reinvent the classical themes of philosophy, Badiou gives new meaning to concepts such as object, body and relation, mobilising them in arresting studies that range from the architectural planning of Brasilia to contemporary astronomy, and confronting himself with towering philosophical counterparts (Leibniz, Kant, Hegel, Kierkegaard, Lacan, Deleuze). The book culminates in an impassioned call to ‘live for an Idea’. |
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Searching on Location: Planning a Research Trip $3.95 Have you ever dreamed of walking where your ancestors walked? Make that dream a reality with Searching on Location , an informative guide to planning and achieving a successful research trip. The author has more than fifteen years of experience as a genealogical researcher. She has lectured, taught workshops, and for six years was a columnist for the Kansas City Genealogist. Her current methodologies, tips, and a handy checklist ensure that your precious research time is optimized to the fullest. |
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Sustainable Event Management: A Practical Guide $46.69 Every year events of every possible description are held around the world. Be they community events, large academic conferences, business meetings or enormous music concerts, festival, expos, and sporting events, they all have a massive impact on our environment. It could be said the most environmental friendly event is no event at all. But that’s no fun. Public parties and events always have been and always will be a part of the human story. Yet those who stage events have a social and environmental responsibility to reduce their impacts. If all event professionals kept sustainability at the core of their planning and decision-making then the cumulative outcome across the globe would be impressive. But where do you start?Written by a leader in the field, this new practical, step-by-step guide leads readers through all of the key aspects of how to understand and manage the impacts of events of any type and scale anywhere. The product of tried-and-tested methods used across the event industry, coverage includes an overview of sustainable event management and detailed discussion of energy, zero emissions options, carbon management and, transport, water, waste management and reduction, procurement and supply chains as well as communications and marketing. Numerous examples and case studies from across the UK, Europe, the USA, Canada and Australia are integrated throughout to illustrate key points including how to avoid common pitfalls. Users are also provided with checklists for actions across different types of events including conferences and meetings, sporting events, community events and festivals as well as additional materials for ongoing monitoring, compliance and feedback and review. The book references the emerging BSI British Standards BS8901 standard for sustainable event management. It is also coupled with a companion website that provides further materials, case studies, contacts for suppliers, discussion groups and more. This is the indispensable one-stop guide for event and facility organizers, managers and professionals who want to adjust their thinking and planning decisions towards sustainability and who need a powerful, easy to use collection of tools to deliver events sustainably. |
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Planning a Wedding to Remember $3.98 Weddings are, inevitably, much more than a simple ceremony. Toss in the fairy-tale dreams of youth, parents’ hope for a family reunion, and friends’ expectations of a Hollywood extravaganza, and it’s no wonder planning this event can cause some to question their sanity. Beverly Clark’s Planning a Wedding to Remember eases the process with an authoritative, comprehensive approach. Featuring hundreds of original ideas, special touches, and practical advice for this special day, the book has been completely updated for the new generation of brides, emphasizing ways to add more fun and entertainment for a truly memorable event. New to this edition are tips on how to personalize a wedding, the latest wedding trends, details on multicultural and religious weddings, updates on the role of the internet in wedding planning, and how to create a personal style of wedding with decor tips and individual party favors. |
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Successful Special Events: Planning, Hosting and Evaluating $9.83 Special events can be the backbone of a nonprofit fund raising program; they’re also very hard work. A successful and cost-effective event takes a great deal of planning, coordination, and effort. Successful Special Event: Planning, Hosting and Evaluating provides the guidance necessary to efficiently plan, implement, and evaluate such an event. You’ll discover how to establish your primary goal, the importance of market identification, special event opportunity ratings, setting goals, and the barriers to planning a successful special event. |
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The Actor’s Checklist $71.18 Based on the Constantin Stanislavki method of acting, THE ACTOR’S CHECKLIST examines Stanislavki’s eight principles, presented in an easily understood checklist format. In addition to Stanislavski, this exciting acting guide includes insights by other famous acting teachers, such as Uta Hagen, Sanford Meisner, Lee Strasberg, Michael Chekov, and Stella Adler. |
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Criminal Justice Policy and Planning $40.62 Unlike other textbooks on the subject, Criminal Justice Policy and Planning presents a comprehensive and structured account of the process of administering planned change in the criminal justice system. Welsh and Harris detail a simple yet sophisticated seven-stage model, which offers students and practitioners a full account of program and policy development from beginning to end. The authors thoughtfully discuss the steps: analyzing a problem; setting goals and objectives; designing the program or policy; action planning; implementing and monitoring; evaluating outcomes; and reassessing and reviewing. Within these steps, students focus on performing essential procedures, such as conducting a systems analysis, specifying an impact model, identifying target populations, making cost projections, collecting monitoring data, and performing a meta-analysis, In reviewing these steps and procedures, students can develop a full appreciation for the challenges inherent in the process and understand the tools that they require to meet those challenges. To provide for a greater understanding of the material, the text uses a wide array of real-life case studies and examples of programs and policies. Examples include policies such as Restorative Justice, The Second Chance Act, Three Strikes Laws, and the Brady Act, and programs such as drug courts, boot camps, and halfway houses. By examining the successes and failures of these innovations, the authors demonstrate both the ability of rational planning to make successful improvements and the tendency of unplanned change to result in undesirable outcomes. The result is a powerful argument for the use of logic, deliberation and collaboration in criminal justice innovations. Chapters are enhanced with outlines, figures, tables, examples, discussion questions and case studies. Appendix includes a seven-stage checklist for program and policy planning. |
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Emergency Planning and Management: Ensuring Your Company’s Survival in the Event of a Disaster: Ensuring Your Company’s Survival i $109.74 Using this reference as your guide, you’ll learn how to assess your business’s vulnerability to disasters, evaluate planning considerations, preserve records, and avoid the fate of those businesses that do not prepare and ultimately do not survive. In addition, you’ll learn about your federal obligations under CFR Title 29, SARA Title III, CFR Title 40, and the National Fire Protection Association. The author provides new and updated information on terrorism, federal response, workplace violence, civil disturbances, sabotage, and hazardous responder competencies. He also provides new information on insurance, loans, and the Small Business Administration; techniques for managing computer threats and viruses; and disaster planning and management contact information. |
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Women’s Retreats: A Creative Planning Guide $4.56 This workbook will guide leaders through each step in the planning and production of a transforming women’s retreat. It offers a month-by-month checklist as well as fully detailed, illustrated examples of successful retreats that any church can borrow or adapt. The five sections are: (1) Prologue–Why retreat? (2) People–Find the ideal speaker, select the team, etc. (3) Preparation–Begin right (4) Process–Make it happen (5) Presenting–Five examples of actual women’s retreats Addresses a growing area in the church–women’s ministries–and one of the most time-consuming functions–retreats Practical with real-life examples and experienceWorkbook style helps with quick and efficient organizationAuthors circulate in women’s ministries circles |
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Special Events: Event Leadership for a New World $4.23 More and more, special events courses are being taught in hospitality and events management courses. Written by the foremost authority on event management, and with expanded coverage of leadership and its role in successful planning, this book provides a handy reference for events professionals and the tools necessary for beginners to pursue a career in special events management. |
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Event $3.89 In the summer of 1947, an unidentified object crashed in Roswell , New Mexico . There were no survivors. Now it’s happened again. But this time, two creatures have emerged from the wreckage alive . . . One is a small being that is kind and benevolent, brimming with intense emotion and intelligence. The other, however, is an animal of remarkable strength and power. It has been brought clandestinely to our world with one sole purpose: the total extinction of all life on Earth. It is called the Destroyer of Worlds. Only the Event Group, the most secret agency in the history of the U.S. government, is prepared to wage battle against such a creature. The Event Group is a dedicated collection of the nation’s most brilliant men and women of science, philosophy and the military. Their difficult task: solving the mysteries of the past and uncovering the hidden truths behind the myths and legends propagated throughout world history. In doing so they protect America from past mistakes—and ensure that history’s errors will never be repeated. An act of war that started in New Mexico decades ago, and was covered up by another far darker organization, has been discovered by the Group at the same time as the new and seemingly identical incident threatens to wipe out the Earth’s population. In the desert wastelands of the American Southwest, a battle is about to commence as the two creatures set out to fulfill their own destinies among the human race. Led by the valiant Major Jack Collins, the Event Group wages total war in the heat-soaked sands of the desert landscape. Using the benevolent creature as an ally and resource, they combine forces with the powerful might of the U.S. military and prepare themselves for an epic battle against the most dangerous threat against human existence that history has ever seen. Event tells of an epic struggle between two worlds. Author David Lynn Golemon has written a classic supernatural thriller, each page bringing human civilization closer to extinction, that proves a blistering roller-coaster ride of thrills and adventure. |
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Guide to Business Planning $21.32 To get any new business idea off the ground or develop and better manage an existing business, you must have a plan–and if you need to raise finance to fund the business or get the approval of senior management, it must be a convincing plan. This comprehensive guide covers every aspect of preparing and using a business plan. It explains: tools for analysing the market, customers, competitors and the business environment techniques for examining and choosing between different strategic options how to use the business planning model that accompanies this book to prepare financial forecasts how to analyse and mitigate risk how to identify the business’s financing needs and select the appropriate type of finance how to use the book’s business plan document template to write your own plan In addition to containing everything you need to know to prepare and write a convincing and sound business plan and then put it into practice, this revised and updated "Guide to Business" "Planning" will be invaluable to anyone involved in any form of strategic analysis or business planning. |
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Trade Show & Event Marketing: Plan, Promote & Profit $19.94 Finally, a comprehensive guide, to trade show and event marketing, for the business marketer who seeks to integrate events into the entire go-to-market strategy and deliver a demonstrable return on investment. Every year, U.S. businesses spend over $20 billion on marketing at trade shows, and another $15 billion on proprietary corporate events. But what are they getting for their money? Even the savviest marketing executives often have a hard time answering that question. With Trade Show and Event Marketing, marketers can turn a budgetary black hole into their greatest lead and income generator. Smart trade show and event management can be a companyas most important success generator with proper planning, strategy and execution. Trade Show and Event Marketing can be your guidebook to that marketing success. |
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Bravo! Event Resource Guide: Over 400 Oregon & Southwest Washington Event Sites & Services $10.83 The 2010 edition is filled with important information and details about the area’s finest businesses and service providers. Each page is presented in easy-to-read, resume-style format, alphabetically, by category. Designed to be user-friendly, the Event Resource Guide truly is your planning resource |
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Strategic Planning for Public and Nonprofit Organizations: A Guide to Strengthening and Sustaining Organizatinal Achievement [With $90.13 Brysons Strategic Planning Set is made up of "Strategic Planning for Public and Nonprofit Organizations," and "Creating and Implementing Your Strategic Plan." It offers step by step guide to Strategic Planning and has useful tools, including illustrative examples, detailed questionnaires, and easy-to-understand worksheets. It takes users through every step of creating a tailored strategic plan, from concrete guidelines for brainstorming sessions, to developing show cards, to outlining a workshop equipment checklist. |
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The Impact of a Mega Sports Event for a Nation $20.02 Seminar paper from the year 2008 in the subject Sport - Sport Economics, Sport Management, printed single-sided, grade: 7 (2,3), Copenhagen Business School, course: Sports Economics, language: English, abstract: The assignment answers the question which impacts a mega sports event like the FIFA World Cup 2006 in Germany can have on a nation. Cultural, environmental and economic effects - or tangible and intangible effects - are analysed in this case. The cultural impact on Germany was significant. The supporting programme of the World Cup helped to increase Germany's reputation all over the world and improved its hospitality image worldwide. Environmental aspects were in the focus during the World Cup and several important actions helped to solve problems like waste management, water consumption and electricity consumption. The sustainability of these actions has to be observed in the future. The economic aspect was less significant. Although Germany invested large sums in infrastructure and stadiums, and had earnings of 500 million Euros from tourists, the growth in GDP is negligible. This is a general problem in large economies, because a movement of GDP needs extremely high monetary items. But in conclusion the FIFA World Cup 2006 was a success. Not from an economic point of view but with regard to international relationships and the reputation of Germany. A mega sports event needs a careful planning and a high willingness to invest money in infrastructure and venues. Then the impact can be very positive and must not be measured only from a financial point of view. |
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Checklist Manifesto $9.89 The New York Times bestselling author of Better and Complications reveals the surprising power of the ordinary checklist We live in a world of great and increasing complexity where even the most expert professionals struggle to master the tasks they face. Longer training ever more advanced technologies neither seems to prevent grievous errors. But in a hopeful turn acclaimed surgeon and writer Atul Gawande finds a remedy in the humblest and simplest of techniques: the checklist. First introduced decades ago by the U.S. Air Force checklists have enabled pilots to fly aircraft of mind-boggling sophistication. Now innovative checklists are being adopted in hospitals around the world helping doctors and nurses respond to everything from flu epidemics to avalanches. Even in the immensely complex world of surgery a simple ninety-second variant has cut the rate of fatalities by more than a third. In riveting stories Gawande takes us from Austria where an emergency checklist saved a drowning victim who had spent half an hour underwater to Michigan where a cleanliness checklist in intensive care units virtually eliminated a type of deadly hospital infection. He explains how checklists actually work to prompt striking and immediate improvements. And he follows the checklist revolution into fields well beyond medicine from disaster response to investment banking skyscraper construction and businesses of all kinds. An intellectual adventure in which lives are lost and saved and one simple idea makes a tremendous difference The Checklist Manifesto is essential reading for anyone working to get things right. |
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Strategic Sports Event Management: Olympic Edition $45.59 The hosting of sports events - whether large international events, or smaller niche interest events - has huge and long-lasting impacts on the local environment, economy and industry. Strategic Sports Event Management: Olympic edition provides students and event managers with an insight into the strategic management of sports events of all scales and nature. The framework offers a planning process that can be used to understand the importance of a strategic approach, and shows how to implement strategies that can achieve successful sports events over the short and long-term. The text uses new international case studies throughout to offer real-world insight in both larger and smaller events. Plus, in this new Olympic edition, we see the introduction of a Beijing Olympiad case study in each chapter. Through this topical and timely addition to the text, we can understand the lessons to be learned by events mangers of events of all sizes. Written by an experienced author and using first-hand research the text looks at: * The organisations involved such as the IOC, FIFA and IAAF, and their interactions with charities, the media and promoters. * The short-term and long-term benefits of the planning process * Evaluating the event, its impacts and legacies * Operational strategies including finance, ticketing, transport, venues, IT, communications, equipment and personnel * The bidding process and what is required for a successful bid Strategic Sports Event Management: Olympic edition builds on the substantial success of the first edition and is vital reading for students and practitioners alike. * Provides an established conceptual framework for planning, organizing, managing, and evaluating sports events * Includes a range of new international case studies, with new first-hand research from the Beijing Olympiad including an Olympic case in each chapter * Comprehensive coverage, from start to finish, of the event planning process for sports events of all scales, from smaller events to mega-events |
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Human Resource Management for Events: Managing the Event Workforce $69.61 Human Resource Management for Events is the first text to cover management of human resources in the event environment. Linking theory, research and application it covers the differing and various types of event in which human resource management is key, such as: * Business Events - a vast sector including events people who manage conferences, exhibitions, incentive trips and individual business travel. * Sporting Events - this sector includes sporting events ranging from the Olympic Games, Rugby World Cup, Soccer World Cup, Tour de France, Grand Prix to many smaller, local sporting events. * Arts and Entertainment - the logistics, risk and financial issues facing entertainment events are leading to the development of more sophisticated operational skills for this sector. Music festivals are increasingly popular. * Public Events - civic ceremonies, parades, celebrations, festivals and protests all fall within the scope of public events. Planning, approval and risk management are increasingly on the agenda for all levels of government. The particular challenges provided by such events are varied. The size of the workforce explodes at the time of the event to include the event management team, many paid staff, hundreds of volunteers and multiple contractors, such as food vendors and cleaning teams. Everyone working on the site comes into the scope of the event workforce. Little time is available for training and motivation plays a key role in retention and customer service. Decision making occurs on the run and the event is over before anyone can think about performance appraisal. The environment is further characterised by a fast pace, high stress levels and many workers are fatigued by the bump in period before the event audience pours through the gates to add yet another level of pressure. These features of the human resources environment are quite different to those of the traditional workforce. Human Resource Management for Events is vital reading for both students and practitioners involved in this crucially important aspect of event management. * The first book to cover management of human resources in the event environment * Links theory, research and application in event HRM in the context of both mega events and smaller scale events * Considers HRM in each of the major event areas - business, sporting, arts & entertainment and public. |
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Strategic Sports Event Management: An International Approach $99.72 The hosting of sports events, be they large international events or smaller niche interest events, has huge and long-lasting impacts on the local environment, economy and industry. Strategic Sports Event Management: An international approach provides students and event managers in the industry with an insight into the strategic management of sports events of all scales and nature. The framework offers a planning process that can be used to firstly understand the importance of a strategic approach, and secondly how to implement strategies that can achieve successful sports events over the short and long-term. Using international case studies such as the Sydney olympics 2000, Boardsurfing events in the UK, US and Australia, Manchester Commonwealth Games 2002, Salt Lake City Winter Olympics 2002 and Athen Olympics 2004, this text looks at: * The organisations involved such as the IOC, FIFA and IAAF, and their interactions with charities, teh media and promoters. * The planning process; short term and long term benefits, and evaluations. * Operational strategies including IT, communications, equipments and personnel. * The importance of long-term as well as short term strategic plans and the impact of hosting sports events. * Builds a conceptual framework for the planning, organising, managing and evaluating of sports events. * International cases and examples, of both large and small sports events, from first-hand experience and research. |
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Template Volume $192 Download the Template Volume font for Mac or Windows in OpenType, TrueType or PostScript format. |
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The Event $14.71 Michael Gillen, head of U.S. Customs tells Dick Miller New Orleans FBI chief that Customs has discovered some two tons of Semtex plastic explosives have entered through Port of New Orleans. Two agents have been murdered while trailing the smuggler's van. Three Iranian engineers have spent over two years training some eighty college age Sudanese, Iranian, Palestinian, Syrian, and Croat's to damage Mississippi River bridges and Gulf Coast gas pipelines. The FBI, CIA, and National Intelligence Agency come together in an attempt to identify where the terrorists are located and what their intended targets are. They arrive on location too late. The terrorists are gone, their targets mined and ready to do damage never experienced before. |
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Getting Organized for Your New Baby: A Checklist and Planner for Busy Parents-To-Be $3.95 "Getting Organized for your New Baby" is an essential planning tool to help prepare parents for pregnancy, birth and baby's first few months. It provides checklists, how-to hints, forms, charts and bibliographies to make it easier for parents to get scheduled, budgeted and prioritized. The revision also includes updated medical information, the latest maternity and baby gear and more guidance to help parents make appropriate decisions and purchases. |
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Mehron Airbrush Template $23.99 Mehron Airbrush Template |
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Floriani Template Tearaway FTT $19.99 Floriani Template Tearaway FTT |
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Checklist For Life For Teens $14.99 "Checklist for Life is the ultimate handbook for living a successful, joy-filled life. This follow-up title, Checklist for Life for Teens, offers insight into topics and issues that are specific to teens9 interests. In addition to a brief narrative, each interactive chapter of the handbook contains: An "I Will" checklist of heart and attitude reinforcements. A "Things to Do" checklist of action points. A "Things to Remember" section of Scripture verses and applicable quotes from famous and not-so-famous people. Topics addressed include self-acceptance, grades and standards, and love. In all, the book addresses 66 topics teens care about. And the handsome, sturdy package and two-color text design make Checklist for Life for Teens an ideal gift." |
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Architectures of Time: Toward a Theory of the Event in Modernist Culture $26.92 In "Architectures of Time," Sanford Kwinter offers a critical guide to the modern history of time and to the interplay between the physical sciences and the arts. Tracing the transformation of twentieth-century epistemology to the rise of thermodynamics and statistical mechanics, Kwinter explains how the demise of the concept of absolute time, and of the classical notion of space as a fixed background against which things occur, led to field theory and a physics of the "event." He suggests that the closed, controlled, and mechanical world of physics gave way to the approximate, active, and qualitative world of biology as a model of both scientific and metaphysical explanation. Kwinter examines theory of time and space in Einstein's theories of relativity and shows how these ideas were reflected in the writings of the sculptor Umberto Boccioni, the town planning schema of the Futurist architect Antonio Sant'Elia, the philosophy of Henri Bergson, and the writings of Franz Kafka. He argues that the writings of Boccioni and the visionary architecture of Sant'Elia represent the earliest and most profound deployments of the concepts of field and event. In discussing Kafka's work, he moves away from the thermodynamic model in favor of the closely related one of Bergsonian duree, or virtuality. He argues that Kafka's work manifests a coherent cosmology that can be understood only in relation to the constant temporal flux that underlies it. |
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Wedding Planning & Management: Consultancy for Diverse Clients $59.94 Wedding Planning and Management provides a comprehensive introduction to the planning and management of weddings. Looking through an event management lens, Maggie Daniels and Carrie Loveless thoroughly explore the foundations, practice, and business of wedding planning. They include over 50 case studies, provide planning checklists, and set standards for best practice. The emphasis on diversity encompasses traditions from cultures around the globe. The book is designed so that consultants, brides, grooms, vendors, scholars, and those simply fascinated by weddings can appreciate and apply the material. Visually stunning with over 150 images captured by award winning photojournalist Rodney Bailey, the full color pages lavishly illustrate concepts and spark the imagination. * The first textbook on wedding consulting, with pedagogical features like introduction of theory, illustration through case studies, worksheets, checklists * Places wedding planning and management into a larger events management context * Provides practical resources and best practices for wedding consulting |
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Swashbuckling Event $55 Swashbuckling Event: |
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Applying to College: A Planning Guide for Students $3.95 Applying to college can be a stressful process, and it’s never too early in high school for students to start thinking about what will make their application stand out from the crowd.An easy-to-read handbook for freshmen and seniors alike, "Applying to College" will help students develop a personal college-entrance strategy. From determining what kind of schools to select to mastering the essay and interviewing process, from surviving standardized testing to calculating how to pay for a college education, Applying to College is full of tools and tips to help students navigate the complicated and drawn-out process. Complete with a step-by-step checklist of goals and "to do’s" for each year of high school, a worksheet to help students identify their priorities, and a glossary of admissions terms, "Applying to College" will help students get into their school of choice. |
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Securing Windows NT/2000 Servers for the Internet: A Checklist for System Administrators $25.89 In recent years, Windows NT and Windows 2000 systems have emerged as viable platforms for Internet servers. More and more organizations are now entrusting the full spectrum of business activities–including e-commerce–to Windows. Unfortunately, the typical Windows NT/2000 installation makes a Windows server an easy target for attacks, and configuring Windows for secure Internet use is a complex task. "Securing Windows NT/2000 Servers for the Internet" suggests a two-part strategy to accomplish the task: "Hardening" any Windows server that could potentially be exposed to attacks from the Internet, so the exposed system (known as a "bastion host") is as secure as it can be. Providing extra security protection for exposed systems by installing an additional network (known as a "perimeter network") that separates the Internet from an organization’s internal networks. "Securing Windows NT/2000 Servers for the Internet" is a concise guide that pares down installation and configuration instructions into a series of checklists aimed at Windows administrators. Topics include: Introduction–Windows NT/2000 security threats, architecture of the Windows NT/2000 operating system and typical perimeter networks. How to build a Windows NT bastion host. Configuring Windows and network services, encrypting the password database, editing the registry, setting system policy characteristics, performing TCP/IP configuration, configuring administrative tools, and setting necessary permissions. Differences between Windows NT and Windows 2000 security including IPSec (IP Security Protocol) configuration. Secure remote administration–SSH, OpenSSH, TCP Wrappers, theVirtual Network Console, and the new Windows 2000 Terminal Services. Windows NT/2000 backup, recovery, auditing, and monitoring–event logs, the audit policy, time synchronization with NTP (Network Time Protocol), remote logging, integrity checking, and intrusion detection. Administrators who carefully follow the detailed instructions provided in this book will dramatically increase the security of their Windows NT/2000 Internet servers. |
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Estate Planning for People with a Chronic Condition or Disability $14.51 This is the first comprehensive estate-planning guide for those living with a chronic disease or disability. This book is targeted at those planning for the disbursement of their estates, no matter their size. Estate-planning is crucial for those living with a chronic disease or disability: individuals must express their preferences whether to receive long-term care at home rather than in a nursing home in the event that they become more disabled, and it is more important for one who has a chronic illness to name a power of attorney. "Estate Planning for People with a Chronic Condition or Disability" covers all of those topics plus: How to write your willHow to determine how much life insurance your family needsHow to figure out whether you need a living trustLearn about powers of attorneyWhen to work with a lawyer, if you need to The book also includes downloadable sample forms for: Power of AttorneyLiving WillDesignation of Proxy for Financial and Health Decisions |
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Confessions Of An Event Planner: Case Studies From The Real World Of Events–How To Handle The Unexpected And How To Be A Master Of Discretion $22.49 For anyone planning events student, novice, or experienced professional Confessions of an Event Planner is an "apprenticeship in a book." This insider’s guide takes you on a narrative journey, following a fictional event planning company that stages various types of events around the world for many different clients. While other books, college courses, and training programs give you the theory and how-to of the profession, Confessions of an Event Planner reveals the real world of event planning and what can happen usually the unexpected on an event program when actual participants are added to the event planning design and execution mix. In a climate of media scrutiny and corporate scandals, event planners must be masters of discretion, knowing how to avoid and deal with everything from sexual romps to financial shenanigans, to chainsaw wielding salesmen dead set on "re-landscaping" the grounds of the resort they’re staying at. From an event planner who’s seen it all and knows how to deal with it all, comes practical first-hand advice delivered in an entertaining and accessible format. Each chapter is set in a unique location, with a cast of characters, and a host of challenges and problems to overcome from the boardroom to the resort guest bedrooms. Readers learn what they can come up against, how to problem solve creatively on the fly, get ideas for staging spectacular events, and see the principles of event planning in action. The scenario in each chapter is introduced by an outline of what will be covered in the chapter, and each chapter concludes with a series of review questions to explore key issues and stimulate reflection or discussion for individuals or groups. Ideal as a companion to Judy Allen’s six other event planning books, as a textbook in event planning courses, or as a professional training tool Confessions of an Event Planner prepares planners for what they can expect once they start working in the world of corporate and social event planning, and will help decision-makers set company policies, procedures and protocol and promote discussion about codes of conduct in the office and offsite. |
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Confessions of an Event Planner: Case Studies from the Real World of Events–How to Handle the Unexpected and How to Be a Master of Discretion $22.99 For anyone planning events—student, novice, or experienced professional— Confessions of an Event Planner is an “apprenticeship in a book.” This insider’s guide takes you on a narrative journey, following a fictional event planning company that stages various types of events around the world for many different clients. While other books, college courses, and training programs give you the theory and how-to of the profession, Confessions of an Event Planner reveals the real world of event planning and what can happen—usually the unexpected—on an event program when actual participants are added to the event planning design and execution mix. In a climate of media scrutiny and corporate scandals, event planners must be masters of discretion, knowing how to avoid and deal with everything from sexual romps to financial shenanigans, to chainsaw wielding salesmen dead set on “re-landscaping” the grounds of the resort they’re staying at. From an event planner who’s seen it all and knows how to deal with it all, comes practical first-hand advice delivered in an entertaining and accessible format. Each chapter is set in a unique location, with a cast of characters, and a host of challenges and problems to overcome—from the boardroom to the resort guest bedrooms. Readers learn what they can come up against, how to problem solve creatively on the fly, get ideas for staging spectacular events, and see the principles of event planning in action. The scenario in each chapter is introduced by an outline of what will be covered in the chapter, and each chapter concludes with a series of review questions to explore key issues and stimulate reflection or discussion for individuals or groups. Ideal as a companion to Judy Allen’s six other event planning books, as a textbook in event planning courses, or as a professional training tool Confessions of an Event Planner prepares planners for what they can expect once they start working in the world of corporate and social event planning, and will help decision-makers set company policies, procedures and protocol and promote discussion about codes of conduct in the office and offsite. |
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Confessions of an Event Planner: Case Studies from the Real World of Events-How to Handle the Unexpected and How to Be a Master of $23.98 For anyone planning events–student, novice, or experienced professional–"Confessions of an Event Planner" is an "apprenticeship in a book." This insider’s guide takes you on a narrative journey, following a fictional event planning company that stages various types of events around the world for many different clients. While other books, college courses, and training programs give you the theory and how-to of the profession, "Confessions of an Event Planner" reveals the real world of event planning and what can happen–usually the unexpected–on an event program when actual participants are added to the event planning design and execution mix. In a climate of media scrutiny and corporate scandals, event planners must be masters of discretion, knowing how to avoid and deal with everything from sexual romps to financial shenanigans, to chainsaw wielding salesmen dead set on "re-landscaping" the grounds of the resort they’re staying at. From an event planner who’s seen it all and knows how to deal with it all, comes practical first-hand advice delivered in an entertaining and accessible format. Each chapter is set in a unique location, with a cast of characters, and a host of challenges and problems to overcome–from the boardroom to the resort guest bedrooms. Readers learn what they can come up against, how to problem solve creatively on the fly, get ideas for staging spectacular events, and see the principles of event planning in action. The scenario in each chapter is introduced by an outline of what will be covered in the chapter, and each chapter concludes with a series of review questions to explore key issues and stimulate reflection or discussion for individuals or groups. Ideal as a companion to Judy Allen’s six other event planning books, as a textbook in event planning courses, or as a professional training tool "Confessions of an Event Planner" prepares planners for what they can expect once they start working in the world of corporate and social event planning, and will help decision-makers set company policies, procedures and protocol and promote discussion about codes of conduct in the office and offsite. |
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Intimate Weddings: Planning a Small Wedding That Fits Your Budget and Style $3.95 Perfect for anyone planning a wedding with 75 guests or less, this book walks the bride-to-be through every step she needs to make her big day a success. There’s no better resource for creating an event that’s memorable and meaningful. |
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The Best Man’s Handbook: A Guy’s Guide to the Big Event $3.95 The wedding book market is a crowded one, but it focuses largely on the needs of the bride. This fun, practical, and informative guide details the duties, etiquette, and potential pitfalls of being a best man, from the pre-ceremony events to the after-hours party. It’s the most comprehensive book on the subject, with wisdom culled from many sources, full of essential tips for everything from planning the bachelor party to making the toast. The elegant trim size makes it a perfect gift for the best man-to-be, but this is more than simply a gift book-it’s a valuable tool for an important day. |
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The Template of Time $21.44 The Bible’s hidden time code holds the answers to some of life’s greatest questions, such as: "What is our destination?" and "When will we get there?" In The Template of Time, Tom Payne relies on eight years of intensive research as he shares a comprehensive, chronological study of the quirky time patterns scattered throughout the Bible that, when assembled, create an eternal template upon which history unfolds. Just as atmospheric patterns suggest tomorrow’s weather forecast, the historical patterns of the template suggest future outcomes while ruling out coincidence and chance. While illustrating how some forecasts have already come true, Payne examines the various time cycles that clearly demonstrate how the rhythms of history are leading to future surprises. As he follows the development of the Roman Empire and its prophesied conflict with the people of God, Payne proves that, as we approach the culmination of processes two thousand years in the making, everyone will be affected. |
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Family Reunion Planning Kit for Dummies [With CDROM] $4.02 This is the most complete reference to planning a family reunion The accompanying CD features planning tools, genealogy software, and more Don’t be without this step-by-step guide that walks you through everything you need to know about planning a successful family reunion. You’ll find out all about tracking down lost" family members, deciding what type of event to have, coordinating entertainment, food, lodging, and more The CD-ROM includes genealogy shareware designed specifically to assist you in doing a thorough search for all your relatives, plus templates for tracking expenses, menus, RSVP’s, addresses, lodging assignments, family data, and more. Plus, this kit includes dozens of checklists to ensure that you’ve thought of every detail |
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Environmental Impact Statements: A Comprehensive Guide to Project and Strategic Planning $7.06 One-stop, step-by-step guidance in the "how" of EIS project and strategic planning This outstanding guide focuses on the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) not merely as a document to be prepared, but as a process and framework for the planning of programs and projects. It presents state-of-the-art strategies, tools, techniques, and methodologies for managing EIS projects of any size and emphasizes practical approaches to problems that have traditionally hindered National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) compliance and practice. This single, comprehensive volume synthesizes and describes all relevant guidance and requirements that the EIS document must satisfy and illustrates relevant requirements with lessons from case law. Employing an incremental, building-block approach to describe the entire EIS planning process in complete detail, this indispensable handbook guides readers through each step of the process and provides: * Step-by-step guidance on using the Total Federal Planning (TFP) strategy to reduce time and effort and streamline the entire EIS process * A complete EIS checklist to ensure that every item is accounted for when preparing the statement * Tools from value engineering theory, TQM, and systems planning for rendering the early decision-making process more efficient and effective Professionals in government, consulting, and the private sector who seek to master NEPA, beginners and experts alike, will find Environmental Impact Statements to be the most economical, helpful, and complete resource available anywhere. |
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Miltex SurgiGuide Template $43.04 Features of the Miltex SurgiGuide Template: Template for outlining lesions. Flexible stainless steel. 110 x 75mm. |
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Have You Made Your Will?: Will and Estate-Planning Kit [With CDROM] $11.79 To ensure that your assets or belongings are passed on according to your wishes, you must have a will. If you die without making a proper, valid will, your family and relatives have to deal with various legal complications. To avoid this, it is essential to have your affairs and requests in order ahead of time. Using either the easy-to-understand preprinted forms or the disk version of Have you made your will?, you can make youe own will quickly, easily, and legally. Includes: One blank will form An estate and business-planning guide Sample Living Will forms A checklist of things that should be done when death occurs Includes all forms on a disk. |
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Checklist of the British & Irish Basidiomycota $42.29 ‘Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota’ is the first checklist of this group of Fungi in the British Isles, which includes mushrooms and toadstools, bracket fungi, puffballs, earthstars and stinkhorns, club and coral fungi, tooth fungi, jelly fungi, rusts and smuts. Based on original research in the national collections of fungi at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Edinburgh, the checklist provides publication references and brief habitat, frequency and distribution details for all 3670 species recorded in the British Isles, with additional references to published illustrations and descriptions. References are given for a further 12,500 synonyms and excluded taxa (many of them old and doubtful names) with notes on why they have been removed from the current list. This is a valuable reference for all wildlife recorders and conservationists, and an essential companion for amateur and professional mycologists. |
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A Checklist For Murder $6.29 The Peernocks cast the impression of being a very well-to-do and content family evenl after the separation of Richard and his wife. But madness was contained inside their house and one night Richard Peemock came to kill his wife and daughter brutally beating them force feeding them alcohol and placing them together in a car which he let drive into a wall so that it would seem like a drunk driving accident. What Richard Peernock didn’t forsee was his daughter’s survival and her willingness for the first time to describe in detail her father’s psychosis and his manipulative personality. Once a successful whistleblower Peernock denied his involvement in the murder claiming a conspiracy against him on all levels. Confounding the justice system hiring and firing lawyers representing himself saying everyone was against him. After numerous tense trials Peernock was finally sentenced to life in prison though those close to him still live in fear. From the Paperback edition. |
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The Intellectual’s Checklist $14.37 Can you name: "All five movements of Beethoven’s Missa solemnis." Check."The films that Kurosawa based on Western works." Check."Dante’s Nine Circles of Hell." Check. If so, you’re off to an edifying start–but that’s just round one in this hard-hitting match of wits and wisdom. Take the formidable plunge–and find out if you are truly well versed enough to call yourself an aspiring pundit, poet, and philosopher. Either way, you’ll be worthy of the esteemed moniker intellectual by the time you’ve gone the distance with this book. (As Thoreau is our witness.) Whether you are just beginning to suspect you’re the possessor of superior acumen or you’d bet your Homeric Greek translation of "The Iliad" on it, this book is an essential addition to any personal library. |
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Nursing Assistant: Skills Checklist $44.65 Nursing Assistant Skills Checklist is a compilation of checklists detailing the steps required to perform over 160 procedures. This product can be used as a tool for those who are studying to be Nursing Assistants; by instructors who want a tool to check student competency; or within an in-service training environment at the workplace. |
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Party Planning Secrets: The Ultimate Guide to a Successful Party $25.68 Create a party that has a life of its own. Charlie Scola’s five steps for creating the energy for an outrageously successful party, will provide readers with all the necessary ingredients to plan and host memorable events that guests will rave about. Whether readers are planning a fundraiser, grand opening, holiday party, or family celebration, let the author’s 30+ years in the party planning and catering business be a guide to hosting an outrageously successful and stress-free event. Partying is actually good for the health and well-being. Use PartyCharlie’s "Five Steps for Creating the Energy," readers will learn how to pull it all together. Enjoy the process, lift guests’ spirits, and watch the magic happen. We seem to have forgotten about the good old-fashioned handshake and hug, as well as actual socializing which is what parties are all about. Parties bring people together giving people human contact. Use this book to have a stress free event and make it look like it was effortless. |
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Home Renovation Checklist $3.95 An indispensable quick-check guide to saving money and headaches during home renovations Lured by skyrocketing real estate values, more Americans than ever are renovating their homes. Some have had some experience with home renovations. Many are trying their hands at it for the first time. Most are totally unprepared for the thousand-and-one pitfalls, screw-ups, and headaches that can plague a home improve project, including runaway costs, unscrupulous suppliers and contractors, arcane building codes, and more. Written by America’s #1 source of real estate know-how, "Home Renovation Checklist "is an indispensable guide to navigating the renovation process and keeping costs, time, and headaches involved to a minimum. Modeled after Irwin’s bestselling "Home Buyer’s Checklist," this book is packed with hundreds of checklist questions (and answers) covering every detail of any home improvement project, including: Budgeting costs Dealing with contractors Obtaining financing Determining whether or not to do all or part of the renovations themselves |
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World Checklist of Dioscorales $46.63 Dioscoreales are a small but systematically and economically significant order of monocotyledons. The most diverse and important member is the yam genus, Dioscorea L., a source of dietary starch at macroeconomic to rural community levels. Other species of Dioscorea provided the chemical basis of corticosteroid drugs and oral contraceptives. Ally families comprise the unusual, largely achlorophyllous (heteromycotrophic) Burmanniaceae and the relatively unspecialised Nartheciaceae. The World Checklist of Dioscoreales lists all validly published names of yams and their allies, providing the source of their publication and indication of which names are currently accepted and which are synonyms, making it a standard nomenclatural reference for further research into this important family. The World Checklist of Dioscoreales: .Lists all names ever published .Lists all accepted species with their geographical distribution .Indicates full synonymy .Provides a single source guide to the correct names of all yams and their allies .Provides an invaluable reference for applied yam researchers, e.g. pathologists, geneticists, plant breeders, conservationists, foresters, ethnobotanists, ethnoarchaeologists and anthropologists |
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Mammals of the World: A Checklist $9.88 This is the first checklist of mammals of the world to include both English and scientific names of every species as well as a brief summary of distribution and habitat. A checkbox and space to record notes are provided for each species, making this an ideal volume for keeping a personal mammals life list. With 5,049 species included, the checklist is the most up-to-date available today. An appendix gives further details and offers a literature citation for over 519 species that either have been described as new to science or have been elevated from synonymy since 1993. Comprehensive indexes to English and scientific names assist with finding species that may appear in field guides or other works on mammals under different names. The book will be an invaluable resource for mammalogists everywhere, but will also appeal to any well traveled naturalist, including world birders and safari travelers, with an interest in recording mammals. |
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The 50 Biggest Estate Planning Mistakes…and How to Avoid Them $18.19 Planning for your estate is one of those unpleasant tasks that no one wants to do, but it’s incredibly important for Canadians to plan for a future without them. Without a clearly-defined Will & Estate document, the wealth that you leave behind may cause your loved ones undue stress and conflict, or even result in the government deciding where your money and property should go. With a legal and effectively-written Will, your estate will be divided in accordance with your wishes, but there are big mistakes that many Canadians make. "The 50 Biggest Estate Planning Mistakes" will tell you what they are, what the consequences of making them could be, and most importantly, how to avoid making them yourself. Featuring 50 chapters written in a conversational in tone, these short bites of information will be logically ordered and filled with real-life examples, organized under four key areas of mistakes made in the planning process: Planning for incompetency, The big mistake of not planning at all, Mistakes made during the will planning process itself, And common mistakes made by Executors. Written by personal finance and planning experts Jean Blacklock and Sarah Kruger, this is an essential guide for Canadians who want to equitably settle their affairs and reduce the stress on their loved ones in the event of their passing or who have been appointed as an Executor of an estate. |
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Belvedere 5090102-A Flow Template $33.6 Belvedere 5090102-A Flow Template Belvedere Flo Temp Cover Assembly 5090102-A, Use with #622 and #528 Fixture. Belvedere 5090102-A Flow Template Features: Cover Plate |
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Recreation, Event, and Tourism Businesses: Start-Up and Sustainable Operations [With Access Code] $45.05 "Recreation, Event, and Tourism Businesses: Start-Up and Sustainable Operations" uncovers the keys to business success in the commercial recreation, event, and tourism sector–one of the fastest-growing segments in the tourism and recreation industry. Until now, students, professors, and professionals interested in this growing industry have been limited to general business or basic recreation texts. With "Recreation, Event, and Tourism Businesses," Robert E. Pfister and Patrick T. Tierney have combined their expertise both as business owners and professors to offer a comprehensive and industry-specific textbook and step-by-step guide for business start-up. Written from both entrepreneurial and operations management perspectives, the book provides a practical overview of the recreation, event, and tourism (RET) field and the business planning process. A new conceptual model of the RET industry is presented and related to existing models. It explains how the industry works and examines the key components of commercial RET businesses. It also describes how companies are started, operated, and managed, including information on service issues, risk management, finance, and marketing. It provides examples of how RET businesses can be operated in a more sustainable, environmentally friendly manner. Many of the topics covered in this book are key learning components for people wishing to obtain certification as a commercial recreation professional from organizations such as the Resort and Commercial Recreation Association and Meeting Professionals International. "Recreation, Event, and Tourism Businesses" provides students with practical business concepts and content that link to the core principles of the RET field so they’ll be professionally prepared to deliver appropriate services. They’ll explore contemporary management practices while discovering the diverse career opportunities available in the RET industry. The following are other student-friendly features: -Tech Applications describe various specialized technologies and their applications to the RET industry. -Multinational case studies provide detailed analysis of recreation businesses, with discussions of start-up, services provided, marketing, revenues and costs, management challenges, and future plans. -Green Tips provide practical suggestions for making specific elements of an RET business more environmentally responsible. -Spotlight On sections highlight the profiles of successful entrepreneurs and their locations, backgrounds, and professional advice or plans for the future. -Online Student Resource includes supplemental information, business plan worksheets, activities, references, and Web sites that students can use to further explore ideas in the text. "Recreation, Event, and Tourism Businesses" also presents new professionals and potential business owners with clear, easy-to-read directions for developing and writing a bus |
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Volcom Template Belt (Black) $28 The men’s Volcom Template belt features a logo punched hole design, adjustable hole sizes, and a metal buckle. |
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Acoustics and Sound Insulation: Principles, Planning, Examples $35.47 Acoustics and protection against noise do not perhaps number among the primary parameters that normally influence the design of a building. Nevertheless, at the very latest when the lecturer in the seminar room cannot be heard, when the noise level in an open-plan office reaches unbearable levels, or when a neighbora (TM)s noise deprives you of sleep, it becomes clear just how essential acoustic can be to everyday well-being. it is not just concert halls or the amphitheaters of antiquity that call for acoustic quality; rather, every building, indeed every room, has an acoustic dimension that changes according to the nature of its particular requirements. This practice-oriented volume provides expert planners and architects but also interested developers with practical knowledge on the subject of acoustics in high-rise architecture, beginning with standards on methods of planning and prognosis and moving on to the areas of acoustics of rooms and architecture and noise protection in urban planning. Typologically organized chapters comment on proper approaches to the subject with examples of different types of building such as residential and office buildings, schools, kindergartens, lecture halls, event spaces, and so on, because appropriate acoustic conditions make an essential contribution to the success of a project. |
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Owls (Strigiformes): Annotated and Illustrated Checklist $190.05 The first systematic owl checklist for over 50 years to include subspecies and synonyms, Owls (Strigiformes) a " Annotated and Illustrated Checklist provides information on the type locality, habitat and distribution of 220 owl species and 539 taxa, as well as the location of museum collections of skins and mounted specimens, and references to owl illustrations. For each species, detailed, hitherto unpublished, measurements of body length and mass, and wing-, tail-, tarsus- and bill-length are given. In addition to scientific names, the common names of each species in English, German, French and Spanish are listed. The checklist is complemented by many beautiful owl drawings and by watercolours illustrating owl species that have been newly described or rediscoverd within the last 20 years. Reflecting a high level of scientific expertise and the most up-to-date research, this checklist provides an outstanding resource for scientific collections, studies of global biodiversity, and species preservation. |
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Event-Driven Architecture: How SOA Enables the Real-Time Enterprise $43.71 Improving Business Agility with EDA Going beyond SOA, enterprises can gain even greater agility by implementing event-driven architectures (EDAs) that automatically detect and react to significant business events. However, EDA planning and deployment is complex, and even experienced SOA architects and developers need expert guidance. In "Event-Driven Architecture," four leading IT innovators present both the theory of EDA and practical, step-by-step guidance to implementing it successfully. The authors first establish a thorough and workable definition of EDA and explore how EDA can help solve many of today’s most difficult business and IT challenges. You’ll learn how EDAs work, what they can do today, and what they might be able to do as they mature. You’ll learn how to determine whether an EDA approach makes sense in your environment and how to overcome the difficult interoperability and integration issues associated with successful deployment. Finally, the authors present chapter-length case studies demonstrating how both full and partial EDA implementations can deliver exceptional business value. Coverage includes How SOA and Web services can power event-driven architectures The role of SOA infrastructure, governance, and security in EDA environments EDA core components: event consumers and producers, message backbones, Web service transport, and more EDA patterns, including simple event processing, event stream processing, and complex event processing Designing flexible stateless events that can respond to unpredictable customers, suppliers, and business partners Addressing technical and business challenges such as project management andcommunication EDA at work: real-world applications across multiple verticals Hugh Taylor is a social software evangelist for IBM Lotus Software. He coauthored "Understanding Enterprise SOA" and has written extensively on Web services and SOA. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School. Angela Yochem is an executive in a multinational technology company and is a recognized thought leader in architecture and large-scale technology management. Les Phillips, VP, enterprise architecture, at SunTrust Banks Inc., is responsible for defining the strategic and business IT foundation for many areas of the enterprise. Frank Martinez, EVP, product strategy, at SOA Software, is a recognized expert on distributed, enterprise application, and infrastructure platforms. He has served as senior operating executive for several venture-backed firms and helped build Intershop Communications into a multibillion-dollar public company. Foreword xi Preface xii Introduction 1 Event-Driven Architecture: A Working Definition 1 The "New" Era of Interoperability Dawns 6 The ETA for Your EDA 9 Endnotes 9 PART I THE THEORY OF EDA Chapter 1 EDA: Opportunities and Obstacles 13 The Vortex 13 EDA: A Working Systemic Definition 14 The (Not So Smooth) Path to EDA 24 |
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The Everything Wills & Estate Planning Book: Professional Advice to Safeguard Your Assests and Provide Security for Your Family $4.92 Most Americans donat have a will. They avoid estate planning because they donat want to think about death or they think itas too complicated. But this easy-to-follow guide takes the mystery out of the process. This book shows readers how easy it can be to plan for security and peace of mind. Readers learn how to write a will, create an estate plan, designate executors, choose trusts, reduce tax liabilities, and distribute their assets. Other features include: A glossary of legal termsAdvice for protecting families from creditorsGuidance for unmarried partnersThe important role of charitable giving in your estate planThis book provides sound advice for planning retirement and managing assets at any age and income level. It also includes completely new information on: Updated tax, IRA, and Roth detailsCharitable giving opportunities for reducing taxes and leaving a legacyInstruction for keeping plans up to date as the readers ageAn estate planning checklist |
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Fergus Checklist Dry Erase board with Pen and Clip $6.7 Fergus Checklist Dry Erase Board. Let Fergus help you stay organized at the barn, at the show, at the office, or at home! |
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The Everything Wedding Checklist Book: All You Need to Remember for a Day You’ll Never Forget $10.78 The registry, invitations, reception, flowers, rings, placecards–how’s a girl to remember it all? During this insane time when every detail seems to take on a life of its own, brides need help This book provides solutions that target every bride’s greatest worry: "Did I forget something?" Loaded with timesaving tips, this handy guide helps you stay on track and focused with checklists for: Making tough budgeting choicesDetermining wedding party responsibilitiesChoosing ceremony optionsFiguring seating plansPacking all that’s needed for the honeymoon . . . and much, much more With simple, step-by-step checklists for each aspect of planning the wedding of your dreams, you won’t forget a single thing for your unforgettable day |
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Marketing Planning: Where Strategy Meets Action $109.2 @font-face {: "Times New Roman"; }@font-face {: "Arial"; }@font-face {: "Verdana"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; 12pt; Courier; }table.MsoNormalTable {: 10pt; "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }A practical, step-by-step guide to creating results-driven marketing plans. Easy-to-use, practical, and current, "Marketing Planning" shows readers how to develop strategic marketing plans through an approach that bridges the gap between theory- and template-based methods. |
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Study Guide for Kinn’s the Administrative Medical Assistant: An Applied Learning Approach $3.94 A variety of exercises to test content knowledge and critical thinking skills, including case scenarios. Also includes procedure checklists and a checklist template for additional practice. |
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World Checklist of Palms $33.49 The palm family, considered to be second only to the grasses among monocotyledonous plants of economic importance, is of immense significance to man, especially among rural communities in the tropics, where wild palms are intensively utilised. The World Checklist of Palms is the unique resource that lists all validly published names of palms, providing the source of their publication and indication of which names are currently accepted and which are synonyms. It will provide a standard nomenclatural reference for further research into this important family. .Lists all palm names ever published .Lists all accepted species with their geographical distribution .Indicates full synonymy .Provides a single source guide to the correct names of all palms .An invaluable reference for palm growers, conservationists, palm biologists and foresters |
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Time Management for Event Planners: Expert Techniques and Time-Saving Tips for Organizing Your Workload, Prioritizing Your Day, an $26.91 Event planning never stops. This industry goes 24/7, 365 days a year. Planners work evenings, weekends, and holidays, often far away from their home base, organizing and running events that simply must go on, and go smoothly. Missing a critical deadline is not an option in the event planning field. Time management errors can cost a company a potential sale, lose them an existing customer, and damage their professional reputation. Burnout and chaos are real risks in this hectic world of deadlines and multiple projects. Planners often find themselves working down to the wire against crushing deadlines and a mountain of obstacles that impede their progress. Too frequently, there is not enough time to get the job done properly, let alone to spend on personal or professional pursuits. And for many involved in the event planning field, there is the extra dimension of travel to factor in, juggling multiple projects on a daily basis across a multitude of time zones. For smooth event implementation, and for business success, it is essential that planners know how to manage their own time as well as they manage an event. "Time Management for Event Planners" teaches readers how to successfully manage their workload, and do what matters most, when it matters most: Analyze and prioritize tasks. Structure your workload and your day for maximum performance. Identify red-flag activities that hinder productivity. Reduce stress-producing time crunches. Identify when extra help is needed, as well as how to delegate, outsource, and even partner with suppliers in crunch periods. Work with rather than against deadlines. Save time using technology. Manage multiple projects, even in multiple time zones. Balance your personal and professional life. Whether you are an event planner, a hospitality professional, in public relations or other related fields, "Time Management for Event Planners" offers time-saving tips, techniques, examples, and expert insight that will help you get time on your side. |
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Planning It Right: Finding Faith #1 $28.94 If thereas one thing I believe in, itas taking control of my life. I plan every important event down to the last detail. Right now Iam making plans for my sophomore year of high school, and they include the handsome and charismatic Nicolas Lamoreaux. The complication? I can’t tell who he likes between me and my best friend, Alexis Harker. Whatas up with her, anyway? First she lies about liking Nicolas, then she threatens to end our friendship if I donat back off. Well, one underhanded turn deserves another, right? My twin sister Kara says, aWrong a She says I have to tether my temper and do the right thing, but how am I going to figure out what that is in this huge mess I’ve made? When my plans go awry, thereas only one thing to do: pray that my conscience will show me the way. |
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Mustache Template Each $3.99 Our Mustache Template allows for a variety of mustaches to be created from cardstock, felt or foam material. Simply use the Mustache Pattern and cut out assorted mustaches and then attach to the included 16″ wooden sticks for use at parties and get-togethers. Each Mustache Template measures approximately 5 1/2 inches wide. |
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Perl Template Toolkit $36.32 Among the many different approaches to "templating" with Perl–such as Embperl, Mason, HTML:: Template, and hundreds of other lesser known systems–the Template Toolkit is widely recognized as one of the most versatile. Like other templating systems, the Template Toolkit allows programmers to embed Perl code and custom macros into HTML documents in order to create customized documents on the fly. But unlike the others, the Template Toolkit is as facile at producing HTML as it is at producing XML, PDF, or any other output format. And because it has its own simple templating language, templates can be written and edited by people who don’t know Perl. In short, the Template Toolkit combines the best features of its competitors, with ease-of-use and flexibility, resulting in a technology that’s fast, powerful and extensible, and ideally suited to the production and maintenance of web content and other dynamic document systems. In "Perl Template Toolkit" you’ll find detailed coverage of this increasingly popular technology. Written by core members of the technology’s development team, the book guides you through the entire process of installing, configuring, using, and extending the Template Toolkit. It begins with a fast-paced but thorough tutorial on building web content with the Template Toolkit, and then walks you through generating and using data files, particularly with XML. It also provides detailed information on the Template Toolkit’s modules, libraries, and tools in addition to a complete reference manual. Topics in the book include: Getting started with the template toolkit The Template language Template directives Filters Plugins Extending the TemplateToolkit Accessing databases XML Advanced static web page techniques Dynamic web content and web applications The only book to cover this important tool, "Perl Template Toolkit" is essential reading for any Perl programmer who wants to create dynamic web content that is remarkably easy to maintain. This book is your surefire guide to implementing this fast, flexible, and powerful templating system. |
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Grave Expectations: Planning The End Like There’s No Tomorrow $2.99 There isnÂ’t a person alive who likes to think about dying – but eventually it does happen to all of us. And no one knows better what weÂ’d like at our own funerals than we do ourselves. So, start planning! YouÂ’d be surprised that it can even beÂ…well fun, thanks to the lighthearted tone Carmen Flowers and Sue Bailey take in this practical guide. They offer really useful, valuable advice along with a comforting perspective. Full of humorous and poignant funeral stories and first-person accounts, Grave Expectations is the ultimate handbook. ItÂ’s packed with creative suggestions for realizing oneÂ’s final wishes, and gives you the chance to memorialize your life on your own terms in your own way. Rather than being morbid, following the steps in the book with friends and family can be an event in itself, providing guidance, peace of mind, and even an opportunity for self-discovery and expression. Plus, itÂ’s good to know that the family and friends who love you wonÂ’t be burdened by making difficult decisions during a challenging time. |
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The Author’s Guide to Planning Book Events: Tips and Tools for Bookselling Success $14.85 "Carol is the perfect mix of what you look for in an event planner: she is knowledgeable, accessible, and attentive. She knows her audience as well as the resources at her command; shake (not stir) liberally with some outside-the-box thinking, and you have the makings for a near-perfect event."-Kim and Danny Adlerman, authors of "Africa Calling" and "How Much Wood Could a Woodchuck Chuck?" Writing a book requires technique and skill, but reaching and captivating an audience is another skill altogether-one that does not come naturally to most authors. In "The Author’s Guide to Planning Book Events," award-winning author and accomplished book-event coordinator Carol Hoenig provides the know-how to show authors how to Find and choose the perfect venue Plan an event for optimum results Build on each success to reach more readers Hoenig has worked with hundreds of successful authors and book publicists and shares the best of her stories and theirs. She explains why nontraditional venue functions can be much more lucrative than traditional events at a local bookstore. And she provides step-by-step instructions for planning, organizing-and enjoying-publication and book-signing events. The result is a must-have resource for every author’s bookshelf. |
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2011 Essential Guide to the BP Deepwater Horizon Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill: Report of the Presidential Commission, Plus Gulf Coast Recovery Planning and Resource $15.38 This compendium of four federal documents provides coverage of the oil spill and the ongoing restoration of the gulf, with the text of the January 2011 Report of the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling, plus the Recovery Planning Checklist for Communities, Recovery Resource Guide, and Best Practices for Migratory Bird Care During Oil Spill Response. |
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The Writer’s Abc Checklist $14.19 An easy-to-use comprehensive guide for writers on preparing and presenting their work to agents, publishers and print media. "There is advice on every possible question you might ask." – Richard Bell – Writing Magazine"… It is a great writers' bible which all writers, no matter how well published, should keep at their elbow." – Sue Kendrick – Writelink… Regardless of the writer’s level or ability, there is something extremely daunting about putting together a submission. It doesn’t matter if it is for an article for a magazine, or short story for a competition, a humorous anecdote, a play or TV script, a novel or non-fiction book, The Writer’s ABC Checklist will provide answers to questions you didn’t even know you should ask. With its A-Z format, references can be found quickly and effortlessly. Unfamiliar terms are explained and bullet points at the end of most sections provide a quick reminder of the main items covered. This unique book is packed with writing tips and is something no aspiring writer can afford to be without. |
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Checklist: Damages in Personal Injury Cases $20.05 The damage portion of a personal injury claim is the heart of the tort case and determines whether or not the claim is worth pursuing. The attorney must be able to determine accurately the level of damages the injured plaintiff can expect to recover for his or her injuries. The checklist format of this book provides a quick and thorough reference for an attorney to use when evaluating a client’s personal injury case. The attorney can ensure that he or she has met the obligation owed to the client to identify and calculate properly those damages recoverable and make sure that the damages are pleaded properly and that the evidence necessary to prove the claim is gathered. This checklist allows the attorney to determine the appropriate basis for the damage claim and what evidence and testimony will be needed. |
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Application of Nursing Process and Nursing Diagnosis: An Interactive Text for Diagnostic Reasoning [With CDROM] $20.26 A fun, interactive way to begin mastering the nursing process Chapters on each step of the nursing process present a step-by-step, problem-solving approach that helps students understand the meaning and language of nursing. Your students will actively seek solutions rather than passively assimilate knowledge. Four patient vignettes unfold throughout the text to illustrate each step of the nursing process and to enable your students to learn through doing. Practice activities, work pages, and case studies provide opportunities to examine and scrutinize patient situations, consider alternatives, and evaluate outcomes. Final chapters include Documentation, Evaluation Checklist, Interactive Care Plan Worksheets, and a fifth vignette to ensure your students understand and can apply what they have just learned. Davis Care Planning Nursing Diagnosis Resource CenterYour resource for nursing diagnosis, care planning and concept maps, concept map generator, care plan template, interactive and printable assessment tool, and more Davis Care Planning Nursing Diagnosis Resource CenterYour resource for nursing diagnosis, care planning and concept maps, concept map generator, care plan template, interactive and printable assessment tool, and more http://davisplus.fadavis.com/daviscareplans/index.cfm |
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Colin Cowie’s Extraordinary Weddings: From a Glimmer of an Idea to a Legendary Event $6.7 What would you like your wedding day to look like? Maybe you dream of a winter wedding, set against snowcapped mountains. Perhaps you would prefer a barefoot wedding on the beach at sunset, with your friends and family dancing until dawn in an ethereal red tent. Or would your ideal wedding be an exotic, wine-tinged Moroccan celebration capped by a family-style Middle Eastern feast? Lifestyle guru, TV host, and wedding-planner extraordinaire Colin Cowie has created these amazing weddings, and many more. In "Colin Cowie’s Extraordinary Weddings," he finally shares his secrets for creating weddings that are unparalleled, memorable, and-above all-personal. Both wish book and inspirational guide, this gorgeous retrospective reveals every detail of fourteen glittering, romantic, and meticulously thought-out weddings. Full of the sophisticated details and elegant flourishes that only Colin Cowie could have envisioned, these real events are sure to fuel your imagination. First, Colin takes you step by step through all of the sumptuous details, describing how he worked with each couple to weave their interests, heritage, and unique elements of their love story into their celebrations. Colin also provides ideas and tips that you can apply in your own wedding, including: – Choosing a meaningful theme and carrying it through every detail – Creating truly personal vows – Making guests feel at home at your destination wedding – Deciding on fabulous looks for flowers, fabrics, place settings, and more Whether you’re hunting for ideas for your event, searching for solutions to your planning challenges, or just dazzled by the romance of weddings, you will treasure this one-of-a-kind book. Enjoy poring over these wonderful weddings and learn how to make the day you say "I do" absolutely special-and absolutely extraordinary. |
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William and Kate Planning a Royal Wedding DVD $10.98 The royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton on April 29, 2011, is set to be the biggest event since Prince Charles married Lady Diana Spencer in 1981. This young, modern royal couple wants their fairytale wedding to reflect their personalities and tastes. Everyone is talking about it, but how much do we really know about what will take place? Who will make the wedding dress? What might be served at the wedding feast at Buckingham Palace? Will there be a bachelor or bachelorette party? Where will the newlyweds honeymoon? Go inside the social event of the new millennium with unique access to those in the know: friends, schoolmates and former staff, as well as their favorite designers, chefs and stylists. Also, hear firsthand from several journalists who have watched William grow into the man he is today. (DVD) approx. 60 mins. |
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Steris Red Event Labels $65.64 Steris Red Event Labels |
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Quarterbacks of the Century Event Cover $10 Event cover. Measures 12×16 |
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Evidence-Based Treatment Planning for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, DVD and Workbook Set $45.41 There is growing pressure to ensure that patients receive care that is proven effective and subsequently, a tremendous need to train mental health practitioners in the latest in Evidence-Based Practice (EBP). "Evidence-Based Treatment Planning for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder DVD Companion Workbook" covers presenting problems stemming from anxiety after a traumatic event. The DVD (sold separately) demonstrates the techniques and treatment interventions covered in the lecture. This workbook guides staff in implementation of the interventions with their clients subsequent to the DVD training. Ideal for training mental health professionals at any level. |
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Evidence-Based Treatment Planning for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, DVD Companion Workbook $26.3 There is growing pressure to ensure that patients receive care that is proven effective and subsequently, a tremendous need to train mental health practitioners in the latest in Evidence-Based Practice (EBP). "Evidence-Based Treatment Planning for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder DVD Companion Workbook" covers presenting problems stemming from anxiety after a traumatic event. The DVD (sold separately) demonstrates the techniques and treatment interventions covered in the lecture. This workbook guides staff in implementation of the interventions with their clients subsequent to the DVD training. Ideal for training mental health professionals at any level. |
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Milwaukee 49-54-0600 Template Nails $15.98 Milwaukee 49-54-0600 Template Nails Since its founding in 1924, Milwaukee has focused on a single vision: to produce the best heavy-duty electric power tools and accessories available to professional user. Today, the Milwaukee name stands for the highest quality, durable and reliable professional tools money can buy. Due to prolonged, heavy use some components may need to be replaced. Use only Milwaukee specified replacement parts to achieve maximum life and performance from your Milwaukee tool. Milwaukee 49-54-0600 Template Nails Features: Use only Milwaukee specified replacement parts to achieve maximum life and performance from your Milwaukee tool. |
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The C++ Standard Template Library $55.19 With the ANSI/ISO C++ Standard Template Library (STL), C++ developers have a powerful toolset for maximizing productivity, software quality, and performance at the same time. STL provides both comprehensive sets of container classes and fundamental algorithms to go with them-a large, systematic, and efficient framework for C++ development. Now, in this long-awaited book, the creators of the C++ Standard Template Library explain it authoritatively and in depth. Each chapter of The C++ Standard Template Library covers one STL component, including: — Detailed background about the component and its uses — A thorough review of the relevant ANSI/ISO C++ standard — Practical techniques for using and implementing the component — Extensive sample code — Hands-on exercises Appendices present lists of reserved names, a detailed glossary of terms and references, and how STL interfaces with the rest of the Standard C++ library. Fully reflective of the final ANSI/ISO STL standard, The C++ Standard Template Library is the last word on all aspects of STL development for every experienced C++ programmer. |
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Championship Productions Coaching High School Wrestling: Practice Planning DVD $39.99 With Scot Davis -Owatonna (MN) High School Head Coach; -the winningest coach in amateur wrestling history (over 850 victories); -2007 “National Coach of the Year” by Wrestling USA Magazine and was the “Runner-up” in 2006. -He was also named “National Coach of the Year” by the National HS Coaches Association in 1998. -In 2005, Davis was voted Minnesota Class AAA (large schools) “State Coach of the Year” by the Minnesota Wrestling Coaches Association. Looking for a way to “spice up” your practices? Coach Davis has some answers for you. Davis presents over 20 drills and games for you to incorporate into your practice that will develop technique and work on conditioning. These drills fall into five categories: Stance/Motion, On the Mat, Getting Off Your Back, Conditioning and Games. Davis takes two of his wrestlers through each drill pointing out how to run each while describing the benefits of it. In addition, Davis takes you through his practice planning philosophy starting with a week-by-week look at organizing the team from the beginning of the school year up to when the season starts. He also includes a look at his in-season practice routine giving you a template to use. These time-tested drills, games and philosophies have turned out champions and will work for you. 54 minutes. 2008. |
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Time Management for Event Planners: Expert Techniques and Time-Saving Tips for Organizing Your Workload, Prioritizing Your Day, and Taking Control of Your Sched $15.99 Event planning never stops. This industry goes 24/7, 365 days a year. Planners work evenings, weekends, and holidays, often far away from their home base, organizing and running events that simply must go on, and go smoothly. Missing a critical deadline is not an option in the event planning field. Time management errors can cost a company a potential sale, lose them an existing customer, and damage their professional reputation. Burnout and chaos are real risks in this hectic world of deadlines and multiple projects. Planners often find themselves working down to the wire against crushing deadlines and a mountain of obstacles that impede their progress. Too frequently, there is not enough time to get the job done properly, let alone to spend on personal or professional pursuits. And for many involved in the event planning field, there is the extra dimension of travel to factor in, juggling multiple projects on a daily basis across a multitude of time zones. For smooth event implementation, and for business success, it is essential that planners know how to manage their own time as well as they manage an event. Time Management for Event Planners teaches readers how to successfully manage their workload, and do what matters most, when it matters most: Analyze and prioritize tasks. Structure your workload and your day for maximum performance. Identify red-flag activities that hinder productivity. Reduce stress-producing time crunches. Identify when extra help is needed, as well as how to delegate, outsource, and even partner with suppliers in crunch periods. Work with rather than against deadlines. Save time using technology. Manage multiple projects, even in multiple time zones. Balance your personal and professional life. Whether you are an event planner, a hospitality professional, in public relations or other related fields, Time Management for Event Planners offers time-saving tips, techniques, examples, and expert insight that will help you get time on your side. |
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Time Management For Event Planners: Expert Techniques And Time-Saving Tips For Organizing Your Workload, Prioritizing Your Day, And Taking Control Of Your Sched $22.49 Event planning never stops. This industry goes 24/7, 365 days a year. Planners work evenings, weekends, and holidays, often far away from their home base, organizing and running events that simply must go on, and go smoothly. Missing a critical deadline is not an option in the event planning field. Time management errors can cost a company a potential sale, lose them an existing customer, and damage their professional reputation. Burnout and chaos are real risks in this hectic world of deadlines and multiple projects. Planners often find themselves working down to the wire against crushing deadlines and a mountain of obstacles that impede their progress. Too frequently, there is not enough time to get the job done properly, let alone to spend on personal or professional pursuits. And for many involved in the event planning field, there is the extra dimension of travel to factor in, juggling multiple projects on a daily basis across a multitude of time zones. For smooth event implementation, and for business success, it is essential that planners know how to manage their own time as well as they manage an event. Time Management for Event Planners teaches readers how to successfully manage their workload, and do what matters most, when it matters most: Analyze and prioritize tasks. Structure your workload and your day for maximum performance. Identify red-flag activities that hinder productivity. Reduce stress-producing time crunches. Identify when extra help is needed, as well as how to delegate, outsource, and even partner with suppliers in crunch periods. Work with rather than against deadlines. Save time using technology. Manage multiple projects, even in multiple time zones. Balance your personal and professional life. Whether you are an event planner, a hospitality professional, in public relations or other related fields, Time Management for Event Planners offers time-saving tips, techniques, examples, and expert insight that will help you get time on your side. |
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Managing Major Public Events: A Planning Guide for Municipal Officials, Law Enforcement, Community Leaders, Organizers, and Promot $24.76 Original publisher: Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Justice, Community Relations Service, 2000] OCLC Number: (OCoLC)46787880 Subject: Demonstrations — United States — Planning. Excerpt: …The answer is everyone who can affect the outcome. This will include the mayor, city manager, police, and almost every municipal department In addition, the community must be mobilized and involved. Volunteers will be required. Community organizations and business must be involved. The unique feature of many major events, such as Spring Break and Special Events is that they bring a large number of college-age and younger people to a community for the " event. " These are usually minimal or few officially-sponsored activities. The main " event " is to be there to walk, to cruise in cars, to be seen, and to visit with other students. Thus, when the event comes to the city, everyone who works for the city – regardless of their regular duties – will be working on the event for that period. All of a city’s resources, including churches, community organizations, and volunteers will be needed. The event is not solely the responsibility of the police and fire departments. Pre-event Activities Pre-event activities involve planning by all city, police, business, community, student, and promoter personnel to engage the resources necessary for a successful event. At this stage potential problems should be identified and addressed. Planning should occur six to nine months in advance of large events. Even if a firm date is not known in the early planning stages, it is usually well known that the activity will occur around a particular holiday or vacation time. The exact event date can be plugged in once it is publicized. Publication of exact dates is now usually accomplished through student organization Internet web sites, which local 15 |
