Convention Flashcards
Pre and Post convention
- Receiving Feedback
- Clarify if expectations have being met
- Assess the success on both sides
- Addeess any problems and explore solutions
- Establish a trust and future collabrtation
Staging an event
- Theming and event design
- Choice of venue
- Audience and guests
- Stage
- Power, lights and sound
- Catering
- Performers
- Production schedule
- Recording of event
Importance of Power electricity
- Type of power needed three phase or single phase
- Amount of power
- Emergency power
- Types of leads and distance from power source
- Position and number of power
- Safety factors
Convention Security
Controlled vs Uncontrolled admission
Color coded and bar coded badges
Registration packet
- Lost of scheduled events
- Coupon tickets for all functions
- Introductory letter
- Information about speaker
- Hotel facilities opening hours
Convention registration
Convention registration is a hospitality. function, a control function and an information function
The meeting group establishes the registration policy. the hotels responsibility is to assist in carrying it out.
The registration area serves: Convention package pick up area, Convention registration hand out badges, Information desk
Other specialized service
Entertainment for children
Shopping tips
Printing and graphic design
Sustainability
Energy Efficiency- Centralized chiller plant induction cooking reducing environment temperature.
Environmental Protection- Recycled urban and kitchen wastes turned it into green bio fuels
Water efficiency- Roof design acting an integrated water saving irrigation system for 900 trees.
Going high tech
Participants interact in a hub location using remote telepresence using high tech audio and video. The immersion experience include the projection of life size images on the screens that mirror each other
Feasability SMART
The acronym SMART is a useful criteria that can be applied to the establishment of objectives.
• S: specific – focused on achieving the event’s statements
• M: measurable - quantifiable
• A: achievable – human, financial and physical ressources
• R: realistic – having the right ressources to achieve them
• T: time specific – achieved by a certain deadline