Top ten tips to consider:

Here are the top ten tips that you should consider when staging an event of this kind.

1. Plan well in advance

2. Fix budgets with breakdown for all the elements

3. Book the venue and speakers first

4. Make sure the booking date doesn't clash with anything it shouldn't.

5. Try to have a dedicated communications plan for the event.

6. Response handling. For example, direct mail, telephone, internet and fax.

7. Keep the branding of the product or service consistent in all communications. 8. Apply basic project management techniques to larger

9. Use the evaluation from not just to gather information about the attended event

10. Not only plan for things to go right but also for things to go wrong