Planning a Successful Conference.

This useful guide demystifies the conference process. The author, a professional meetings planner with 25 years experience, addresses all aspects of conference planning including: programme planning; budgeting; finding a location; advertising; and finding speakers and entertainment.

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Winter, Cynthia
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, 1994.
Series:Survival skills for scholars.
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