Meeting and Event Planning For Dummies (For Dummies Series)

I truly enjoyed Meeting and Event Planning For Dummies because the information is simple and to the point. This book gives alot of websites to help with event planning. Also, it gives information of things that you would never think about when planning an event. I highly recommend this book to anyone who likes to plan events or who does event planning for a living.

Super informational and love this book! 10/10 would recommend to understand a lot about events and meetings.

I purchased "Meeting & Event Planning for Dummies" by Susan Friedmann because I am researching ways of marketing and attracting people to such public events as fan conventions. Unfortunately, Friedmann's book has little to say about such matters. It does contain a lot of information for businesses who wish to schedule more specifically targeted events (such as consortium meetings) for clients or potential clients. One particularly interesting section discusses methods of identifying and scheduling appropriate speakers for such events. The book also contains information on how a business' representatives can optimize the effectiveness of their appearances at trade shows. I found the book a good starting place for such information. It is current enough to have a variety of references to useful Websites, most of which appear current. (I have not reviewed them all.) But it is most appropriate for specialized types of events (such as businesses who have a targeted and/or more or less captive audience) rather than for groups attempting to schedule more general public events.

I liked this book because I didn't want to pay to take a class on this topic, but I wanted to learn the tricks of the biz. I love the helpful tidbits this book offers. a great start to my collectionl

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Great in sights and pointers in this book

Wish I had this book years ago. Learned a lot.

This book was a waste of money. It was written in 2003. This is a topic that requires up to date information. TO THE WRITTER, Either update the info or stop sell this book. the only thing i can use it for is a door stopper. Wish i read the reviews before wasting my money including shipping. what a mistake.

Easy to read. Lots of valuable information

great

I thought it would have more NON corporate info. Lots of info on booking hotels and travel for work stuff. I was looking more for help on how to bring people together for Meetup events and that kind of thing. It might be good for some people's needs. wasn't really what I was looking for.

As with all the Dummies books, this one tackles the subject in an easy-to-understand and logical way. My slightly negative comment is that, in some areas, it duplicates what is in Event Management for Dummies - but perhaps that can't be helped. However, I did find the sponsorship chapters useful. Providing a basic framework for novices and a mental and actual tick list for even the more experienced, it is certainly a useful 'bible' to have handy in the office.

I've only just started this but it is an easy read, and helpful giving good tips on how to organize events.