All about Teambuilding & Event Management

Some of significant points to organize a successful event and festival (part 1)

If you have multiple goals, list them in order of importance so your perspective will not be lost. By setting priorities, you increase your chances of accomplishing the most important goals. If you don't set priorities, you can spread yourself too thin in an effort to reach every objective, and odds are you will wind up meeting none of them.

Your strategy needs to address long term goals and immediate plans-both at the same time. Do not put these off until the last minute. Planning includes a realistic budget. Even though this will be a task for the finance committee, each committee needs to submit their individual budget.
Choosing a Theme and Name It's not good enough to hold a plain generic event anymore. The event must have a theme-a main idea or concept to provide a solid base for a variety of interesting and promotable activities. Develop a theme that gives your event a unique identity and prevents it from being a carbon copy of other events. The theme should be indigenous to the community's personality, legends, natural beauty, or other attraction.

• The theme gives the event an overall focus.
• The themes give the participating groups a common point from which they can develop a cohesive program of activities.
• The theme gives the event structure.
• A catchy theme makes publicity much easier.

Whatever the theme, it must be something to which the local community can relate and that is either unique or has enough interest to attract visitors. Because events seldom are instant successes in drawing tourists from outside the region, planners need to ensure that the theme and activities of the event will attract local residents as well.

Event themes can be categorized into several general types:

• local history
• ethnic or cultural
• agriculture
• aquaculture
• holidays or seasonal events
• arts, crafts, and hobbies
• music and drama
• industry
• natural resources