Final Exam Event Planning; All questions correctly solved

Event Professional correct answers Events are staffed by event professionals, full-time staff members, part-time employees, consultants and voulenteers (human resource team). The organization will need to determine which type of team member needs to be assigned to cover the variety of event and meeting tasks. Some tasks are best performed by full-time staff members versus a voulenteer, while other tasks are best performed by local temporary workers or voulenteers. Manages the logistics of the meeting/event, such as transportation arrangements, hotel accomadations, catering, and many other aspects to develop an effective meeting/event. Keeping the functions separate may be useful to large assossciations and corporations, where one department may handle transportation issues, another handles facility arrangements, and yet another handles exhibitors. Meeting correct answers An event where the primary activity of the participants is to attend educational sessions, participate in discussions or social functions or attend other organized events. There is no exhibit component. Exposition correct answers Is open to the public, usually requiring an entrance fee. An event at which products, services or promotional materials are displayed in exhibits. These events focus primarily on business-business relationships. Events correct answers An organized occasion such as a meeting, convention, exhibition, special event, gala dinner, etc. An event is often composed of several different yet related functions. Convention correct answers Gathering of delegates, representatives, and members of a membership or industry organization convened for a common purpose. Common feautures include educational sessions, comitee meetings, social functions, and meetings to conduct the governance business of the organization. Conventions are typically recurring events with specific, established timing. Corporate Social responsibility correct answers will be a continuing interest for meeting and event professionals' organizations and a potential differentiator for companies and assossciations that can demonstrate a strong commitment to effective CSR programs. CSR policies and initiatives within top-ranked, multinational companies have generated an expectation of CSR practice in all industries at all levels. In a similiar vein, clients are expecting more and more enviromentally sensitive event professionals and events and a continuing of the green movement. Stakeholders correct answers Individuals or groups that have an interest in the organization. Internal Stakeholders- Executives, department heads, managers and employees External Stakeholders- customers, local community, vendors, and media contacts Swot correct answers strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. This can be a powerful excercise to critically review the state of the organization's meetings and events. A number of stakeholders should be asked to complete the matrix