Description
Book SynopsisA must-have introductory text of unrivalled coverage and depth focusing on events planning and management, the fourth edition of Events Management provides a complete A to Z of the principles and practices of planning, managing and staging events.
The book offers a systematic guide to organising successful events, examining areas such as event design, logistics, marketing, human resource management, financial planning, risk management, impacts, evaluation and reporting. The fourth edition has been fully updated and revised to include content covering technology, including virtual and hybrid events, concepts such as social capital, soft power and events, social inclusion, equality, accessibility and diversity, and the latest industry reports, research and legal frameworks. The book is logically structured and features new case studies, showing real-life applications and highlighting issues with planning events of all types and scales in a range of geographical locatio
Table of Contents
Section 1: Event Context 1. An Overview of the Event Field 2. Perspectives on Events 3. The Event Planning Context 4. Event Tourism Planning 5. Sustainable Event Management Section 2: Planning 6. Strategic Event Planning 7. Conceptualising the Event 8. Event Project Management 9. Event Financial Planning 10. Human Resource Management and Events 11. Marketing Planning for Events 12. Promotion: Integrated Marketing Communication for Events 13. Sponsorship of Events Section 3: Event Operations and Evaluation 14. Event Design and Production 15. Event Logistics 16. Legal Considerations in Event Planning and Management 17. Risk Management 18. Evaluation and Research
