Enlivening Event Engagement

Depending on the purpose of the event, participants would benefit from a venue that meets their needs. This could be a movie theater, which takes all of the participants’ attention by keeping them entertained, a quiet restaurant that allows the participants to have a conversation, or even a virtual space, such as a discussion board or a multi-player video game. In the coming weeks, we’ll discuss ways to determine what might be the best venues for an event, how to find and book venues, and additional considerations, such as potential profit streams, health & safety, and sustainability.

Real world events usually require people in order to make them worthwhile. Otherwise, how would we know whether a tree falling in a catering hall makes a sound if nobody is there to hear it? We, therefore, need to consider several high level procedures:

• Inform the right number of targeted people about the upcoming event
• Get certain people to complete certain tasks in preparation for the event
• Gauge chatter leading up to the event
• Ensure that people actually attend in the event
• Track how people felt about all of the aspects of the event

Each of these procedures can be broken up into more detailed categories of procedures that can be executed in a variety of ways. We will dive into each of these procedures in the coming weeks.