Consideration 1 - Who?

  • Will attendees be PGN members, external individuals, or both?

  • If there are external attendees, who are they?

    • Is there a specific type of audience you are marketing to?

    • What will you do to target those individuals?

  • Are there any special type of considerations that you to take into account based off who will be attending?

  • Who from your chapter will be planning this event, and who will oversee its success?

Consideration 2 - What?

  • A very simple question, but what will you be doing?

  • Do you need to create an agenda or schedule?

  • Will different groups of people being doing different things (internal vs external).

  • What materials might you need?

Consideration 3 - When?

  • Simplistic again, but when is the event?

  • Do you have a backup date for if unforeseen events arise?

Consideration 4 - Where?

  • Where are you hosting the event?

  • Do you have a backup location?

    • Example: If you are hosting outside and it ends up raining

  • How are you communicating the location to people?

“By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” - Benjamin Franklin

Consideration 5 - Why?

  • What is the event’s purpose or goal?

  • Why should people attend?

    • What incentives are there?

    • What can they learn or do?

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