The blogosphere is a bit unfair toward event management. My blog subject is in fact ignored by writers across the globe. When talking about podcasting the scenario gets even worse. It’s been 3 years that I daily follow 50+ marketing, business, sales and management blogs, only once it has… Read more
Free Tools for the Open Source Event Planner
May 9, 2007 By
In some previous conversation we had, I’ve been talking about Microsoft Office and Event Planning Software. Open Source has shaken the proprietary software stage with free and better products. Here follows a list on how your event could be more “open” and definitely cheaper. The Open Source… Read more
Project and Event Templates for Microsoft Project
May 9, 2007 By
Microsoft Project is a software widely adopted to organize projects and coordinate events. It is part of the Office pack which makes it accessible for most households/offices. For those interested in Gantt charts and plans, here are few templates you might want to consider. The first template… Read more
Event Organizational Breakdown Structure
April 30, 2007 By
A work breakdown structure has helped me in creating packages of activities in which I could break down a particular event. The benfits of such approach include identifying what needs to be done in order to carry out a particular event. Such packages can now be delegated to people in the team or… Read more
Gantt Chart in use
April 26, 2007 By
I’ve been talking previously on how important is to break down in small packages the activities of a project. Once we have small packages of activities and we assigned a temporal weight to them, it might be useful to organize them chronologically in a Gantt Chart. A Gantt Chart visually… Read more
Work Breakdown Structure Levels
April 24, 2007 By
A Work Breakdown Structure helps in organizing what needs to be done in small packages of activities. There are several benefits in organizing the work in such manner, i.e. assigning tasks to team members or compute the time required to carry out the project.There are different levels of packages… Read more
Event Budget Items
April 23, 2007 By
One of the most crucial skills of an event coordinator is to keep things under control. In order to do that it is necessary to breakdown the event in packages of activities. Sometimes identifying such activities could be an hassle. I’ve aways used packages maps that suggests items which I… Read more
Work Breakdown Structure
April 23, 2007 By
Events can be seen as small projects, one-off activities conceived to meet the needs of a particular group.As for projects events have specific performance requirements, which means that they need to be delivered on time and within specific budget boundaries.In this view, events could be seen as a… Read more
Web Team Management
April 22, 2007 By
A list apart posts an interesting document on how to plan manpower for a(web)team.The article gives interesting suggestions on how to come up with a team and decide the level of activity required.Managing online activity could be the case for a lot of us out there….let’s have a look… Read more
Project Management Free Software
April 22, 2007 By
For those busy managing their next project, consider using Basecamp an easy and cheap way to collaborate.You can get unlimited people to collaborate, real time chat and 2 writeboards on the free edition. There is some online space on the 12$/month version and the chance to manage up to 3… Read more
