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 event templates you might want to consider.
Events and communities: councils and permissions
As previously analyzed, communities have a significant impact on the success of an event. Councils around the globe adopt policies toward particular kind of events that might e.g. attract large audiences or have an impact on the environment. What is councils’ decision process toward events? Of course a big portion of it it’s contextual and […]
10 Killer Tips on How To Make Your Event Successful
What is the basic structure of a successful event? What should you consider before running an event to avoid blunders? In this article, we take you through the basic steps of the event planning process.
Top Locations: Castello Sforzesco
This is a new section of this blog with useful information about the top locations around the world where to stage an event. I am open to submissions, please use the ‘contact me’ section to forward your favorite location. The first submission is dedicated to Italy. Castello Sforzesco is a 14th century castle located in […]
Gantt Chart in use
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 summarizes the timing of a […]
Template for Speakers Management
As I said in a previous post there is nothing a spreadsheet cannot achieve.Here is how I used Calc (or Excel) to manage Speakers and their cost to the organization. It helped me to organize and rationalize things. Obviously sensible data have been obscured. Enjoy Download Template
Work Breakdown Structure Levels
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 we could identify when designing […]
Web 2.0 and events come together
A characteristic of Web 2.0 is social networking. Events are seen positively by Web 2.0 initiatives. There are in fact multiple services that offer events scheduling. For event managers around the globe such platforms could become good (and cheap) promotional tools. The power of such tools is word of mouth the tool is the web. […]