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Organizing
Successful Events in Ten Easy Steps
2. The audience
The audience are the most important people involved in any type of event. Even the most expensive, technically brilliant shows are worth little if they are not tailored to the audience. You will need to decide (don't forget to check back against your objectives):
A profile of who you want to attend. Things such as who they work for, what they do, how they influence the problem you are trying to resolve, how their behaviours might change as a result of attending the event, levels of knowledge of you and your subject matter, company, event subject/s, ages, nationalities, sex, preconceptions and resistances, time pressures;
- Why they would want to attend
- What they would be looking to get out of the
event
- What will turn them off
Your SMART objectives together with your audience profile will now be used to guide you in deciding the format of your event and the key messages to include in any event promotions. Correctly, form must always follow function.
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