Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction: what can go wrong?
- 2 The decision: to run or not to run
- 3 Scientific and related events: variety delights
- 4 Social events: something for every taste and budget
- 5 The program: how to accommodate pigs in a poke
- 6 Selection of the meeting site: a touch of Russian roulette
- 7 The dates of the meeting: you can't win
- 8 Publications: cruel and unusual punishment
- 9 Selection of participants: how to lose old friends and make new enemies
- 10 Committees: you have to live with them
- 11 Accompanists: you better love'm
- 12 Office and staff: don't take chances
- 13 The budget: a jungle with pitfalls
- 14 Fund raising: some would rather see their dentist
- 15 Allocation of travel support: not much fun either
- 16 Schedule of preparations: from dream to reality
- 17 Announcements, programs, and related information: clarity pays
- 18 Design of forms, nametags, tickets, signs and stickers: how about using common sense?
- 19 Satellite meetings: think twice
- 20 Checklist of important no-nos
- Appendix A Poster presentations
- Appendix B Outline of a general schedule for an international meeting
- Appendix C Excerpts from a letter to prospective panelists of a Colloquium
- Appendix D Excerpts from a letter to the moderators of Colloquia
- Appendix E Invitation to participate in a Socratic Workshop
- Appendix F Excerpts from a letter to leaders of Socratic Workshops
- Appendix G Example of a ‘statement of research interests’ for a Socratic Workshop
- Appendix H Service contract with an exposition service
- Appendix I Contract with a congress hotel
- Appendix J Suggestions for the preparation of abstracts and abstract forms for scientific presentations
- Appendix K Letter with clout to a manuscript delinquent
- Appendix L Schedule for staff of an international meeting
- Appendix M Checklist of equipment and supplies for the registration desk of a major meeting
- Appendix N Equipment and supplies for meeting rooms
- Appendix O Example of a letter/form confirming attendance of prospective participants in various events of a meeting
- Appendix P Calculation of fees
- Appendix Q Suggestions for a hotel reservation form
- Appendix R Summary of daily program schedule
- Index
Appendix M - Checklist of equipment and supplies for the registration desk of a major meeting
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 May 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction: what can go wrong?
- 2 The decision: to run or not to run
- 3 Scientific and related events: variety delights
- 4 Social events: something for every taste and budget
- 5 The program: how to accommodate pigs in a poke
- 6 Selection of the meeting site: a touch of Russian roulette
- 7 The dates of the meeting: you can't win
- 8 Publications: cruel and unusual punishment
- 9 Selection of participants: how to lose old friends and make new enemies
- 10 Committees: you have to live with them
- 11 Accompanists: you better love'm
- 12 Office and staff: don't take chances
- 13 The budget: a jungle with pitfalls
- 14 Fund raising: some would rather see their dentist
- 15 Allocation of travel support: not much fun either
- 16 Schedule of preparations: from dream to reality
- 17 Announcements, programs, and related information: clarity pays
- 18 Design of forms, nametags, tickets, signs and stickers: how about using common sense?
- 19 Satellite meetings: think twice
- 20 Checklist of important no-nos
- Appendix A Poster presentations
- Appendix B Outline of a general schedule for an international meeting
- Appendix C Excerpts from a letter to prospective panelists of a Colloquium
- Appendix D Excerpts from a letter to the moderators of Colloquia
- Appendix E Invitation to participate in a Socratic Workshop
- Appendix F Excerpts from a letter to leaders of Socratic Workshops
- Appendix G Example of a ‘statement of research interests’ for a Socratic Workshop
- Appendix H Service contract with an exposition service
- Appendix I Contract with a congress hotel
- Appendix J Suggestions for the preparation of abstracts and abstract forms for scientific presentations
- Appendix K Letter with clout to a manuscript delinquent
- Appendix L Schedule for staff of an international meeting
- Appendix M Checklist of equipment and supplies for the registration desk of a major meeting
- Appendix N Equipment and supplies for meeting rooms
- Appendix O Example of a letter/form confirming attendance of prospective participants in various events of a meeting
- Appendix P Calculation of fees
- Appendix Q Suggestions for a hotel reservation form
- Appendix R Summary of daily program schedule
- Index
Summary
Bulletin/message board and mail board.
Sign indicating location of the registration desk.
Desk and chairs.
Completed and coded (‘problem’ or ‘message’) portfolio sets for registered participants. These sets may include: list of registered participants; note pad and pen; name tag and holder; tickets; refunds and/or financial support (with receipts to be signed); updated meeting information; local information and/ or advertisements (with coupons for discounts).
Portfolio sets for late registrants, containing the same as in (4), but also program and abstracts. Tickets may have to be added.
Calculators with printout paper (important for instant check of calculations!).
Computer with diskettes, printer, printer paper. If there are security problems, use a laptop (notebook) type computer that can be taken easily to a safe place.
Typewriter with large typefaces for name tags.
Pencils, pens and markers.
Note pads and other paper, folders and envelopes.
Sticky tape, scissors and thumb tacks (for boards).
Stapler with extra staples, paper clips, hole punch.
Receipts and other forms.
Tickets for various events.
Cash box for money and change.
Copies of the list of participants.
Copies of program and abstract volume.
Maps and local information, including telephone numbers of taxis, ambulance and police.
Copies of hotel reservations for participants.
Telephone.
Spare frames for slides.
Spare foils and markers for overhead projections.
Address list of all members of the Society.
Mobile phone (cell phone).
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- Organizing Scientific Meetings , pp. 171 - 172Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1997