Events Exposed: Managing and Designing Special Events (Hardcover)

Foreword by Lisa Hurley, Editor at Special Events Magazine ix

Preface xi

Acknowledgments xv

PART ONE: All About BUSINESS

Point 1 You and the Events Business 3

Point 2 Develop Your Strategy 9

Point 3 Meet the Client 15

Point 4 Build the Business 21

Point 5 Venue Essentials 35

Point 6 Manage the Money 71

Point 7 Present the Proposal 87

Point 8 The Event Cabinet 101

PART TWO: All About DESIGN

Point 9 Tabletops and Other Décor Props 125

Point 10 Creative Event Concepts 149

Point 11 Burst into Weddings 195

Appendix: Understanding Our Clients and Staff Better: Four Behavioral Styles 213

Select Resources 223

Index 229