Event Planning Checklist

When planning National Consumer Protection Week events, keep the following suggestions in mind:

• Begin planning early.
• Contact your local postal team — Postal inspectors, Public Affairs and Communications managers, Consumer Affairs and claims managers, and Government Relations representatives — to see how they can help support and participate in the fraud prevention events in your city.
• Set a date.
• Secure participants.
• Acquire posters, videos, fact sheets, brochures, and other supplies for the event.
• Prepare a special pictorial postmark, if applicable.
• Secure staging and sound equipment and a podium, if applicable.
• Plan signage, including signs and banners.
• Launch a local publicity campaign.
• Draft a sequence-of-events agenda and speaker remarks.
• Plan retail opportunities (i.e., booth, bag stuffers, etc.)
• Prepare ceremony programs and invitations.