Event-Planning Checklist

n Set a date.

n Begin planning early.

n Contact your local Corporate Communications man­agers so they can provide media outreach and launch a local publicity campaign. Post a blitz of cal­endar announcements in local newspapers and bul­letins, both online and in print.

n Secure participants.

n Acquire posters, videos, fact sheets, brochures, and other supplies for the event.

n Secure staging, sound equipment, and a podium.

n Plan signage, including signs and banners.

n Draft a sequence-of-events agenda and speaker remarks.

n Prepare invitations.