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.
