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Unit 7: Planning for Events and Event Proposal

Event Planning Guide: The Event Planning Guide provides detailed instructions on how to Notes
prepare a complete proposal.

Request for proposal (RFP): A request for proposal (RFP) is a document that an organization
posts to elicit bids from potential vendors for a product or service.

7.12 Review Questions

1. What is event planning means?
2. What are the key factors in planning an event?
3. Discuss the steps involved in planning an event.

4. What are the objectives of an event planning?
5. Explain why should you make and confirm bookings as early as possible.
6. Give two reasons why it would be a good idea to have the total budget for the conference
broken down into cost centers.
7. What is meant by event proposal? How does it differ from business proposal?

8. What is RFP?
9. How will you account for RFP? Describe brief layout of it.
10. What are different vendor’s requirements?

11. What is meant by schedule of events?
12. “A schedule of events is valuable information for potential proposes”. Discuss.

13. What is checklist meant for?
14. What are the contents of checklist?
15. What is proposal approval mean?

16. Discuss the role of event planner.
17. What is actual proposal?
18. What are different proposal prerequisites?

Answers: Self Assessment

1. expectations. 2. determining its purpose
3. event planner 4. endless
5. success. 6. business-to-business

7. global event management 8. dynamic technology
9. request for proposal (RFP) 10. particular RFP

11. True 12. True
13. True 14. True
15. False

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