Is this your book?

Some books are expected to be read and then put down. If you follow my methodology, you will start to personalise the contents of this book. This book is a ‘workbook’ and as such it is an integral part of your event planning and delivery.

As stated above, my event planning and delivery method requires you to read this book twice. As you read through with your unique event in mind, you will identify areas in which you have unusual, specialist or non-standard requirements. As you identify them you should write them in at appropriate places in the book. You will probably amend lists, add comments and reminders, or write in the name and number of important contacts. For example, against the list of possible standard jobs and responsibilities in Chapter 20, you may know that for your event you need a hot air balloon pilot and an expert bee keeper. If so add them to the jobs and responsibilities list You may also want to highlight sections that you think will be difficult or may give you problems in delivering your event. If you think it is worth writing it in, do it! All of these things will help you to deliver a successful event and this interaction with the book will turn it into a ‘workbook’

Writing these reminders at appropriate places in the book delivers two significant benefits:

• Important things will not be forgotten or overlooked later.
• The reminders are written into the sections of the book where they will be included in your planning and delivery.

But if this is a library book – please don’t write in it! By all means take it out of the library and read through to see if you think that its methodology and approach will work for you. However, if you want to use the book and methodology as intended, you must buy your own copy of the book so that you are free to write in it as you see fit. Please remember, though my methodology advises you to write in this book, only do so if you own the book.