Progress – Chapter 11

You should now:

• be aware of the variety of activities that are possible at the event you are planning,
• have refined your event type and theme after researching attractions,
• be aware of the sources of attractions you require,
• have identified and approached potential sponsorship targets especially where sponsors offer big names, displays and attractions,
• have brainstormed and listed your required attractions, taking into account popularity, costs, space requirements and availability,
• given a checkpoint presentation to a new group, to confirm your results are ready to move on to the next phase, and
• possibly have returned to review audience size and profile in light of investigations into attractions.

Product completed

• Have produced a list of proposed and required attractions based on cost, availability and suitability investigations.
• Have provisionally booked any attractions for which there is no fee and possibly pencilled in bookings with commercial attractions, depending on possible cancellation fees etc.
• Have scheduled health and safety reviews of all proposed event attractions.
• Checkpoint review – authorisation to continue.