Organize events!

Im doing this myself for a couple of years, and i must say, there's a money, hidden there:] I am musician myself, so i organize concerts at winter, in some mayor clubs in the city, and open air festival at summer. You can have look at it here:
myspace.com/sarkasms

(1) Set your goals

Be sure do some strategizing and set some goals before you begin. What is your mission? What is your strategy? How will an event fit with your strategy and other tactics? What specific goals do you want the event to achieve?


(2) Design the event

Try to design your event so that it will catch people's interest. Include an interesting speaker; a film or video; something fun such as an outdoors activity; maybe a potluck; a "gimmick" or symbolic action; etc. Ask yourself you can make your event fun and worthwhile for people to attend. Give your event a clear, short name that clearly says what the event is about.

Try to include interactive, participative and "unstructured" elements. What make all the effort involved in bringing people together if they don't get to interact and network? Will they learn much if they just sit and listen to "talking heads"?

Here's a starting point video about this:

Expert village has more usefull videos about this topic.

Enjoy,

Raitis.