Organising a conference is often seen as a rite of passage for budding academics, or just an everyday part of the job for research professionals. However, most people are never offered any support or training to do it well. That can result in lacklustre events, perpetuating bad practice, lost confidence and cries of ‘never again’!
Whether you’ve got an event looming or you just want to be prepared for the inevitable, this course will help you to plan your first academic event, conference, seminar or webinar with confidence.
Designed for early career researchers and research professionals
This training helps early career researchers, PhD students and early career research professionals understand all the moving parts involved in running research-related events and put them together in the right order to produce an event they can be proud of.
Learn what to do and how to do it
- Defining the purpose and structure of your event.
- Event operations, budgets and logistics.
- Planning the event content.
- Managing speakers and other contributors.
- Marketing, communications, registration and audience management.
- Essential tasks before, on and after the big day.
Whether online or in person, this training is highly interactive using discussion, practical activities, and event planning scenarios. Participants will also receive a set of templates and checklists for planning their own events.
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