Dental practitioners in Australia and New Zealand continue to be spoilt for choice when it comes dental education. There is a wide variety or programs continually being offered from short courses lasting less than a day to multi-day, multi-speaker congresses to long-term post-graduate programs offered by universities. Formats vary from webinars to hands-on workshops to traditional sit-and-listen events and everything in between.

Event organisation checklist (Work in Progress)

• Define the goals for your event. Your goals will vary depending on whether you are the presenter,
  • Remuneration in exchange for providing education.
  • To supply information in support of existing users of your products or services.
  • To introduce new products or services.
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• What is the event about?
• What are you trying to achieve?
• Who is the audience?
• Define the requirements to fulfill these goals including:
  • Who will the presenters/speakers be?
    • Do they need to be remunerated for participating?
    • Do they need to be reimbursed for travel to the event?
  • Who will develop the content/curriculum for the event?
  • How many people are likely to attend?
• Define how you will fund the event:
  • Registration fees.
  • Sponsorships or industry participation.
  • Profits from expected product sales.
  • Other revenue sources such as government funding.
• Define when and where the event will be staged (dates, times and locations).
• Define where the event will be staged:
  • Hotel conference facilities
  • Exhibition centre
  • Other venue
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• Obtain information from your speakers/presenters including:
  • A Photograph
  • Biography
  • A synopsis of the information they will present.
  • Clinical articles that can be used for promoting their
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• Develop promotional material for the event:
  • Logo/corporate image
  • Flyer for potential delegates
  • Brochure for potential delegates
    • Dates, times and location of the event
    • Timetable
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  • Prospectus for potential sponsors and exhibitors
  • Website
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• How will you accept registrations
  • Registration form in your brochures
  • Online
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