| Event management has gained special importance in | | | | event managers are so professional that you can |
| the 21st century. It is something that requires finesse | | | | assign them the entire task of event and meeting |
| and expertise and is therefore best handled by | | | | management and rely on them totally to help you |
| professionals. With the media focusing on event | | | | present or conduct a convention that's sure to be |
| management and planning, and with conferences and | | | | appreciated. |
| symposiums becoming major platforms of learning | | | | The seating arrangement in a seminar room is also a |
| and discussion, event and conference management | | | | very significant aspect for successful event |
| have come under the spotlight. | | | | management. Conference rooms are generally styled |
| A conference requires serious event management. | | | | in the following ways: |
| Along with the goal of the conference, you have to | | | | Theater - When a conference room is styled this |
| concentrate on the presentation aspects of the | | | | way, the audience faces a podium. The chief |
| conference. Selecting a proper conference room or a | | | | speakers and the VIPs generally sit on the podium |
| meeting venue is thus vital for the success of your | | | | and deliver their speeches and present their |
| conference. Conference rooms and meeting venues | | | | discussions from the stage. |
| vary in their designs and styles. Business conference | | | | U Shape - The U Shape style is very popular in |
| rooms and meeting venues are generally large and | | | | meeting rooms. Here, people sit and confer around a |
| come equipped with the following facilities: | | | | long rectangular table. There is much scope for |
| Flip charts or whiteboards with markers | | | | interaction and brainstorming if people sit in the U |
| LCD projectors or screens, VHS video player, | | | | Shaped style in conference rooms. |
| DVD players | | | | Classroom - The Classroom style is pretty similar |
| High speed, WiFi connections | | | | to the Theater style. Here too, the audience faces a |
| Audiovisual gadgets | | | | stage from where the event is presented. |
| Computers with Internet connections | | | | Cocktail - This style is used in meeting rooms |
| TVs | | | | when the conference ends with a lavish dinner and |
| Web conferencing facilities | | | | drinks. |
| Conference venues and meeting rooms in fabulous | | | | Banquet - The Banquet style, like the Cocktail |
| hotels are also equipped with separate Business | | | | style, is used when dinner is served at the end of a |
| Desks. These Business Desks employ the services of | | | | conference. |
| secretaries, typists, translators and photographers. | | | | Boardroom - This style is similar to the U Shaped |
| When a conference is hosted in a seminar room of a | | | | style and is used in conference rooms when |
| premiere hotel, the hosts can avail of the services of | | | | managers of the same rank meet to thrash out |
| the secretaries, typists, photographers and | | | | issues. |
| translators of the Business Desk for better meeting | | | | Cabaret - The Cabaret style seating |
| and event management. Large and renowned hotels | | | | arrangement is most commonly used in a meeting |
| almost always have event managers of their own | | | | room when a business meeting ends with an award |
| who are capable of assisting the conference | | | | ceremony. |
| presenters in the field of event management. Trained | | | | |