Special Events: The Roots and Wings of Celebration (Wiley Event Management)
EventsThe Wiley Event Management SeriesFrom the foremost authority, the definitive guide to your career as an event leaderToday's special events have their roots in the universal, ancient human need to celebrate with ceremony and ritual. Twenty-first-century event leaders acknowledge these roots while moving the event management profession toward the new possibilities presented by our globalizing world. Special Events: The Roots and Wings of Celebration, Fifth Edition provides experienced as well as aspiring event leaders with a comprehensive guide to understanding, planning, funding, promoting, and producing special events. Filled with helpful resources and illustrative examples, this Fifth Edition covers such areas as marketing, sponsorship, human resource management, financial administration, risk management, safety and security, global event leadership models, media use, legal and ethical considerations, technology, career development, and more. New and revised materials in this edition include:New profiles of leaders in the global events industry from Africa to America and from Bulgaria to Birmingham—learn what makes the greats great and their events truly spectacularFive Best Practice examples of exemplary events and over a dozen detailed case studies of all types of eventsBroader coverage of production schedules and the soon-to-be new industry standard, the APEX event specification guideRevised discussion of law and ethics in special eventsOver 100 new Web resources throughout textDescriptions of the leading meetings and events industry professional certification programs and how to earn these designationsThe Wiley Event Management Series?Series Editor, Dr. Joe Goldblatt, CSEPThe Wiley Event Management Series provides professionals with the essential knowledge and cutting-edge tools they need to excel in one of the most exciting and rapidly growing sectors of the hospitality and tourism industry. Written by recognized experts in the field, the volumes in the series cover the research, design, planning, coordination, and evaluation methods as well as specialized areas of event management.