Simple, God-honoring Ways to Deal with Anger

If we memorize the below three verses, when Satan enters our emotion with irritants and anger, these can protect us from future pains. 

- Know the root of what causes you an anger and know what to fight against. 

For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. (Ephesians 6:12)

- Patience is the way that God directs. 

Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him; do not fret when men succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes. (Psalm 37:7, NIV)

- When Satan attacks you, instead of getting mad, go bless someone.

Do not let yourself be overcome by evil, but overcome (master) evil with good. (Romans 12:21, NIV) 

Checklist for Successful Site Inspection for Event

- Maximum Occupancy: Whether invite-only or open-to-public event, knowing legal occupancy is key to the event venue. 

- Preferred Vendors: The site might already have their list of vendors like catering, lighting companies, and equipment rentals. Those will be helpful to know in order to get the total budget and to better prep the venue. 

- Control Room: Inspect the site to see whether it offers the back office where planning crews can remotely work before and during the event. This space is crucial for on-site operations as the event quality depends on the productivity of operations. 

- Kitchen Facility (In Any Kind): Although you might rely on the catering services, informing them beforehand what kind of kitchen facility the site has will be important for catering to go smoothly. 

- Set-up Time: Don't forget to include 30 minutes of set up's and another 30 mintues of packing before and after the event ends, especially if you are renting a venue with hourly rate. 

- Wireless Internet: Especially if the event goes live via broadcasting, you would for sure need to make wi-fi available throughout the venue. 

- Parking Space: VIP's, Vendors, Participants all need their parking spaces especially if the site is suburban area. Make sure that those parking spaces are located close enough to the event venue and the signs should be placed with visibility. 

- Overall Branding: Design element such as the event logo and organization's logo can be visibly distributed through banners, sign boards, flags, on the boards, video displays, screens, and decoration elements for indoors. 

- Late Events: Often the neighborhood can make decisions of the end time of the event due to the noise and traffic jam that it causes. The event needs wisdom to ask around the neighborhood before planning a late night concert. 

For more details or printable checklist, please go to: http://www.ncte.org/library/NCTEFiles/Groups/Affiliates/Conf_Site_Insp_Cklst.pdf

For overall conference/event checklist, please go to: http://www.ncte.org/affiliates/confplanning/checklists

Artistic Producer Job Description

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

•    Oversee the event's programs to include music, creative elements, video, and staging.
•    Mobilize and raise volunteer teams.
•    Develop special events and showcase creative elements during the event.
•    Incorporating the organization’s mission, vision, and values into creative arts department.
•    Stay current in artistic trends related or similar to the event.
•    Network with colleagues and others in local community.
•    Manage current staff and volunteers.
•    Develop and manage a creative arts budget.

Educational Events Manager Job Description

- Serve as the organization's liaison with the event organizer.

- Monitor progress of project tasks, negotiate and resolve problems.

- Integrate with other leadership programs.

- Develop new programmatic components for the event that draws in new audiences.

- Develop and manage budgets.

- Perform other related/comparable duties as required and assigned.

Convention Services Manager Job Description

- Reserve conference rooms and provide services to organizations for holding meetings

- Organize banquet or catering services

- Reserve A/V equipment 

- Plan any changes to the event space configuration

- Ensure that all events run as planned.

- Meet with leaders of organizations to discuss about their events

- Meet with the heads of departments to coordinate any planned events.

- Monitor events and troubleshoot unexpected issues

How to Make Conference Schedules

Here are some key principles to go by when you are organizing program schedules for event. 

- Plenary session should be scheduled first and then other programs or break-out sessions come next. 

- For welcomes, you want to invite the leadership of the organization, city or town official of the event location, and other key event organizers. 

- Give enough time for luncheons and dinners. If there is key note speaker giving a speech that time, schedule when the participants are finishing their food and working on their desert and drink. 

- Schedule blocks of time and restroom/coffee breaks in between. Normally two sessions in the morning and two sessions in the afternoon work out well. 

- Make evening meal atmosphere more social and enjoyable. Giving people time to socialize actually enhances the productivity of networkings. 

- If you like to schedule a program that you want a special attention from participants, do not schedule them competing with other programs. Use the special time blocks such as early morning or before dinner to make it open to all participants. 

Key Elements to Make Convention Successful

1. Project the future and post-conference: Remember that we have the world-wide-web that can basically continue your conference on. Physical contacts during convention have a huge networking value and after the spark of many ideas and initiative, it should carry on into more post-conferences. 

2. Allow non-sanctioned or social parties: You might get upset but it can always happen where the informal gatherings outside of your event might function better than the programs you have planned. It boosts the spirit of attendees and helps the quality of networking than site-controlled program environment.  

3. Involve guest speakers to mingle: You might easily think that the guest speakers are supposed to disappear after their speech night. However, you might bring more positivity, vibrancy and excitement by having your guest stay over the entire conference days. 

4. Right speakers: Speakers take important part of your conference, and therefore the key note speakers should be selected very carefully by both their expertise and past experience. Being motivational is the key here because often conference becomes chill when speakers are not at their right tunes with conference audience. 

5. Value of face-to-face meeting: If you knew someone who were in working relationship with you, the conference is where you can personalize that relationship - you can eat together while talking, you can attend the same workshop together, you will be engaged with others in a different level sharing the culture and experience of the conference. 

For more details on how to plan a convention, please go to: http://ctb.ku.edu/en/tablecontents/sub_section_main_125.aspx