Event Elements
Setup
Guest Arrival
Definitions
Picking an event detail
100
Venue & style
What is the environment 
100
Seats are in a row facing the stage area with no tables
What is a theater setup 
100
Anything that plays a part in the arrival atmosphere 
What is fanfare
100
A key component of customer service and often a first impression 
What is registration 
100
Establishes the tempo of the event, illustrating how quickly certain tasks must be accomplished and highlight critical decision deadlines 
What is a timeline
200
The feelings
What is the emotion
200
Rows of tables with chairs facing the front of a room and each person has a space for writing or using a computer 
What is a school room setup
200
Meeting where all suppliers and key staff members review the final set of function sheets to make sure there is a clear understanding of what is expected 
What are precon meetings
200
Special arrangements for parking and traffic that is coordinated and confirmed by the local traffic authority 
What is a traffic management plan 
200
Barrier-free events addressing those with mobility handicaps and limitations, deafness, and hearing impairments, blindness and sight disabilities, and language and literacy limitations 
What is compliance with accessibility legislation 
300
Creating a mood
What is the energy 
300
Tables set in a square (or rectangle) with chairs placed around the outside of the table - center (inside) table is hollow
What is a hollow-square setup 
300

Food and beverage (F&B) clause that requires a group to generate a minimum amount of F&B revenue through the course of the meeting

What is a food and beverage guarantee
300
Registration desk in hotel lobbies for convention center events 
What is a satellite registration  
300
Availability of meeting space and sleeping rooms 
What is the benefit of hotels
400
The must-haves
What are the essentials 
400
Series of tables set up in the shape of the letter U with chairs set all around on one or both sides 
What is a U shape setup
400
The listing of the logical and necessary sequences of actions in an hour-by-hour, minute-by-minute format
What is a production schedule
400
The elements, the essentials, the environment, the energy, the emotion 
What are the five event design principles 
400
Parents, students, holidays, children, weather 
What are some factors affecting guest attendance 
500
All the parts that makeup the event
What are the elements 
500
Chairs and/or tables are arranged in rows slanted in a V shape
What is a chevron setup
500
The minimum cost a client must meeting for catering 
What is food and beverage minimum 
500
The anticipation, arrival, atmosphere, activity, appetite, and amenities 
What are the 6 critical dimensions of an event experience 
500
Prepared to maximize and ensure all areas to be used are inspected sufficiently
What is a site inspection checklist 
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