# The Complete Special Events Handbook

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/books/the-complete-special-events-handbook/
- Published: 2009-06-22T01:14:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**This book is founded on over twenty years’ experience of managing special events
and over ten years of writing and delivering training courses for the profit and
non-profit sectors. **

It is a practical, realistic guide to event management, designed for today’s market
and a new approach to the subject, developed from hands-on experience.

_The Complete Events Handbook_ is structured to take the special events organiser
through the stages required to plan and implement a major or special event, using
proven project planning methods to ensure a successful outcome. It is developed 
with the basic ‘nuts and bolts’ techniques through the conception, planning and 
management of events.

This book is for anyone who has to organise events as part of their day-to-day work,
and also for those responsible for organising whole conferences, festivals, gala
dinners and more.

## About Pauline Carter

**Pauline Carter** had a long career in fundraising at a senior level since the 
1980s. She worked for Save the Children and ActionAid. She was a longstanding member
of the Institute of Fundraising and a member of the executive committee for six 
years.

## Reviews

“Pauline Carter really knows events inside and out… This book is a must for any 
fundraising bookshelf, but it mustn’t stay there.”
**Ken Burnett**, author, lecturer
and fundraising expert

“From the simplest to the most glitzy events the author’s vast experience of fundraising
shines through in this comprehensive guide to organising successful fundraising 
events.”
**Alan Machin**, Head of National Fundraising, WaterAid

More on this title from the [Directory of Social Change](https://www.dsc.org.uk/publication/the-complete-special-events-handbook/).