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12.   Manpower Needs

Once you have your chairs in place, you to get them to determine their individual manpower needs. Consideration should be given to both the planning and implementations stages. Over estimating is not a bad thing. Time and circumstances come into play and volunteers may drop out of the committee for any number of reasons. Being aware of this and taking steps to minimize the effect of drop outs will make the chair’s life a lot easier. Strategic manpower planning will also help you evaluate the viability of the festival, as planned. It may show you that you need to modify your festival ideas to accommodate manpower realities.

13.   Event Naming

I believe that the naming of your festival is an important part of the development process. Your name will both attract attendees and give them an idea of what the festival is all about. The name indicates your theme. Make sure when developing your festival activities that they reflect both the festival’s name and theme. If you don’t, you will have a lot of very unhappy attendees.