Planning
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- Planning a special event is a team effort, with a committee to make the decisions and take care of specific details.
- The most important details are the date and location of the celebration. Check the parish calendar for a conflict with your event, and confirm that your Spiritual Advisor is available -- if that is what you want. If you are inviting another priest to celebrate the Mass, check with your paster. He may wish to con-celbrate. Confirm the availability of the church/hall/restaurant.
- Discuss the price of event tickets, speaker choices, location and time frame.
- Skethc out the sequence of events for this event, such as Mass, lunch, awards presentation, speaker, etc.
- Assign the committee members to specific responsibilities. NOTE: all invitations to guest speakers and special guests should come from the president. After responsibilities are assigned, let these capable women handle their job. Committee members can be encouraged to have a sub-committee to share the workload.
- Have meetings tgo update each other on the progress of event planning, but do not interfere with their work unless asked, or you detect a problem.
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| Speaker Selection |
NOTE: the invitation to a Guest
Speaker comes from the Council President
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- Choose a topic for your event that would be of interest to your council members.
- Choose a guest speaker who could connect with your audience.
- Decide how long the talk should be.
- Consider the speaker fee that your council can afford.
- Contact the speaker of your choice.
- With the speaker: confirm your date, time, location, talk length, speaker fee and/or mileage. Ask if any special equipment is needed. Confirm if your speaker is bringing a travelling companion (husband/wife/driver)
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