Events/Logistics/Wrap up

In the last 5-30 minutes of your event, it is often helpful to get everyone's attention. Here are some things to think about a few days before the event wrap-up.

Goals of wrap-up

These can vary, based on your event. Still, usually you'll need to plan for the following things:

• Get attendees to fill out your exit survey. Typically, you should plan your exit survey in advance of the event. At the wrap-up, you can use a projector and project a URL of the exit survey (preferably shortened with a meaningful name, using a service like http://bit.ly/ or http://smarturl.it/ ).

• Thank attendees for coming. They are there! You are glad they are there.

• Thank sponsors. They made the event possible.

• Hand out tokens of appreciation, if you can. Attendees often love to receive T-shirts, books, or other goodies.

• Consider how attendees will stay in touch. The moments after the event are the ones where a community can most easily form between your attendees, so respect that possibility and make sure you provide an email discussion list for attendees to chat on, a Facebook group, a form option through which you will email attendees' names and emails to each other, or something of the sort.