How To Plan a Retreat

Did you have a terrific idea that resulted in an excellent event?

Has your group put on an excellent "themed" event lately? Would you be willing to share it with other event planners nationwide? If so, please fill out the following form and click SUBMIT. All submissions become the sole property of Gifts of Encouragement, Inc. If there is something that is copyrighted (like a skit, etc.), please indicate that in your comments so that we can give proper credit if we site that resource. Thank you!

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Question #1:
What was the actual theme of the event -- the title used on publicity pieces?

Question #2:
What was the focal "decorating" theme or idea that accompanied that title?

Question #3:
What was the key verse or Scripture for the event?

Question #4:
Back to decor: Did you decorate the lobby/welcome area? How?

Question #5:
Did you have a registration/welcome table? Was there anything special about that (ie - did your staff wear coordinated outfits or give out gifts, etc.)?

Question #6:
Was the platform area decorated? If so, how?

Question #7:
Did you serve food? If you had a serving table, what was special about that? (Questions about the food itself come later.)

Question #8:
If there were dining tables, how was each table decorated? Was there anything special about the table settings or centerpieces?

Question #9:
Food -- What did you serve? Was it theme-related? Did you purchase anything in particular that coordinated with the theme?

Question #10:
Gift Items - Did you give anything away? If so, how and what?

Question #11:
Publicity - How did you promote this event? If you used skits, posters, flyers, bulletin inserts, etc., would you be willing to email or FAX us a copy? (We would contact you for this if it is needed.)

Question #12:
Music - Did your worship team or special music guests select any numbers that you felt especially coordinated with the theme. If so, which ones?

Question #13:
Humor - Did you encorporate any intentional humor into the event? If so, what?

Question #14:
Skits - Did you put on a skit during the program that coordinated with the theme? If so, would you be willing to email or FAX us a copy of that? (We would contact you if it is needed.)

Question #15:
Ice Breaker/Welcome Game - Did you run any sort of welcome game or activity? If so, briefly describe it below. (We are familiar most games, but if yours is unique, we might contact you for more details.)

Question #16:
Event Cycle Games. Did your event-proper include a game of any type. Again, if it did, please describe it briefly and we'll contact you if we need more details.

Question #17:
Did you create any type of table/small group specific mixers like table tents? If so, what questions were on the mixer cards?

Question #18:
Did you offer breakout sessions? If so, what were the titles and topics?

Question #19:
Speaker: Who was your speaker for this event?
Did s/he speak directly to your topic?

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