IFAS Extension
Release Date: 12/3/2025
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Abstract
Learning how to plan special events is an important skill that can benefit you and your organization. This publication is designed to help you understand what special events are and how to conduct them. After reading this publication, you will be able to explain how event sites are chosen, what criteria are used to plan events, and how to handle site permits, contracts, and budgets. You also will learn the five critical stages in planning a special event and how to evaluate an event.
About this Publication
This document is AEC484, one of a series of the Department of Agricultural Education and Communication, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date July 2013. Revised March 2025. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.
How to Cite
Hicks, R. E., Telg, R., & Irani, T. (2013). Planning Special Events. EDIS, 2013(8). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-wc147-2013
Authors
Reba Ellen Hicks
MS alumna, Department of Agricultural Education and Communication
Ricky Telg
Specialist
University of Florida
director, Center for Public Issues Education, and professor, UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural Education and Communication
Tracy Irani
Specialist
University of Florida
professor emeritus and former department chair, UF/IFAS Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, Gainesville, FL