FRIENDSHIP DINNERS WORKSHOP, TX 2012 PEACE ISLANDS INSTITUTE www.peaceislands.org

Subjects Friendship dinners and their types Committee Sample program Date: Venue Meals & Food Decoration & Design Table designs Miscellaneous Questions Friendship dinners and their types Committee Subject-Theme of the dinner Host committee and its benefits? Pre-friendship dinner Post friendship dinner Public Relations & Media Goals-Outcome

Friendship dinners and their types Keynote Speaker Based Friendship dinners Theme or Subject Based Friendship dinners Theme-Award Based Friendship dinners Participant-Based Friendship dinners (Academicians, Faith-Based, Elected Officials, General, etc…)

Committee Establish a Committee Advisory Board for the dinner: It will be very useful to get the ideas of our friends about the program, it will cast light to different parts of the event and give a different perspective to us.

Subject-Theme of the dinner Be careful about the theme: Act locally, Think globally The theme should make sense in the local community and for the local officials since they are organized by local centers. Do not strict and marginalize the theme or subject with faith/interfaith based issues or subjects.

Social or End Poverty and Hunger Immigration Problems Child Abuse and Child Trafficking UN Millennium Goals Discrimination and Racism Identity Theft Challenges of the Children of the World Environmental Responsibility and Green Energy. The effects of economic crisis on individuals, families and societies.

Host committee and its benefits? Strengthen the impact of friend dinner in the minds of people before and after the dinner. Will change the portraits or quality of the participants positively. The message will be delivered much more effectively.

Pre-friendship dinner Establish a Committee and a meeting time. The quality of the Invitations are important Invite the distinguished peoples by visiting their offices. Do not hesitate to call some distinguished people by phone. Do not forget to follow up. Publish the details of the dinner in your website. Prepare a booklet Decide for the target audience

Post friendship dinner Evaluation of the dinner. Send thank you letters right after the dinner. Follow up the VIP or the institutions, but How? Dream the gathering as the first step to give the opportunity of collaboration with VIP or with some impactful social institutions. Never forget! Not only invite them to your events but also attend and participate to their events and programs. Even be the part of their programs. Our impact and effectiveness in the mind of people will increase proportionally with our common grounds, projects and programs.

Public Relations & One of the most IMPORTANT part of the event (Always be forgotten) At least 10 % of the budget has to be separated for PR or Media Hire freelance writers, journalists to your event ADVIRTESEMENT (***) Press Release Hire a professional photographer if you can.

Goals-Outcome Regular visits- subject based Project Based Collaboration To select some of them as advisory board. To dream some of them as board member for the future Venues for you to find the future board members and advisory boards of the dialogue foundations. Turkey Trips & international trips

Sample program Date Venue Be careful about the selection of the date. Check the holidays. Check the religious and cultural days from the calendar. Dinner Opening Speech Video Presentation of the Foundation Keynote Speaker Speakers A Video presentation about the theme Live Music Award Presentation (not an obligation) Venue Check the venues of great dinners in your lacal area The quality of the venue will definitely affect the quality of the people. Prestigious Place Cipriani Waldorf Astoria. Hilton

Miscellaneous Table Designs Registrations Each table has to be arranged uniquely. Decorations of the tables. Harmony of the tables in terms of titles.   Miscellaneous Registrations Special Newsletter about the dinner after the event. Welcome your guest at the entrance. Video presentation of the Foundation must be at most 4-6 minutes- Professional Sponsorship Small gifts for your guests.

Meals & Food Decoration & Design Can not be self service Unforgettable dinner. (The menu, desserts, etc) Decoration & Design Stage Tables Reception Area Ball room Entrance

Questions ? What are the fruits of this friendship dinners? Who are the possible advisory board members for the future? What kind of programs can be done as a result of this dinners?

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