Like planning a rock concert/music festival?

For the last month at work, I've been arranging a set of focus groups to take place this coming weekend. Recently, I noted to The Lady that the multi-faceted naure of it makes it very similar to planning a music festival.


There's five different types of people I'm arranging:

-people currently in a certain government program;

-people formerly in the government program;

-people potentially in the govt. program (i.e. ''at-risk'');

-''stakeholders'' (i.e. activitists and people who work ''in the industry'' -- one representative per organization); and

-parents of those currently, formerly, or potentially in the program.

Plus, I had to arrange the venue, transportation to the venue, lunch, and etcetera.


I've talked to fifteen or twenty current/potential/former program participants -- that's like rounding up fifteen or twenty bands. Talking to the fifteen or so different organizations to recruit ''stakeholder'' participatns was like trying to get festival sponsors. And sourcing and booking the venue was like -- well, like booking a venue.

Although this is all for a bunch of focus groups, not a big rock band festival. Ah well. Good practice, though. :)


And -- I've decided I don't want to be an events coordinator for a living.

--GG