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Last modified 8/19/2024
This page intends to help you get started planning your event. The best thing you can do is to start planning and coordinating with others early.
- Contact Conference Services by phone (438-5364) or email. They can help you with the logistics of such events like planning, facilities, on-site support, registration, and marketing.
- Numerous facilities at ISU offer technical support for events including the Bone Student Center. CAS-IT is not adequately staffed to provide event support staffing.
- CAS-IT can help you during the planning process by providing consultation for your technology needs.
- Contact Kevin Bersett as University Marketing and Communications is always looking for good stories about things happening on campus or alumni accomplishing extraordinary things off campus.
- Review the Access to Technical Resources for Conference Attendees guide.
- Consider the technological equipment you might need.
- Consider using a facility that is already equipped with technology like the Bone Student Center, Alumni Center, Milner Library, or the College of Business.
- Alternatively, equipment (like computers and audio/video) is available for loan from the Technology Support Center, CAS-IT, Milner Library, and the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Technology.
- If you plan to have any portion of your conference online, CAS-IT recommends Zoom for most scenarios. We also recommend purchasing a Zoom webinar license through the Technology Support Center.
- Larger presentations will need sophisticated equipment to properly capture presentations and in-person attendees. Consider using a facility that already has such equipment and trained staff to support it.
- Request a website on the About.IllinoisState.edu system to help advertise and communicate your event.
- Request a Microsoft Teams site to help coordinate planning with your colleagues and to receive a conference email address.