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=head1 PLAN A BUDGET
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Z<budget_plan> Your budget is crucial. How much do you except your conference will cost? How
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Z<budget_plan> Your budget is crucial. How much do you expect your conference to cost? How
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much sponsorship do you anticipate? How much do you expect to charge attendees?
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How many paying attendees are you expecting? How many speakers are you expecting
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to attend and for how many of them will you be paying for travel and/or
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and simply scaling sponsorship and attendance fees may not be appropriate.
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Understand exactly what you are planning to pay for, and get some idea of costs.
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While these figures may not be accurate, you should try and get estimates for
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all your big essential items, then plan for it all to cost at least 10% more.
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all your big essential items, then plan for it all to cost at least 10% more;
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this can be taken into account by adding an "unbudgeted" item to your estimation.
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At this point in time, you will not know how many people will attend, how many
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sponsors you will attract and, ultimately, how much money you will have to cover
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your costs. However, you do have a lot of previous budgets and numbers, which
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your costs. However, you do have a lot of previous budgets and actual numbers, which
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can help to give you some idea. Be conservative in your expectations. You must
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be able to cover your basic costs before any extravagant items are included in
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your budget.
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proceedings programme). The latter items should all be considered only after you
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have covered all costs for your main items.
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Another possible division is fixed costs, which do not depend on the number of people coming in, such as the venue, WiFi and so no, and variable costs, like the number of meals. It is important to budget in such a way that fixed costs are covered no matter what, because they do have to be covered.
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