Air Force Open House Workshop |
Sunday, December 8th 2024 8:30 am - 5:30 pm |
Champagne 3/4 |
| This course, developed in cooperation with active-duty Air Force personnel, and conducted by ICAS instructors, will take the mystery out of the many decisions you and your colleagues must make to prepare for and execute an air show/open house at a U.S. Air Force facility. The Air Force Open House Workshop will address: the purpose of an Air Force open house; how to build an effective air show team at your base; Air Force direction, regulations and policies related to air shows and open houses; how to welcome the general public to your base for an air show; the planning schedule/timeline for organizing and executing an Air Force open house; air/ground operations; contracts and contracting issues; legal issues; sponsorship and recognition; funding issues; and making most effective use of industry resources. The fee for the one-day Air Force Air Shows Workshop is $330 through November 1, and $355 thereafter. This workshop fee is not included in your Convention registration. During a fast-paced, information-packed course, the Air Force Open House Workshop will provide information and instruction on: • Planning • Regulations, policy and guidance • Operations/safety • Budgeting/finance/funding • Sponsorship • Contracting • Legal considerations • Building and organizing an effective open house team • Working with Force Support • Marketing/publicity • Hospitality/concessions The course will also take a detailed and specific look at the recent changes to Air Force policy on open houses and how they will impact your planning for events on your base in 2025, 2026 and beyond. The course has been developed and refined over the last 20+ years to address the questions that nearly every Air Force open house director has. In addition to the instruction and discussion, each participant will be provided with an instructional manual that includes copies of all the power point slides used during the program, a detailed funding matrix to help Air Force personnel determine what type of money (APF vs. NAF vs. outside funding) can be used to pay for nearly every open house expense with which the Air Force project officer may be faced. |