Hire a specialist company
or talk to graphic designers such as myself
unfortunatley not many people are likely to give you suggestions that are good due to the age of the people answering,

in all honesty you need to see a designer who specializing in these things such as myself

email
nck_ferrari@hotmail.co.uk
or myspace
http://www.myspace.com/nickferrari23

How can financial managers budget for unforseen events that require large outlay of capital? How can financial managers budget for unforseen events that require large outlay of capital?

Assess a probability percentage and multiply this percentage by the amount of the outlay. This would be your expected loss and you could budget for this. Alternatively, buy an insurance policy to reduce the risk exposure to the unforseen event.

Is being an event/wedding planner more about the creative process or about the budgets, deadlines, etc.? Is being an event/wedding planner more about the creative process or about the budgets, deadlines, etc.?

Both. You have to have a creative mindset while still keeping in mind the couple to be's wants and needs and their budgets along with deadline and so forth. Some event/wedding planners work on one event at a time. Others do 2-3 at once. Just depends on the events and the how much you can take on.

Im trying to plan a fundraising event on a low budget, how can i do it?

Temptation Racing wants to plan a Fundrasing Event.
But we have a very low budget.
Around $200.
Any ideas? Any help?

10% of all money earned is donated to
Central Valley Childrens Hospital
and
The Make-A-Wish Foundation
*We only donate 10% to those 2 foundations becuase RACING IS NOT CHEAP! You try owning a race team! Its not easy! We have 5 riders and only 2 are sponsored. So we have to deal with 3 un-sponsored riders! Its not cheap, especially when sponsorships dont do much!

* We are a Semi-Pro ATV/ MC race team, selling just food products would make us look a little funny!
* ITS NOT A FUNDRAISER FOR CHARITYS! ITS A FUNDRAISER FOR OUR RIDERS! BUT 10% OF WHAT WE GET WE ARE GOING TO GIVE TO CHARITYS! WE ARE NOT DIRECTLY PUTTING 90% INTO OUR POCKETS! IT IS GOING TO HELP OUR UN-SPONSORED RIDERS!

10 percent will be donated? That is outrageous. If you are serious about doing a fundraiser, you should be donating at least 75 percent to the chartiy or it is not a 'fundraiser' is it just a money maker for YOU. Good luck convincing anyone to give you a dime for anything - why would anyone donate 90 percent to you when they could donate 100 percent directly to the charities.

Okay - read your comments. I can make two suggestions:

1 - If you are fundraising for a racing team, to be honest, you should say that - you should remove the 10 percent to charity as it is confusing and misleading. The companies or individuals likely to sponsor you won't be impressed, and it initially seems very misleading.

What you can do to fundraise at absolutely no cost is to approach local companies and ask them for sponsorship. You will need to determine the benefits of sponsorship - logos on uniforms, on the racing equipment, listings in journals, or whatever you decide, and then you can approach the companies and ask them to sponsor your team. If you target stores or companies that are likely to be somehow involved in the type of racing that you do, you will have a better chance of success.

Alternately, if you want to host a dinner or lunch (or a fundraising barbeque!) you can ask local stores to donate items for the fundraiser - perhaps a local bakery would donate buns/bread, and another store donate the sodas/beer. You will have to think of a way to give them appropriate recognition for their donation (again, logos, signage, or something that makes it worth their while).

Have a Budget of $2500 and i need 2000 20page full color/8.5x11 event programs printed. who can do it?

Call ReducedPrinting.com

They can work with a budget, I deal with a guy named Max. He prints everything for our club, and we recently did a little magazine and he gave us really great prices with shipping included

Reduced Printing
Ask for Max
718-477-7468

We are planning our 1st National night out event.any good ideas for kids activites on a tight budget?

General ideas are also welcome.

A picnic in the park. If it gets rained out, go back to your living room and make a fort out of blankets and eat under there. The kids will love it.

A forecast is not a a) a budget b) A prediction of future events c) based on extrapolation of past data? A forecast is not a a) a budget b) A prediction of future events c) based on extrapolation of past data?