Health Fair Implementation Plan

For a given event to be successful, it would be hard to imagine that just “winging it” last minute with no preparation would be all that it takes. Charity events, weddings, deployments…big events require extensive planning several months in advance – sometimes even years. The saying goes the same with a comprehensive health fair. The implementation plan will include a timeline that will be helpful in ensuring that things are being done by the assigned person or group by a certain time. In other words, it is a “summary of goals, strategy, tactics, and measures of success” in a glance (Orton, Menkens, & Santos, 2009). The recommended timeline would be as follows:
12 months out
• Obtain approval from senior management
• Identify target audience …show more content…
Although this timeline is in place, there is still a possibility of things that can go wrong that can be deemed problematic enough to throw your hands in the air and possibly cancel the entire planning. Whatever the issue, there should always be a plan in place so that the things that don’t go right won’t be as catastrophic and your organization will still feel reassurance that things will still go well (Orton et al., 2009). Some examples can be the following:
• Vendor backing out last minute - Identifying additional vendors as back-ups.
• Lack of support – With a fundamental system in place for quality review and incident reporting, there can be continued collaboration between members and supervisors (Walshe & Shortell, 2004). This can increase an understanding of the goal and mission at hand and will prompt