This guidebook is intended to help conference program planners in their jobs. The book is organized in four sections. Section One introduces the book, establishes reasons for having a conference, suggests alternative program models, and describes the coordinator's roles. Section Two describes the process of conference planning. Chapter 1 of this section examines time, money, and budgets, and Chapter 2 discusses facilities, promotion, registration, special arrangements, and the planner's fee. In Section Three, onsite realities of the program and evaluation are discussed; the final section concerns the aftermath of the program--financial "clean up," final evaluation, and planning for next time. An appendix to the guide, which makes up about half of the booklet, contains checklists, idea sheets, a bibliography, and sheets for planning. (KC)