Advanced Planning Services, LLC is a full-service company specializing in program planning, project management, meeting and event planning and small business development and event planning training.

We are committed to excellence as we help our clients turn their ideas into real-life programs and their problems into workable solutions.
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Program Planning

We turn our client’s visions into “real life” meetings, programs or special events. Participants leave our programs feeling that they have gained added value by attending the event.

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Meeting and Event Planning

Meeting & Event Planning

We plan meetings and events based on the ideas and wishes of our clients.  We provide a level of service that lets our clients sit back, relax and enjoy their events.

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Small Business Development & Event Planning Training

Our training programs provide information that attendees can use as soon as they get back to work.  We give them step-by-step guidelines that help them grow their business or plan their own events.

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Client Showcase

Alabama African American History Beyond the Book Website

The Beyond the Book website highlights past Alabama African American history makers and events and present day icons, unsung heroes, outstanding students, and current events.

The website’s goal is to inspire the young and young at heart to dream big and never allow obstacles to stop their march toward achieving those dreams.

Achievers in Life

Achievers In Life (AIL) is a nonprofit, mentoring organization whose primary emphasis is on young men ages 5-19. Achievers In Life helps participants to develop mentally, physically, spiritually and socially in order to achieve their full potentials in life. This is an organization that we give both our time and our talents to support this worthwhile cause.

A.G. Gaston Conference

Save a part of all you earn. Pay yourself first.
Never borrow anything that, if forced to it, you can’t pay back
.”

These are principles for success from Dr. A.G. Gaston, a man from Birmingham, Alabama who started with zero and built an empire. These principles serve as the backdrop for the annual A.G. Gaston Conference. The conference seeks to empower small businesses from emerging markets to make their mark on Birmingham and the world.

Association for the Study of African American Life and History

ASALH was founded by Dr. Carter G. Woodson in 1915 in response to the lack of information on the accomplishments of African Americans. He established Negro History Week in 1926 and 50 years later in 1976 that week became a month-long celebration that today is supported nationally and internationally.

The ASALH Annual Conference brings together more than 1000 individuals-academics, community builders, educators, business professionals and other to explore the history and culture of African Americans and people of African descent.

Alabama African American History Beyond the Book Website

The Future Emerges from the Past
The Beyond the Book website highlights past Alabama African American history makers and events and present day icons, unsung heroes, outstanding students, and current events.
The website’s goal is to inspire the young and young at heart to dream big and never allow obstacles to stop their march toward achieving those dreams.

Achievers in Life


Achievers In Life (AIL) is a nonprofit, mentoring organization whose primary emphasis is on young men ages 5-19. Achievers In Life helps participants to develop mentally, physically, spiritually and socially in order to achieve their full potentials in life. This is an organization that we give both our time and our talents to support this worthwhile cause.

A.G. Gaston Conference

AG Gaston Conference
Save a part of all you earn. Pay yourself first.
Never borrow anything that, if forced to it, you can’t pay back
.”

These are principles for success from Dr. A.G. Gaston, a man from Birmingham, Alabama who started with zero and built an empire. These principles serve as the backdrop for the annual A.G. Gaston Conference. The conference seeks to empower small businesses from emerging markets to make their mark on Birmingham and the world.

Association for the Study of African American Life and History

ASALH 2016 - Bag Stuffing
ASALH was founded by Dr. Carter G. Woodson in 1915 in response to the lack of information on the accomplishments of African Americans. He established Negro History Week in 1926 and 50 years later in 1976 that week became a month-long celebration that today is supported nationally and internationally.

The ASALH Annual Conference brings together more than 1000 individuals-academics, community builders, educators, business professionals and other to explore the history and culture of African Americans and people of African descent.