Event Planning

About the Workshop

Event and wedding planning are an industry that requires careful planning, analysis pre and post evaluation, therefore this workshop has been designed to fit these criteria, and assist professionals in the industry with their day to day tasks, hence ensuring long term quality and consistency.

Event planning and management serves in the foundation and enhancement of project assessment, controlling of unplanned circumstances, project evaluation and presentation of services and products professionally.

Who should attend?

• Anyone who wants to become an event and wedding planner

• Event planners

• Wedding planners

Covered Topics

1. Types of Events

2. Establishing the foundation

a. Areas of brainstorming

b. Branding and identity

c. Choosing your service

d. Choosing your suppliers

e. Location

f. Marketing yourself

g. Targeting your market

3. Budgeting

a. Budgeting basics

b. What is budgeting?

c. Setting up a budget

d. Budget boot-camp

e. Budgeting tips

f. Goal setting

g. Mistakes to avoid

h. Maintaining your budget

i. Conclusion

4. Time management – Meeting and event planning

a. Purpose

b. Priority

c. To do lists

d. Set a deadline

e. Delegate

f. 2-minute rule

g. Multitasking

h. 5 W’s

i. Staying healthy

5. Creating the team

a. Types of team structures

b. Factors for team success

6. Task assignment

a. Task vs. job

b. Sample template

7. Delegating to the team

a. The smart and smarter delegation

b. The steps of successful delegation

c. The levels of delegation

8. Creating customized event checklists

9. Event timeline

a. Back dating schedule

10. Post event evaluation

a. Post event evaluation

b. Reconnect your core strategy

c. Evolve your event strategy

d. SWOT analysis

e. Translate strategy in to goals

f. Create a plan

11. From contracts to billing

a. 5 things to include in the contract

b. Fee structures

Approach

• Visual/Audio techniques

• Story telling

• Case studies

• Practice

Duration: 12 hours