Learn To Manage Events
Some people make a career out of managing events; from wedding and party planners to concert promoters and those who run shows and exhibitions. This short course may be a first step toward working in something like this; or it may just be a way of adding to your skills to enhance a job you already have. For others, this can be a way of learning how to organise that special celebration yourself, rather than needing to go to the expense of employing a professional to help you.
Using a self paced, interactive study guide; you can take as much or little time as you wish to complete this course.
As you progress through each lesson; you will be provided with a range of ways you can expand your learning. By choosing what tasks you do and don’t undertake; you can expand in areas that interest you most, and skip areas of less interest.
You won’t miss anything important that you need to know about managing events though; so long as you read the notes that are presented alongside these “learn more” suggestions.
At the end of each lesson, you will be given a short interactive test to undertake, which will provide an indication of how your learning is progressing. Upon completing the very last lesson, you will be offered a more thorough automated test or examination. This final assessment can be undertaken at any time of day or night; and any day of the week; and if you achieve an overall pass; you will be able to obtain a “certificate of completion”.
COURSE Structure
LESSON 1: SCOPE AND NATURE OF EVENT MANAGEMENT
- Definition
- Variables
- Types of events
- The impact of events
- Timelines
- What is an event worth?
- What makes someone a good event manager?
- Review the lesson with Interactive tests
LESSON 2: DEVELOPING A CONCEPT AND PLANNING
- The need
- Expectation determination
- Developing concepts
- The stakeholders
- Planning processes
- Review the lesson with Interactive tests
LESSON 3: ORGANISING THE RESOURCES REQUIRED
- Location
- Organising physical resources and services
- Financial resources
- Managing financial resources
- Marketing resources
- Outsourcing resource requirements
- Review the lesson with Interactive tests
LESSON 4: CATERING: FOOD AND DRINK
- Determining food and beverage needs
- Review the lesson with Interactive tests
LESSON 5: DELIVERING THE EVENT
- Some things to consider before setting-up day
- After the event
- Review the lesson with Interactive tests
LESSON 6: ORGANISING CELEBRATIONS AND PARTIES
- A children’s party
- A wedding
- A reunion
- A street party
- Review the lesson with Interactive tests
LESSON 7: ORGANISING EXHIBITIONS
- Guidelines for planning a show or exhibition
- Review the lesson with Interactive tests
LESSON 8: ORGANISING CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS
- Organising a conference
- Review the lesson with Interactive tests
LESSON 9: WORKING IN THE EVENT INDUSTRY
- Where to from here?
- Education
- Job profiles
- Review the lesson with Interactive tests
