Event Management - The Next Step

Duration: A one day course

Suitable for: Designed as a follow-on from the introduction to event management seminar, this course is for those people with some event management experience and, is designed to give organisers of business events, such as conferences, corporate hospitality, product launches, dinners, awards, exhibitions, team building, reward and appreciation events, the essential tools to deliver high quality event experiences time and time again.

Objectives: By the end of the course you will learn how to: • set event aims and objectives • design and create your event • effectively promote your event • manage your event budgets • design your event programme • evaluate your chosen venue • design and plan your site • produce and theme your event • risk assess and manage basic health and safety at your event • coordinate the delivery of your event • evaluate your event • deliver very special events!

Locations: Guildford, Surrey & London

Course Description

Course Content

Introduction to the day

• What will we cover today?
• What do I want from the day?

Event planning part 1

• The world of events
• The event planning process
• Purpose: reasons to event
• Presentation: event design and creation

Event planning part 2

• Event planning: what do you need to do to deliver your event - plans, budgets, services
• Event venue evaluation
• Promoting your event
• Designing your event programmes

Event planning part 3

• Participation: involving our audience
• Event production: coordinating the delivery of your event, operational plans, risk and fire assessments, event health and safety
• People: know your audience, event team management, key event management skills

After the event

• Event evaluation
• Question and answers

The way forward

• Review of practical tips to take back to the workplace