This document provides lessons on event planning based on a fictional event planning for dummies book. It outlines key areas to consider, including understanding your audience, choosing an appropriate location, knowing the venue details, deciding on a theme, planning food and beverages, creating a budget, checklists for the event day and closing out the event. The document emphasizes that event planning requires knowledge across many areas and stresses the importance of planning location, budgeting properly and not running out of food. It concludes by thanking an event planning professor for inspiring a career change.
16. Know Your Target Audience In order for you to have a successful event you have to know what kind of people you are dealing with. An perfect event for one group may not be the same for another one.
17. To Help With Your Audience Satisfaction Try these tips: Research and Develop External Client Relationships Pay attention to the smallest details. (People Notice) Choose a direction to your event and attack with passion The event could be: Educational, Energizing, Enlightening, or Engaging Look for different things to make your audience standout E.I. Personalize and Customize as much as possible
47. THEME Things to consider Time of year Site Name & Logos Atmosphere Lighting Props Party Favors
48. Invitations/Promotional Materials Save the date cards Themed reminders about the event Make sure your invitation set the mode for the event It’s the first time your audience see’s or hears about your event Determine whether the event be Invite only General Admission
49. Lesson #5 DECIDE IF THERE WILL BE FOOD AND BEVERAGES AT YOUR EVENT.
50. Food And Beverages Most venues will work with you when it comes to food in their venue. Make sure the food matches or adds to your event. If alcohol is being served make guidelines to ensure order. Make sure you are there for every step of the food and beverage process.
61. Money Project a budget first Preliminary budget frame your event vision NEVER MIX EVENT MONEY WITH YOUR MONEY. If you don’t have the money make it work with what you have.
62. Event Budget Things to consider when creating your budget Expenses Focus of the Event Site Cost Refreshments/Food Programs Promotion materials Income Pre-sold/Day of tickets Vendor spaces Raffle tickets etc.
63. NOW THE MAIN EVENT HELPFUL HINT: Show about one hour before the first person or group is suppose to be there just in cause
73. CLEAN UP Clean up begins once the last dish is cleared. At this time, you want to re-announce prize winners to come pick up their prizes. Also announce the ending of the meal. Make sure to check every inch of the venue and location while cleaning Generally you want your venue and location to look like it did when you first arrived. (at least) Make sure all trash is taken to the negotiated areas
74. Closing the Event Make sure procedures for securing any types of keys are made clear and followed. The event manager should be the last one to leave.
75. THE END Now you know the BASICS of event planning.
76. Special Thanks To Professor Andrews I really enjoyed your class this year you’ve actually turned to my career plans around with this class and I just want THANK YOU FOR BEING AWESOME.
