2. Career Overview
To be an event planner you have to....
Search for perspective meeting sites, primarily
hotels and convention or conference centers.
Choose speakers, entertainment, and content.
Take care of food and beverages.
Meet audio-visual requirements.
Get transportation.
Consider the prospective attendees.
3. Overview
Issue special requests.
Make recommendations to the clients.
Set up all forms of electronic communication.
Use online communication such as e-mail, voice
mail, and video.
Planners negotiate contracts with facilities and
suppliers.
Coordinate lodging reservations.
Make sure supplies are ordered.
4. Overview
Measure how well the meetings purpose was
achieved.
Oversee meetings that contribute significantly to
their organization’s operating budget and must
ensure that the event meets income goals.
Make sure all materials are printed out.
Motivate employees and any other necessities.
5. Education
High School Diploma
College degree
7. Salary (hourly)
A beginning hourly salary as an event planner is
$22.64!
8. Job Outlook
The career of an event planner is growing faster
than average and growing at a rate of 20% a year.
9. Related Careers
A cruise director
Restaurant manager
or even a Camp counselor are all related to the
career of an event planner!
10. Interesting Facts
During meetings or conventions, planners may
work very long days, starting as early as 5:00 a.m.
and working until midnight. They are sometimes
required to work on the weekends.
Some physical activity is required, including long
hours of standing and walking, and some lifting
and carrying of boxes of materials, or supplies.
They travel regularly to attend meetings and to
visit perspective meeting sites.
The work of meeting and convention planners may
be considered either stressful or energizing, but
there is no question that it is fast paced and
demanding.
11. “ A person who aims at nothing is sure to hit it.” ( Anonymous )