6 Steps of Event Management

Events always provide a holistic experience to all its participants. Thorough planning and preparation is required to be done months before you the event actually has its date. In order to get a successful event, a few steps need to be followed.

Theme establishment

Every event needs a purpose and theme to drive the set-up of the event. The participants, the marketing approach and the guests will all have the same set-up as the event. Overall, a business event which might be an international conference for a particular industry appeals to its participants who are conducting businesses within that industry as well as by sponsors gaining mileage publicizing products for the event.

Also apart from this the seminar themes are also determinants of the type of marketing channels to be used for publicity.

Venue selection

Selection of the venue is another important criteria on which are determined the scale of the event. The number of participants, presence of the guests of honor and additional floor spaces required for exhibition purposes are all determinants to the venue selection factor.

A seminar of about 100-200 people in a seminar room, classroom setting or theatre style setting. Events of larger scales with more participants may require an auditorium, convention center, ballroom or large hall.

Event Marketing and publicity

The most critical and the most challenging part in event planning, is its marketing and publicity. This is also the most critical part to events publicity.

Large budgets for event organizers can make way for advertising in television, radio and newspapers.

Sponsor Collaboration

Finding sponsors is just not about reducing costs to an event, or cost reduction. They actually bring publicity to your event making it far more visible and interesting to the potential customers.

People management and working with speakers

To host successful events, people need to work with proper management and have speakers who hold enough knowledge on the topic. The speakers should be informed beforehand about the kind of event that you are about to organize, they should not be in a jiffy to make up their speeches.

On the day of the event

80% of the total work is actually still left. Yes, 80% of the work is actually done on the day of the event. Make sure you have everything in order the day before the event. You need to ensure that the venue and all other decorations and everything else are in order before the day of the event.

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