What You Can Expect to Learn
Correlations, LLC has trained thousands of professionals for over a decade on the art of successful event planning including Fortune 500 companies, Ivy League Universities, Churches, Non-Profit organizations, and competitive business owners. After completing our program, we would like to encourage you to join an Event Planning Association such as ILEA, MPI, NACE at a discounted student rate to foster your growth and expand your network.
What you can expect to learn:
- Define event goals and SMART objectives
- Create a blueprint including an event agenda, floor plans, and seating
- Create and develop practical event budgets
- Develop a comprehensive timeline with deliverables
- The value of emotional currency
- How to ease travel stress (ground transportation and flights)
- How to price event services and incorporate fees for sourcing rentals
- Fundraising and sponsorships for cost-cutting and ROI
- Define event planning key performance indicators (KPIs)
- Meeting planning and site selection
- Food, dessert, and beverage planning
- Staffing and volunteers
- Event marketing and social media logistics
- Onsite event management and apps
- Document events with a follow up and ‘postmortem’
- How to start an event planning business
- Event planning contracts and agreements
- How to develop an event planning portfolio