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Chapter 2 Event Manager

The document discusses the role and responsibilities of an event manager. It states that an event manager is responsible for making events happen through a five step process of information gathering, concept development, planning, coordinating, and evaluation. Their main roles include creating experiences for attendees, bringing people together, and ensuring events have a clear purpose. The document also lists various job titles for event management positions and provides descriptions of typical event manager job duties and qualifications. These include skills in planning, customer service, marketing, coordination, critical thinking, and creativity. Overall qualifications of an event manager include being reliable, responsible, dependable, and having a cooperative and humble attitude.

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Chapter 2 Event Manager

The document discusses the role and responsibilities of an event manager. It states that an event manager is responsible for making events happen through a five step process of information gathering, concept development, planning, coordinating, and evaluation. Their main roles include creating experiences for attendees, bringing people together, and ensuring events have a clear purpose. The document also lists various job titles for event management positions and provides descriptions of typical event manager job duties and qualifications. These include skills in planning, customer service, marketing, coordination, critical thinking, and creativity. Overall qualifications of an event manager include being reliable, responsible, dependable, and having a cooperative and humble attitude.

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Handout for Prelim ATR 415 Events Management

Prepared by: Liezelle Charmiane C. Padilla

Chapter 2 Event Manager

Event Manager
 Making events happens through a process that includes:
o Information gathering
o Concept development
o Planning
o Coordinating
o Evaluation
Events are unique happenings
 Events are unique happenings
o Responsible for:
 Creating an experience to learn from or to cherish forever
 Event bring people together
o It is a must for event manager to enjoy being with people and bringing them together
 Events have a purpose
o Tie that binds all of the elements together
o Responsible manager to
 Remain focused on the goal
 To wisely use resources
 Simply get things done
Five Process: Research Designing Planning Coordinating Evaluation
Various Title for the same JOB
 Catering Manager  Director of Conference Services
 Conference Manager  Event Producer
 Conference Planner  Meeting Planner
 Conference Planning Manager  Meeting Professional
 Conference Services Manager  Special Event Director
 Convention Services Manager  Special Event Planner
Event Manager Job Descriptions:
 Meet clients to determine objective and req. for the planned event
 Plan and developed program, itineraries, budget and service according to the client’s
requirement
 Coordinate with the organizing committee and sponsors to plan scope and format of events
 Draft specifications and select supplies for event req.
 Monitor event activities
 Check event bills for accuracy and approve payment
Event Manager Job Qualifications:
 Knowledge
o Process in planning, strategies and evaluation an event including knowledge of the
technical aspects of show production
o Principles and processes for providing customer services; including needs, assessment,
meeting quality standards for services and evaluation of customer satisfaction
o Administrative and clerical procedures forms, and other office procedures
o Marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques and sales
control system
o Business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation,
human resources management, leadership techniques, production methods and
coordination of people and resources
 Skills
o Proficiency (oral and written) in the language spoken by the client, target participants
and local suppliers: including knowledge of the rules of grammar, active, listening and
effective speaking
o Use of critical thinking to identify the strengths and weakness of alternatives solutions,
conclusion or approaches to problems
o Coordination being able to adjust one’s actions in relation to another’s action
o Being aware of others reaction and understanding why they react as they do
o Use the judgment and sensible decision making even for complex problems
o Actively looking for ways to help and be of service to people
o Time management
o Assessing performance with a view toward corrective action
 Abilities
o Creativity and originality or the ability to come up with fresh or clever ideas about a
given topic or situation or to develop creative ways to solve a problem
o Potential problem analysis and contingency planning or the ability to tell when
something is wrong or is likely to go wrong, and how this may be prevented and or
corrected
AN Event Manager should be:
 Reliable  Take charge  Honest
 Responsible  Pleasant to work w/  Ethical
 Dependable  Cooperative attitude  Humble

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