Event

While some people may think of event management as a degree in party planning, it is gaining credibility as a legitimate career. The Canadian Tourism Human Resource Council created event management standards which also led to the definition of exactly what an event is (Robertson, 2015). An event is “a social form that organizes interaction in a distinctive way” or the “gathering of three or more people who agree to assemble for a purpose ostensibly related to the functioning of an organization…

. What experiences, if any, have you had doing event planning for individuals or organizations? -I have been in many student organizations such as my school 's past GSA, literary magazine, and art club, and helped in planning a multitude of events spanning from creating contests for students to be able to interact with the organization to full on events wiht food, music, and different tables filled with activities for people to enjoy. I mostly have worked in partnership with at least of a…

To be an event planner you must be able to plan, design and produce and event within a limited amount of time. You have to have excellent time management and social skills. You must identify client needs and insure customer satisfaction. A bachelor's degree in hospitality, communications, public relations or something relating to the field is typically needed to start a career as an event planner. As an event planner I make $59,000 a year, and have to spread that evenly to support my family of…

Meeting, Convention, and Event Planner What do spring-formal dances, Military balls, high school reunions, charity events, and wedding expos all have in common? They are planned events that have been carefully thought out down to the last detail. When events like these happen, guests rarely ever ponder about who put it all together. Though, there is usually one talented person behind the scenes who has worked for weeks, months, or even years to plan these special events so that they come off…

have private sector and events (companies who produce for a profit, marketing sales purposes and hotels, resorts), the third sector is voluntary (important role, charities and causes) The structure of events industry regroups many actors who make the event possible, in the smallest events just some of them participate to make it but in the biggest one, they regroup in general all those actors: event management companies where customers find provision of the whole event, generally employed to…

During the summer semester of 2016 I had the opportunity to intern with Cathy Ewing Event Consulting. CEEC is located in Cathy’s in home office in Belton, and their primary focus is to help their clients achieve an experience hyper-tailored service to their specific needs. Cathy is a Certified meeting planner (CMP) prior to working with her I had never heard of the title, but the more I learned about it the more I learned it is a great area for people with communication studies degrees that like…

world around them. The more horrible images people see and stories they hear, the more legitimized they feel as human beings. In Don DeLillo’s novel White Noise, characters are often mentally drawn towards events and thoughts of disaster. I myself have witnessed and experienced disastrous events that have shaped my gratitude toward life. When reflecting on the calamities that I have been apart of, I feel grateful to be alive. Since life can be predictable and often boring, disaster makes…

Unfortunate Events There was this young child who was born in Chicago on August 15, 1995. She had two brothers and three sisters, she imagined her life being blessed and full of love and cherishment from her mother and father. After being born and welcomed to the world of life the young child’s life when upside down. She was at an age where she couldn’t speak or even understand what was going on all she could do was cry even though she was given the wrong requests. The series of unfortunate…

The book A Series of Unfortunate Events: A Bad Beginning is a perfect book for all ages. There are 13 books in the series and each one has something different waiting to happen. In each book something bad happens to the children and then they have to go somewhere else and live with someone else, too. The books are great for all ages, but ages 11-14 would enjoy the book a bit more because it may make more sense to them. Some of the wording they use may also be confusing to kids under the age 11…

The first book of A Series of Unfortunate Events, The Bad Beginning is written by Lemony Snicket. The book starts out when the Baudelaire children are on Briny Beach where they receive terrible news about their parent’s death. They had to live with the Mr. Poe and his family, people they knew, until Mr. Poe found the relative they were supposed to live with when both of their parents died. The relative they stayed with had the name of Count Olaf. While living at Count Olaf’s house the children…