Part three: event project management & leadership
Advanced event project management essentials that will take you from event coordinator to event manager.
Learning outcomes:
If you want to deliver your projects on time and
within budget then this is the course for you.
You will learn how to initiate, plan, execute and
close projects properly. You will also learn how
to manage time, cost, change and risk issues.
And finally, you will learn how to manage staff,
customers and suppliers.
Event project management incorporates event
and project management to create a new system
of tools and techniques that enables event
managers to research, design, plan, coordinate,
and evaluate any event in order to produce a
higher rate of return.
Manage your events like a pro!
This master class is designed for event coordinators by an
event coordinator. It is based on first hand real life event experience.
Program outline:
Event project management
• Event and meeting project management
The steps to managing an event project
* Initiation
* Planning
* Implementation
* The event
* Closure
• Event management documentation, processes and procedures
• Understanding a contract management approach
• How to integrate project management into event management processes and systems
• Manage projects more successfully by understanding each of the steps in the project life cycle
• Scope management
» Techniques for determining event scope
» How to create event blueprints using event mind mapping
• Strategic event management
» Event leadership
* Competencies required to be a project manager
* Tools to manage a project team, vendors, venue and speakers
» Identifying event stakeholders
» How to conduct a feasibility study
» Conducting event research
» ROI and ROO methodology: How to measure the value of your event
» How to measure the 6 levels of objectives
» How to complete an event SWOT analysis
• Resource management
» Time management
* Creating a work breakdown structure
* Create a plan of action/schedule
* Critical path analysis
» Financial management
* How to develop and manage an event budget
» Human Resource Management
• Risk management
» Understanding event risk management
» How to complete an event risk assessment
Day two
We will put together an event from start to finish
using an actual case study of an event.
Venue: City Lodge, Monte Casino, Fourways