A new year has started and it’s time to propose ourselves some objectives and goals that, over paper, we wish to do. If the events world is on your wishlist and you want to be a future event planner, you can’t miss what we are going to tell you.
The events sector is in a continuous evolution and every day it demands a more qualified staff. In this excellence search the Anglicism ‘event planner’ born. That person who dedicates him/herself body and soul to events, its objectives, and the most possible success. This job covers from activities with a lot of media noise, to other with a more personal type. Ultimately, the event planner figure will always be to ensure any little detail or backup plan. And, what I have to do to be a real event planner? Ok, let’s to dissect it and know deeply all its basic qualities.
Event Planner’s features
Management per excellence: The event profesional uses schedules, boards, excell tables, or any another management element to bring order to the chaos. Moreover, he/she is a chameleonic being: The point is adapting to the environment and its circumstances. The event planner doesn’t need much time to acclimatize. There are years of practice and a professional baggage that allow him/her to adapt each need in a record time. Into the bargain, it requires an active listening.
“Nature gave us two eyes, two ears, and a mouth so that we could see and hear the double we talk”
And that is all about. Always having the active satellite. Don’t miss absolutely nothing and be able to answer “on live” the real market needs. In life to share is living: the labor of an event planner doesn’t finish with the event implementation. It is hyperconnected, trough social networks, in a continuous networking work and ties creation between ideas, people and beings. Moreover, the law of reciprocity is very present. Human being follow very well the saying “if they give us, we give”. Y it is not, we look for it. That is the reason why the event planner is a trends hunter and lover of headshots: he/she believes in talent and hunters it regularly. Moreover, and in the case you don’t realize, the event planner has a limited time so make decisions right is a key to not to stop the entire machine.
Batteries recharged! 24/7 Do you know the active rest concept, so popular in fitness world? Ok, it could say that they stole us. In an event planner life, the total rest doesn’t exist. Relaxing is moving from a 110% to a 60% and keeps as if nothing happened.
The event planner is a social being. Hip hip hurray commune! What it would be of an event planner without the team? Absolutely nothing. This profession demands a group and collective support. We surprise by the amount of good ideas, which are born for work. Look us! Don’t you still know us? Here you link so that you can spy the Staff.
Always in positive and calmed: Mister Miyagi gave us a excellent lesson of how a cold and positive mind guided to an objective is the anteroom to success. The positive attitude is so strong that some companies create happiness manager workstations. Didn’t know it? Find out!
Make decisions: Essential! The absolute certain doesn’t exist but experience and a careful work till the last detail force the event planner to be the control manager.
These are some of the main qualities of Events planners. But, if we had to move one of these characters to a desert island…what could not it miss in a survivor kit?
What does an event planner bring always along?
- Yes. The event planner uses an infinite number of electric devices (mobiles, tablets, laptops) so that they can be updated and connected with everything. Nothing can be missed: calls, news, trends… Could it be FOMO? Maybe, because more than fear is a inside need to be always updated.
- But if we rummage pockets, what it never must miss is a ‘logbook’. Any type or format. So, ok if it’s a post-it, napkn, or maybe a reminder in the mobile phone. Important: any idea must be noted in any moment and under all circumstances. Why? Wait to verify the advantages.
- And, well, better not talk about outfits. Everything suggests ‘comfy clothes’, but reality is depending if our work journey is at the own office, clients visit or participating on any event. Remember: the chameleonic superpower is an essential part in an event planner’s life.
When i grow up, I want to be an event planner
We know! After all, it is the most similar as a superman or superwoman in 2017. So, we don’t be surprised. But, there is no doubt that this figure’s labor is totally incomprehensible without a professional team.
From Es.cultura Events, after more than 20 years of experience in Events, activities and themes management, we know it and we bet on a first level professional team. Do you still want to be a real events manager? We want to hear you!
