Meeting, Convention, or Event Planner Job at Course Advisor in City of Daşşak

What Do Meeting, Convention, or Event Planner Do?

Career Description Coordinate activities of staff, convention personnel, or clients to make arrangements for group meetings, events, or conventions.

A Day in the Life of a Meeting, Convention, or Event Planner

• Obtain permits from fire and health departments to erect displays and exhibits and serve food at events.
• Evaluate and select providers of services according to customer requirements.
• Arrange the availability of audio-visual equipment, transportation, displays, and other event needs.
• Coordinate services for events, such as accommodation and transportation for participants, facilities, catering, signage, displays, special needs requirements, printing and event security.
• Meet with sponsors and organizing committees to plan scope and format of events, to establish and monitor budgets, or to review administrative procedures and event progress.
• Inspect event facilities to ensure that they conform to customer requirements.

Skills Needed to be a Meeting, Convention, or Event Planner

These are the skills Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners say are the most useful in their careers:

• Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
• Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Coordination: Adjusting actions in relation to others’ actions.
• Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Social Perceptiveness: Being aware of others’ reactions and understanding why they react as they do.

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