Meeting, Convention, or Event Planner Job at Course Advisor in Ci...
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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.