How time flies! I have been through a quarter of my GWU's life! I had been enjoyed the Event Management course for this entire semester and here are my top three takeaways from this course:
Top 3: Get off to a good start by an effective project plan.
Though many other parts of event management are important too, I picked up project plan simply because you can’t do anything without a start.
“MS project” that recommended by the professor is useful, it can make Gantt chart for an event that listing different tasks and sub-tasks easily, I am going to continue with it because it will definitely help to improve productivity when comes to a real event.
Top 2: Learn from the past event.
Having lessons from the past means a lot to event management. In the classes, a lot of event cases were discussed and they brought us many experiences, both good and bad.
On the other hand, an event history for a continuous event can help with most domains of event management process: from budgeting objectives, seeing if the past event budget met the objectives; to risk management, avoiding accidents happen again; to marketing, determining if the marketing materials were effective; and even site selection, "Was outdoor/indoor suitable?"" Do we need a bigger space for this year? "An event evaluation is powerful.
Top 1: Networking, networking, networking.
The most important learning to me was not written in the text book, but the professor always encourages us to go outside of the classrooms and reach out people.
I found talking to people are unexpectedly interesting! You may find your event supervisor has had the same Disney College Program experience as you did; the event organizers are easier going than you imagined and more willing to have you volunteered for the future events; and some high positioned people of your potential working companies are attending the same association meeting as you are. Yes, that’s all what I have encountered.
So, always remember to open your mouth, introduce yourself, ask for a business card and keep in touch!
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