Wednesday, 6 December 2017

An Event Planner must be an Excellent Communicator


Being able to effectively communicate thoughts and ideas is a very practical skill that is used on a day-to-day basis by event planners of all experience levels.
In event planning, miscommunication can result in numerous problems for both the event planner and the client, and a simple misunderstanding can have catastrophic results.
The art of effective communication skills are  used in planning events in a variety of ways, here are a few examples:
  Verbal communication:
  • The ability to explain the scope and purpose of an event
  • The ability to effectively communicating your ideas to a supervisor, client or vendor
  • Being able to skillfully negotiate hotel rates, contract details, or extras from a vendor
Written communication:

  • writing event proposals for a prospective client
  • writing contracts with clients and vendors
  • creating materials to market your firm
  • drafting thank you notes to guest speakers and VIPs


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