Have you ever wondered what skills event planners need to plan the perfect event from start to D-day? These top 10 essential event planning skills will make your special day be everything you can imagine and sometimes even more.
First things first
1. Budgeting
Knowing exactly how much you need financially is a crucial part of planning any event. The budget will determine if you can afford what you want exactly or if you need to reassess within your means. Therefore, it’s essential to have the budget set from the beginning because the last thing you want is to run out of money mid-planning.
2. Communication
Excellent communication skills are essential for you to get what you want precisely. You need to be as clear as possible when relaying the description of your vision for your perfect day. Pinterest, mood boards and vision boards can be used as communication aids when discussing your event with potential vendors.
3. Networking
Knowing the right people can help your event run smoothly and in half the time. Networking and reaching out to people is an essential event planning skill.
4. Maintaining good relationships
What’s more important than finding a great team of individuals is building and maintaining a great relationship with them. Social media is a great way to find professionals for your special day.
Managing your time by; keeping organised, having a budget, building a trusted team of vendors and being flexible when hurdles come your way will help you stay on track and make your event fabulous!
5. Be open (Flexibility)
If there’s anything 2020 and beyond has taught us, it’s that sometimes, things don’t go to plan. Being open-minded and leaving some room for flexibility when needed will help take these disappoints in a stride and move on to how you can adapt your events on the resources available.
6. Resilience
These disappointments may come more than once during your event planning process, but the important thing is remaining resilient and not getting disheartened. This skill is essential as lingering on what could have been will delay your planning timeline.
7. Creativity
This is where you get creative and innovative. To your surprise, plan B may very much be even more perfect than the original and being open to creativity can have your event even better than what you envisioned.
8. Attention to Details
The little things are what makes an event. As planning can be time consuming and exhausting, sometimes the little things get overlooked. Remember to set yourself time to go through everything with a fine-tooth comb to avoid last-minute anxiety.
9. Patience
Planning an event can be one of the most stressful times you will experience. It can be overwhelming and frustrating when things don’t go to plan. Keep calm, take a deep breath and trust the process. Your event will eventually come together in the end.
All the aforementioned was a build-up to get us to the most essential skill needed for event planning. Yes, you guessed it.
10. Time Management
All the skills mentioned above will hopefully get you what you want and cut the time down significantly. Managing your time by; keeping organised, having a budget, building a trusted team of vendors and being flexible when hurdles come your way will help you stay on track and make your event fabulous!
I heard that my sister is in charge of planning this year’s holiday party, and she’s getting stressed out since it turns out that a lot of corporate partners will be part of the guest list. That’s why I think my sister should hire an event planner to make sure the event’s perfect, so I’ll suggest it and share your tips with her later. I appreciate your insight on how a professional event planner must have excellent time management skills.
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