Event planners dream of the perfect event for their clients and for themselves. After all, a well-talked about event could mean more clients in the future. But even the best efforts in event planning could result in just an okay event.
But you aimed for a great event! It is possible that you need to do more to reach your goal. You also need to prepare to face your most difficult critic – yourself.
When was the last time you looked at yourself and asked truthfully if you have what it takes to be one of the best event planners? Time to find out if you have the skills in the ability to be the best you can be.
What Every Great Event Planner Has
- Ability to embrace challenges and change
There’s no one magic formula for that perfect event planning process, so always expect the unexpected. Planning an event is also a constantly evolving process, which is why you need to stay on top of trends and technology enhancements. This would be impossible if you aren’t equipped to handle unexpected challenges.
A great event planner:
- Will put themselves out there and acknowledge the most exciting and newest things in the world of event planning.
- Use their newfound knowledge to take charge and manage events easier, faster, and successfully.
- Expect lots of challenges while doing their job and see them as opportunities to learn and grow rather than an obstacle to success.
- Open to someone else’s opinion or advice and have skills in effective listening.
More importantly, they care about what clients think and what vendors and staff can contribute to turn a good event into a great and successful one.
Do you have these attributes?
- Courage to step out of your comfort zone
The event planning process may follow a standardized set of procedures for a baseline, but you will only shine as an excellent event planner if you step out of your comfort zone and do something different, fun, and brave. Incorporate ideas that other event planners have not tried yet. This might mean possible risks but it will not be boring.
Of course, any ideas you use should not stray too far from your client’s visions, wants, and needs. The idea is to be brave enough to offer unique suggestions to your clients and show them that there are better ideas out there.
- Love everything that you do
Like they say, it is not a job if you love what you’re doing. In event planning, however, you also need to love the team of people around you and those you work with. When you do, everything and everyone can come together and work to achieve success.
The effort you put into providing care and knowledge to your team members, especially to the new ones, will ensure they are happy, well-informed, and less stressed about their jobs. Make sure to provide them with the tools needed to do their work and become a part of a successful event.
Most importantly, you need to have the ability to take time for yourself. You want nothing more than to get things done the soonest time possible, but problems can arise if you burn yourself out or get stuck with an idea that doesn’t work. So make sure you take the time out and do something for yourself.
Final Words
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