It has been a bit of time since my last post but considering I only have two followers at this time (one being my Husband) I feel I'm not letting too many people down...just wait until I have 5...wow - then things will get crazy!
Well a good thing to note, for anyone reading this for the inspiration portion of my posts...May, not the greatest time of year to try and occupy the time of some of the city's top event planners. 'Tis the season to host an event (second to The Holidays). So needless to say I have had some trouble locking in a coffee chat with either of the event planners I have contacted. Good news is they are both more than happy to meet up when things slow down a little and offered to answer some questions in the mean time. So here are the list of questions that I have asked. Hopefully soon I will make a post with the answers to these questions. There are many questions and I certainly prefaced the list saying that they did not need to answer all of them or all fully.
- How did you get started with event planning?
- How did you build your client base and market yourself?
- What types of events did you start with?
- What are your favourite events to plan and why?
- What courses or continuing education would you recommend to learn more about the industry?
- What can you tell me about your process for an event from start to finish (might be more of an in person questions because I’m sure this is a long one)
- What were some of your best lessons learned?
- What do you love most about what you do?
- How do you determine your pricing?
- What are you main tools for planning an event? Spreadsheets, to do lists etc.?
- How do you make your events different?
- Where do you get your best creative ideas from?
- Do you have any advice or recommendations to give someone starting out?
While I wait for answers my next step is going to be to research what program I want to take. I am hoping that the event planners I have contacted can help with that question but I do want to do some of my own research as well. I miss school and I'm excited to get started in the program.
Finally, my homework to myself is going to be to set some goals and targets. How many event planners to meet with, when I should plan my first event, what that event will look like, when will my first paid event be etc... questions, always so many questions! Isn't it GREAT!
"To solve any problem, here are three questions to ask yourself: First, what could I do? Second, what could I read? And third, who could I ask?" Jim Rohn
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