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Page 1: Understanding different things about conference   event management

Understanding different things about

conference - Event Management

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There are always people who are responsible for planning the event. They are usually called the organizer or the event planner. If you think about it, planning an event can be a very stressful thing to do, but for most planners they enjoy planning and organizing or meeting people. Well as I said, event planners are responsible for planning the event and what comes around it. An example of events that a planner can have is like promotional events, business events, social events, corporate events and many more. There are some event management services in Sydney that can do event planning for you. I recommend looking for Bespoke Social for this.

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Let us talk first about the job of an event planner or event manager. This is for you to understand how they work and what they normally do when planning an event. So again, as I told you, they are the one who is responsible for organizing and running all kinds of event. Basically their work is by contractual, except if they have a regular client that can give them continuous work. Most company who wants to have an event usually looks for event managers to manage the event for them. So what the event manager does is to discuss what the client wants for the event. So basically after the client tells you what he wants for the event you have to come up to some original ideas for the event. Don’t forget the budget! Well you have to consider the budget of the client before you start planning what you will do for the event. You can expect to have a grand event if the client can only afford low budget. All things that you will do for the event must come with the budget.

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So what comes next? After knowing the budget, an event manager search for possible venues and contacts some supplier to help them in the event. Basically you also need some equipment that will be used for the event. What are these equipments? This can be the lighting for the venue, the sound systems and entertainments. Basically as a single person, you can’t expect to do the job all alone. You always need to hire someone to help you. Usually event managers are hiring contractors like caterers and security. Why? Well if you can do the entire job alone it would be better. But it is most advisable to hire someone like them. Another thing is when you publicize the event. Even how popular the event can be, it won’t be notice if you did not publicize it. You have to let the attendee know that there is an event for them, tip for this is let them know the date and time for the event in advance. This is to let them prepare and set the date for the event.

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Another thing, you also need to plan in advance for the health, safety and insurance regulation. Be sure that these things are followed in the event. I assume you don’t want create any trouble during the event, because as the event manager you will be at fault. Now that we know how an event manager works, let us talk about some events. Are you familiar with a conference? Well basically, this is an event where people gather to discuss about a particular topic. There are also different kinds and purpose for an event. What are these? The kind of a conference can be symposium, seminar, workshop and a round table and their purpose can be an academic, business, trade and unconference.

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Okay, let’s start about the kind of conferences. Are you familiar with a symposium? Well basically a symposium was the name of a drinking party in ancient Greece. These is attended by most men where they could debate about a certain topic, basically they boast and air their views on different issues affecting their society. With our time today, this is a type of conference where people attend together to discuss different topics and exchange ideas about that topic. Let’s continue with the seminar. Well since it is a type of conference this is also a gathering of people to discuss a certain topic. Most seminars can be motivational where they intend to inspire the attendees and become a better people. Another type of a conference is a workshop. Usually this is also a gathering of people but mostly this type of conference is more on activity. They usually discuss a certain activity like sports and discuss things about it or practice about it. This is also known as a performance of some people, with this type of conference they intend to improve people about the activity.

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Lastly is the round table. Are you familiar with it? This is very popular kind of conference especially to students. This is more on a form of academic discussion. Basically in this kind of conference, participants agree on a topic to be discussed and debated. Let’s go about the different purpose of a conference. One of the purposes can be about the academic conference. This is usually conducted in a workshop because this is a gathering of different people like scientist or academicians. They usually research about different things and they present it with the conference. Another is the business conference. Well base from its word, what do you think this is all about? Basically this type of conference is held for people working in the same company or same industry. They gather for the purpose of getting new ideas and tips about their expertise. Usually this kind of conference is the most beneficial because attendees tend to gain new knowledge about their industry.

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Another thing is the trade conference. Basically if you are planning to create an event for this, you need prepare for large audience. This takes place in a larger scale compare to other purpose of conference. Basically since its trade, this is more on business. But beside businessmen, there are also different people who attend to connect to other vendors and make new connections on them. That is all for now, I hope you enjoy reading my post today.