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Event Planning: Maybe You’ll Find Your Dream Job

February 19, 2008, Kelli Matthews

Lots of my students want to plan and implement special events. I’m not great at meeting/event logistics (caterers! florists! incentives! promotional items!), so I find special events a bit tedious. The best lesson I’ve learned from event planning experience? Plan a massage the day after a big event. Thanks, Marilyn for that lesson!

That said, there are tons of great jobs in event planning. And what a great way to meet people, make connections and go to a lot of great parties.

Ned’s Job of the Week email newsletter has a section specifically for the Hospitality and Event Planning Network. Weekly job posts galore! If you’re interested in this field, you can subscribe and get updates via email or via your feed reader.

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  • Staci Stringer

    Thanks for the great resource Kelli!!

  • Brisbane Internet Consultant

    It’s funny how the marketing field is getting more a more specialised. Event planning is now a discipline on its own whereas 20 – 30 years ago it was just another thing that marketing people did.

  • Laptop Bags Australia

    I guess all the new technology involved in running events has driven the need for specialisation. Lights, cameras, sound systems, wireless Internet, PCs, the list goes on an on.

  • RSA course

    I’ve never seen the attraction in working in events planning.

    If everything goes right, then the client thinks they were smart, if they go wrong it’s the event planners fault !