How can I get involved in event planning/promotions?
I’m looking to get into the event planning business. I did some planning in college and loved it. I would love to work in the even planning business. Any tips/leads on jobs in IL would be greatly appreciated.
I would google ‘event planners associations’ or ‘meeting planners associations’ and see if there are any in your immediate area and what it would take to join or perhaps just go to a 1st meeting to feel it out.
You might also think of opening up a small business all by your lonesome. If you’ve never been in business before, I would strongly recommend that you talk to a business counselor before you do anything especially spend money. I’d call the local office of SCORE (go to http://www.score.org and input your zip code to find the chapter nearest you), the advice is FREE.
The counselor at SCORE will most likely advise you to write a business plan which is very good advice because it will force you to dig out all of the start up details and the costs of starting an Event Planners Business and force you to also understand all of the aspects of this business including the customers you’ll concentrate on (your market ) and how you’ll go after them.
Try this link :
http://www.ychange.com/small-business-consulting-articles.html
and read some of the articles especially the ones about a business plan and starting a business.
Good Luck
What kind of event planning? Corporate meetings? Conferences? I would contact local advertising/marketing or media agencies…these type of companies do advertising campaigns for larger companies, event planning and ways to promote other businesses. I would also try contacting national planners such as HelmsBriscoe- they may be hiring a regional planner in your area, or ISMP (International Socitey of Meeting Planners.)
Have you ever considered starting your own business? Good meeting planners are hard to come by…and I also know that companies are starting to really jazz up meetings/events/conferences! It’s a good profession to get into, especially if your region doesn’t have very many professional planners.
Get your self registered with placement agencies of repute, while specifying your interest. Explore for job with Event Management Companies and Advertising Companies.
G O O D L U C K ! !