Whether you love being creative or organised (or both), or you dream of every working day being different, this masterclass with event training experts Claire Derrick and Rosie Ham will teach you everything you need to know to get started in the events industry.
During the class, you will learn about the cornerstones of every live or online event, and how they make up the foundations of a successful experience – whether it’s a festival, a corporate event, a wedding, or a charity fundraiser.
You will discover that all events follow a journey - they must have a beginning, a middle and an end. The best event planners know the importance of challenging yourself, and how to tap into your working style (and that of others) to create experiences that really wow guests and exceed expectations.
By participating in this class you will also start to build your very own network of contacts, often an integral part of breaking into the events industry.
This course is for …
Those who love attending events and want to learn how to create them
Anyone contemplating a career in the events industry
Course content
An introduction to the world of events
What is an event journey?
What does an event planner actually do?
The happy marriage of strategy and operations
Sectors and jobs
Q&A
Tutor profiles
Rosie Ham is an event producer and senior lecturer at Event Academy. She started her career in Brisbane, where she worked for a leading events agency producing creative experiences for clients throughout Australia and Asia. After a short contract at the Sydney Olympics, she moved to a Sydney-based agency and expanded her remit to cover global programmes in sectors including pharmaceuticals, retail, law, finance and telecommunications. Her career in the UK has focused on leading successful in-house teams in the media and financial services sectors, producing a wide variety of projects such as large-scale conferences, C-suite events and corporate engagement programmes, as well as writing and delivering training seminars.
Claire Derrick is a founding director and academy principal of Event Academy. She studied at the University of Greenwich and New Hampshire College in Massachusetts. She began her UK career as a PA and event organiser with the Duchess of York’s charity, Children in Crisis, planning and implementing special occasions with Royalty. She also held the position of Head of National Fundraising at a UK-wide charity, where she recruited and managed a team of fundraisers and introduced many new fundraising concepts. Now a member of the Association of Event Managers, Claire is a contributing journalist for the London and UK Datebook. She has worked in an event management or consultancy capacity for clients in the USA, UK, Europe, China, Peru, Israel, Nepal and Vietnam.
Details
Date: Wednesday 18 January 2023
Time: 6.30pm-8:30pm (GMT)
Price: £65 (plus £3.56 booking fee)
This masterclass is available globally. See this time zone converter to check your local live streaming time.
6:30pm GMT | 7:30pm CET | 10:30am PST | 1:30pm EST
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