| Anyone who has been assigned to plan a big event | | | | the job itself is not new, many colleges and universities |
| knows how much work and stress go into making | | | | are beginning to offer event planning as a major or |
| sure every element comes together on time and as | | | | field of study. Event planners are trained to handle |
| directed. A venue must be found and secured for the | | | | special events. If you are in inexperienced employee |
| correct date. Food must be ordered and delivered or a | | | | assigned to handle an event, you can spend most of |
| pick-up must be coordinated. Entertainment must be | | | | your time just trying to find a good caterer or a good |
| found and booked. Multi-media concerns have to be | | | | venue. Most professional event planners are invaluable |
| taken care of as well. Guests need to be invited. Not | | | | for their contacts and lists of approved caterers, |
| to mention all of the thousands of other tiny details that | | | | venues, entertainment, décor, etc. Many event |
| must to come together on time to make an event | | | | planners are also trained to handle budgeting, |
| work. If you're trying to attend to other duties at the | | | | advertising, and marketing of the event. They are also |
| same time, it can be maddening. For this reason, many | | | | responsible for the planning of the event as well as |
| companies find that when it's time to plan an event, it's | | | | on-site coordination on the scheduled day. If planning an |
| best to hire a professional event planner to handle the | | | | event is in your company's future than an event |
| job. | | | | planner will be an important asset. |
| Event planning is a relatively new career field. Although | | | | |