Event Management

Summary

Do you want to develop new skills to ensure your events, whether they are conferences, gala award nights or client incentives, go off with a bang?

This course is ideal for any organisation involved in delivering events from weddings and conferences to charity balls.  Covering all elements of event management from health and safety requirements to managing volunteers, this course is invaluable for those operating in this dynamic and highly demanding sector.

“The course was really enjoyable and the sessions were brilliant. I was impressed that the tutor was able adapt the content of the course to the needs of the individual and their business, which was really important to me.” Toni Eyriey, Business Cornwall

Course Title	Location	Hrs/Wk	Start	Duration	Fee
Event Management	Cornwall College Camborne (map)	6	06-06-2013	5 weeks	£590.00

Who is this course for?

This course is ideal for anybody involved in planning, delivering or evaluating events; or for those aspiring to work as event managers or coordinators with no previous experience. 

Entry requirements

There are no formal entry requirements for this course.

Course overview

You will gain a clear understanding of the core operational requirements of designing, planning and running events. Take away practical skills as well as your own bespoke event management guide which is developed during the sessions with the needs of your business at the centre.

The course includes:

• Types of events
• Event operations and procedures
• Customer service
• Selling
• Sponsorship and funding
• Managing event suppliers and contractors
• Event safety
• Quality in event production
• Market size and structure
• Industry background
• Market trends.

Managing Event Operation is delivered through practical sessions, lectures, group discussions and site visits. Delegates will have access to online support materials and a designated tutor for learning support. Delegates will have to undertake an assignment to successfully past this course.

What's next?

There are several flexible progression opportunities for delegates onto other degree level short courses, including: Effective marketing; Principles of event design & themes; Festivals and many more. Alternatively you may be interested in the full time FdA Event Management awarded by the University of Plymouth.

Training at all levels and in a range of subjects is available through Cornwall College Business.

Why choose us?

• We are the leading provider of professional business training in the South West
• Our trainers have recent and relevant industry experience
• CCB provides learning for companies who want to train their staff as well as individuals who are seeking their own personal development
• With over 1000 courses including business skills, qualifications, bespoke training as well as a range of apprenticeship programmes, we help you add new skills to your organisation
• CCB offers flexible course delivery
• We can tailor any course to suit your business needs
• We have funding available to make your training budget go further
• An independent research study has shown that companies that have trained with CCB have seen 17% more growth than companies that have not

Additional Information

This course is a 20 credit module (CORC156) from a Foundation Degree, awarded by Plymouth University.

Contact us for more information.

* Loans, Grants and Bursaries are available for some University Level courses. All prices shown on this website are accurate to the best of our knowledge, however, we reserve the right to amend the price of a course without prior notice. Prices may be subject to additional charges for registration, books or examinations. Please call our course booking team to find out the latest prices for this course - 0800 731 7594.