Online Class: Party Planning 101
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 Course Description
Looking for a way to throw a children's birthday party on a budget? Easy crafting and good old creativity can balance the budget and still bring joy to all the little party guests. In the party planning business, there is no right or wrong, only a desire to make your client happy.This Party Planning course is a helpful tool for you to learn what you need to know to get started in one of today's most popular and lucrative businesses. For those who enjoy creating the life of the party, this course takes you through setting up and running a business, finding clients and planning everything from social events to major corporate events. Using easy to follow language, the Party Planning course takes you through developing a theme, arranging entertainment, estimating start-up costs and completing a marketing analysis for your business. You'll learn to work with and search out the best photographers, entertainers and performers, caterers, and other vendors who can make or break a party planner's career. You'll understand how to think out of the box and how to gain knowledge of the latest trends in party décor, cocktails and food. The field of party and event planning has blossomed into one of the nation's top jobs, rating number 39, with a future prediction of double digit growth. Put your people and organizational skills to good use, and become actively involved in the exciting world of party planning. Learning Outcomes By successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- Define what a party planner does.
- Describe the basics of the party planning business.
- Describe how to build a business base.
- Summarize how to make a profit.
- Describe marketing services and tracking spending.
- Describe legal issues.
- Describe party planning for social events versus corporate events.
- Describe party planning for children's birthday parties and venues.
- Describe party planning for the food and beverages.
- Define party decor, and
- Demonstrate mastery of lesson content at levels of 70% or higher.
Course Lessons |  | Lesson 1: Is Party Planning For You?Perhaps you always knew you wanted to be a party planner/special event planner and are seeking that special niche to help you take the first step to a new and much in demand line of business. | Lesson 2: Basics of the Party Planning BusinessYou already have an idea of the types of events and parties people hire event planners to oversee. The list is exhaustive and the events may be business oriented or purely social. | Lesson 3: Build Your Business BaseYou can start a party planning business with very little money. It is, however, always wise to conduct some type of market research to determine the needs in the area where you want to plan parties. | Lesson 4: Show Me The Profit!When pricing your services, be sure you charge enough. This means assessing, on the up side, what you need to charge to turn a healthy profit. | Lesson 5: Marketing Your Services and Tracking Your SpendingWhen you begin crafting your marketing materials, your beginning sentence on flyers, brochures and correspondence should be a defining statement of your company. | Lesson 6: Every Party Planner Needs a TeamParty Planners leave the cooking serving and cleaning to outside help. As a party planner, your caterer is the glue that will hold your party together. | Lesson 7: Legal Issues to PonderThere is much to ponder when it comes to legal issues in certain small businesses; for instance, naming your business. | Lesson 8: Tapping into Social EventsFor those who panic at the thought of inviting three couples to their home for a dinner party, a party planner is an essential advisor. | Lesson 9: Equipment and InventoryThink twice before you go out on a limb for party supplies. Get an idea of what you need, by planning a few parties first, and get your business off the ground. | Lesson 10: Corporate EventsAlthough we have barely recovered from a devastating recession, corporate events are still a "yes", but "no" to big budgets. | Lesson 11: Children's Birthday Parties and VenuesYou and your child can have fun making birthday invitations together. It builds a little suspense and anticipation in any child to prepare the invitations and send them out. | Lesson 12: Planning The Food and BeveragesWhen planning children's birthday parties, cocktails are usually taboo. When you have other parents helping out, it's best not to serve alcohol. These are the same people that will be driving their child home. | Lesson 13: Party DecorThemed parties are always a hit and once you have settled on a theme, you can plan games, invitations and perhaps a cake to add a finishing touch. Remember, a little bit goes a long way. | Lesson 14: Formulas for SuccessSomething good comes from everything and the party planners learned some hard lessons. It's really all about standing behind your work and paying for damages. | Lesson 15: Education, Training and EvaluationsA volatile field, event planning businesses tend to move around a lot, change their specialties and image and expand. No source can command total authority of the business. |
Additional Information | Course Title | : | Party Planning 101 | | CEU Value | : | | | Standard | : | Course Adheres to the ANSI/IACET 1-2007 Standard | | Accreditation | : | | | Languages | : | English - United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and other English speaking countries | | Course Number | : | 7550334 | | Course Type | : | How To | | Course URL | : | | | Course Rating | : |  | | Instructor | : | UniversalClass Staff Instructor | | Syllabus | : | | | Grading Policy | : | Earn a final grade of 70% or higher to receive a CEU Certificate documenting CEUs earned | | Assessment Method | : | Lesson assignments and review exams | | Duration | : | Continuous: Enroll anytime! | | Requirements | : | View Technical Requirements | | Course Fee | : | Basic Course: $40.00 (no CEU Certificate) | | | | | NOT FOR COLLEGE CREDIT This is a non-credit course, and is provided for your personal enrichment.
This course is not intended to be a substitute for any state, government, licensing, certification or educational requirements.
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