Online Course: Event Planning 101 - Certificate and CEUs
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Basic Course: $45.00
with Certificate & CEUs: $70.00
Event planners work to ensure the success of the event in question and to have the end result come off seamlessly. Event planners, sometimes called EP's, coordinate every tiny detail of the event, from lining up the speakers and finding an appropriate location for the event to arranging for any printed material and/or audio-visual equipment required. Event planners may work for non-profit organizations, professional associations, individuals, governmental agencies, hotels and large or small corporations. 
This course will give you a great basic understanding of event planning. It will also explain some of the details of how the business works and what an event planner actually does. Lastly, it will give you the basics to help get you started in this exciting, rewarding and often fun filled career.
 
  • Lesson 1: What Is an Event Planner?
  • Lesson 2: The Importance of Networking to the Event Planner
  • Lesson 3: The Major Types of Event Planning
  • Lesson 4: Corporate Event Planner Basics
  • Lesson 5: Wedding Planner Basics
  • Lesson 6: Special Party & Celebration Event Planner Basics
  • Lesson 7: A Birds Eye View of Planning a Single Event
  • Lesson 8: A Bug's Eye View of Planning a Single Event
  • Lesson 9: Details that Make a Difference
  • Lesson 10: Starting Your Own Event Planning Service

Enroll today! This is a self-paced, online course. You have 6 months to finish. An instructor will monitor your progress and assess your body of work at course completion. UniversalClass™ offers many wonderful learning tools to help you get the most out of your online course, including an online portfolio service that manages all your course completions. This class has been officially reviewed by our Course Review Committee that scrutinizes course content and instructor participation. This course has received our Committee's highest rating: 4 stars.

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Continuing Education Units (CEU)
1.0 CEUs

Course Description


Event planning is one of the hottest new fields available to people from all walks of life today.  Although some event planners may possess a college degree in business or a related field of study, a college degree is not required to be an event planner, nor is a certificate or any other formal training--although any training and/or education you can receive would certainly be very beneficial and give you an edge over others just starting out.
Those who are brand new to the field of event planning can earn excellent money in this career path, and the benefits and salary only increase with the event planner's contacts, networking and skill level.  Those at the top of their game can earn in excess of millions per year.
 
Event planning is an exciting, lucrative and interesting career choice; however, it is not for everyone. Those who have a lot of energy, are comfortable with self-promotion, enjoy talking to and socializing with strangers, who are well organized, can handle multi-tasking and have an eye for detail will enjoy this career.  If you are laid back, shy and prefer to be "behind the scenes," you may want to choose another profession. This course will give you a great basic understanding of event planning. It will also explain some of the details of how the business works and what an event planner does exactly. Lastly, it will give you the basics to help get you started in this exciting, rewarding and often fun filled career.

There are ten comprehensive lessons written in an easy to follow, informative manner. The end of each lesson will provide you with multiple summary review questions so that you may effectively test your new found knowledge. We encourage you to use these self-test questions to determine whether you are ready to move on to the next lesson or if you should review portions of the preceding lesson before taking the next step. Don't rush yourself. Take the time to read all portions of the lessons and complete the exercises and self-tests. Making full use of this course, in its entirety, is the first step in getting more of what you want in life and business.

This course offers 1.0 CEUs upon successful completion. You may take this online course with or without CEU documentation. An online and hard-copy Certificate of Course Completion displaying your coursework and CEUs earned is included with the CEU Option. We also offer an expedited Transcript Service for sending your accomplishments to a third party.

Course Lessons

  1. Lesson 1: What Is an Event Planner? - Event planners work to ensure the success of an event, which include meetings, parties, fund raisers and many others.
  2. Lesson 2: The Importance of Networking to the Event Planner - Any event planner needs, at their disposal, a good group of people who can provide the required elements to put the event together and make it a great success. This lesson discusses the importance of networking and how to develop networking skills and con
  3. Lesson 3: The Major Types of Event Planning - There are three major areas of this field that are the most popular, and, thus, often become the highest paying. The first is Corporate Event Planning, the second is Wedding Planning and the last is Special Party/Celebration Event Planning.
  4. Lesson 4: Corporate Event Planner Basics - Corporate event planners are most often employed by large to medium companies or corporations. They organize, orchestrate and arrange various events, meetings, conventions and educational seminars.
  5. Lesson 5: Wedding Planner Basics - Wedding planners may offer wedding day only coordination or a full range of other services such as helping find the perfect reception location or by planning the wedding from start to finish.
  6. Lesson 6: Special Party & Celebration Event Planner Basics - Special party and celebration planners organize the party or celebration according to the wishes of those they were hired by.
  7. Lesson 7: A Birds Eye View of Planning a Single Event - This lesson gives you a broad view of what planning one single event would look like.
  8. Lesson 8: A Bug's Eye View of Planning a Single Event - In this lesson, we will use the gathered data to get a more detailed plan, from which a final plan will be made.
  9. Lesson 9: Details that Make a Difference - If you want to be an event planner, then you need to always focus on the details that make a difference.
  10. Lesson 10: Starting Your Own Event Planning Service - If you want to run your own company, you should have experience, many contacts and a good amount of starting capital.
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Course Title : Event Planning 101
CEU Value : (Continuing Education Units)
Course Number : 7550035
Course Type : How To
Course URL : http://eventplanning.onlineclasses.com
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Instructor : Tamara Long
Syllabus : View Syllabus
Duration : Continuous: Enroll anytime!
Course Fee :
Basic Course: $45.00
with CEUs & Certificate: $70.00
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This is a non-credit course. This course may not fulfill any local, state, government, licensing, or educational requirements.
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