Event Management and Starting your own Business Course

Course Structure

The Level 3 in Event Management and Starting your own Business course is divided into twelve comprehensive modules:

Event Management Level 3

Unit 1: Customer Service and the Role of the Event Manager

• Introduction
• Key qualities of an Event Manager
• Delivering reliable customer service
• Creating a “seamless” service
• Supporting clients

Unit 2: The Event Planning Process

• Event documentation
• Choosing a venue
• Research
• Managing problems
• The Event Planning Process

Unit 3: Types of Event Requiring Management

• Birthday party planning
• Organising a charity event
• Black Tie events
• Festivals and outdoor concerts

Unit 4: Health and Safety

• Health and safety policies
• Risk assessment
• Large and small events
• The health and safety coordinator

Unit 5: Planning Small and Private Client Events

• Building a client relationship
• Overcoming difficulty
• Events at private homes
• Planning small corporate events

Unit 6: Running an Event Management Business from Home

• Marketing your business
• Financial details required by HMRC
• Starting an Event Management business
• IT requirements

Starting Your Own Business Level 3

Unit 1: Preparing to Start Your Business

• Why start your own business?
• Character and motivation
• Before you start: managing yourself and planning
• Market research
• Sales and profits
• Competitors
• Financial planning
• Suppliers
• Employing people
• Stock and asset management

Unit 2: Defining Your Business

• Deciding on the form of your business (sole trader, partnership, limited company)
• How to decide what is best for you
• Setting goals for yourself

Unit 3: Marketing

• Your product or service
• Value for money
• Competition
• Segmenting your market
• Pricing

Unit 4: Customers

• Identifying your potential customers
• Promoting your business
• Before sale
• After sale

Unit 5: Finance

• Understanding your business finances
• Working with figures
• Break-event point
• Fixed and current assets
• Cash flow
• Sources of finance
• Managing your money

Unit 6: Your Business Plan

• Why do you need a business plan?
• The format and structure of your business plan
• Yourself, your people. your values, your mission
• Your business model
• Your market
• Your competition
• Development
• Profit forecast
• Risks

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