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This course will help bring out your creativity and organizational skills to plan the best events ever. You will uncover strategies that can be used to make planning an event less stressful.  You will learn to develop and organize your ideas for an event with easy-to-follow tools and checklists to help keep track of the details of the event (this is key)!
The current course runs at your offices anywhere in South Africa, live online or at a BOTI venue. The course page has the up-to-date outline and group prices.
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Key outcomes of this course include:

If you arrange events as part of your job function, you might consider an Events Management Course. However, you may not know what it involves, or precisely how an events management course might benefit you.
Here are some guiding tips:
By definition, events management is the initiation, coordination, preparation, budgeting and management of all individuals, groups, logistics and functions that come together to develop an occasion or celebration. Event management is the application of project management to the creation and development of large scale events such as conferences, ceremonies, weddings, formal parties, concerts, or conventions.
Arranging an occasion or event is a complex and responsibility-laden procedure; the task needs a high level of administration, focus on information and time management.
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The Events Management Courses are designed for the following attendees:
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If you are comparing event planning courses in South Africa, this page explains what BOTI’s beginner events training covers, from the overall event plan and task allocation to marketing, vendors and sponsors and handling the unexpected, and who it suits. If you arrange events as part of an office or PA role, see also BOTI’s administration and office support courses.

A beginner events course covers producing an overall plan (taking the lead, setting up committees, establishing the purpose and brainstorming themes), allocating responsibilities and matching tasks to people’s skills, marketing the event through a logo, websites and media coverage, working with vendors and sponsors, dealing with the unexpected, and reviewing your efforts afterwards. The aim is to make planning less stressful, with tools and checklists that keep track of the details.
Events management is the initiation, coordination, preparation, budgeting and management of all the people, groups, logistics and functions that come together to create an occasion or celebration. It applies project management to events such as conferences, ceremonies, weddings, formal parties, concerts and conventions, and it calls for strong administration, attention to detail and good time management.
No. BOTI’s beginner events training is designed for anyone interested in events management and planning, and no prior experience or knowledge is required. It is especially useful if you arrange events as part of your job and want a structured, less stressful way to plan them, keep track of the details and avoid hidden costs.
No. BOTI’s events management training is a non-accredited short course, and delegates receive a BOTI certificate of attendance. It is practical training in planning, organising and running events. Courses run in-house at your premises anywhere in South Africa, at BOTI’s venue in Sunningdale, Johannesburg, or online; call 011 882 8853 or email [email protected] for dates or a quote.
To build these skills with your team or on your own, book BOTI’s Events Management Expertise: Meetings, Functions and Travel, a two-day course on planning meetings, functions and travel arrangements. It runs in-house at your premises, at BOTI’s venue in Sunningdale, Johannesburg, or online, and delegates receive a BOTI certificate of attendance.
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