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P1 describe the skills required of an event organiser
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Task 1 Unit 18 BTEC Business Level 3 extended diploma
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Describe the skills required of an eventorganiser
Introduction:
In this task (task 1) the 9 skills of an event organiser who need to plan and run a business
event,would be described.Those 9 skills are: communication skills, interpersonal skills, time
management, planning , problem solving, negotiating, resource management, monitoring and
evaluating.Furthermore , the roles of the event organiser will be explained and then analysed.The
importance of meeting organisational and legal requirements when planning an event will also be
assessed.
What is an event organiser?
An Event Organiser is the person who plans, runs and reports an event.In fact they make sure that
their planned event run smoothly, without appearing any problems and if they come across with
any obstacles, they resolve them as quick as possible. Furthermore ,the event organiser is
responsible for the event from start to finish.
Communication skills
It is the ability to talk and listen effectively with people around you. The communication may be
vocally, written which includes books, magazines, websites or emails, visually using logos, maps,
charts or graphs or non-verbally using body language, gestures and the tone and pitch of voice.
An event organiser must know how to efficiently convey and receive these messages in person as
well as via phone, email, letter and social media.
In addition, an event organiser need communication skills because a good listener is one of the best
ways to be a good communicator.In fact this skills can help him to speak appropriately with a wide
variety of people whilst maintaining good eye contact, demonstrate a varied vocabulary and tailor
his language to the audience, listen effectively, present his ideas rightly, write clearly and concisely,
and work well in a group.
Interpersonal skills
Is the ability that a person is using it daily when it communicates and interacts with others , both
individually and in groups.Also it includes a variety of skills such as listening to people, questioning
and understanding body language.
If the event organiser is having good interpersonal skills that means it is going to be more
successful in both professional and personal live.Also it will help him or she to work better under
pressure in a group of people that they know or not.Furthermore, the event organiser will be able to
interact easier with people around him.As a result it will bring success in planning his event
without delaying or destroying the event.
Time Management
It is an action taken by a person in order to organise and plan the time between specific
activities.As a result an event organiser must possess time management skills as it will help him to
work smarter not harder.In fact he will get more staff planned or done in a less time. If the
organiser didn't manage to finish on time the planning and the event doesn't start and finish on
time and his excuse is that he was busy that means that his workings through these event wasn't
effective.
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