All you need to know about the event sector

All you need to know about the event sector

Top 7 Qualities Of A Great Event Manager

Originally posted on Valeria Paskaleva

What does it take to be a great event manager? You might think that nowadays with all the abundance of software to help you plan, manage, market and run smoothly your event it’s been easy to become truly great at that job. Well, you are wrong. No matter how advanced the new technologies get, they will never substitute what really makes a great event manager-his personal qualities. Here is a list with the most important qualities that distinguish a great event manager from just a good one.

  1. Passion

That’s definitely number one in my list. Organising and running an event is extremely demanding, exhausting and quite often a stressful job. In order to be good at it you need to love it. Otherwise it’s impossible to bear all the long hours of hard work and the nerve-racking situation that will undoubtedly be part of your workdays. But there is nothing more rewarding for the true great event manager than seeing the success of his event in the end.

  1. Creativity

Out-of-the-box thinking is a must-have quality for the great event manager. Every new event is like a newborn baby: it needs special attention and personal approach. And as every child is different so is every event. That requires being innovative in each aspect and detail of your event management job: from using the newest marketing tools to redesigning your registration form. The great event manager will never put up with doing things the same way as before or with simply copying his competitors. He will dare to be different, strive to awe and be the actual influencer in the industry.

  1. Interpersonal skills

Smooth communication is one of the keys to a smooth event. As an event manager you have to communicate with all sorts of people at all sorts of levels: from governmental official and high level executives to part-time staff and subcontractors. And you will need to relate to all of them for the sake of the success of your event. There are going to be people you don’t like or even such that truly piss you off, but if you are a great event manager you will never lose your temper or behave in any disrespectful way. That takes being not only diplomatic but also down-to earth and self-collected.

  1. Great organizational skills

Organizing an event requires being exceptionally organized yourself as well as able to prioritize and multitask. Ask any bride if you don’t believe me (good that most women are natural multitaskers). The event manager needs to coordinate a number of responsibilities and manage many people simultaneously. And even the best planning or management software cannot compensate for the lack of organizational skills. It could just compliment and assist them.

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