What is Event Planning?

Several people have suddenly become event planners especially in Lagos State. Some weeks ago a friend of mine invited me to his house for a heart-2-heart talk and during the cause of our discussion he told me how his mother and girl friend have been on him asking him when is he getting married

and stuffs like that and how he is scared of wedding cost based on several planners and people he as met, then I asked him which aspect of it are you scared of the marriage or the wedding cost? then he said to me frankly, the wedding cost and I asked him a basic question an event planner should ask his/her client first like, if truly you wants to get married now "what is your budget? And he said he can afford to spend N400k I further asked, to what extent do you intend to spread your invitation I mean how many people will you like to invite? And he said you know I'm a socialist and the number of people he cannot be specific and I said you have to be specific. After several lecture on budgeting and co. my friend took the bold step and now his married I mean, happily married. 

First I need you to understand there is a difference between "Planning and Decoration" Event Planner organize every aspect (decoration, catering, MC, DJ, live band etc) of event from start to finish while Decoration is strictly based on beautification of the venue. Event Planning is more of time management, budgeting and co-ordination while Decoration is creating a design(s) suitable for the event location.

However, the problems of engaging an unqualified event planner to plan your events (wedding, A.G.M, birthday etc) cannot be quantified. I have seen client and her planner ended up in physical combat over a contract that was poorly executed.

Therefore, it is very essential that clients and planners agreed on every aspect of the deal and professionally delivered. However, it is expected that a professional event planner advice his/her client in a way that will reduce waste or unnecessary spending for instance, a client can spend N1m on an event and every aspect of the wedding will not justify the cost while another client can spend N300k and the result is massive, it's all depends on the event planner. How professional is your Planner? How well do you know this Job called Event Planning? Well my name is SOYEMI M. ABIODUN I am a trained and certified Event Consultant with over 5years experience. I also have a degree in Business Administration. I Plan and train people on EVENT PLANNING in a professional way. I train client online, at their home, church/mosque and office. Mon-Sun. Saturday is negotiable. My email: amslogeventsconsults@gmail.com. Call me: 08029278667 or 09095614113 you can as well visit my blog: www.amslogeventconsultant.blogspot.com.