Course description
This course in on Thursday evenings 7:30 – 9:30pm, it commences on 30 th January 2020 and runs for 12 weeks.
DIPLOMA IN EVENT MANAGEMENT
Topics: Principles of Event Management, Research, Preparing Proposals, Crisis Management Planning, Seeking Sponsors, Organising the Event, Marketing Tools, Media Tools, Promotional Tools, Specialist Areas, Staffing & Evaluation.
Event Management is a dynamic, exciting and varied career. You will be booking venues, working with celebrities, selecting food and entertainment. You will also be responsible for promotion, ticket sales, health and safety, insurance, and crisis management if something goes wrong!
You might be working as a wedding planner or a conference organiser. You could be organising a local sports derby, a nationally televised awards ceremony or the next Olympics. The Events Management industry covers festival organisers, hotel staff in conference& banqueting sections, and charities organising fundraising events. You might be organising an agricultural show or planning a music festival. You could be a self-employed party planner or working for one of the major event management companies.
You could simply be on a committee tasked with organising a number of important events e.g. captain or committee member of the local golf club.
The job opportunities are many and varied. On graduation, you also join the international alumni of the Irish Academy of Public Relations. They have graduates in 50 countries around the world – you are instantly networked!
If you love organising, you have just found your niche. Enrol for the Diploma in Event Management now!
Taught: 2 hours per week for 12 weeks. Examination: by project
Achievement: Diploma in Event Management
Tutor: Irish Academy Tutor Cost : €220.00
Registration for our courses is available by going onto our school website www.malahidecs.ie and clicking on the ‘Enrol Here’ button on the righthand-side of the screen, by postal registration using the form on the inside cover of our Programme or on our walk-in enrolment night on Monday 20 th January 7:30pm – 9.00pm. Students can meet the course tutors at this session. Complimentary tea/coffee will also be available at this enrolment/open evening.
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