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Hi, I’ve been an event planner for a huge caterer for five years. It’s fun, if you’re the aptly person (hyper-organized, fantastic at switching gears in a sec, and not that attached to your Saturday nights). You need to work for an brilliant, busy caterer. You’ll learn about the diversity of style, menus and clientele that buy catering.
Also, you’ll learn things like:
~required staffing ratios for various types of events and different tasks
~setup time for different decor thoughts
~what menus people like to buy versus what people really like to eat
~local venue nuances
~local rental vendors to trust
~how to estimate beverage consumption
~what’s in season when, (or at least where to look it up quickly)
~laws about fire codes (it’s not all pretty work…and the liability is HUGE)
~how many people fit in a given room ceremony-style, meeting-style, for a seated dinner, for a buffet dinner, for a cocktail party and with/without a dance floor (I despise math but you get used to it…diagramming to scale helps a lot.)
The certified event planners that I’ve met aren’t any better than the people that are just naturally organized, methodical and tactful. I’d say, skip the formal training. You’re the aptly person or you’re not. We absolutely do not look for CMPs when we hire event planners or event preparation assistants. I was a project manager before I became an event planner, and the skillset is similar. It’s about turning worried people in chaos into pleased people with certainty.
Certainly keep an eye on food and reception trends. Visit TheKnot.com, and watch a lot of Food Arrangement.
Subscribe to BizBash.com’s reports…very fun and inspiring stuff from the most expensive parties in the people.
Excellent luck!
Look into becoming a certified event planner. See if any event planners in your area are looking for apprentices or would be willing to invite you into their businesses to make a specialty division of some kind. Visit local events in your area and try to find out skills and connections are needed. Make affair cards and a brochure. Maybe plot a couple parties or events of your own to place in your brochure and see how successful you are at it.
The best way to get clients and get started I believe is by preparation parties for people you already know. Word of Mouth is your best advertisement. Let your friends/associates know that you are available for hire. Start a portfolio of events you’ve done and keep it in a nice album to show potential clients.
Online classes will help; but you’ll have to find a way to break into the affair. Excellent luck!