Wednesday, July 10, 2013

The Truth Behind a Successful Event


Our world is littered with enough star power to blow the galaxy away. We celebrate weddings or birthdays with the most lavish settings, dazzling colors and jaw dropping cuisine. Of course in our era now, we throw extravagant parties and gatherings for just about any reason. Probably because its fun, to have a big group of people, meet up and bask in mutual companionship. But whatever the reason, we cannot deny that we love these events, nor can we deny that our world would become rather bland with its absence.

Which brings us to one major question, who is the mastermind behind these events? Logically these people should definitely be vivacious, creative, innovative and just sweating star power, if they are to be capable of creating such mind ravaging masterpieces.

Well as anti climatic as it is, the person behind all of this is indeed an event planner. I'm sure most of you when you think event planner, you're thinking he just plans it, then sits down with a cup of latte and do absolutely nothing. Well you couldn't have been more wrong.

Knowledgeable and experience event planners work hard and diligently to bring the most glamorous of events to the eyes of the world. Their jobs consist of more than just dreaming up a concept and leaving it as that. They have to figure out how to bring that concept into reality and bringing visions such as theirs to the world is not easy task.

Even then their job is still not done, because you see, event planners are also given the job as an overseer and have to be there 24/7 to ensure the completion of the event. Every little detail, from decorations, to the slight variations of color, they have to do it all. In fact most of the time you will see event planners running around doing jobs like putting up the decorations, running errands, plumbing and electrical work, which is a little absurd since that shouldn't be part of their jobs right?

But at the end of the day, it is his vision and no other individual would know how he had envisioned it, which is why it is difficult sometimes when the workers don't produce results that fit his vision. Unfortunately, that vision is the one he had sold to the client. Thus it is crucial that the end product be as he had sold it or better. Because if the event planner fails to see his entire vision come to life, it is very likely he will never work in the business again. The world of entertainment and events is like that, you become less than perfect for one day, and all the other competitors under you will crawl all the way above you.

Even though you love the events, and are bedazzled by how the celebrities and stars have thrown the party, keep in mind, that they just throw out the cash, the real masterminds with the creative power and determination.

Life as an event planner really isn't that easy so next time you think glamorous events, give the event planners their credit for being the true masterminds behind these events which tickle our imagination.

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