Event Planning Part 1

Part I

Event Planning with a Group

It's party time! You and a group of friends or associates have decided

to ban together to host an event. You gather together for an event

planning brainstorming session and you can't decide on anything.

Every person involved wants different things. Instead of planning the

perfect party, you've spent hours debating something as simple as the

design of the invitation.

One of the positive benefits of event planning with a group of people is

that each person can take on a role. One person can be responsible

for invitations, while another tends to the menu and a third handles the

decorations. The burden of the event planning is divided into sections

and each person can place their full attention on one aspect instead of

one person become flustered while trying to remember every aspect.

There are drawbacks though when you have many voices all involved in

the event planning process. Differences in opinion might create some

conflicts and what one person suggests, another might discount.

There are ways to handle the many varying opinions and still create a

memorable event. One way is to decide on a voting method. If there

are several people involved, you can agree at the beginning of the

event planning process that majority wins. This can resolve any

disagreements in a fair and reasonable way. When everyone has had

their vote, the most votes win and the decision is final.

Another really effective approach is to discuss everyone's strengths

before the event planning discussions ever get underway. If one

person enjoys menu planning, this area could be left up to them, if

another is very creative, decorations might be their area of expertise.

Utilizing people's individual likes and strengths can help guarantee not

only a smooth event planning process but a highly successful event as

well.

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