Events Student
Blog
Writter Hayley Janson
Wednesday, 19 June 2013
Who I have met as an events student at Cambridge
Regional College
“Hiya, my names…”
First day of college,
first day nerves, first impressions and plenty of first introductions! Our first
lessons at Cambridge Regional College were all about getting to know each other
and setting us up to become a great events management team. It didn’t take long
to pick up on how important our connections are working in the media
industry...
“All the wedding bells n’ whistles!”
Organising weddings
was a popular choice of future career for the girls in the team, so we were
thrilled to meet a wedding planner in one of our lessons. She told us about
everything needed in order to be successful and create her clients perfect day.
Along with a well organised diary, a collection of strong connections was her
golden tool! One of her selling points was that she knew the local florists;
catering company’s and dress stores. She had the ability to get discounts on
venues and save the pockets of the husband and wife to be. I remember her
saying: “The hard part is making them believe that they need you.”
“Be professional, girls!”
With allot of the team
having come straight from the secondary school class rooms, we weren’t the most
calm n’ collected classmates to have. Serious was not our forte and the room
would remain in a less-than-calm state. We were all keen to pitch in when
brainstorming ideas for events to organise within college. This was great but made
it hard for tutors to trust us with meeting any potential clients for future
events and tasks. We didn’t blame them. Almost one year in and allot has
changed! Our tutors have helped us learn to listen to each other, listen to all
ideas objectively but most of all, remain professional.
“Yes but, where do we come in?!”
Having planned a few
college events ourselves, worked with clients to create promotional videos and
written various reports/articles, we are now set to go out there and gain
experience in organising events out of college grounds. With our eagerness to
get going, we were introduced to an artist named Jo. Having come from LA where
she organised various art events, she wanted our help with one of her popular
Cambridgeshire art shows. Jo was excited to have fresh new heads to work with
and we were glad to be taken seriously for one of the first times. It is always
nice to be needed!
We are now into June
2013, the summer holidays are just on the horizon and I will be looking forward
getting involved with as many events as possible and getting my foot in the
events industry door! So many thanks to our tutors and everyone who has put up
with us throughout our first year of college…
Bring on year two!
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