Event Management

When planning an event, there are mainly two things to keep in mind:

1. Cost efficiency
2. Effective execution

Top Tips to Shortlist Event Management Companies

There are a lot of companies offering event management services. The expertise of some of them range from corporate events to personal events like weddings or anniversary dinners.

So how do you find "the event management" company that can take care of your event management jobs?

Market Reputation

Closely assess the market reputation of the company. Talk to

• Ex-customers and check % of repeats
• Search online for events management companies with positive customer feedback
• Feedback from venue owners/managers
• Evaluate portfolios and website for services offered
• Feedback from associates and employees

Venue owners or managers can provide an interesting bit of detective work. They have usually worked with numerous events management companies. Therefore they can often provide good advice and inside information regarding the execution expertise and timeliness of such companies.

Integrity

Event management companies usually work with different contractors and vendors within their own domain to get the work done, for example florists, or electrical technicians or even out sourced security consultants. Integrity both in operations and delivery of goods is highly important.

Working under pressure

With event management, one of the scarcest, yet most important resources is time. You may want to consider asking for proposals from companies within a short time frame. This will enable you to test how well they can work under pressure.

One-window solution

You may want to check if the shortlisted company can offer a 360 degree service such as:

• Creative concept or theme
• Operations including booking venue, catering and decoration
• Managing invoices and advances
• Pre-event management such as
• Telemarketing / Attendance generation
• Database management
• Registration management
• Publicity and press release monitoring