Mythbusting Event Management
If I had a pound for every time someone said to me “Event Management, so you boss people about?” I’d be able to retire at 30.
So let’s look at myth busting Event Management, with some common misconceptions of the industry.
Event Managers just boss people about SLIGHTLY TRUE.
Hear me out, Event Management companies do take charge of your events and we deal with as many or little of your suppliers/sponsors/attendees as you wish. We live and breathe events, it’s our passion, so believe us when we say we know what we’re doing. By you handing over the reins to us, we can negotiate prices, organise guest lists, and help find that new quirky venue that fits in with how you envision your event so when it comes to it you can just sit back and enjoy the final product. Leave the stressful last minute guestlist changes (yes there’s always one!) and technical glitches to us.
Event Management is just party planning MYTH
Yes, Event Managers can plan parties, but that’s not all we do. Think business clubs/charity dinners/industry conferences/sports games…they’re all events, and all need Event Managers. Don’t get me wrong it’s incredibly satisfying looking back at pictures of the team all bossing the event scene in black-tie apparel, but it’s also just as satisfying seeing pictures of the sleek and professional conferences we’ve put on for local authorities and other corporate clients.
Hiring an event manager will be expensive MYTH
Event Managers don’t work for free, that is correct, but when you look at the broader pictures, we can quite often save you money. Working in the industry day-in day-out we build up a list of reliable, tried and tested suppliers, who we interact with on a regular basis and as a result can sometimes get you a better deal due to us giving them repeat business. Not only that, think about the times you’ve tried something new and made mistakes because you’re new to it. Handing over the responsibility to an Event Management company means that they’ve done this before so can advise and step in where necessary to avoid costly and embarrassing mistakes.
I can do this myself TRUE
Yes, that is true. An opinion which is quite commonly voiced, and we don’t dispute that. However put things into perspective and think about the fact that unless you’ve been assigned the project as a priority, you have to fit this in around your day-to-day responsibilities. Suddenly meetings and tasks you think you’d have ages to do are limited to a significantly smaller time frame, and the deadlines that you thought were ages will creep up on you, and all of a sudden you’re pulling an all nighter just to make sure your printing can be finished because you hadn’t realised the printers need to schedule in your print jobs and they require a lead time of several days.
Moral of the story, LEAVE IT TO THE EXPERTS! Get your 40 winks, keep your stress levels down, and out-source the job to an Event Management company. At Grapevine Event Management, no job is too big or small, drop us a DM or email to chat about your event today.
-Rhiannon
