Event Evaluations

Using the following criteria in your post, please develop a critique of your peers' event as presented in class on Monday, June 29th. This essay should be well developed using the criteria and relevant themes and vocabulary in the course, free of errors and purposeful as far as offering developmental criticism that will be helpful in improving the event structure for the future. This criticism would be used in the event closing meeting where you and the client communicate about the event and how it can be improved for the future.

Criteria:

Short synopsis of the event
Develop criticism for the six A's of the event experience (take each one individually)
Evaluate event communication, layout, safety, organization, customer service provisions, transitions from mini events and a full evaluation of the blog/web site components as related to the event promotion and usage for different purposes throughout the event process.

Each member of the event planning team should conduct her own evaluation of the event. This post is due no later than Tuesday, June 30th by 5pm. Then, you as one of the planners of your particular event, will respond to all of the criticism gathered for your event in a well developed and professional manner. You may explain certain protocol for why you did certain activities and such, you may thank the evaluator for the insight and you may explain how you would like to incorporate such detail in the future or how you would do so. The evaluation and then response (which you can respond to all the criticism in one post) is worth 25 points of your overall grade. Your response to criticism is due no later than Weds, July 1st by 5pm so that grading can be complete.

Corporate Events

Event planner, Marsha Stoltman, will be joining us for discussion on branding your event planning company, breaking into the business and developing corporate events. Please review the link to her company, The Stoltman Group and the presentation below to prepare for class on Monday.

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