How Did You Get Started in the Events Business?

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Permalink Reply by Dave Forman on February 1, 2010 at 12:39pm

I was in sales for a blueprinting company and saw a bartending school on one of my client calls. Took the 2 week course and 17 years later, still going strong. Of course I don't bartend anymore but love the business side of it, as well as the events. During that time I have also added 3 more companies to the event industry. Dave Forman

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Permalink Reply by Rusty Chester on February 1, 2010 at 1:51pm

I was destined to be an Engineer in the TV broadcast business. I started working in Event AV while still in school and one thing led to another. The event business was in my blood, I was good at it, and the TV broadcast idea had served it's purpose.

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Permalink Reply by Gretchen DeGroot on February 1, 2010 at 3:25pm

I got started with events in college, volunteering for the concerts/cultural events programs within our student government. In truth, student programming was much more my major than that BA in Business! I spent three years interning for a municipal parks & cultural programs department during college, which was a huge benefit as the job had some aspects of life as a concert & event promoter, and many parallels to the non-profit world in terms of accountability to one's audience.

I made the decision to go into arts administration, did a lot of work with fundraisers in my first couple of jobs, then wound up doing fundraising events with a non-profit organization that produced an annual community festival. Wore a lot of hats, which is how I wound up getting my first few years of experience in sponsorship, and was bitten by the festival bug in a big way. Now I'm delighted to do sponsorship full-time for an established non-profit producer of large-scale community events in Seattle!

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Permalink Reply by Kim Peterson on February 1, 2010 at 6:28pm

I actually worked in the Special Event/conference department during the summer at College (got to stay at the school in the dorms); I worked with sports groups, Elderhostel, and other groups that came on campus. I enjoyed giving tours (for both these groups and admissions) and seeing behind the scenes. From there I went to summer conferencing and special events, then spent most of of my time in catering. I thorougly enjoy being just in the event planning side now, but am grateful for my catering experience as well - that very much has helped me moving forward! The cool thing is we get PAID to plan parties! Talk about a dream job!

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Permalink Reply by J. DeNobile on February 1, 2010 at 7:23pm

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Permalink Reply by Megan Yockey on February 4, 2010 at 11:17pm

I went to school for it! Western Illinois University :) I always wanted to be an event planner. I had two internship offers this past summer for event planning, the one i took turned into a full time position. Ive been here for 6 months and i have not looked back since. I love it.

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Permalink Reply by Femi Wills on February 19, 2010 at 2:37pm

Hey I just started my own promotional company but I have been in inudstyr for over 5 years. The client sie of things a little new to me and I have an appointment with a potential client in a couple of days. what kind of paperwork or documents do I need to bring with me? any ideas would be awesome!

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Permalink Reply by Kim Allen on February 25, 2010 at 4:07pm

Over 10 years ago started planning social and private events for family and friends. Discovered I had a knack for it. Really enjoyed the planning and attention to details aspect. It took me a while to step out on faith and start a business. "Events, etc by Kim" is not quite 2 years old.

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