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[AB270: Advanced Meeting Planning]

Assignment: Evaluate the Administration and Logistics of a Given Event

In the last unit you looked at the site inspection process and you had some experience creating a step-by- step list of tasks that must be completed in creating a successful event. Now you will have an opportunity to evaluate a novice event planner’s event that has not turned out well to determine what went wrong and why.

In this Assignment you will be using your Event Planning Guide to evaluate an event that became a fiasco. You will view the presentation and comment in the Event Planning Guide as you view it. Then based on your Event Planning Guide, and your knowledge from these first units, write a 2–3 page paper in APA format which you will submit along with your updated Event Planning Guide to the Dropbox. To be successful make sure to address the Assignment Checklist items.

In a minimum 2–3 page APA formatted document and in the Event Planning Guide respond to the following scenario.

Scenario: Listen to the audio of one of the guests describing the birthday party for a 21-year-old whose mother decided to hire her neighbor’s daughter’s friend who is just starting out in the event planning business. The budget our inexperienced event planner received was $8,000. She had 3 months in which to plan this party. There are relatives and friends flying in from points west and south into Montreal, Canada in October for this barbeque which will take place on a Saturday from 12 noon to 6 p.m. The mom has told the event planner she does not have to worry about arranging airfare. However, all the attendees will be arriving that same morning of the event and need transportation to the event site. Based on one of the guest’s account of the event below, you are reading to date, and the Event Planning Guide; address all the Checklist items below. Assignment Checklist:

• Evaluate the administration of this event… Was it well planned and managed throughout? Are some steps in the planning process missing based on your Reading and your Event Planning Guide? If so what are they and why should they be included?

• Evaluate the logistics… Were the right resources in place at the right time to make this event successful? Why, or why not?

• Discuss your recommendations as to how it should have been done to ensure success following the planning process steps.

Respond in a minimum 2–3 page paper in APA format. In addition please fill out your Event Planning Guide. Submit a) your paper and b) the Event Planning Guide with comments to the Dropbox before the end of the unit.

[AB270: Advanced Meeting Planning]

Compose both documents in a Microsoft Word document and save it as Username-AB270 Assignment- Unit#.doc (Example: TAllen- AB270 Assignment-Unit 3.doc). Submit your file by selecting the Unit 3: Assignment Dropbox by the end of Unit 3.