Top 10 Event Planning Skills for 2024

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Top 10 Event Planning Skills for 2024

What do you consider the best event planning skills are?

There’s so much advice available it’s difficult to know where to look.

Most good event organisations publish their points of view on what’s hot and what’s not for all kinds of subjects.

We wanted to share here for you not only sources, but what they all agree on.

We’ve analysed the first 5 organic search results for ‘Top Skills for Event Management’ from 5 to 7 to 25 different points of view and shared with you here what they all AGREE on.

We’ve obviously given this a sense check, it stands up: here are the top 10 event planning skills that the top resources agree on.

 

  1. Organisational Skills: Essential for managing various components of event planning.

 

  1. Communication: Important for clear and effective coordination with teams, clients, and vendors.

 

  1. Time Management: Crucial for ensuring events run according to schedule.

 

  1. Problem Solving: Necessary for addressing unexpected challenges and finding solutions.

 

  1. Flexibility/Adaptability: Key for handling changes and unforeseen circumstances.

 

  1. Technology Savviness: Increasingly important in a digitised event landscape.

 

  1. Networking: Vital for building relationships and resources in the industry.

 

  1. Creativity: Needed for designing unique and memorable events.

 

  1. Budget Management: Important for financial planning and control of event expenses.

 

  1. Leadership: Essential for guiding teams and making strategic decisions.

 

The very best of luck with all your event planning in the year ahead.

 

 

Sources:

Top 25 Event Planning Skills to have in 2024 from Connect Space

Top Event Planning Skills You Need to Succeed in 2024 from Taggbox

Top 10 Event Management Skills to Excel in 2023 from AAFT University

12 Event Planning Skills You Need for Success

17 Event Management Skills Every Creator Needs to Succeed

 

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