Managing People

Remember that your event will not happen in isolation, but may have a significant effect on the wider community - either good or bad. Your event will hopefully attract lots of visitors to the area, who then spend money in local bars, restaurants and accommodation, thus boosting the local economy. However, your visitors will also want to park as close to the event as possible which may cause traffic jams, or else temporary road closures may affect business at local shops.

When planning your event, you need to take into consideration the possible effects on the local community, and work with local people to minimise disruption, and ensure their support for your event.

When organising an event, people's time is a valuable resource and is expensive to buy. Have you thought about finding volunteers to work on your event?

There are a number of training courses that can assist event organisers and develop their skills. From festival and event and cultural event management degrees to accredited diplomas in event and project management.

There are also opportunities for specialist training in areas such as;

• risk assessment
• first aid
• crowd management
• transport management
• fundraising
• voluntary services management.