Blog 16: Advisory meeting #2

What is  most important in managing a profitable event planning business?

Answer #2: Building helpful relationships with vendors to provide better prices for you clients while making a better profit.

• When an event planner has a relationship with vendors they will get better prices.
• The vendors wont fail you because they want you to come back
• If the vendors make you look good clients will return to you
• Negotiating is easier

 How to Develop Amazing Vendor Relationships and Sponsorship by Christina Berrios

When building a relationship with vendors you can provide better service to your clients while bringing in profit. 

Blog 15: Independent Component Approval

1.  For my 30 hour i plan on working with someone else on an event, not my mom this time. i was thinking maybe if i help plan prom if it would count?,
2.  If i can do prom, then the event will be evidence. I will also take oictures of all the organizing and meeting held.
3. This will help me because its an event i will be helping plan, but without a professional guiding me.  So in a way it'll be tougher but funner. 

blog 14: Independent Component 1

I, Leslie Nunez, affirm that i compleated my independent component which repreents 30 hours of work.

I helped at A&R Creations, with my mentor Rosy Nunez. I helped her make a contract with a client which involved providing the decorations of a venue and church. 

By doing this i learned how to work with customers and provide them something that fits their budget and needs.

It helped me understand my topic better because i now know what it is an event planner has to deal with. For example the day we set up the venue was a sunday, the church ended at 4 pm and the guest would arrive at the venue right after but we had to transfer some of the decorations from the church to the venue before the guest arrived. to fix this we had two different teams working; one was setting up the venue and the other the church. With that team work we managed to get everything done. 

Blog 13: Lesson 2 Reflection

1. Positive Statement
Im proud of my activity. I think people really enjoyed it and it was really understandable. 

2. Questions to Consider
       a.     What assessment would you give yourself on your Lesson 2 Presentation (self-assessment)?

 I would give myself an AP.

       b.     Explain why you deserve that grade using evidence from the Lesson 2 component contract.
I think i deserve an AP because my activity really put to use what i taught the class. The only requirement i didn't meet was time so thats gonna hurt me a lot. 


3. What worked for you in your Lesson 2?

My activity.

4.  (What didn't work) If you had a time machine, what would you have done differently to improve your Lesson 2?

I would read more books on my answer so i can add more slides and have more information to talk about .

5. Finding Value
What do you think your answer #2 is going to be?  

Something about negotiating or time management. 

Blog 12: Third Interview Questions

1. What is the most important thing in having a successful event planning business?
2. What is your thought of a successful business?
3. How do you build relationships with vendors?
4. What are the things that keep your business profitable? 5. How do you make sure you don't overprice but also don't underprice?
6. How do you ensure future clients?
7. What do you do to before, during and after the event?
8. how do you build up on your career?
9. Do you have any goals for your career? What are they?
10. What advice can you give to someone who wants to be an event planner?

Blog 11: Mentorship 10 Hours

1. Where are you doing your mentorship? Im doing my mentorship at A&R creations; a business dealing with an aspect of event planning.
2. Who is your contact? Rosa Nunez (909)706-2283
3. How many total hours have you done (total hours should be reflected in your mentorship log located on the right hand side of your blog like your WB)? I've done 12 hours
4. Summarize the 10 hours of service you did. For my mentorship i had to change the window display very often because changing it brings customers since they like seeing new things. I also had to work with alot of customers while my mentor made allterations on pieces.
5. Email your house teacher the name of your contact and their phone number confirming who they should call to verify it.

Blog 10: Senior Project: The Holiday

1. It is important to consistently work on your senior project, whether it is break or we are in school. What did you over the break with your senior project? During break i tried getting in touch with different places i can do my independent component with and only one has answered and said it would be ok for me to go in for as long as i need. I also went to do mentorship hours for 2 days which is about 6 hours total.
 2. What was the most important thing you learned from what you did and why? What was the source of what you learned? The most important thing i learned was to do stuff on time. I have called many places and only one has answered so that is saying that i need to do stuff ahead on time so i wont be stuck with nothing at the end. Calling those places is the source.
3. If you were going to do a 10 question interview on questions related to answers of your EQ, who would you talk to and why? I would talk to an event planner because my topic is how to run a successful event planning business. I would ask them what has kept their business growing and what they do for it to grow.