Events Management Diploma - Calgary - Alberta - Diploma event management on line - Diploma in event management canada - I170

BVC’s full-time programs provide you with the practical skills and knowledge to successfully plan, organize, manage, promote, and evaluate special events. Learn how to effectively work in a business environment in a variety of roles associated with event planning.

Events Planning Diploma

 The following courses must be completed to obtain the two-year diploma.

YEAR 1
• College Success Skills
• Computer Applications
• Conventions and Trade Shows
• The Essentials of Customer Service
• Business Communication
• Special Events in the Hotel Industry
• Special Event Management
• Introduction to Fundraising
• Sales & Marketing Techniques
• Budgeting & Accounting
• Introduction to Media Relations

YEAR 2
• Introduction to Management
• Event Marketing
• Global Events
• Business Law
• Entrepreneurship
• Designing & Decorating for Special Events
• Desktop Publishing
• Career Advancement
• Career Skills Evaluation
• Professional Event Coordination
• Introduction to e-Portfolio
• Management Studies in Supervision
OR:
• Work Experience for Events Managers
OR:
• Microsoft Excel for Accounting
OR:
• Human Resource Management

Course Descriptions

Budgeting & Accounting
Examine the basics of budgeting, including cash flow planning, and learn to keep complete records for a small business in this class.

Business Communication
Develop the essentials of effective communication in a business setting.

Career Advancement
Create a résumé and cover letter and practice job interview techniques.

Computer Applications
This course provides a general orientation to the Internet, Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Conventions and Trade Shows
Prerequisite: Special Events in the Hotel Industry This course provides an overview of conventions and visitor bureaus, expositions and the incentive travel sector.

Customer Service
Learn how to consistently communicate a positive, friendly, ready-to-help attitude to customers and acquire strategies or dealing with angry customers with diplomacy and tact.

Designing and Decorating for Special Events
Prerequisite: Special Event Management
Study aesthetics, the design process, and professional practices in various types of events, including non-profit events, corporate events, weddings, fairs, and parades.

Desktop Publishing
Prerequisite: Computer Applications Learn to use common desktop publishing and graphics application software.

Entrepreneurship
This course explores the field of entrepreneurship and the small business environment in Canada.

Event Marketing
Prerequisite: Sales and Marketing
This course covers marketing strategies, funding, budgeting, promotion, and the advertising involved in marketing different types of events.

Introduction to Fundraising
Explore fundraising topics such as the grounding of fundraising, the basic principles and techniques of fundraising, and the role of the development officer in fundraising.

Hospitality Law
Prerequisite: Special Event Management
This course examines the legal rights, responsibilities and obligations of organizations in the hospitality industry.

Introduction to e-Commerce
Prerequisite: Computer Applications
This course offers a comprehensive hands-on introduction to the business and concepts of e-commerce.

Human Resource Fundamentals
Learn the techniques and activities associated in acquiring, developing, and maintaining an effective workforce.

Introduction to Management
This course introduces students to the principles of management from a theoretical perspective. Topics include: ethics, social responsibility and diversity, planning, organizing, leading, and controlling.

Management Studies in Supervision
Through a practical approach, this course investigates the various techniques and issues associated with supervision.

Media Relations
Prerequisite: Business Communication
Gain an understanding of the media as a business and to show participants how to best reach a particular market using the media as a conduit.

Microsoft Excel
Prerequisite: Computers Applications
Learn to create worksheets, manipulate and protect data, how to use formulas and functions and to create charts.

College Success Skills
Enhance and strengthen your skills for success for college and career. Emphasis is on personal management, study skills, and critical thinking.

Sales and Marketing Techniques
This course provides a practical understanding of how to segment the market, analyze customers, and develop strategic marketing and sales plans.

Special Events in the Hotel Industry
Learn about the service requirements of meetings and special events from the perspective of a hotel venue.

Special Event Management
In this course, you are introduced to key aspects of managing any special event.

Work Experience for Events Managers
Put your skills and knowledge to work in a four week full-time practicum in a local company or organization.

Introduction to e-Portfolio
This course introduces you to e-portfolio philosophy and software. Create and maintain an e-portfolio that emphasizes your personal, educational, and career goals.

Career Skills Evaluation
This final course in the college success series helps you assess your employment skills and design a professional development plan as you prepare to transition from college to the workplace.