In this course, you’ll learn the essential skills needed for successful and profitable event management. The focus is on selecting the right type of event and the associated framework, as well as the logistical, financial, and technical expertise required to make the event a success and ensure it is profitable. Knowledge of Adobe InDesign and Acrobat Pro for creating appealing marketing materials, as well as an introduction to modern project management and its terminology, round out the course.
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Certificates: Certificate "Event Manager"
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Additional Certificates: "Event management and digital event planning" certificate
Certificate in “Layout Design with Adobe InDesign and Acrobat Pro”
Certified Business Manager" certificate
Basic certificate in project management (GPM)® from PM-Zert -
Examination: Praxisbezogene Projektarbeiten mit Abschlusspräsentationen
Certified Business Manager:in
Zertifizierung durch die PM-ZERT, Zertifizierungsstelle der GPM Deutsche Gesellschaft für Projektmanagement e. V. -
Teaching Times: Full-timeMonday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:35 p.m. (in weeks with public holidays from 8:30 a.m. to 5:10 p.m.)
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Language of Instruction: German
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Duration: 16 Weeks
Event management and digital event planning
Event formats (approx. 1 day)
Tasks of the event manager
Differentiation between on-site/virtual/hybrid/smart
Business management basics (approx. 2 days)
Financing and budgeting
Recording and posting business processes in accounting
Controlling, sponsoring, licensing
Legal basics (approx. 2 days)
Contract forms and relationships
Contract design
Liability and insurance
Laws, ordinances and regulations
Legal obligations of organizers and locations
Special duties and taxes in the event business
Artificial intelligence (AI) in the work process
Presentation of specific AI technologies
and possible applications in the professional environment
Event planning on site and digitally (approx. 4 days)
Conception and implementation
Presentation and moderation
Goals and target groups
Planning and organization
Agile event management
Design of a supporting program
Time management
Guest management, intercultural aspects
Scheduling: end dates, start dates, time reserves
Event logistics and event technology (approx. 4 days)
Logistical and technical planning and implementation of digital and on-site events
Tools and checklists for professional event organization
Cooperation with agencies and external service providers
Deployment and coordination of personnel
Implementation, day of the event and risk management
Social responsibility and sustainability
Success control and follow-up
Marketing (approx. 1 day)
Market observation and concept development
Strategic marketing
Operational marketing
Online marketing (SEM/SEO)
Basics of social media marketing
Event management with MS Project (approx. 3 days)
Scheduling
Resource management: labor, material, costs
Project monitoring: target/actual comparison, graphical reports
Project work (approx. 3 days)
To consolidate the content learned
Presentation of the project results
Layout Design with Adobe InDesign and Acrobat Pro
Adobe InDesign CC – Layout, Typography, and Artificial Intelligence (approx. 10 days)
User Interface, Master Pages, Layout Grids
Smart Layout and Auto Style (AI), automatic design and text formatting
Typography, paragraph and character styles, variable fonts
Placing, adjusting, and cropping images and graphics
Style application
Tables, data merge, GREP styles
Hyperlinks, buttons, ePUB, web export
Accessible design and PDF/UA
Adobe Acrobat Pro - Publishing, accessibility and automation (approx. 5 days)
Acrobat Pro interface and tools
PDF types, export, preflight, comment function
AI-supported accessibility: tags, alternative texts, structure check
Color management, proof, transparency check
Batch processing, smart actions, cloud workflows
Security and digital signatures
Project work (approx. 5 days)
To consolidate the content learned
Presentation of the project results
Management and corporate planning
Management (approx. 1 day)
Hierarchy levels
Management methods
Planning horizons
Management functions
Management control loop
Management instruments
Objectives, methods and instruments of business plan preparation (approx. 3 days)
Basics of business plan preparation
Analysis and planning tools (SWOT analysis, scenario analysis, portfolio analysis,
creativity techniques)
Use of AI for brainstorming and structuring business models
AI-supported creation and revision of business plan components
Contract law (approx. 1 day)
Declarations of intent
Warranty and guarantee
Types of contract and their disruptions
Law on contractual defects (subsequent performance, withdrawal, purchase price reduction, compensation)
General terms and conditions (AGB)
Commercial and company law (approx. 1 day)
Types of merchants
company forms
Commercial practices
Special features of commercial law
Commercial register and publicity
Introduction to insolvency law
Project planning (approx. 0.5 days)
basics
Resource planning
Planning steps
Errors in project planning
Environment analysis (approx. 0.5 days)
Company analysis
Industry analysis
Location analysis
Competition analysis
Use of AI to support market and competition analyses
Marketing (approx. 3 days)
Market analysis and market segmentation
Basics of market research
Instruments of the marketing mix
Advertising and supporting instruments
Use of AI to develop marketing ideas and address target groups
AI-supported creation of marketing content
Financial planning (approx. 1 day)
Overview of
Instruments
Planning investment calculation (approx. 2 days)
Basics
Investment calculation methods
Limits and problems of capital budgeting methods
Key figures
Financial planning (approx. 1 day)
Basics
Equity and debt financing
External and internal financing
Key figures
Controlling (approx. 1 day)
Tasks and objectives of controlling
Areas of controlling
Controlling instruments
Project work, certification preparation and certification examination (approx. 5 days)
Project management
Artificial intelligence (AI) in project management (approx. 1 day)
Presentation of specific AI technologies
Recommendations for dealing with AI
Prompting in a professional context
Context skills (approx. 3 days)
Governance, structures and processes
Strategy
Power and interests
Personal and social skills (approx. 1 day)
Personal communication
Technical skills (approx. 10 days)
Project design
Agile project management
Organization, information and documentation
Opportunities and risks
Requirements and goals
Scope of services and deliverables
Process and deadlines
Stakeholders
Resources
Costs and financing
Planning and control
Project work, certification preparation and certification examination in project management (approx. 5 days)
By PM-ZERT, certification body of the GPM Deutsche Gesellschaft für Projektmanagement e. V.
Changes are possible, the course content is updated regularly.
After completing the course, you’ll be able to distinguish between different event formats and professionally plan, organize, and execute both digital and in-person events. The course emphasizes strategic planning, marketing, and the legal and sustainability aspects of event management. You will be proficient in MS Project and able to use it to professionally plan and monitor events and analyze their success. In addition, you will have a solid foundation in image editing and layout. You will be able to work with InDesign and Acrobat Pro and design appealing promotional materials. In addition, you are proficient in basic project management techniques and can apply them effectively.
This course is primarily aimed at people from the event sector, but also at employees from the fields of marketing, communication, PR or hotels, gastronomy and tourism.
With organizational skills and specialist knowledge in the field of event management, you can find employment in numerous companies. Jobs in communication, marketing and event agencies are particularly suitable. However, you can also work successfully in the tourism industry and with trade fair, conference and congress agencies. The skills acquired here are also an advantage for some companies with event departments and for self-employment.
Your meaningful certificate provides a detailed insight into the qualifications you have acquired and improves your career prospects.
Didactic concept
Your lecturers are highly qualified both professionally and didactically and will teach you from the first to the last day (no self-study system).
You will learn in effective small groups. The courses usually consist of 6 to 25 participants. The general lessons are supplemented by numerous practical exercises in all course modules. The practice phase is an important part of the course, as it is during this time that you process what you have just learned and gain confidence and routine in its application. The final section of the course involves a project, a case study or a final exam.
Virtual classroom alfaview®
Lessons take place using modern alfaview® video technology - either from the comfort of your own home or at our premises at Bildungszentrum. The entire course can see each other face-to-face via alfaview®, communicate with each other in lip-sync voice quality and work on joint projects. Of course, you can also see and talk to your connected trainers live at any time and you will be taught by your lecturers in real time for the entire duration of the course. The lessons are not e-learning, but real live face-to-face lessons via video technology.
The courses at alfatraining are funded by Agentur für Arbeit and are certified in accordance with the AZAV approval regulation. When submitting a Bildungsgutscheinor Aktivierungs- und Vermittlungsgutschein, the entire course costs are usually covered by your funding body.
Funding is also possible via Europäischen Sozialfonds (ESF), Deutsche Rentenversicherung (DRV) or regional funding programs. As a regular soldier, you have the option of attending further training courses via Berufsförderungsdienst (BFD). Companies can also have their employees qualified via funding from Agentur für Arbeit (Qualifizierungschancengesetz).