Certificate in Event Project Management
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Course Overview
The Certificate in Event Project Management is an online professional development course that focuses on event management within a project management framework. The course examines the critical factors for success of event projects, providing students with
the theories, tools, techniques and knowledge required to succeed in the events industry.
Upon completion of the Certificate in Event Project Management, students will have gained a thorough understanding of key concepts and theories in event management combined with practical skills in key areas such as marketing and sponsorship, event conception
and implementation, risk management, client service and venue and project management.
Graduates will be prepared to work in business, government and non-profit sectors. Work with events organisers, festivals, venue operators and events service providers, destination marketing, and venue operators on sports, arts and community events.
Topics
- Introduction to managing projects and events
- Types of events
- Goals and objectives>
- Impacts of events
- Venues
- Project planning
- Project proposals
- Project bidding
- Feasibility
- Project definition and development
- Planning and project lifecycle
- Project implementation
- Project monitoring and control
- Project Evaluation
- Project scheduling
- Effective Project managers
- Event project logistics
- Event budget
- Risk management and legal issues
- Event project contracts
- Event marketing planning
- Sponsorship
- Integrated marketing communications
- Human resources and project teamwork
Assessment:Assignment-based
Course duration: Approximately 25 hours. As a guide, certificate courses can be completed within 5-10 weeks of part-time study. E-learning access: 3 months’E-learning access, with free extensions available.
Cost: USD 500
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The organization has over twelve years experience working with development partners in capacity building in South Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Congo, Somalia, Tanzania, Burundi and Rwanda. We have trained over 3500 development workers in various developments related thematic areas..
We have further conducted over fifty participatory mid term and end term evaluations in the region. Our package is results-oriented and hands-on, enabling our trainees and partners to learn and apply the skills gained on conclusion of the exercise planned. The organization provides a depth of collective technical expertise and experiences as well as demonstrated ability to work in a variety of cultural settings.
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One of the key reasons that there is no meaningful development in Africa is the lack of capacity by beneficiaries to implement sustainable programmes. Capacity Africa Institute values the communities we work in as engines and classrooms for knowledge dissemination. Through our training arm, we deliver training programmes to civil servants, development workers and young people. Our training techniques ensure that knowledge dissemination is a continuous process, from the young to the old, from school going young adults to professionals. The benefits of our courses include:- ...