What is it?
Bosch will hold a conference at the end of this year. This conference will bring Bosch’s Asia Pacific managers to Melbourne. This conference will be held for five days and will involve conference days with presentations as well as evening and night entertainment and dinner.
What have I done?
For this conference I am working with the other student and the trade marketer. Our responsibility is to organise the full event. This includes organising accommodation for all guests, ensuring that proper conference rooms have been booked and organising dinners as well as transportation to and from all venues.
This project will stretch out through the entire year. So far I have been involved in organising venues and conference rooms. I also had to visit proposed venues to ensure they fit our conference requirements. Furthermore I had to decide on dinner options and organise the payment for all necessary deposits.
What did I learn?
So far this project has taught me valuable project management skills. It outlines how much organisation and preparation is needed to organise such a big event. I learned how to deal with external venues and how to organise dates and schedules for an event. I was also involved in the payments and learned how to organise payments of deposits and handle external payments for venues.
To begin with I had little experience in organising events. With help from other people within the business our team was able to understand the steps involved and what we need to look out for. I am now able to organise venues and decide on what is the right fit for this conference. However, at the start it was not that easy as I had only a little understanding of what the conference should look like. For the future in this project I will ask more questions where needed and will get a better understanding of all the requirements to ensure that the conference will be a success.
How did it help me achieve my goal?
This project has helped me to reach my goal of new experience within a new business field. I was able to gain experience in event management which is not part of my usual marketing background. This has helped me to expand my view on new things and how marketing can be tied to different business areas. I will be able to use this skill for my future career as event management and marketing are closely related. It will be helpful for me to understand the processes involved in event management. Throughout this placement I will be able to further expand on this skill and gain more experience, as this project has not been finished yet. I am excited about being involved in this event and I will try to gain as much experience as possible throughout this project.
Bosch will hold a conference at the end of this year. This conference will bring Bosch’s Asia Pacific managers to Melbourne. This conference will be held for five days and will involve conference days with presentations as well as evening and night entertainment and dinner.
What have I done?
For this conference I am working with the other student and the trade marketer. Our responsibility is to organise the full event. This includes organising accommodation for all guests, ensuring that proper conference rooms have been booked and organising dinners as well as transportation to and from all venues.
This project will stretch out through the entire year. So far I have been involved in organising venues and conference rooms. I also had to visit proposed venues to ensure they fit our conference requirements. Furthermore I had to decide on dinner options and organise the payment for all necessary deposits.
What did I learn?
So far this project has taught me valuable project management skills. It outlines how much organisation and preparation is needed to organise such a big event. I learned how to deal with external venues and how to organise dates and schedules for an event. I was also involved in the payments and learned how to organise payments of deposits and handle external payments for venues.
To begin with I had little experience in organising events. With help from other people within the business our team was able to understand the steps involved and what we need to look out for. I am now able to organise venues and decide on what is the right fit for this conference. However, at the start it was not that easy as I had only a little understanding of what the conference should look like. For the future in this project I will ask more questions where needed and will get a better understanding of all the requirements to ensure that the conference will be a success.
How did it help me achieve my goal?
This project has helped me to reach my goal of new experience within a new business field. I was able to gain experience in event management which is not part of my usual marketing background. This has helped me to expand my view on new things and how marketing can be tied to different business areas. I will be able to use this skill for my future career as event management and marketing are closely related. It will be helpful for me to understand the processes involved in event management. Throughout this placement I will be able to further expand on this skill and gain more experience, as this project has not been finished yet. I am excited about being involved in this event and I will try to gain as much experience as possible throughout this project.