Event Budgeting and Financial Management

Regardless of an event’s size or budget, financial goals rank high in importance for meeting sponsors. This course looks at this financial management process—from developing a budget to analyzing return on investment. Discuss the many forces at play in successful financial management for meeting managers. Topics include fixed and variable cost controls, the variety of revenue streams, and strategies for managing variances in profit-and-loss expectations. Using Microsoft Excel, learn how to track expenses, create data reports, and format a proper budget.
Continuing Education Units (CEU) : 1.5

You'll walk away with

• An understanding of the financial management process for event planning
• The skills to track expenses, create data reports, and format a proper budget

Ideal for

• Those interested in learning more about and possibly entering the field of event and convention management
• Professionals who work in event and convention management and want to enhance their industry knowledge and skills