RLS218 - Special Events Management

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Subject Title
Special Events Management

Subject Description
This course will provide students with the theoretical framework and applied experience of planning, implementing and evaluating special events.  Students will explore the economic, social, political, cultural and environmental changes impacting the special events industry. The conceptual framework required to produce a special event will be discussed by studying key principles and terms.  The feasibility and potential risks of an event will also be examined including key topics such as legal compliance involving contracts, financial management, monitoring systems and evaluation, and the effective ways to brand, market, promote and obtain sponsorship for an event using tools such as social media, publications, and other technologies.  Students will gain knowledge of how to design and implement a sustainable event that addresses critical issues involving safety and security.



Credit Status
This is a required course in the Recreation and Leisure diploma program.

Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this subject the student will be able to:

  1. Develop a special event concept and evaluate feasibility of the concept.
  2. Design and plan a special event.
  3. Understand fund-raising and sponsorship and how to apply financial controls to ensure success.
  4. Evaluate the marketing of events through promotion, media and communication strategies.
  5. Understand legal compliance and risk management concepts in special events.
  6. Assess leadership skills and how to build a special events team of staff and volunteers.
  7. Describe a special event operational plan and “run-of show”.
  8. Demonstrate an understanding of protocol and staging at special events.
  9. Develop a plan for crowd management to ensure safety and security.
  10. Understand how to organize a tournament.
  11. Define the monitoring and evaluation techniques used for special events.

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