By Oyindamola Lawal
The brain behind one of the latest sensations in the event industry, CISS, (Classic Integrated Services and Slippers), Gbemi Oyekan is a goal setter.
She has made a huge mark for herself and had decided to make an impact on people, which is why she is staging a detailed event planning seminaron Saturday, March 14th and Sunday, 15th 09 at the Protea Hotel, GRA, Ikeja.
The event tagged National Event Planning Seminar is aimed to train 100 people to become professional event planners for social and corporate events such as press conferences, seminars, AGMs, bridal showers, baby showers and other parties.
Oyekan added, “due to hectic work schedule of corporate people they hardly have time to plan their parties and they give out the jobs of organizing their functions to people, and we found out that a lot of people are going into event planning just for the fun of it without adequate or no training at all. For this seminar, our target audience is corporate affairs departments. We want them to handle their own events in a professional way.
They can train their staff to harness the skill to organize their AGMs and other social events of the company. This seminar is really for organizations looking to enhance their staff skills in planning or coordinating corporate events, individuals aiming to establish an event planning business, students with the aim of planning campus events with great, unique themes and ideas, and generally anyone who is planning on starting a profitable business in the event planning industry.”
Apart form the fact that the organization set to reveal the nitty-gritty details and secrets of running a successful event management to all participants of the training,
Oyekan added that participants would receive a detailed book on event and wedding planning, an event directory and other materials to assist them on the job.
“For instance, in cases of a wedding, if you don’t use the right vendor, it messes up your day, so all the details of how to choose the right vendors in Nigeria are there through an event directory, just like the NITEL directory of those days.” She disclosed
She added that the event is in conjunction with Ibidun Ighodalo of Elizabeth R and Funke Obruthe of Zapphire Events, two of the biggest names in event planning in the country.
“They are going to talk on event search, theme, marketing to get an event, how to manage your cash flow and the nitty-gritty of making a success out of the business. These two women are young, upwardly mobile and they know about the sectors in the industry. Our vision is to reveal the inner tricks of planning a successful event and letting you know the right vendors to all Nigeria. We noticed that when most Nigerians abroad want to have a show or a marriage, they don’t how to go about it. So these items will be sold in the UK, America and South Africa.”
She said.
The graduate of Computer Science and Mathematics from the Lagos State University has always had the passion of being her own boss right from secondary school. While in the university, Oyekan established a modeling agency before taking some course in event management.
She said, “I started coordinating and supplying of models for shows and after graduation, I traveled to UK to pursue a course in Event planning. The resource people we are using are really like mentors because they are not charging us a dime. They just want to give back to the society their wealth of experience, to people who want to use event management as a career. All credit as regards this show goes to them because the training is on a weekend and they must have sacrificed their time to do this charitable venture”.
for more info
call 08034032732
the fee is N50, 000
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