Planning an event takes a lot of energy and organization. Event planning and time management skills go hand-in-hand as you work to prioritize, organize, and control the details surrounding your event. Here are a few tips that may help you with event planning and time management:
Event Planning and Time Management Tips
Set Priorities – Make a list of everything that you’d like to accomplish for your upcoming event. Once you have that list, organize it into categories:
- Urgent/Important – Do these first
- Urgent/Less Important – Delegate these tasks
- Less Urgent/Important – Schedule these tasks
- Less Urgent/Less Important – Don’t do these or save these for only if you have extra time
Keep a Notepad or Notebook
If something comes to mind that needs to be done, jot it down so you can concentrate on your task-at-hand. If something will take you less than 2 minutes to complete, just do it now.
Eat, Sleep, and Exercise
When you dedicate time to take care of yourself, you’ll function more efficiently and make fewer mistakes which could cost you time in trying to fix later.
Get up in the Morning, Every Morning
You’ll be better productive throughout the day if you get up earlier in the day, every day, and then go to bed at a reasonable hour at night.
Learn to say “No”
Setting boundaries will help keep you from getting overloaded and overstressed. This can include some personal boundaries too, like reserving social media for breaks only.
Event planning and time management take some practice, but putting some of these tips into practice can help you be a better project manager or team member.
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