Name: Event Management
Start: 2025-10-08T23:00:00+13:00
End: 2025-10-09T01:00:00+13:00
Location: 25 Don Street, Invercargill, New Zealand 9810

NEW DATE
Plan with purpose. Host with confidence.
Whether it’s a team celebration, customer event, business conference or that surprise birthday bash—you’ll leave this interactive workshop feeling more confident and equipped to pull it all together. This hands-on session is perfect for anyone who finds themselves responsible for workplace events, business functions, or helping friends and whānau create memorable moments. You don’t need prior experience—just the enthusiasm to learn.

Learning content
Get Ready:
- Define your event purpose and key outcomes
- Build a practical event plan
- Choose the right date, venue, and aesthetic
Get Set:
- Understand budgeting basics
- Venue constraints
- Curate food, entertainment and a great guest experience
- Staffing and travel
- Consider health, safety and risk management
Go:
- Learn low-cost marketing strategies
- Measure success and identify what to improve next time

You’ll walk away with
- A better understanding of event types and what works best for your goals
- A clear step-by-step approach to planning an event
- Practical tools and ideas to bring your event to life with impact
- A chance to workshop your own upcoming event.

Duration
Two hours
Facilitator – Stacey Thompson
Stacey Thompson is now local Southland gal, who has an absolute passion for all things events and weddings!
With a national wedding, event and hire business, Stacey lives and breathes planning. Events have been a passion for Stacey right from when she completed her Graduate Management Traineeship with Accor hotels, after her degree at SIT, and has continued to be involved in the industry ever since. With experience in a range of hotels, catering companies, not for profits, and most recently with the launch of her own business, weddings and corporate retreats. Tutoring back at SIT was also a highlight for two semesters, lecturing Event Management, Tourism and Business classes on the Hotel Management programme. Stacey is eager to share knowledge with local businesses and bring that spark into many more local events.

Spaces are limited to just 10 participants to keep the session personal and interactive. If you’ve got an event in the pipeline, bring it along—we’ll help you map it out! We ask you provide a brief description of your event when you register.