How to Excel in Event Planning with a Point-to-Solid Planning Style

If you are good at dealing with people, can manage details and budgets well, and have endless creativity, you might consider becoming an event planner. If so, read on to see how you can excel in this dynamic field with a point-to-solid planning style.



Point planning, simply put, is about generating ideas. The problems it addresses are relatively simple and obvious; the planner only needs to provide creative solutions based on the problem. It sounds easy but is actually very challenging.

Line planning targets a specific aspect, such as advertising planning, corporate image planning, or product planning. Many point plans can form a line plan.

Plane planning is overall planning for a particular issue. For example, corporate planning involves not only product planning but also competitive cooperation planning, advertising planning, and corporate image planning. Thus, plane planning considers the overall effect, which distinguishes it from line planning.

Solid planning is strategic planning built on plane planning. It develops comprehensive and phased plans based on short-term, medium-term, and long-term goals. Therefore, it consists of a series of plane plans and is continuous in nature. While plane planning considers the overall effect rather than partial effects, it only addresses the current overall effect, not the long-term one. Solid planning overcomes this limitation by integrating both immediate and long-term effects when they conflict.

The basic requirements of event planning remain unchanged—you must be communicative and capture every detail perfectly. However, your style should evolve and keep up with trends to ensure your proposals stay at the forefront of fashion. Keep updating. Read fashion magazines to learn about the hottest things, attend new courses and workshops to improve your skills. Follow trends. Read fashion, decor, and food magazines to see what's popular, and check what event planning companies are trending with. Stay current so you don't offer outdated or clichéd ideas.