{"id":1160,"date":"2016-12-05T05:57:23","date_gmt":"2016-12-05T05:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.getsmarter.com\/blog\/?p=1160"},"modified":"2025-09-26T08:36:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T06:36:13","slug":"various-types-events-management-faqs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getsmarter.com\/blog\/various-types-events-management-faqs\/","title":{"rendered":"The Various Types Of Event Management Fields| FAQs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Interested in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.getsmarter.com\/courses\/za\/uct-events-management-short-course\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">event management<\/a> industry as a career path, but are unsure which area you\u2019d like to specialise in? Or perhaps you\u2019re looking at changing direction and trying something new within your current <a href=\"https:\/\/www.getsmarter.com\/blog\/events-management-good-career-faqs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">event management job<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>The scope and diversity of the event\u00a0industry makes it simultaneously challenging\u00a0and exciting.\u00a0Events have become increasingly popular pastimes, as well as prime vehicles for marketing, publicity, education and business. This creates the need for properly-trained event managers.<\/p>\n<p>In this short video Mandy Mulder, Head Tutor on the <strong>UCT Events Management online short course<\/strong>, details the different types of events management and how you can go about choosing which area to focus on.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I2RTUtiDQa0\" width=\"1100\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Regardless of the type of events management that you&#8217;d like to see yourself progress, it&#8217;s important to ensure you have the necessary skills and expertise to make the most out of a career as an events planner.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Want to break into the world of events planning with a recognisable set of skills?<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Find out how the UCT Events Management online short course can help you give you the advantage.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.getsmarter.com\/courses\/za\/uct-events-management-short-course\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GET AHEAD<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Transcription<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><em>The wonderful thing about events is that there is something for everybody. So whether you want to go into wedding planning, or planning corporate events, or product launches. Whether it be exhibitions or conferencing, meetings, incentive groups, large sporting events, large educational symposiums that are held internationally all over the world &#8211; there really is basically a niche for everybody. So it depends on what skills you have that can match up with the type of sector that you\u2019re going to work in. That\u2019s what I generally say to people deciding on which sector of event management to enter into. The wonderful thing is that you don\u2019t have to limit yourself to working in just one sector of the industry. You could work on a variety of events over the course of a year or the course of your career, or you could just choose to specialise. So basically there are so many sectors, and the events industry is growing daily, and new sectors are actually being introduced into the market all the time. And that\u2019s what makes this industry so exciting.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interested in the events management industry but are unsure what to specialise in? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":17345,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[122,124],"article-format":[],"class_list":["post-1160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-career-advice","tag-business-management","tag-education"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Various Types of Event Management Fields | FAQs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Find out how the UCT Events Management online short course can help you break into the world of event management and event planning.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.getsmarter.com\/blog\/various-types-events-management-faqs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Various Types Of Event Management Fields| FAQs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Find out how the UCT Events Management online short course can help you break into the world of event management and event planning.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.getsmarter.com\/blog\/various-types-events-management-faqs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"GetSmarter Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-12-05T05:57:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-26T06:36:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.getsmarter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Video-Events-Management-FAQ.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Shameel Mohanlal\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"GetSmarter Staff\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.getsmarter.com\\\/blog\\\/various-types-events-management-faqs\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.getsmarter.com\\\/blog\\\/various-types-events-management-faqs\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Shameel Mohanlal\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.getsmarter.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/527df7e5676f2bfa7c943e1653764bff\"},\"headline\":\"The Various Types Of Event Management Fields| FAQs\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-12-05T05:57:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-26T06:36:13+00:00\",\"wordCount\":381,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.getsmarter.com\\\/blog\\\/various-types-events-management-faqs\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.getsmarter.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/12\\\/Video-Events-Management-FAQ.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Business &amp; 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