Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners
Managing religious programs, organizing event volunteers, and providing financial and facility support transfer directly to civilian event coordination.
How to prepare: Build an event-planning portfolio from a program you supported, showing its schedule, budget, volunteer assignments, and facility coordination.
What the civilian work involves
- Consult with customers to determine objectives and requirements for events, such as meetings, conferences, and conventions.
- Coordinate services for events, such as accommodation and transportation for participants, facilities, catering, signage, displays, special needs requirements, printing and event security.
- Confer with staff at a chosen event site to coordinate details.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office software
- Microsoft Outlook