{"id":627,"date":"2022-04-15T09:50:02","date_gmt":"2022-04-15T07:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/colloi.com\/?p=627"},"modified":"2025-03-25T11:00:11","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T10:00:11","slug":"what-does-event-mean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colloi.com\/en\/blog-en\/what-does-event-mean\/","title":{"rendered":"What does event mean?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If we leaf through any dictionary, go to the fifth letter of the alphabet and look up the word event, we will read: \u2018noun originating from Latin-fact or circumstance that has already occurred or may occur\u2019. Regardless of the etymology of the word <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">event<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, what we are interested in is the concept of event as organisation and management of projects. Every event has a project in it: there is no such thing as an event without a defined programme and plan!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But what does project mean? A non-repetitive activity, aimed at achieving a goal in a certain period of time, through the joint effort of a team.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A non-repetitive activity: this because each event is unique; there can be similar events, but never identical. This aspect underlines the importance of approaching each individual event as a unique challenge, to be set by carefully studying its features in order to identify its own operational peculiarities.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A challenge aimed at achieving the event&#8217;s goal, which must always be clear, explicit and shared: the more definite and shared the goal, the more likely it is to be achieved.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Everything must be concluded within a certain time frame: every event has a starting point and must have a deadline.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Achieving a goal requires a joint effort of a team of people. They are the cornerstone of an event, they need to feel confident, well prepared and motivated to work carefully.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This explanation of the concept of event is what I teach in my first lesson to students in tourist accommodation at \u2018Carlo Porta\u2019 Institute in Milan. I then add to the explanation the section related to the \u2018wow effect\u2019, experience, emotion, empathy and fun.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every event definitely has specific features, it differs in purpose, type and target. But to put the project into practice, you can&#8217;t just improvise, you need a professional: the Meeting &amp; Event Manager. The Meeting &amp; Event Manager is a professional who is responsible for planning, development and implementation, in collaboration with other professionals, on the basis of agreed goals and the specific features of the event.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a complex job, and it is not a chance that Standard 11786 mentions 33 methodological tasks as Meeting &amp; Event Manager rather than the 39 processes of project management.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At Colloi Plus we carry out all types of event and, when necessary, we are supported by other specialist partners to meet a wider range of requirements. In addition to our certified skills, we add others to make our events as satisfying as possible for our clients.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In conclusion, an event means all and nothing; its true worth is accomplished by those who realise it and how.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If we leaf through any dictionary, go to the fifth letter of the alphabet and look up the word event, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":625,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[127],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog-en"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What does event mean? - Colloi Plus<\/title>\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.colloi.com\/en\/blog-en\/what-does-event-mean\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What does event mean? 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