Planners on Purpose Podcast

As we are planning events, we can experience overwhelm and burnout from all different directions. Many times, we triage this ourselves, but when the going gets tough it can be helpful to take our situations to an event leader to get feedback and perhaps collaborate on the best way forward in our work. So how do you talk to your event leaders about burnout? One of the first steps before talking to...

Client relationships are very important to businesses Yet, what happens when those relationships struggle? How can you maintain a healthy client relationship, one that thrives, not just survives? Our clients have a stake in the success of the work that we do for them. It's understandable that they oversee, critique, and even hover over the process, however, it doesn't have to feel so tou...

With all of the AI tools popping up on the scene, it should encourage professionals to action to learn and utilize these tools to make the job of planning an event easier than it was before. We are living in some exhilarating times where we can essentially work virtually, use artificial intelligence to help us brainstorm content for our attendee emails, and help us with a site search for an event....

Event planners are talented individuals who can put some pizzazz on events, however, to make it all come together it also takes some soft skills. If you're a new event planner or an event planner wanting to brush up on a few soft skills to enhance your career, this is a great episode, as we'll be diving into 7 soft skills that every event planner should have.   Soft skills are those skil...

Workplace stress can be tough to work through because there can be many causes of it. The key is to understand some key areas to look out for that cause much stress and to work diligently to reduce it.  In this podcast episode, I share 4 ways for you to reduce stress in the workplace. No matter if it is at the beginning of your planning process or at the end, we all experience stress. Although the...

Casey Davidson from Hello Someday Coaching joins the Planners on Purpose Podcast to discuss the dangers of drinking and how not drinking contributes to the event planner's overall wellness. After Casey spent 20 years climbing the corporate ladder at a Fortune 500 company, she gave up her daily big glasses of red wine after profoundly realizing that the alcohol was not serving her. Event plann...

When it comes to change, many times we try to make changes happen in our lives, but there are times when change is hard to grasp. When this happens, it can be hard to not take it personal, but the fact that change isn't happening isn't always what it appears to be at the surface. In this episode, we unpack 5 specific areas of behavior change and try to understand that becoming more aware...

It's been said that if you do something consistently, you'll tap into a superpower and gain momentum. And with that momentum, you'll start to realize that you are absolutely capable of changing your circumstances and behavior. Now, this is absolutely true when it comes to your event planning career. The changes that you want to make, the behaviors that you're willing to work on...

It's still the top of the year, you've created goals, but have yet to share them with anyone else. Is this you? Well there are advantages to sharing your event goals with others, and in this episode, I unpack 5 key reasons that you should consider it this year.   The goals that event planners carry can be pretty heavy to carry on our own. By sharing your event goals it allows you to shar...

How do you leverage positivity in your event teams?  Studies have shown that being more positive, more open, with more gratitude, can really help encourage your event team, and perhaps even inspire them to dig deeper to make things happen for you and your events.  In this episode, Naomi unpacks some of the research of Barbara Fredrickson, professor and author of the book Positivity. We look at the...

If you're looking to get your CMP, then you have come across the need to gather continuing education for you to submit your application. Even those that are looking to recertify their CMP, have the struggle of getting their continuing education credits completed This episode will discuss some tips on how to track your continuing education, plus provide some really great tips for attending ind...

Are you prepared enough to pass the CMP exam?  If not, then this episode will provide you with some tips and tricks to pass the exam with ease.  Taking the Certified Meeting Professional Examination isn't easy by all means.  You have to be eligible to apply to take the examination. After being accepted, you have to take the examination within a year.  In your wait to take your examination the...

In this episode, we welcome a special guest Melva LaJoy as she discusses emergency preparedness for event planners.  Before you jump in, here is a little bit about Melva:   As an award-winning event producer, Melva LaJoy Legrand is the CEO and founder of DC-based event planning firm, LaJoy Plans. She is also a nationally recognized public speaker, creative director, writer, and community leader de...

Why is it that we can create plans for other people, our clients, our groups however when it comes to making plans for ourselves, it can seem so far-fetched. Event planners can lead, and guide people to do amazing things in their events and get amazing outcomes for businesses however, their own personal goals fail because of the lack of attention. This year will be different. This year we can tell...

If you're looking to get your certified meeting professional designation, then you'll need to know how to study for the CMP. The Certified Meeting Designation is a prominent designation for event professionals. In order to obtain this designation, you have to be eligible and successfully submit your application, and then succesfully pass the CMP exam. Passing the exam doesn't come l...

If you are an event planner, this year you may be wondering if getting your Certified Meeting Professional Designation is for you. The CMP is a designation that many meeting and event industry professionals consider when wanting to boost their careers to the next level. This designation is one of the most popular in the industry and was one of the first established, as it's been in circulatio...

The whole world is making resolutions for the New Year. As an event professional, it may be advantageous to take a look at an event planning career goal for this year, Creating goals can be inundating, but when made well, you can have a higher goal that really drives all of your intentional steps. When you're working towards your goal, every step that you take aligns with that goal in mind, a...

Happy New Year and welcome to Season 6 of the Planners on Purpose Podcast! Can you believe there is such a thing as resolution burnout? Well, there is, and before you overwhelm yourself with the lofty goals that you have for this year, it is best that you consider the tips that we unpack in this episode to help you avoid resolution burnout. As an event planner, coming up with the goals that we wan...

This is a throwback to the very first interview that I did here on the podcast. Interviewing Aryn Chapman was an intriguing experience. Aryn took us on a journey to how she started in the events industry to today where she is the CEO of Ax3 Studios (pronounced Triple A Studios). Aryn gave us some delightful leadership tips as well as gave us an inside look at how she balances her work and her life...

As you wrap up your end-of-year, it's important to reflect on how you will show up in the new year. Sure, on one hand, we might not care about setting goals for ourselves, but on the other hand by setting goals and setting intentions, you can really transform your life. Every event planner that walks on this planet has a uniqueness to them. Understanding what your particular uniqueness is, wh...

One of the biggest areas of focus and intentionality in the new year will be sustainability. It's already a topic of conversation in the event, planning world. And if you're an event planner, and not embracing this yet in your events, then now is the time to pay attention. Being sustainable in our event is all about ensuring that we are not negatively, impacting our earth, and in our com...

Nothing can be more disappointing than having things pop up with clients, and customers while you're out of the office. That's why it's important to prepare adequately before you leave. This episode will help you to prepare for being out of the office. From ensuring that your vacation time is on the calendar in the first place, to making sure that any backup that you may have has ev...

As the year comes to an end, there's an opportunity for us to do some digital decluttering in order to help us feel more free, more clear, and purposeful about welcoming in a new new season. Digital decluttering is a healthy practice for anyone in a fast-paced, environment to evaluate what is currently working for them, and what is not in terms of the digital footprint that they are making. E...

The year is wrapping up and as we go into next year, there are five books that can help you to start the year off on the right foot and prevent you from being subject to burnout in 2024. All of these books have helped me to not only understand burnout, but provide me with tools and resources to make quicker decisions, focus on what's most important, build, effective habits, and finish my work...

We all experience situations that might throw off our work-life balance. This episode talks about some of those common disruptions that may send event planners into a tailspin, bring on excessive belts of overwhelm, fear, and give you a key to conquering these disruptions in your future. Identifying when your work-life balance is disrupted can feel like a scientific experiment. The reason being, i...