A Guide to organizing events and minimizing their environmental impacts
Lammi, Mette (2020)
Lammi, Mette
2020
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Organizing events has become very popular during the past years. Various events are planned and organized all the time. Events create experiences and strengthen cultures for target audiences. They also increase leisure activities and social interaction, improving the quality of life. On the other hand, events also have significant environmental impacts that can be minimized by an event manager.
The purpose of this thesis is to tell what event management is and how to minimize events’ environmental impacts. The thesis will use the Lasten Liikunnan Tuki association’s Christmas Event as an event example. This thesis was commissioned by Lasten Liikunnan Tuki. Every year the association organizes a Christmas Event which consists of a day of outdoor activities for families at the Aulanko Nature Activity Center. This thesis introduces the Christmas event case and the process of its organization. The theme of the Christmas event is sustainable lifestyle, which was chosen according to the association’s values. Through the example event case, the thesis focuses on the events’ environmental impacts. This thesis is a product thesis. A guide on how to organize the Christmas event for Lasten Liikunnan Tuki is the product of the thesis.
The thesis contains a theoretical section, focusing on the different areas of event management. The theoretical part begins with a strategy chapter based on the different aspects of event management. After the theoretical part, the commissioned association, event venue and case Christmas Event are presented. After representing the event case, the aim of the guidebook is presented to demonstrate the thesis product, a guidebook written on how to organize the Christmas event. After this, the thesis illustrates the different phases of the project. To conclude the thesis, the success of the work and possible ideas for further development are considered. The results show how the event succeeded and how the association received the guidebook and how they saw it as a benefit in the future for future events.
Planning of the event was started in August 2019 and the event was held 14th December 2019. The thesis product guidebook on how to organize the Christmas Event was written through the duration of the event organization. Lasten Liikunnan Tuki received the guidebook to develop the Christmas Event and their other upcoming events. The guidebook consists of part A, 13 topics of different steps of organizing the event and part B attachments of the previous event to give concrete examples of the event process. The writing of the guidebook was utilized by theoretical subjects of the thesis.
With the help of this thesis and the guidebook, Lasten Liikunnan Tuki and any organization can develop events and learn how to minimize the environmental impact of them. Organizing events has become very popular during the past years. Various events are planned and organized all the time. Events create experiences and strengthen cultures for target audiences. They also increase leisure activities and social interaction, improving the quality of life. On the other hand, events also have significant environmental impacts that can be minimized by an event manager.
The purpose of this thesis is to tell what event management is and how to minimize events’ environmental impacts. The thesis will use the Lasten Liikunnan Tuki association’s Christmas Event as an event example. This thesis was commissioned by Lasten Liikunnan Tuki. Every year the association organizes a Christmas Event which consists of a day of outdoor activities for families at the Aulanko Nature Activity Center. This thesis introduces the Christmas event case and the process of its organization. The theme of the Christmas event is sustainable lifestyle, which was chosen according to the association’s values. Through the example event case, the thesis focuses on the events’ environmental impacts. This thesis is a product thesis. A guide on how to organize the Christmas event for Lasten Liikunnan Tuki is the product of the thesis.
The thesis contains a theoretical section, focusing on the different areas of event management. The theoretical part begins with a strategy chapter based on the different aspects of event management. After the theoretical part, the commissioned association, event venue and case Christmas Event are presented. After representing the event case, the aim of the guidebook is presented to demonstrate the thesis product, a guidebook written on how to organize the Christmas event. After this, the thesis illustrates the different phases of the project. To conclude the thesis, the success of the work and possible ideas for further development are considered. The results show how the event succeeded and how the association received the guidebook and how they saw it as a benefit in the future for future events.
Planning of the event was started in August 2019 and the event was held 14th December 2019. The thesis product guidebook on how to organize the Christmas Event was written through the duration of the event organization. Lasten Liikunnan Tuki received the guidebook to develop the Christmas Event and their other upcoming events. The guidebook consists of part A, 13 topics of different steps of organizing the event and part B attachments of the previous event to give concrete examples of the event process. The writing of the guidebook was utilized by theoretical subjects of the thesis.
With the help of this thesis and the guidebook, Lasten Liikunnan Tuki and any organization can develop events and learn how to minimize the environmental impact of them.
The purpose of this thesis is to tell what event management is and how to minimize events’ environmental impacts. The thesis will use the Lasten Liikunnan Tuki association’s Christmas Event as an event example. This thesis was commissioned by Lasten Liikunnan Tuki. Every year the association organizes a Christmas Event which consists of a day of outdoor activities for families at the Aulanko Nature Activity Center. This thesis introduces the Christmas event case and the process of its organization. The theme of the Christmas event is sustainable lifestyle, which was chosen according to the association’s values. Through the example event case, the thesis focuses on the events’ environmental impacts. This thesis is a product thesis. A guide on how to organize the Christmas event for Lasten Liikunnan Tuki is the product of the thesis.
The thesis contains a theoretical section, focusing on the different areas of event management. The theoretical part begins with a strategy chapter based on the different aspects of event management. After the theoretical part, the commissioned association, event venue and case Christmas Event are presented. After representing the event case, the aim of the guidebook is presented to demonstrate the thesis product, a guidebook written on how to organize the Christmas event. After this, the thesis illustrates the different phases of the project. To conclude the thesis, the success of the work and possible ideas for further development are considered. The results show how the event succeeded and how the association received the guidebook and how they saw it as a benefit in the future for future events.
Planning of the event was started in August 2019 and the event was held 14th December 2019. The thesis product guidebook on how to organize the Christmas Event was written through the duration of the event organization. Lasten Liikunnan Tuki received the guidebook to develop the Christmas Event and their other upcoming events. The guidebook consists of part A, 13 topics of different steps of organizing the event and part B attachments of the previous event to give concrete examples of the event process. The writing of the guidebook was utilized by theoretical subjects of the thesis.
With the help of this thesis and the guidebook, Lasten Liikunnan Tuki and any organization can develop events and learn how to minimize the environmental impact of them.
The purpose of this thesis is to tell what event management is and how to minimize events’ environmental impacts. The thesis will use the Lasten Liikunnan Tuki association’s Christmas Event as an event example. This thesis was commissioned by Lasten Liikunnan Tuki. Every year the association organizes a Christmas Event which consists of a day of outdoor activities for families at the Aulanko Nature Activity Center. This thesis introduces the Christmas event case and the process of its organization. The theme of the Christmas event is sustainable lifestyle, which was chosen according to the association’s values. Through the example event case, the thesis focuses on the events’ environmental impacts. This thesis is a product thesis. A guide on how to organize the Christmas event for Lasten Liikunnan Tuki is the product of the thesis.
The thesis contains a theoretical section, focusing on the different areas of event management. The theoretical part begins with a strategy chapter based on the different aspects of event management. After the theoretical part, the commissioned association, event venue and case Christmas Event are presented. After representing the event case, the aim of the guidebook is presented to demonstrate the thesis product, a guidebook written on how to organize the Christmas event. After this, the thesis illustrates the different phases of the project. To conclude the thesis, the success of the work and possible ideas for further development are considered. The results show how the event succeeded and how the association received the guidebook and how they saw it as a benefit in the future for future events.
Planning of the event was started in August 2019 and the event was held 14th December 2019. The thesis product guidebook on how to organize the Christmas Event was written through the duration of the event organization. Lasten Liikunnan Tuki received the guidebook to develop the Christmas Event and their other upcoming events. The guidebook consists of part A, 13 topics of different steps of organizing the event and part B attachments of the previous event to give concrete examples of the event process. The writing of the guidebook was utilized by theoretical subjects of the thesis.
With the help of this thesis and the guidebook, Lasten Liikunnan Tuki and any organization can develop events and learn how to minimize the environmental impact of them.