Planners on Purpose Podcast
218 episodes - English - Latest episode: 10 days ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThe Planners on Purpose Podcast is created for dedicated and passionate event planners facing burnout yet seeking to elevate their event leadership skills within the dynamic meeting and event industry. Join Naomi for a transformative exploration, she will be your guide to rediscovering your passion and purpose.
Learn to navigate the challenges of event planning with renewed focus, reclaim lost time, and align with your personal goals. If you're yearning to reduce stress, enhance your well-being, and prevent burnout, Naomi will empower you to unveil your leadership potential, boost productivity, and strike a harmonious balance in both your professional and personal life.
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Event Planners, Give Yourself Permission to Do Something Different
April 19, 2024 04:00 - 5 minutes - 3.77 MBThis episode invites you to do something different in your life, especially if you can sense an imbalance happening that is affecting you. Event planners have no problem understanding burnout and its implications, however, many times when it comes down to making the decisions that are needed to make necessary changes we doubt ourselves. Doing something different gives you the permission to make those key changes. And it doesn't have to be big changes in your life. You can make very small ...
Event Planner Burnout Is Not Inevitable
April 17, 2024 04:00 - 12 minutes - 8.78 MBBurnout is not inevitable? However, many event industry professionals think that it is. With so much pressure in the industry, combined with unreasonable expectations, lack of boundaries, and high volumes, burnout is a very common result. Burnout shouldn't be inevitable in the industry, because it is preventable. If burnout is preventable, then finding ways to proactively address burnout in our lives and in our organizations is a solution worth pursuing. However, it's not just about lea...
5 Reasons Why Getting Your CMP Is Important to Your Career
April 16, 2024 04:00 - 8 minutes - 5.73 MBIf you're an event professional that's looking to level up your career, then getting your Certified Meeting Professional Designation, may be the boost that you need. In this episode, Naomi shares 5 reasons why getting your CMP is important to your career. If you're struggling with deciding what your next step should be in your career, then the reasons given in this podcast may help you make this decision. One of the main reasons that getting your CMP is so beneficial is that it gives you a...
Why Word-of-Mouth Marketing Is Still Crucial + How to Employ It with Ashley Stanford
March 28, 2024 20:00 - 36 minutes - 25.4 MBIn this episode, we delve into the dynamic world of event marketing strategies with the accomplished Ashley Stanford, a seasoned Digital Marketing Consultant and Freelancing Expert. With over 15 years of expertise in the digital marketing realm, Ashley brings a wealth of knowledge and practical insights that are sure to resonate with professionals in the Events & Entertainment sector. About Ashley Stanford Our guest, Ashley Stanford, is not just a digital marketing maven but also the EVP of...
How to Be an Effective Advocate for the Meeting & Event Industry
March 27, 2024 04:00 - 19 minutes - 13.4 MBThis episode will showcase how to be an effective advocate in the event industry. Advocacy in the meeting and event planning industry plays a very important role, one that everyone can actively participate in. Showing public support for your industry to family, friends, and your community can garner support in times when the industry needs it most. This episode shows that you can be an advocate in several different ways. Here are some of the areas that are explained: Aligning with partn...
Takeaways from CMP Advance 2024
March 22, 2024 04:00 - 20 minutes - 14.4 MBIn this episode, let's dive into the highlights from CMP Advance 2024, the go-to conference for Certified Meeting Professionals (CMPs). Conference Rundown: CMP Advance, hosted by the Event Industry Council in Toronto, offers a packed agenda spanning two to three days, tailored to align with CMP domains. It's a prime opportunity for CMPs to level up their skills and connect with peers. Key Insights: AI Integration: Sean Kanungo's keynote urges CMPs to embrace AI's role in the industry and ...
Take the Stress Out of Your Goal Setting
March 20, 2024 04:00 - 19 minutes - 13.3 MBGoal setting can be stressful. This episode aims to take the stress out of the goal setting that you have to make. As we move into the second quarter of the year, it's important that we look at how we develop our goals without causing ourselves much stress, here are some tips that are mentioned in the episode: Set your goals and direction Get moving Put in place your habits Stay about the line Review often Reward yourself Many times we fail to start because of fear or because we lack...
How Event Leaders Can Model Work-Life Balance for Their Teams
March 07, 2024 04:00 - 21 minutes - 14.5 MBAs event leaders, we know how to balance our lives perhaps a bit better than that of our teams, but do we model work-life balance? Do we share how we are managing our lives so that those who are coming up behind us have an idea of how to move forward in a high-pressured environment like the event industry? This episode is going to provide some areas where event leaders can model work-life balance to their event teams. Work-life balance is a word that really just represents how well we balan...
Communicating to Lead with Kele Belton
March 05, 2024 05:00 - 53 minutes - 36.7 MBKele Belton joins as a guest on this episode of the podcast to talk about how we can communicate to lead. She also provides some great insight for women in leadership. About Kele Belton Kele Belton is a Leadership and Communication expert and the founder of The Tailored Approach. She is a former corporate trainer and coach, where she collaborated with notable companies like Bank of America, BioMarin, Facebook, and Netflix, contributing to their leadership and communication growth. Kele now ...
The Neuroscience of Kindness with Janet Sperstad - Part 2
March 01, 2024 05:00 - 21 minutes - 14.8 MBIn this episode, I explore the neuroscience of kindness with special guest, Janet Sperstad, CMP-Fellow and Faculty Emeritus for Madison College. Janet Sperstad’s professional history reflects her lifelong vocation: driving excellence in meeting and event management execution and education. She has dedicated her career to defining the competencies and career pathways that articulate meeting planning as a design discipline requiring skills in the social sciences, executive leadership, and th...
The Neuroscience of Stress and Resilience with Janet Sperstad - Part 1
February 29, 2024 04:00 - 34 minutes - 23.6 MBIn this episode, I explore the neuroscience of stress and resilience with special guest, Janet Sperstad, CMP-Fellow and Faculty Emeritus for Madison College. Janet Sperstad’s professional history reflects her lifelong vocation: driving excellence in meeting and event management execution and education. She has dedicated her career to defining the competencies and career pathways that articulate meeting planning as a design discipline requiring skills in the social sciences, executive leade...
How to Reduce Attendee Stress at Your Event
February 22, 2024 05:00 - 14 minutes - 10.1 MBWhen you can reduce attendee stress at an event, you can decrease the stress you have too. If an attendee feels comfortable, taken care of, and relaxed, they can be at their best for learning and are happier, which in turn means you can feel a little bit more at ease as you are planning. This episode covers 6 different areas to reduce attendee stress at your event. As you listen to this episode, it's important that you understand that implementing all of these ideas isn't necessary. Howeve...
Elevate Your Well-Being Inside the Banish Burnout Challenge
February 21, 2024 05:00 - 9 minutes - 6.43 MBThis is an invitation to attend the Banish Burnout Challenge. This challenge will be held at the end of the month and it will focus on tips and tools for you to prevent burnout. Burnout is costly. Costing over 190 billion in healthcare costs, with the event profession is one of the top industries that suffer from burnout. Paying attention to prevention strategies that you can leverage to reduce burnout's impacts is crucial. In this episode, Naomi gives you more information about the Banish...
For the Love of Events!
February 15, 2024 04:00 - 15 minutes - 10.6 MBIf you are in the event profession, there are aspects of your job that you love. This episode is all about what we love about doing the great work that we do in planning events. Our work touches more than just the attendees of a meeting. Our impacts of what we do touch companies and the experiences that we plan for them can change the world. Listen as I share with you 10 areas of event planning that I love and compare them with your top 10 list to see what we have in common with loving eve...
The Hidden Cost of Burnout in the Event Industry
February 13, 2024 04:00 - 20 minutes - 13.8 MBThere is a hidden cost of burnout that affects the events industry. With over 76% of American workers experiencing burnout, it isn't surprising that this is an area where organizations now need to take the helm. Helping to decrease the effects of burnout in the event industry starts first with organizations implementing a burnout strategy. This strategy could cover how burnout will be prevented within their organization. It is a crucial piece of burnout prevention and can keep organization...
5 Signs Your Job is Toxic and It’s Time to Move On
February 09, 2024 05:00 - 17 minutes - 11.7 MBMany of us don't realize that we are in toxic jobs until it is too late. So this episode will provide you with 5 signs that you should be aware of to check and see if you are in a toxic job that may be headed downhill fast. This episode comes with the understanding that we are in the event industry, an industry that has an immense amount of pressure, high-touch clients, and high amounts of stress. It is meant to highlight situations that go beyond what's acceptable. However, maybe if we f...
The Black Experience: A Different Burnout Battle
February 08, 2024 05:00 - 14 minutes - 9.67 MBThere is a segment of burnout that isn't typically discussed. It has to do with how diversity impacts the burnout experience, and in this episode, we dig deeper into the black experience with burnout. Black people have a different experience than many others when it comes to burnout. Much of the reason why they experience more burdensome impacts of burnout is due to the marginalization, along with other systemic challenges in the world. More specifically, black women experience burnout mo...
A Catering Culture That Cares with Bill Hansen
February 07, 2024 05:00 - 34 minutes - 23.4 MBIn this episode, Bill Hansen, an industry celebrity and veteran joins us to share his knowledge on building a caring culture, one that is built on and for its people. Over the last four decades, Bill Hansen has hosted four U.S. presidents, championship Super Bowl teams, and countless celebrities and athletes. He has catered events for everyone from Pope John Paul II, to The Bush family, The Reagan family, Michael Jordan, Usher, Kim Kardashian and the list goes on. During our conversation...
Catering a Culture That Cares with Bill Hansen
February 07, 2024 05:00 - 34 minutes - 23.4 MBIn this episode, Bill Hansen, an industry celebrity and veteran joins us to share his knowledge on building a caring culture, one that is built on and for its people. Over the last four decades, Bill Hansen has hosted four U.S. presidents, championship Super Bowl teams, and countless celebrities and athletes. He has catered events for everyone from Pope John Paul II, to The Bush family, The Reagan family, Michael Jordan, Usher, Kim Kardashian and the list goes on. During our conversation...
How to Talk to Event Leadership About Burnout
February 06, 2024 05:00 - 17 minutes - 12 MBAs 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 your event leader is to reflect on your situation. Think through all different areas of your si...
Cultivating Healthy Relationships With Your Clients
February 02, 2024 05:00 - 14 minutes - 10 MBClient 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 tough to navigate. In this episode, I unpack 4 tips that will support you in having healthy relationships...
Putting the AI Edge in Your Planning
January 31, 2024 04:00 - 8 minutes - 5.84 MBWith 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. This episode will open you up to just the simplest application of adding AI to your work. I...
7 Soft Skills Event Planners Should Have
January 26, 2024 04:00 - 17 minutes - 12.2 MBEvent 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 skills have have to do with personality, or skills that aren't necessarily tangible or able to be measured l...
4 Ways to Reduce Stress in the Workplace
January 25, 2024 04:00 - 12 minutes - 8.58 MBWorkplace 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 stress is inevitable at times, this episode talks through these four areas to reduce it: Grea...
Beyond Happy Hour: A Sobering Conversation for Event Planners with Casey Davidson
January 24, 2024 04:00 - 43 minutes - 29.9 MBCasey 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 planners are surrounded by messages that drinking is a part of our lives. From socializing after work to ...
When You Aren't Ready for Change
January 23, 2024 04:00 - 13 minutes - 9.53 MBWhen 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 of these stages it may help us determine if we are actually ready for the changes that we seek. The...
The Power of Consistency In Your Event Career
January 20, 2024 05:00 - 7 minutes - 5.43 MBIt'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, and the dedication that you want to give, requires making big changes. To make those big changes, it starts with ...
The Importance of Sharing Your Event Goals
January 19, 2024 05:00 - 11 minutes - 8.07 MBIt'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 share this load with others. It's understandable that you may not be ready to share it. However, you'll find...
Using Positivity to Empower Your Event Teams for Maximum Impact
January 18, 2024 05:00 - 17 minutes - 11.9 MBHow 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 positivity ratio, coined by Barbara Fredrickson, we see that typically many people have a rat...
Gathering Continuing Education for Your CMP
January 17, 2024 05:00 - 10 minutes - 7.49 MBIf 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 industry-related webinars and conferences. Thank you for listening, stay on purpose! Support the show
Passing the CMP Exam: What You Should Know
January 16, 2024 04:00 - 16 minutes - 11.5 MBAre 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 best possible thing you should do is study for your exam. Now there is a lot of information in t...
Event Planner Emergency Preparedness with Melva LaJoy
January 12, 2024 05:00 - 51 minutes - 35.3 MBIn 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 dedicated to missions rooted in race and gender equality, as well as higher education. In this e...
Big Vision, Small Steps
January 10, 2024 05:00 - 6 minutes - 4.27 MBWhy 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 the year what to do for us, rather than us doing for it. We can create a plan for the vision ...
How To Study for Your CMP
January 09, 2024 03:00 - 18 minutes - 12.8 MBIf 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 lightly. There are several recommended texts and many tips to study well for the exam. This episode will unpac...
Is the Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) Designation for You?
January 06, 2024 05:00 - 12 minutes - 8.63 MBIf 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 circulation for more than 30 years. This CMP designation has been tried, tested, pruned, updated, and is alway...
What Is Your Next Event Planning Career Goal?
January 05, 2024 05:00 - 23 minutes - 16.2 MBThe 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, and before you know it, you'll be reaching your goals in no time. In this episode, we discuss SMART ...
Is the New Year Giving You Resolution Burnout?
January 04, 2024 05:00 - 13 minutes - 9.44 MBHappy 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 want to establish for ourselves in the new year can be challenging. Especially when we know we ar...
Throwback: Work-Life Balance Tips from Event Industry CEO Aryn Chapman
December 26, 2023 21:00 - 24 minutes - 16.6 MBThis 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. Here's a bit about Aryn: Named one of the Top 50 Smart Women in Meetings, Aryn Chapman is an...
Leveraging Your Strengths as an Event Planner
December 23, 2023 05:00 - 16 minutes - 11.6 MBAs 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, what attracts clients to you, and how you best work with them, can be helpful in how you show up bigge...
Embracing Sustainability in Event Planning
December 22, 2023 05:00 - 16 minutes - 11.4 MBOne 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 communities, and events can contribute immensely towards that effort. There are several ways that event plan...
How to Prepare for Being Out of the Office
December 21, 2023 05:00 - 18 minutes - 13 MBNothing 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 everything that they need to support you, Naomi unpacks what preparedness actually looks like so that you have n...
Declutter Your Digital Life Ahead of the New Year
December 20, 2023 05:00 - 20 minutes - 14.2 MBAs 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. Evaluating the platforms, you use, the notifications you receive, and even how much time you're spend...
5 Books Every Event Planner Must Read to Prevent Burnout in 2024
December 19, 2023 04:00 - 21 minutes - 14.6 MBThe 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 quickly and easily. On top of it all to have the grit needed to persevere while pursuing my passion...
Understanding the Common Disruptions to Your Work-Life Balance
December 18, 2023 05:00 - 12 minutes - 8.78 MBWe 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, is life can happen rather quickly and it can be tough to decipher when and where things went awr...
5 Tips for Becoming a Lifelong Learner
December 17, 2023 05:00 - 11 minutes - 7.88 MBBecoming a lifelong learner is all about leveraging your growth mindset versus fix mindset. In this episode, we talk about the differences between a growth mindset and a fixed mindset, and also unpack five tips that helped Naomi to be an effective, lifelong learner and shared those tips with you. The tips that we talk about on this particular episode are: Have a growth mindset Have a mentor, be a mentor Read 3 books a year Be actively involved in an industry organization Obtain a meeti...
Why How You Work Matters
December 16, 2023 05:00 - 11 minutes - 7.65 MBWhen we come to the end of the week, event planners can typically wonder how much work they have completed that week. However, the question should be how well did they work this week? The answer to this question will lead us to some profound solutions that can allow us to get even more work done because we are focusing on what matters. We are focusing on our systems, our processes, and how well we manage the tasks that are being requested of us. In this episode, Naomi unpacks four key ques...
How to Systemize for Reduced Stress
December 15, 2023 05:00 - 20 minutes - 14 MBIf there was any way for you to eliminate just a little bit of stress that you have to work through on a day-to-day basis, would you do it? That is the question that highlights and goes through this episode. And if you said yes, to that question, then how you reduce your stress will be to systemize. When we talk about systemizing we mean to put in place basic systems that will allow you to create more freedom, through elimination, automation, and delegation. In this episode, we unpack all ...
Strategies for Burnout-Proof Event Planning
December 14, 2023 05:00 - 12 minutes - 8.72 MBWe have all been on the edge, nearing burnout, not seeing a way out of the mess that we are currently in. If you're an event planner and are in a place like that, then it may be time that you embrace a burnout prevention strategy, so that you can put yourself in a position to thrive when planning events. In this episode, you'll learn about four different burnout prevention strategies to help you. Especially, if you see that you are experiencing some of the risk factors that could lead you i...
Social Event Trends to Watch with Gor Gyulkhasyan of Permeet
December 13, 2023 05:00 - 34 minutes - 23.9 MBGor Gyulkhasyan joins the Planners on Purpose podcast to discuss social event trends insights from Permeet. Permeet is a digital planning tool that can be used when planning social events like birthdays, anniversaries, and even weddings. Social event trends can be here today, and gone tomorrow, however, Gor highlights key trends that he's currently seeing when it comes to those planning and using the Permeet App to include: Personalized and unique experiences are still leading as a trend...
Curiosity vs Necessity with Event Career Success
December 12, 2023 05:00 - 11 minutes - 7.67 MBHas curiosity or necessity driven your event career success? That's the question that is being asked in this podcast episode and what we will dig into deeper. When it comes to having curiosity, this soft skill can bring a lot of expansion in your life. It allows you to explore, figure things out, learn new things, and think outside of the box. When you don't have curiosity, you aren't as curious and when you aren't as curious, it leaves you stagnant, staying in the same situation, prevent ...