A week of research

The week was my week back from spring break and it was a little different from my average week with La Ruche because Alisha was out of town. Tragedy struck a friend of hers this week when she lost her mother and Alisha has been by her side since. It sounds bad to say it this way but that is the perk of a smaller company, she can do that.

I have spent the week doing research and learning more about my trade, seeing how other planners operate and how to deal with certain families. It may not have been a super busy week with our clients but it was definitely an educational week.

Even with learning about the troubles and dramas that come along with special event planning I am sure that I have made the right decision as to what to do with my life.

I have learned what types of things to say at initial client meetings for example asking the clients "what they envision for their event" as opposed to just throwing my ideas at them. This way I learn more about them and create my ideas around their visions. Oddly enough this is a challenge for me considering I am so headstrong on how I think things should be done and I have to let that go and do what the clients want not what I want.

It may not have been a week of first hand learning but definitely and educational week none the less.