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Events Marketing and Management

Code: 43076 ECTS Credits: 9
2024/2025
Degree Type Year
4313799 Management and Organisation of Event Tourism OB 0

Contact

Name:
Maria Jose Aguar Martinez
Email:
mariajose.aguar@uab.cat

Teachers

Pere Nicolás Plans
Stefan Hemmen Almazor
Vera Butkouskaya
Santiago Tejedor Calvo
Manel Vinyals Corney
(External) Alba Espejo
(External) Joan Massanés
(External) Montserrat Peñarroya
(External) Rosa Garriga

Teaching groups languages

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Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites


Objectives and Contextualisation

1. Delve into the concepts and basic marketing tools applied to the organization of events

2. Analyze events as marketing and communication tools

3. Learn and apply the tools of economic management of events

4. Learn to prepare budgets, closing and balance of an event

5 Learn about civil liability coverage, contingencies and accidents related to the celebration of events

6. Analyze and learn about the role of sponsorship, the structure of a sponsorship plan and its legal considerations

7.- Learn the tools of analysis and application of the Return on Investment of  an event

 
 

Competences

  • Acquire teamwork and leadership capacities.
  • Analyse and apply the leadership and communication skills needed to manage individuals and groups in one's charge, and those of organisational communication.
  • Communicate and justify conclusions clearly and unambiguously to both specialist and non-specialist audiences.
  • Design and plan communication and marketing actions for an event, taking into account the vision of the company commissioning it.
  • Manage the marketing of an event, taking into account the different methods for measuring return on investment in events.
  • Plan and organise venues and management interventions on the basis of critical analysis and synthesis.
  • Solve problems in new or little-known situations within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to the field of study.

Learning Outcomes

  1. Acquire teamwork and leadership capacities.
  2. Apply basic marketing strategies when organising an event: segmentation, targeting, positioning, differentiation and innovation.
  3. Apply the tools of verbal and non-verbal communication.
  4. Communicate and justify conclusions clearly and unambiguously to both specialist and non-specialist audiences.
  5. Create marketing and online action plans.
  6. Display leadership and managerial skills.
  7. Master the application of Return on Investment (ROI) and Return on Objectives (ROO) and the use of their respective measurement techniques.
  8. Master the techniques of sales communication.
  9. Pay attention to one's own communication traits (eye contact, voice, bearing, etc.) in the commercialisation of an event.
  10. Plan and organise venues and management interventions on the basis of critical analysis and synthesis.
  11. Solve problems in new or little-known situations within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to the field of study.
  12. Work independently to deploy tools for attracting visitors and converting business contacts into clients.

Content

1.-Economic management I/II/III

2,.Emotional intelligence and management styles
3.-Events marketing techniques I/II
4.-ROI and ROO
5.-Secure events
6.-Electronic marketing I/II/III
7.-Economic impact of events and analysis of business tourist demand
8.-Sponsorship marketing plans I/II
9.-Events and corporate communication I

 

Activities and Methodology

Title Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Type: Directed      
Classroom 36 1.44 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 11
Type: Supervised      
Attendance events/activities classroom 15 0.6 1, 7, 8, 10, 11
Resolution directed activities 35.5 1.42 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 11
Tutoring 15.5 0.62 3, 4, 9, 10
Type: Autonomous      
Elaboration works 90 3.6 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 11

The teaching methodology combines teachers’ lectures with the discussion and resolution of practical cases with students. Moreover, there are discussion sessions on topics which have been presented.The module evaluation exercice aims to set the knowledge developed during the Module.

1.-In-person

  • Teacher's lectures
  • Resolution / discussion of exercises and cases with students, in groups or individually
  • Discussions among students on previously read or explained topics
  • Tutoring sessions

2.- Outside the classroom work with tutored sessions

  • Case studies to work outside the classroom
  • Preparation of module evaluation exercise

Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.


Assessment

Continous Assessment Activities

Title Weighting Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Discussions-Forums 40% 6 0.24 4, 8, 9, 11
Oral presentations 10% 7 0.28 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10
Written module evaluation test 50% 20 0.8 2, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11, 12

To successfully complete the Module, attendance is mandatory to at least 80% of the lectures

Continuous evaluation (attendance, graded observations): 25%

Graded coursework (individual or in-group): 25%

Written tests / module evaluation test: 50%


Bibliography

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Dwyer, L., Forsyth, P. And Dwyer, W. (2010), “Tourism Economics and policy”, Ed. Channel View Publications

Event Marketing Institute y Freeman XP (2015). The Viral Impact of Events: Extending & Amplifying Reach via Social Media. Disponible en https://goo.gl/is32BM

Fluvià, M., Rigall, R. i Saló, A. (2008), “Protocol d’avaluació de l’impacte econòmic d’esdeveniments i institucions culturals”, Departament de Cultura, Generalitat de Catalunya

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Hamso, Elling (2010). "La Metodología ROI de planificación y evaluación en reuniones y eventos." Los eventos: Funciones y tendencias. Bilbao: Estudios de Ocio. Deusto, 2010. 137-166. Impreso.

Kawsaki, Guy (2011): El arte de cautivar. Gestión 2000. Barcelona

Lenderman, Max (2008): Marketing experiencial: la revolución de las marcas. Esic. Madrid

Lenderman, M. (2008) Marketing Experiencial. La Revolución de las Marca. Madrid: Editorial ESIC.

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Phillips, Jack J.,Myhill, M. y McDonough, James B.(2009) Proving the value of meetings and events. Birmingham, Ala.: ROI Institute, Inc., 2009. Impreso.

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Roberts, Kevin (2005): Lovemarks: el futuro más allá de las marcas. Empresa activa

Siskind, Barry (2007) Marketing de eventos: estrategias clave para ferias comerciales, presentaciones, conferencias y otros eventos Deusto. Barcelona.

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Scolari, C. A. (2014). Narrativas transmedia: nuevas formas de comunicar en la era digital. Anuario AC/E de cultura digital, 71-81. Disponible en https://goo.gl/dovFgx

Scolari, C. A.; Fernández de Azcárate, S.; Garín, M. et al. (2012). Narrativas transmediáticas, convergencia audiovisual y nuevas estrategias de comunicación. Quaderns del CAC 38, 15(1), 79-89. Disponible en https://goo.gl/peYnDw

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Villena López, Alejandro (2017) Eventos. Herramienta de comunicación y su valor en el Marketing. Sindéresis. Madrid

 


Software

Within the established calendar, 15 minutes of a class will be reserved for the students to complete the evaluation surveys


Language list

Name Group Language Semester Turn
(TE) Theory 1 Spanish first semester morning-mixed