book will provide you with a comprehensive overview of the competencies
required of a professional event coordinator. I hope that it will also
become a reference tool you may use throughout your professional career.
The scope of competencies addressed herein is based on the Tourism
Standards of Western Canada for Special Events Coordinator and Special
Events Manager, and the Tourism, Hospitality & Sport Education & Training
Authority (THETA) National Qualifications Framework for Event
Support in South Africa, as well as the event management competencies
outlined in the Exam Blueprint for the International Special Events Society
Certified Special Events Professional (CSEP) certification program.