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Advanced Certificate in Event Management and Entertainment: Event Sales Pitching, Sponsorships and Brand Marketing

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  • This module is part of Advanced Certificate in Event Management & Entertainment

This programme is conducted on-campus. 

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Fee
SGD1,744* (as low as SGD203.20 after maximum funding) Learn More
Duration

4 days
Weeknights (7pm - 10.30pm)
Saturday (9am - 1.30pm)

Level
Basic

Who Should Attend

Executives, Managers and Directors in the following areas:

  • Marketing
  • Sponsorship
  • Business Development
  • Event Management/ Sales/ Operations
  • Content and Experience Development
  • MICE
  • Production crew

Overview

Event branding is important to build a strong identity to command a strong market presence. This course enables participants to conceptualise and execute an event branding campaign through employing the right media strategies and managing of stakeholders, in particular, the sponsors.

Through case studies, participants will gain deeper insights into concepts relating to event analysis, planning, integrated marketing communications, social media strategies and tactics. This course also focuses on the creation of a local branding strategy for an international audience.

Learning Objectives

  • Event Sales Pitching: Developing your approach
  • Event Sales Pitching: Structuring your pitch to sell
  • Event Sales Pitching: Delivering an effective presentation 

Topic/Structure

  • Defining the offer and "what's in it" for the sponsor
  • Branding the offer
  • How to fully utilise your resources at hand
  • Design the right pitch

Assessment

  • Classroom exercises
  • Project presentations
     

CERTIFICATION

Upon meeting the attendance and assessment criteria, participants will be awarded a digital certificate for participating in each module. Please refer to our course policies to view the attendance and assessment criteria. 

Upon completion of all modules required for this programme within a maximum duration of 3 years, participants will be awarded a digital certificate.

Calculate Programme Fee

Click here for more infomation about SkillsFuture Credits (Not applicable for Company-sponsored participants)
For PSEA - Available only for Singapore Citizen below 31 (Not applicable for Company-sponsored participants)

Total Program Fee: SGD0.00

Fee Table

COMPANY-SPONSORED

PARTICIPANT PROFILE

SELF-SPONSORED

SME

NON-SME

Singapore Citizen < 40 years old

Permanent Resident

LTVP+

$523.20

(After SSG Funding 70%)

$203.20

(After SSG Funding 70%
+ ETSS Funding 20%)

$523.20

(After SSG Funding 70%)

Singapore Citizen ≥ 40 years old

$203.20

(After SSG Funding 70%
+ MCES Funding 20%)

$203.20

(After SSG Funding 70%
+ ETSS Funding 20%)

$203.20

(After SSG Funding 70%
+ MCES Funding 20%)

International Participant

$1,744

(No Funding)

$1,744

(No Funding)

$1,744

(No Funding)

All prices include 9% GST

Please note that the programme fees are subject to change without prior notice.

Post Secondary Education Account (PSEA)
PSEA can be utilised for subsidised programmes eligible for SkillsFuture Credit support. Click here to find out more.

Self Sponsored

SkillsFuture Credit

Singapore Citizens aged 25 and above may use their SkillsFuture Credits to pay for the course fees. The credits may be used on top of existing course fee funding.

This is only applicable to self-sponsored participants. Application to utilise SkillsFuture Credits can be submitted when making payment for the course via the SMU Academy TMS Portal, and can only be made within 60 days of course start date.

Please click here for more information on the SkillsFuture Credit. For help in submitting an SFC claim, you may wish to refer to our step-by-step guide on claiming SkillsFuture Credits (Individual).

Workfare Skills Support Scheme

From 1 July 2023, the Workfare Skills Support (WSS) scheme has been enhanced. Please click here for more details.

Company Sponsored

Enhanced Training Support for SMEs (ETSS)

  • Organisation must be registered or incorporated in Singapore
  • Employment size of not more than 200 or with annual sales turnover of not more than $100 million
  • Trainees must be hired in accordance with the Employment Act and fully sponsored by their employers for the course
  • Trainees must be Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents
  • Trainees must not be a full-time national serviceman
  • Trainees are eligible for ETSS funding only if their company's SME status is approved prior to the course commencement date. To verify your SME's status, please click here. 

Please click here for more information on ETSS.

Absentee Payroll

Companies who sponsor their employees for the course may apply for Absentee Payroll here. For more information, please refer to:

AP Guide (Non-SME Companies)
Declaration Guide (SME Companies)

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Trainers

Danny Loong 
Co-Founder & CEO
Timbre Group
Danny Loong 
Co-Founder & CEO
Timbre Group
Danny Loong is an entrepreneur, event producer, creative director, musician, and Co-Founder/ CEO of Timbre Group. Timbre Group is an eco-system with a diversified portfolio of businesses from F&B concepts, event and artiste management, place-making and lifestyle brands, including the Timbre live music venues, Switch by Timbre, Timbre+ (One North), Yishun Park Hawker Centre and Timbre Music Academy. Danny was also conferred the “Tourism Entrepreneur of The Year” award by Singapore Tourism Board in 2010. He was a member of the Arts & Culture Strategic Review committee, and Vice-Chairman of The Music Society, Singapore. He is a member of the Industry Advisory Group at Lasalle College of The Arts and also sits on the Industry Panel for National Arts Council (Music).
Kelly Olafson
Director
Ankaris SG
Kelly Olafson
Director
Ankaris SG
Kelly Olafson has been working for more than 30 years in both communications and energy businesses with companies like his present role as Vice-President, Operations - Asia Pacific in Ogilvy & Mather, BBDO, NOVA Corporation of Alberta (now TC Energy) and Shell. A large part of his roles in those companies have been in teaching, coaching and facilitation. He has undertaken top-to-bottom operational, talent/ organisational development and troubleshooting projects for clients like American Express, SingTel, Unilever, Maxis and Nestle. He has trained and served as a company training leader, and continues to actively train and facilitate as much as he possibly can. Kelly specialises in presentation, negotiation and listening skills and has run dozens of workshops for nearly twenty years all over the world.

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