The Top 5 Podcasts You Should Be Listening to if You’re an Event Organizer

Here are six podcasts geared towards events planners that will help you stay in the know.

Whether you’re a seasoned event planner, a newcomer to the industry, or have simply become the defacto event planner within your organization, one thing is for sure: event planning leaves you with little time. Orchestrating an event of any size is a time-consuming task that requires detailed planning, meticulous organization and endless hours of preparation. Who has time to read up on industry trends in between all of that?

Luckily, staying on top of relevant news and information in the event planning industry is as simple as popping in some earbuds, and going about your way. Here are six podcasts geared towards events planners that will help you stay in the know:

Event Icons

Event Icons has an unbelievable roster of past guests from a huge array of events and brands; New York Comic Con, Tostitos Fiesta Bowl and SXSW, to name a few. Topically, you’ll learn just about anything you need to know as related to events, including catering tips, finding event venues, choosing event music and measuring the return on investment of your events. The hosts also do a great job of keeping a consistent schedule, and providing new shows regularly.

Techystalk Unscripted

By their own definitely, this podcast will take you “behind the scenes of the events industry for candid conversations with Event Hustlers.” The makers of the Techystalk podcast host experts, twice a week, to chat about what’s new in the industry, as well as to give their best tips in running flawless events that will have guests buzzing.

Turn of Events

This podcast leaves no stone unturned when it comes to covering every aspect of event planning. Top episodes of this comprehensive collection include photography essentials, the secret sauce behind social media and everything you need to know about audio/visual planning.

The Savvy Event Planner Podcast

If you’re always on the lookout for event ideas and inspiration, but don’t have the time to peruse Pinterest, then look no further. This podcast’s unique format will take you through event case studies, and provide endless event inspiration tips and resources to help you refresh your event planning repertoire.

Meetings Podcast

This podcast delves beyond common topics, like industry trends and new technology, to discuss other important subjects such as how to better run your business, surviving cancelled events, and navigating common events-related catastrophes. If you value always being prepared for the worst that can happen, this is the podcast for you.

While the life of an event planner is often hectic and unpredictable, there’s no reason you can’t maintain a competitive edge and stay on top of your industry. Even listening to one podcast episode each week will go a long way to help you stay connected to the event planning community, and produce even better events.

Ed Kearney

Co-founder, Head of Operations & Marketing