Healthy Meetings and Events (5 cr)

Evaluation scale

H-5

Content scheduling

After completing the course, students will be able to
- analyse and apply different meeting and event planning processes
- identify and apply different services and different welfare components in a meeting or event concept
- organize a meeting or event that promotes well-being, is sustainable and customer-oriented
Content:
- Process models for event and meeting planning
- Elements of mental and physical well-being in a meeting and event context
- Planning, implementing and documenting a meeting or event project

Planning and organizing a meeting, planning and organizing the event and its organisation:
Please refer to the online schedule for facilities and times.

Objective

The student is able
- to analyse and apply different meeting and event planning process models
- to recognise and apply different services as well as different wellness components in a meeting or event concept
- to arrange a healthy, sustainable and customer-oriented meeting or event.

Content

- Event and meeting planning process models
- Mental and physical well-being elements in meeting and event context
- Planning, implementation and documentation of a meeting or event project

Materials

Links to material are in ITS learning Platform. Some updates will be made in the beginning of the course in September.

1. U.S. Department of Labor, Employment, and Training Administration 2016. Competencies Established for Meeting, Events, and Exhibition Management (available at: https://www.careeronestop.org/CompetencyModel/info_documents/EventManagement-CaseSummary.pd f)
2. Meeting Professionals International. 33 Skills Needed to Become a Successfull Event Planner (available at: https://www.mpi.org/blog/article/33-skills-meeting-and-event-planners-need-to-succee d)
3. Arlington Convention & Visitors Bureau: 25 Pivotal Hospitality Trends for 2018.
https://www.smartmeetings.com/magazine_article/25-pivotal-hospitality-trends-for-2018
4. World Health organisation. Planning healthy and sustainable meetings.
http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/373172/healthy-meetings-eng.pdf
5. Ulkoministeriön vastuullisen kokoustamisen opas: https://um.fi/documents/35732/0/Green+Meeting_suom_final+%282%29.pdf/5f119a18-9d56-821f-c867-67b1141726e3?t=1554276947781 (In Finnish only)
6. Wellness Sector Spotlight: The Stunning Shift to Telehealth & Telewellness. Kongressijärjestön raportti 2019: https://www.iccaworld.org/cnt/files/ICCA%20Sustainability%20Report%202019.pdf

ADDITIONS TO BE MADE WITHIN SEPTEMBER

Teaching methods

The course is based on active learning. The aim is for students to master core concepts and meeting/event planning models and to be able to relate what they have learnt to a project to be implemented. The course includes independent individual learning and study (distance work), reading circles, presentations of outputs, project work and reflection on learning.

Exam schedules

There is no exam in this course. Evaluation is based on output, assignments and work during the course.

International connections

Teaching at Turku University of Applied Sciences is based on #Innopeda, a learning method developed at Turku AMK. Innopeda is based on experimentation, knowledge sharing and combining different approaches. With Innopeda we combine teaching, research and development, internationality and cooperation with working life. Find out more about Innopeda on the Intranet Messi.

Completion alternatives

Jos opiskelijalla on vähintään vuoden kokopäivätoiminen työkokemus erilaisten kokousten ja tai tapahtumien järjestämisestä (todennetaan työtodistuksella), hänelle järjestetään suullinen kuulustelu tai esitys, jossa opiskelijan tulee osoittaa myös hyvinvoinnin ja kestävän kehityksen näkökulmien hallinta osana tapahtumaa ja tapahtuman järjestämistä.

Student workload

Reading&learning circles (3) and oral presentations from reading&learning circles (3)
Online test on learning circles.
A possibility to be part of a survey group (Delegation survey) in larger events in Turku.
Practical project - written project implementation plan in small groups and implementation on event days
Peer and self-evaluation
Final written reflection (this is the basis for the grade)

Sizing of student work:
5ects is 133h of student work and is divided as follows
65h contact hours (of which 20 - 25h for the event).
68h of independent work

Further information

Events to be organized are
1) International Language Week ILW - 18.11. -23.11. at EDU Campus. This event is the responsible of the exchange students.

2) Matkailuakatemian verkostopäivät - Tourism Academy Networking Seminar 31.10. at EDU Campus

3) 14.11. A tourism stakeholder event coordinated by the Regional Council of Southwest Finland, at Turku UAS campus

4) The main event is in co-operation with Turku UAS: Find Your Future - Ura ja Rekrymessut (Career and recruiting fair). The fair is on EDU and ICT campuses on Thursday 28.11.2024. This event is the responsible of the PLMWES23 -student group.

5) Participation on National Congress Delegation Survey in Turku. The event surveyed is taking place at Logomo during week 38.