AI for Event Planner
You write the same vendor outreach emails dozens of times a year and spend 1–2 hours on every proposal that follows the same narrative structure. Add in post-event reports, run-of-show documents, and attendee communication sequences, and you're producing hours of writing per event that follows predictable patterns but gets rebuilt from scratch every time. These guides show you how to generate a full proposal draft, a vendor RFQ batch, and a complete attendee communication sequence in a fraction of the time — so you can take on more events without more late nights.
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Copy a prompt, paste into ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini
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Analyze Post-Event Survey Feedback
A structured summary of open-text survey responses organized by theme, with representative quotes, sentiment breakdown, and a short list of actionable improvements — the kind of insight clients app...
Analyze these [X] open-text survey responses from our event. Identify top 5 themes (positive and negative), pull 2 representative quotes per theme, note any critical complaints, and give an overall sentiment summary: [paste responses]
Tip: Use Claude for this — its large context window handles 100–200 survey responses in a single paste without truncating, while ChatGPT free may cut off mid-analysis if the text is long.
Draft an Attendee Email Sequence
A complete 5–6 email sequence covering every attendee touchpoint: save the date, registration confirmation, hotel/logistics info, pre-event reminder, and post-event thank you — each with subject li...
Draft a 5-email attendee communication sequence for [event name] on [date] at [venue/city]. Attendees: [describe audience]. Include: save-the-date, registration confirmation, logistics email, day-before reminder, post-event thank you.
Tip: Ask Claude rather than ChatGPT for this one — Claude handles longer multi-document outputs better and is less likely to truncate the sequence before finishing all five emails.
Draft Crisis Communication Templates
A ready-to-use crisis communication template library for common event emergencies — venue cancellation, weather delay, speaker cancellation, catering failure — with email and text message versions ...
Create crisis communication templates for a [event type] with [headcount] guests. Scenarios: venue cancellation 48hrs out, severe weather delay, keynote speaker cancels day-of. For each: email to attendees, text message, and key talking points.
Tip: Save the output in your event planning folder immediately — the templates are useless if you have to re-generate them under pressure at 6am on event day when the venue just called you with bad news.
Draft an Event Proposal
A professionally structured event proposal covering event overview, scope of services, investment breakdown, and why your agency is the right choice — ready to customize with your branding.
Write a professional event proposal for [event type] for [headcount] people on [date] in [city]. Budget: [amount]. Client: [company name]. Include: overview, scope of services, investment breakdown, and why we're the right fit.
Tip: Add 1–2 sentences about the client's specific goals before the prompt (e.g., "This is a product launch for a tech company targeting enterprise buyers") — the proposal quality jumps noticeably when AI has a purpose to write toward.
Use AI in your tools
AI features built into tools you already have
AI features already built into your existing tools
Use Canva's AI to Create Event Marketing Materials
Canva's AI features generate branded event graphics, flyers, social media posts, and event program layouts from a text description — then write the promotional copy to go with them — so you can pro...
Use Gmail's AI to Speed Up Vendor Email Replies
Gmail's built-in AI features suggest completions as you type (Smart Compose) and can draft entire reply emails from a short instruction (Help me write) — saving 10–15 minutes per vendor interaction...
Use Google Sheets' AI to Build Event Budget Templates
Google Sheets' built-in Gemini AI writes complex budget formulas for you in plain English and can generate a complete event budget template structure from a single description — no spreadsheet expe...
Use Zoom's AI to Summarize Client Planning Calls
Zoom's AI Companion automatically generates a meeting summary after every client call — including key decisions, action items, and discussion highlights — so you can focus on the conversation inste...
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Event Social Media Content with ChatGPT
By the end of this guide, you'll be able to generate a complete 6-week social media content plan for any event — including ready-to-post captions for LinkedIn and Instagram — in under 20 minutes.
Capture Site Visits and Client Calls with Otter.ai
By the end of this guide, you'll have Otter.ai running on your phone during venue walkthroughs and client calls — automatically transcribing everything you say and hear.
Create Event Social Media Content with ChatGPT
By the end of this guide, you'll produce a complete 3-week social media content calendar — covering pre-event promotion, day-of posts, and post-event content — for any event, in about 30 minutes.
Use ChatGPT to Research and Evaluate Vendors
By the end of this guide, you'll use ChatGPT to orient yourself quickly in new vendor markets, draft comparison frameworks for evaluating multiple quotes, and prepare sharper negotiation questions ...
Personalized Event Proposals with ChatGPT
By the end of this guide, you'll have ChatGPT set up to draft event proposals that feel genuinely tailored to each client — pulling in their brand voice, past event history, and specific preference...
Venue and Vendor Contract Review with Claude
By the end of this guide, you'll be able to paste any venue or vendor contract into Claude and get back a plain-language summary of the key risks, unusual clauses, and negotiation opportunities — i...
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Advanced workflows, automation, and custom AI setups
For when you’re ready to connect tools and automate
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Claude Project: Your Persistent Event Planning Assistant
Instead of starting every AI conversation from scratch and re-explaining the event details, client preferences, and your agency's style, you build a Claude Project that holds all of this context pe...
Claude Project: Build a Recurring Conference Knowledge Base
A Claude Project loaded with everything about your biggest recurring conference — past event recaps, attendee feedback themes, vendor performance notes, and session format preferences — that you ca...
Custom GPT: Build a Dedicated AI Assistant for Your Biggest Annual Client
Instead of rebuilding all the context (client preferences, past event history, vendor relationships, brand voice) every time you open ChatGPT for your most important annual client, this Custom GPT ...
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