As a basic rule, social occasions involve extra weekends and holidays than corporate occasions do. Some areas of the country and a few types of events have "on" and "off" seasons. However, it doesn't matter what your specialization (with the exception of parties for young youngsters), you can rely on working a minimum of some evenings as you coordinate and supervise occasions. Major conventions are planned years upfront. Although you may not be arranging occasions on such a grand scale, you do need to allow a minimum of a few months for occasions like corporate picnics, reunions or giant events. Proposal. Once you've got interviewed the client and accomplished some preliminary brainstorming, you should have sufficient data to organize a proposal. Be aware that the production of a proposal is time-consuming and probably costly, particularly when you embrace pictures or sketches.